Crime

Akua Donkor reacts to GH¢1m lawsuit [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Akua Donkor's reaction to the lawsuit The Founder and Leader of the Ghana Freedom Party, Akua Donkor, reacting to a lawsuit against her,...

Court remands ‘Immigration Officer’, three suspected thieves

The Wiawso District Court has remanded two illegal miners, Abunbunlar Ebenezer, 31, and Bashiru Adaza, 20, as well as a motor rider, Kwasi Isaac...

15 foreigners grabbed for entering Ghana illegally

The Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) has confirmed the arrest of 12 nationals from Burkina Faso and three Nigeriens who entered Ghana illegally at a...

Akua Donkor in trouble over Mahama!

The Founder and Leader of the Ghana Freedom Party, Akua Donkor has been sued. A second defendant, who has also been sued, is the host...

WAEC publishes names of 13 suspected 2019 WASSCE cheats

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has published the names and index numbers of 13 persons suspected to have been involved in examination malpractices...

Kafaba Lynching: Bole Magistrate Court remands suspects

The Bole Magistrate Court has remanded into prison custody seven suspects who appeared before the court over the lynching of 90-year-old woman, Akuah Denteh...

Woman thrown inside well by kidnapper rescued alive after 3 days

A Nigerian woman, identified as Mrs Chizoba Eke, has been rescued alive after spending three days in a well in Igwuruta, Ikwerre area of...

WAEC reports leaked 2020 WASSCE questions to Cyber Crime Department

The West African Examinations Council(WAEC) has initiated investigations into the circulation of a yet-to-be finalised version of an examiners’ list for the 2020 West...

Car stealing syndicate kingpin grabbed

The Suntreso District Police Command has arrested a 37-year- old man, said  to be the kingpin of a car stealing syndicate, operating in the...

Pornography blog operator granted ¢300,000 bail

Anderson Ofosuhene Anim alias Morio Gee, a web designer and a blogger who was busted by the Police over pornography on the internet has...

Man gets 3 years for sexually assaulting 6-year-old girl

A 51-year-old Waste Collector, who sexually assaulted a six-year-old girl, has been sentenced to three years imprisonment in hard labour by an Accra Circuit...

Police arrest three robbers

The Accra Regional Police Command has arrested three suspected robbers for their alleged involvement in series of robberies in the Accra Metropolis. Shamsu Alhassan @Shaalolo,...

EOCO exonerates former Upper West Regional Health Director

The Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO)  has exonerated Dr Osei Kufuor Afreh, the immediate past Upper West Regional Director of Health Services of...

Thieves break into pastor’s home; steal banku, palm nut soup, tomatoes…[Video]

Thieves have broken into the residence of a Presbyterian catechist at Duayaw-Kwanta in the Tano North District of the Ahafo region. The incident...

Kenya dismisses exposé on looting of Covid-19 funds

Kenya’s health ministry has dismissed an exposé that alleged massive looting and disappearance of millions of dollars of donor funds and equipment meant to...

Kwesi Pratt breaks silence after thieves broke into his office

Managing Editor of the Insight newspaper, Kwesi Pratt Jnr, is baffled about the burglary in his office in Accra. In an interview on Joy News,...

NDC’s Chief Azorka threatens NPP activists over ‘illegal data collection’ [Video]

National Vice Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Chief Sofo Azorka, has asked members of his party in the Savannah region...

Court fines father over son’s loss of tooth

A court in Accra has fined 30-year-old Christopher Ayittey an amount of GH¢ 3,600 for administering multiple fist blows to his son's cheek. The marketing...

Convicted witch doctor ‘strangely’ freed barely a month into serving 2-year jail term

A self-styled witch-doctor at Widana in the Bawku Municipality of the Upper East region has, for some unknown reasons, been released from jail. Identified...

Girl, 13, rescued from rapist during jogging

A 13-year-old girl was rescued Saturday morning around 5:20 am from a man who attempted to defile her while jogging on the Akyem Osiem...

Chief offers school land to ‘galamseyers’ but insists it’s for pupils’ safety [Video]

Chief of Omanpe in the Aowin District of the Western Region has narrated how he offered part of a school land for illegal mining,...

Thieves break into Kwesi Pratt’s office

Some suspected thieves have broken into the office of the Managing Editor of the Insight Newspaper, Kwesi Pratt Jnr, at Kokomlemle in Accra. The attack...

Police officer chews off bar operator’s ear over ‘alcohol’ consumed [Photos]

A police officer has reportedly chewed off the ear of a drinking bar manager at Sefwi Amoaya in the Bodi District in the Western...

Court clears former presidential staffer, Rockson Bukari, 3 others of bribery charge

A Bolgatanga Circuit Court has acquitted and discharged persons alleged to have been involved in the Shaanxi bribery case. The accused persons were former Minister...

13-year-old girl rescued from rapist during jogging

A 13-year-old girl was rescued Saturday morning around 5:20 am from a man who attempted to defile her while jogging on the Akyem Osiem...

Boy, 16, allegedly commits suicide

A 16-year-old boy has allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself on a tree at Asonomaso in the Kwabre East District of Ashanti. The deceased, Kwaku...

How Akua Denteh was tortured a day before her death [Video]

A new video online has revealed how 90-year-old Akua Denteh, who was lynched at Kafaba, was tortured to confess to being a witch the...

8 suspects remanded over Nkrankwanta violence

The Sunyani District Court has refused a bail application by eight persons over a clash at Nkrankwanta in the Bono region. They are persons suspected...

Police officer accidentally kills colleague in Bono region

A member of the Rapid Deployment Force2 (RDF) of the Bono Regional Police Command, Corporal Rexford Amoako, has allegedly been shot and killed by...

Okudzeto Ablakwa offers GH¢10k bounty on killers of Juapong businessman

Member of Parliament for North Tongu constituency, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has offered a GHC¢10,000 bounty on the killers of Samuel Nyamador, the businessman allegedly...

Man bathed with acid during confrontation with rival

A 27-year-old man, Joseph Kwame Safah, has been hospitalised at the Dunkwa Government Hospital after he was bathed with acid during a confrontation with...

Police begin probe over EC office fire

The Accra Regional Police Command has begun an investigation into the cause of the fire that destroyed the Electoral Commission (EC) office at Sapeiman...

Security expert makes shocking revelation about guns and robberies in Ghana [Audio]

Chief Executive Officer of the African Centre for Security Studies, Paul Boateng, has predicted that by October ending there would be a proliferation of...

AG’s Department takes over trial of pastor who flouted coronavirus protocols

An itinerary Pastor, Joyce Oyedele, who was caught preaching without a nose mask at the Central Business District in Accra, shed tears when an...

Two jailed for stealing TV, phones… [Photos+Video]

The Bole District Magistrate Court, presided over by His Worship Andrew Prince Cudjoe, has sentenced two friends, Malik Sule, 18, and 16-year-old...

Rapist begs police to kill him [Video]

A man, who was arrested and confessed to being an armed robber and a rapist, suggested that police officers should kill him, and a video...

MoMo vendor shot dead by robbers at Techiman for refusing to hand over sales [Video]

A 26-year-old MoMo vendor, identified only as Jacob Cudjoe, has been shot dead by some unknown armed men at Abuosu in the...

Teen who raped, inserted knife into 4-year-old girl’s private part sentenced! (Video)

An 18-year-old man, Kwaku Mensah, has been sentenced to 18 years imprisonment for defiling a four-year-old girl at Dabiasem in the Suaman...

Evangelist fined GH¢1,500 for defying Covid-19 protocols

The Judicial Committee of the Sunyani Traditional Council (STC) has imposed a GH¢1,500.00 fine on an evangelist for defying Covid-19 protocols. The evangelist, popularly known...

Check out number of people arrested for not using Madina-Adentan footbridges

The Motor Traffic and Trasport Directorate (MTTD) at Madina has disclosed that about 90 people have been arrested and fined for failing to use...