Crime

Man opens fire on mother and son for failing to observe ‘social distancing’

A man has been arrested for shooting at a mother and son in a Miami Beach hotel lobby after becoming upset over their lack...

What a lady did to a 10-year-old girl for losing GH¢20 will break your heart

A 10-year-old girl is in a critical condition after her guardian physically abused her for losing GH¢20. The victim, Nasandey Nansu, in an interview with...

NDC supporters in Walewale besiege radio station over attack on party executive

Angry supporters of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in Walewale in the Northeast Region besieged the premises of a local radio after its constituency...

KPANSEC students present apology letter to authorities over scuffle

Students of Kpandai Senior High School (KPANSEC) have rendered an unqualified apology to the headmaster and entire teaching staff of the school for causing...

What Kennedy Agyapong wants to be done to killers of 90-year-old ‘witch’

Maverick politician, Kennedy Agyapong has angrily reacted to the killing of 90-year-old Akua Denteh at Kafaba in the Savannah region. News of Madam Denteh's...

Teenager hires thugs to murder brother near Mampong [Photos]

A young man identified as Kofi Acquah but known to those in his area as Labista, has been murdered in cold blood by thugs...

Man jailed for killing a gorilla

A court in Uganda has sentenced a man to 11 years in prison, for the killing of a silverback mountain gorilla in early June. The...

23-year-old WASSCE graduate shot in his sleep at Mfensi [Photos]

A 23-year-old WASSCE graduate identified as Tabiri Emmanuel has been shot in his sleep at Mfensi in the Atwima Nkwabiagya North District of the...

Suicide victim’s family denies deceased lost investment in collapsed Menzgold

Family of a man who committed suicide at North Suntreso in Kumasi has denied he had funds locked up in defunct Menzgold. Twenty-six-year-old...

Tadi kidnapped girls: Suspects get lawyer

The two Nigerians accused of murdering the four kidnapped girls in Takoradi in the Western Region now have a legal representation from the Legal...

Elizabeth Ohene writes on killing of 90-year-old alleged witch

In the past few days, I have heard discussions on the killing of Akua Denteh in Kafaba, being likened to the killing of George...

Gospel musician narrates ordeal after being deceived to travel abroad

Budding gospel musician, Vida Afriyie, has recounted the torture she had to undergo at the hands of her foreign employee in Saudi Arabia. Miss Afriyie,...

Five arrested over killing of 90-year-old

Five persons have been arrested in connection with the murder of Akua Denteh, the 90-year-old woman who was beaten to death after she was...

Three arrested for using toy gun to gang-rape ladies while recording the act

The Police Command in Ogun State has arrested three of the five men who allegedly gang-raped a lady on Thursday. The Police Public Relations...

Supreme Court strikes out request to restrain Johnson Akuamoah Asiedu from acting as Auditor-General

The Supreme Court has struck out a request to restrain Johnson Akuamoah Asiedu from acting as Auditor General. This was after the court had granted...

Police break silence on video of man being assaulted for ‘chasing’ another’s wife

Police in the Upper West Region say they are investigating the video of a man who was allegedly assaulted on the suspension of having...

Suspected kidnappers arrested at Adaklu-Alavanyo

Two Fulani herdsmen at Adaklu-Alavanyo, who allegedly abducted two brothers, aged 12 and 13 have been arrested. The suspects, identified as Sambo Mohamed Sawuna, 22,...

2 bribe-paying men arrested for busing non-residents to registration centres

Two people, an agent and his driver, have been arrested by the Gomoa Dominase District Police Command for allegedly busing people to Ajumako to...

Self-styled ‘witch-doctor’ exorcises witches at Bawku (Watch)

A new video showing a self-styled 'witch-doctor' exorcising 'witches' at Widana, a town in the Bawku Municipality of the Upper East region, has emerged....

Kafaba now a ghost town, residents flee to avoid arrest [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Kafaba now a ghost town Kafaba, in the East Gonja Municipality of the Savannah region, has turned into a ‘ghost’ town as residents...

Photos drop as George Floyd is reburied in Nigeria

A Nigerian pastor, identified as Humble Okoro, has held a second funeral service for the late George Floyd in Imo State, Nigeria. The clergyman...

3 brothers remanded for assaulting custom officers and snatching rifle away

Three of the five brothers who allegedly crossed into Ghana on a vehicle in defiance of the closure of the border and assaulted two...

Court convicts three for stealing

The Enchi District Magistrate court on Tuesday, July 28, convicted three men for stealing a music player and two micro memory chips valued at...

9yr-old-boy commits suicide in Koforidua

Police in Effiduase in the Eastern Region are investigating a suicide incident involving a nine-year-old boy. The deceased, Frimpong Adjei, was found hanging on a...

Retired military officer in trouble over fraud

A 54-year-old retired military officer, who defrauded some people under the pretext of recruiting them into the Ghana Army, has been remanded into prison...

Robbers kill security man, steal GH¢15,000 at gas filling station

A security guard was on Sunday, July 26, found dead at the Wabco Gas filing station. Moses Buer is alleged to have been killed during...

Ejisu Sec Tech student who was locked up by Assistant Headmaster jailed

One of the two students locked up overnight in the office of the assistant headmaster of Ejisu Sec Tech has been jailed for a...

Security man murdered at duty point as GH¢15,000 goes missing in suspected robbery

A security man in his 60s, Moses Buer, was on Sunday July 26, 2020 found dead at the Wabco Gas filling station at Sege...

‘Togolese’ arrested for attempting to acquire voter ID freed by court

A Tema Magistrate Court, presided over by Mrs Akosua Anokyewaa Adjepong, has discharged an alleged Togolese charged for attempting to register in the ongoing...

Excavator operator remanded over robbery

A Tema Circuit court presided over by Mrs. Agnes Opoku-Barnieh has remanded 36-year-old excavator operator, Nas Boadu, into police custody. Mr Boadu's remand is for...

Murdered 90-year-old woman was accused of not allowing rain to fall, Prez reacts to barbaric act

President Nana Akufo-Addo has described the lynching of a 90-year-old woman at Kafaba in the Savannah region as an act which has disfigured Ghana....

I only did it three times – Security man who defiled 3-year-old

A 24-year-old security man, identified only as Isaac, has been arrested by police at Asaba, Delta State for defiling his neighbour’s three-year-old daughter.According to...

Ejisu SHTS Assistant Head who locked up students cited in another damning video

Emerging videos available to Luv News show Assistant Headmaster of Ejisu Senior High Technical School (SHTS), who detained two students overnight in...

Why 90-year-old alleged witch was lynched

Latest information emanating from Kafaba in the Gonja East District of the Savanna Region indicates that the suspected 90-year-old woman, who was accused of...

Father inflicts blade wounds on 4-year- old for stealing chicken wings

The Weija Domestic Violence and Victims Support Unit (DOVVSU) has arrested one Anthony Adjei for physically abusing his four-year-old son at New Weija. The victim...

Man jumps into Odaw River to escape after stealing handbag at Circle [Watch]

A man, who was alleged to be a bag snatcher at the Kwame Nkrumah Circle, a popular business hub in Accra, had no alternative...

Two arrested for repackaging orthodox medicine as herbal product

The vigilance of the Volta Regional Directorate of the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has yielded dividend as two suspects peddling repackaged orthodox medicine...

Kafaba Lynching: GH₵ 2,000 bounty for ‘witch hunters’ insignificant – Minister

Deputy Minister for Transport, Daniel Nii Kwartei Titus Glover, has said the GH₵ 2,000 bounty placed on the heads of murderers of a 90-year-old...

Amnesty Int’l sends message to Gender Ministry over lynching of 90-year-old woman

Amnesty International has said the government of Ghana has failed in demonstrating its willingness to nib in the bud, repeated attacks on old women...

Attempt to block Joy News’ documentary on pervasive stealing of cocoa beans fails again

The attempt by Licensed Cocoa Buyers Association (CBA) to block a scheduled Joy News documentary on the stealing of cocoa beans has once again...