Crime

Woman, 28 remanded for causing harm to children under her care

A 28-year-old woman who subjected two children under her care to cruel and inhuman treatment has been remanded into police custody by the Awutu...

WAEC lauds GES’ decision to dismiss riotous students

The West African Examination Council (WAEC) has lauded the Ghana Education Service (GES) decision to dismiss students involved in the recent unrest seen recorded...

Bright Senior High School proprietor granted bail [video]

The proprietor of Bright Senior High School at Kukurantumi in the Eastern region has been granted self-recognizance bail by the Akyem Tafo...

WAEC condemns assault on its officials by students of Bright SHS

The West African Examination Council (WAEC) has condemned the assault on its officials and journalists by students of the Bright Senior High School in...

Cocoa farmers demand end to stealing after ‘Missing Kilos’ documentary

A secretly filmed documentary aired on Joy News showing how cocoa farmers have been cheated for a long time has provoked an uproar in...

Check out Kwaku Baako’s punishment for rapists

Rape is one of the sensitive issues that one needs to be extra careful when talking about since any slight slip of the tongue...

Man in Police grips over killing of friend due to GH¢ 50

A 36-year-old man, Kwabena Naaba Asanu, is in the grips of the Yeji Police in the Bono East Region for allegedly shooting and killing...

Porn blogger arrested and caged for uploading content of victims

The police have busted a web designer and a blogger over pornography. Anderson Ofosuhene Anim aka Morio Gee is alleged to have collected monies from...

Why man who impregnated daughter won’t be banished [audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Why man who impregnated daughter won’t be banished The Unit Committee Chairman of Wassa Abre-hyia in the Western region has given reasons why...

Police hunt for eight hooligans for assaulting registration officials, others

The Police at Ajumako-Beseasi in the Ajumako-Enyan-Essiam District of the Central Region have mounted an intensive search for eight hooligans suspected to have assaulted...

Family appeals for release of man abducted over suspicion of being a wizard

The family of a man who was allegedly kidnapped at Kambagu in the Bunkprugu/Nakpanduri district of the North East Region is calling for his...

Man jailed 7 years for defiling a 14-year-old girl

A 22-year-old tricycle taxi operator was on Wednesday slapped with a seven-year jail term in hard labour by the Ho Circuit Court for defiling...

Arrest students who assault teachers during WASSCE – GNAT

The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) has called on authorities to arrest students who perpetrate violence against its members facilitating the ongoing examinations...

We want to take all precautions – Sammy Gyamfi’s lawyer on Kennedy Agyapong’s threats

Lawyer of NDC’s Communication Officer, Sammy Gyamfi says her team is taking all the necessary precautionary measures to ensure that her client is safe...

18 Foreigners before court for cybercrime

Some 18 foreigners, who allegedly entered the country illegally to engage in cybercrime, have been put before the Wa Circuit Court. The accused, believed to...

Nigeria: Man faints during police confrontation for destroying daughter’s bladder with rape

Ogun State Police Command has arrested a village head (Baale), Rasheed Sholabi of Oose Agbedu Ajibawo, in Owode-Yewa, for allegedly having unlawful carnal knowledge...

GES warns rioting SHS students

The Deputy Director-General of the Ghana Education Service, Anthony Boateng, has said authorities will deal with all students who rioted and vandalised school property...

NDC calls for the arrest of NPP thugs in Ajumako Bisease

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has called on the Inspector General of Police (IGP) to investigate, arrest and prosecute alleged New Patriotic Party (NPP)...

SHS students assault school officials, Daily Graphic reporter over strict supervision during WASSCE [photos]

Students of Bright Senior High School at Kukurantumi in the Eastern Region have attacked officials of the West African Examination Council (WAEC)...

Police officer allegedly rapes woman as punishment for not wearing face mask

A 32-year-old widow has alleged that policemen attached to the Sakpenwa Police Division in Nigeria’s Tai Local Government Area, arrested her on Tuesday, July...

WR: Rituals father performed for impregnating daughter will shock you [Video]

A 35-year-old man, Kwasi Abu, has allegedly impregnated his 15-year-old daughter at Wassa Abre-hyia in the Western region. The girl, who has been...

Shocking: Fake blind beggar exposed [Photo]

A fake blind woman has been arrested by assistant to Nigeria's Governor for Mineral Resources & Environmental Management.According to reports, the woman, who hails...

Ndewura Jakpa Senior High Technical students vandalise school properties in protest against social distancing in exam hall

Students of Ndewura Jakpa Senior High Technical in Damongo in the West Gonja Municipality have vandalised school’s properties in protest against the 1.5-meter social...

Suspected thief killed during standoff between police and angry mob at Tamale

A middle-aged man has been killed at Choggu-Manayile in Tamale, the Northern regional capital during a standoff between police and an angry mob. While the...

Priestess shows no remorse in court over lynching of 90-year-old Akua Denteh

Hajia Sirina Mohammed, 40, charged with murder at the Bole Magistrate Court for masterminding the lynching of 90-year-old Akua Denteh, has said she was...

Mother who poisoned two children to undergo psychiatric examination

A Tema Magistrate Court, presided over Mrs Akosua Anokyewaa Adjepong, has ordered that the 28-year-old mother, who allegedly murdered her two children in Tema,...

Tweneboa Kodua SHS teachers in ‘trouble’ over alleged extortion

Security agencies are investigating allegations that some teachers at Tweneboa Kodua Senior High School in the Ashanti region allegedly took money from students with...

WASSCE: Teacher interdicted for dictating answers

The Director-General of the Ghana Education Service (GES), Prof Kwasi Opoku-Amankwa, has directed for the interdiction of one Evans Yeboah. Mr Yeboah is said to...

Man found dead, tied to electric pole at Mankessim

A 26-year-old unidentified man has been murdered by unknown assailants at Subse, a suburb of Mankessim in the Central region. The residents of the area...

Lady captured in video flogging Akua Denteh is not related to her – Family of deceased

The family of 90-year-old Akua Denteh who was lynched on suspicion of being a witch says the claim by one of her...

High priestess involved in murder of 90-year-old woman to appear in court on August 5

The Savannah Regional police command says the Priestess (Soothsayer), in the Kafaba murder case, will appear in court on Wednesday, August 5, 2020. This was...

Man, 63, commits suicide years after axing wife to death

 A-64-year-old farmer, Samuel Arthur, has committed suicide years after he axed his wife to death at Sefwi Ahwia in the Western North region. He was...

Man, 83, abducted over suspicion of being a wizard

An 83-year-old man has been abducted at Kambagu in the Bunkprugu/Nakpanduri district of the North East Region over suspicion of being a wizard. Reports indicate...

Kafaba lynching: Soothsayer who masterminded the act finally arrested!

The Priestess (Soothsayer), in the Kafaba murder case, has been arrested from her hideout at Yeji in the Bono East region by police in...

Woman allegedly kills rival for flirting with husband

A 40-year-old woman has been killed by her rival for allegedly flirting with her husband. The deceased, Millicent Opoku, was clubbed many times with a...

Kafaba lynching: Funeral for alleged witch set for Wednesday

The family of Akua Denteh, the 90-year-old woman who was lynched has announced that her final funeral rite will come off on Wednesday 5th...

Mother who allegedly killed her children to undergo psychiatric examination

A Tema Magistrate Court on Monday, August 3, 2020, ordered that the 28-year-old mother, who allegedly murdered her two children in Tema, should undergo...

EC lists number of foreigners facing the law for attempting to register for voters ID card

The Electoral Commission (EC) says while a Nigerian has been convicted for trying to acquire a voters identification card, five other Nigeriens are currently...

Armed soldiers raid 5 houses in Ho West

Armed soldiers raided at least five houses in the border town of Honuta in the Ho West District on July 7 and subjected the...

18-year-old boy stabbed to death in a club

An 18-year old boy, John Kofi Appiah, met his death when a friend stabbed him at Obuasi Wawasi AGA Clubhouse around 1:am on Monday. Father...