Crime

Pastor’s wife recounts how 15-year-old robber murdered husband [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Pastor’s wife recounts how 15-year-old robber murdered husband Wife of 44-year-old pastor with the Jehovah Nissi Church at Ejisu has recounted how he...

Man in trouble for attempting to steal ‘okada’

A 29-year-old man, who allegedly attempted to rob an ‘okada’ rider at Ridge, in Accra, has been arrested by the police. The suspect, Awowin Akonvu,...

Tension at Juapong after killing of businessman by robbers [Audio]

The youth of Juapong in the Volta region are picketing against the police after a businessman in the area was shot dead by suspected...

Man shot dead at Nkwantakese

A 26-year-old man identified as Kofi Doyini has been shot dead at Nkwantakese, a farming Community in the Afigya Kwabre North district of the...

This account of 4-year-old girl defiled with knife inserted into private part will make you cry [listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · This account of 4-yr-old girl defiled with knife inserted in private part will make you cry The four-year-old girl, who has been defiled...

Ho police launch hunt for swindler

Michael Brako Danso, described by the police as a self-styled job recruitment agent in the Agotime-Ziope District of the Volta Region is on the...

T’di ‘Missing’ Girls Trial: Judge cautions jury against absenteeism

Court of Appeal judge Richard Adjei Frinpong, sitting in as an additional High Court judge, was not pleased with the absence of one of...

Businessman grabbed over fraud

A businessman has been put before an Accra Circuit Court for allegedly defrauding a public servant of GH¢25,000.00 under the pretext of securing two...

Drama in court over female pastor’s refusal to wear nose mask

There was drama in court when a prosecutor from the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) arraigned a female pastor for failing to wear nose mask...

Kidnapped 83-year-old escapes

The 83-year-old man kidnapped in the Bunkprugu/Nakpanduri district has escaped from captivity, his family has confirmed to JoyNews. According to the family, the man fled...

Pastor murdered at Ejisu

A 44-year-old pastor with the Jehovah Nissi Church at Ejisu has been murdered in cold blood. The incident, which occurred Wednesday dawn at his residence...

Man killed, wife raped but police ignore call because they don’t have vehicle

Residents of Juapong, a town in the North Tongu District of the Volta region, have demonstrated against the district police after a snub when...

Barbaric: Girl, 4, battles for life after alleged defilement with knife inserted in private part

A four-year-old girl is battling for her life after a 16-year-old boy allegedly defiled her and inserted a knife into her private part in...

Yeji highway robbery leaves one dead, several injured [Video]

One person has been shot dead with six others in critical condition after a robbery attack at Yeji in the Bono East District. The robbery...

Suspected goat thief lynched in Tamale

A suspected goat thief has been lynched in the  outskirts of Tamale, in the Northern Region. The deceased was suspected to have stolen a goat...

Pastor sues pastor GH¢200K for defamation

The founder and Leader of In Him Is Life Church International, Rev Isaac Opoku popularly called Prophet Obotuo has dragged Michael Adu, alias Demon...

Farmer remanded for attempting to snatch police officer’s loaded AK 47 rifle

An Accra Circuit Court has remanded into police custody a 30-year-old farmer who attempted to snatch an AK47 rifle from a police woman. Seyram Tony...

Electrician remanded into custody for stealing

The Akuropong magistrate court has remanded a 22-year-old electrician into police custody for stealing at Abuakwa in the Atwima-Nwabiagya South Municipality. George Amissah Paintsil was...

Hohoe court sentences tenants for storing wastewater behind bath house

Vida Damani and Augusta Aboagye, tenants residing in Hohoe-Ahado have been sentenced to a fine of GH¢1,200 each by the Hohoe Magistrate Court for...

Ten arrested for attacking chief’s palace over cancellation of festival

The Kpeshie Divisional police have arrested 10 persons who who allegedly attacked the Palace of the Teshie Chief, Gbetsorlor Nii Ashitey Akomfra III. The arrested...

How the publication of a s3x video of SHS student led to the arrest of ‘porn site’ boss

The Minister of Communications, Mrs Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, has revealed that the investigation that led to the arrest of the operator of the pornographic site,...

7 more arrested over NPP, NDC clash at Nkrankwanta

Police in the Bono Region have arrested seven more suspects over last Saturday's clash at Nkrankwanta during the voters' register mop-up exercise. The clash between...

Police arrest 65-year-old, two others for gang-raping 11-year-old girl

A Nigerian Police Command has arrested a 65-year-old man, Ahmadu Garba, and two others identified as Abubakar Bala, 37, and Suleiman Ahmadu, for allegedly...

Dead body missing from morgue found in another village

The burial and funeral rites of a 95-year-old woman were put on hold as family members who had gone to retrieve the body at...

Power One Trial: More details emerge about how biochemist was murdered

Christian Awoe Gamelie, also known as, Power-One, 40, Famous Adukonu, also known as, Scorpion, 37, and Yaw Azamate, 27, have been remanded on the...

Motorbike robber jailed 24 years

A barber who together with an accomplice attacked a teacher with a machete and attempted to rob him of his motorbike has been jailed...

Murdered Sogakope Assemblyman: Police grab alleged ring leader after 5 months manhunt

The leader of the gang who fired the second shot during the robbery and murder of Marcus Maputo Adzahli, the Assemblyman at Sogakope in...

Two fake physicians arrested

The Medical and Dental Council has arrested two fake physicians at the Tamale Technical University Hospital and the Good Morning Clinic at Adentan in...

2 before court for robbing fan milk vendor

Two persons, who allegedly robbed a fan milk seller of his cash, have been granted a ¢50,000 bail each with two sureties each, one...

NPP, NDC clash at Nkrankwanta: Three arrested [video]

The Bono Regional Police command has arrested some three persons suspected to be involved in the scuffle at Nkrankwanta in the Dormaa...

Two teens burnt alive for allegedly stealing mobile phone (Photo)

Two boys were burnt alive for allegedly stealing a mobile phone at Komarock Estate, Nairobi, Kenya. According to reports, the teen boys were caught trying...

NPP, NDC members arrested after clashes in New Juaben

Coordinator for the Zongo Caucus of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in New Juaben South Constituency, Tijani Abdella, has been arrested over allegations of...

Blame game after NPP, NDC supporters’ clash that killed one at Nkrankwanta [listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Former MP 'fingered' in NPP, NDC supporters clash which killed one at Nkrankwanta A former National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament (MP)...

Three busted in an attempt to steal from Energy Ministry’s bank account

Three persons are in the custody of the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) for allegedly trying to cash GHS3.5 million from a bank...

Barbaric: Man murdered, intestines removed through anus

A man, believed to be in his 40s, has been found dead in a lake at Fiifi Pratt, a suburb of Gomoa Nyanyano in...

Dr Okoe Boye warns thieves who are using his name to rob people on Facebook

Deputy Minister of Health, Dr Bernard Okoe Boye, has cautioned against Facebook accounts or page asking for funds in his name. The Member of Parliament...

Ridge Hospital suspends two staff over sale of PPEs

The Greater Accra Regional Hospital, Ridge, has suspended two of its staff for engaging in administrative malpractices which have the tendency of tarnishing the...

12-year-old boy butchers father at Adansi [Photos]

A 12-year-old boy, Kwadwo Acquah, has butchered his 60-year-old biological father, Kwaku Akromah at Adansi Pipiiso. The Junior High School 1 pupil, out of anger,...

Two people shot by armed robbers on Kumasi-Techiman road

Two people have been shot by armed robbers after a vehicle they were travelling in from Techiman to Kumasi was ambushed. The incident...

One dead, two in critical condition as NPP, NDC supporters clash at Nkrankwanta

One person has been shot dead while two others are battling for their lives in a clash between National Democratic Congress (NDC) and New...