Crime

Peace Council sends message to Akufo-Addo over Hawa Koomson’s ‘Rambo’ shooting

Chairman of the National Peace Council, Most Rev. Prof. Emmanuel Asante, has called on the Minister for Special Development Initiatives, Mavis Hawa Koomson to...

Court in awe as lady spends fraud money on sports betting, tithes

A lady, Nkechi Mercy Ikogwe, alongside two companies, were on Monday arraigned before a Federal High Court in Port Harcourt, Nigeria, over alleged N179 million fraud. The...

Court orders EC to give information on procurement consultancy services to MP

A Human Rights Court has ordered the Electoral Commission (EC) to furnish Ernest Henry Norgbey, Member of Parliament for Ashaiman, with information on the...

Court remands student over alleged murder of colleague

A 22-year-old student, Enoch Agyemang, has been remanded into prison custody for the alleged murder of his girlfriend, Agnes Amoah at Ekon, a suburb...

I fill them with water and burst them – Husband’s excuse to wife who found condoms on him [Watch]

A man, who was confronted by his wife over condoms she had found in his possession, told her he fills them with...

4 people arrested over Kasoa shooting incident granted bail

The four persons, who were arrested in connection with the Kasoa Registration incident, have been granted bail by a Cape Coast Circuit Court. The...

One more suspect arrested in connection with GH¢46.1m bank theft

One more suspect has been arrested by the police in connection with hacking into a bank and attempted transfer of GH¢46, 129,473 to eight...

Kennedy Agyapong loses again in Anas’ defamation suit

An Accra High Court has dismissed an application by lawyers for Kennedy Agyapong to halt the defamation trial before it. Mr Agyapong and his lawyers...

Obinim’s ‘sins’ revealed in court

Details are emerging about the reason why the controversial pastor, Daniel Obinim, founder of the International God’s Way Church (IGWC), was hauled before the...

Ghanaians roast Hawa Koomson over Kasoa shooting incident

Ghanaians have reacted angrily following the Minister for Special Development Initiative's admission that she fired gunshots at the Step to Christ registration centre in...

Police invite Hawa Koomson

Minister for Special Development Initiatives, Mavis Hawa Koomson, has been invited by the police for firing gunshots at a registration centre at Kasoa. Public Relations...

Hawa Koomson’s ‘boys’ arrested over Kasoa shooting incident

It has emerged that the four suspects arrested in connection with the voter registration disturbances at Kasoa are supporters of the New Patriotic Party...

2 arrested with guns for illegally escorting people to registration centre

Two unidentified suspects have been arrested by a military patrol team with four locally manufactured guns and other weapons in their possession at Kojokura,...

4 arrested in connection with Kasoa voter registration disturbances

The Central Regional Police Command has arrested four suspects in connection with voter registration disturbances at Kasoa in the Central Region. The suspects, Sulley Razak,...

Police officer found dead in his home with gunshot wound

A police officer, identified as Abdul Rashid, has been found dead with a gunshot wound at his residence at Abeka-Lapaz, Accra. The unfortunate incident is...

NAM 1 case adjourned to September 7

The team prosecuting Chief Executive Officer of defunct Menzgold, Nana Appiah Mensah, also known as NAM 1, says it is still waiting for advice...

Furnish Bishop Obinim with documents – Court orders prosecution

The Kaneshie District Court on Monday adjourned the false publication of news and forgery case against Bishop Daniel Obinim to September 9, 2020 to...

Police gun down 25-year-old highway robber in a crossfire

A 25-year old suspected armed robber, only known as Musah, has been gunned down by police in a crossfire at Nakwaba, a suburb of...

EC officers run for their lives as gun-wielding men storm registration centre [Video]

Officials of the Electoral Commission (EC) who are registering people at the Step to Christ Registration Centre in the Awutu Senya East constituency have...

Sextortion: A new wave of crime in Kumasi

The Police Domestic Violence and Victim Support Unit (DOVVSU) is warning of an emerging crime wave known as sextortion. DOVVSU says there is increasing incidence of...

Kidnapping of 39 at Gomoa: Court grants bail to 2 suspects

The Winneba District Magistrate’s Court, presided over by Mr Isaac Oheneba Kufuor, has granted bail in the sum of 5,000 Ghana Cedis with one...

Police break silence on 29-year-old man killed at Buduburam

The Ghana Police Service has cleared the air on the circumstances which led to the shooting of a 29-year-old man at Gomoa Buduburam in...

2 robbers get 46 years jail term

Residents of Ho, the Volta Regional capital and its environs may begin to heave a sigh of relief after two robbers known for terrorizing...

Gory murder at Manhean: Man, 35, kills tenant, inflicts wounds on deceased’s wife

A landlord who allegedly murdered his 38-year-old tenant on Thursday has been arrested by the police at Manhean in Accra. He is also alleged to...

Chaos at Buduburam as Nigerians attack police station, one goes naked in protest

A 27-year-old Nigerian has allegedly been shot dead at Gomoa Buduburam near Kasoa in the Gomoa East District of the Central region leading to...

Man kills colleague after seeing his account balance

An innocent man, Abuchi Wisdom Nwachukwu, has lost his life after he showed his account balance to his colleague. The money in the account...

Woman sustains severe burns after being pushed into fire [Video]

A 22-year-old young man, Emmanuel Inkoom, has allegedly caused severe burns on both legs of his wife, Matilda Badasu, 23, over a...

Voters registration: Two EC officers arrested [photos]

Two Electoral Commission Officers from the Savannah Region are currently in the grips of police in Tamale in the Northern Region. The culprits, Mumuni Abilla...

Sam George tears Amidu apart over Interpol arrest warrant on Samuel Mahama [audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Sam George tears Amidu apart over Interpol arrest warrant on Samuel Mahama Ningo Prampram Member of Parliament, Samuel George, says the Special Prosecutor...

5 Togolese arrested at Aflao after registering for new Ghanaian voter’s ID

Five Togo nationals have been arrested for attempting to exit the country through unapproved routes at Aflao. This was after they had registered for the...

KNUST clears air on student who allegedly murdered Uber driver

Management of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has dismissed reports of its student murdering an Uber driver in the Ashanti...

How I recorded Sawla NHIS boss – Nurse speaks on sexual assault [listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · How I recorded Sawla NHIS boss – Nurse speaks on sexual assault Doreen Smith, a nurse working with the Soma CHPS Compound in...

Voter registration: EC reacts to fake voter ID card issued to an Asian

The Electoral Commission (EC) has stated that it did not issue a voter identity card to an Asian male and that the said card...

Bodies of police officers who drowned retrieved

The bodies of the two police officers, suspected to have drowned while chasing some armed robbers at Krobo, a suburb of Obuasi in the...

Sammy Gyamfi speaks on Interpol’s notice for arrest of Samuel Mahama

The Communications Officer for the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) says a warrant issued by the International Criminal Police Organisation (Interpol) for the arrest...

‘Kidnapped’ 1-year-old boy found dead in abandoned manhole [Photos+Video]

An 18-month-old boy, who was feared kidnapped at Gbawe in the Weija municipality, has been found dead in abandoned manhole, 700 meters away from...

NDC polling agent arrested over missing TECNO phone[video]

A polling station agent of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the ongoing voter registration exercise has been arrested over a missing mobile...

S3x scandal: Sawla-Tuna-Kalba District NHIA Manager asked to step aside

The Sawla-Tuna-Kalba District National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) Manager has been asked to step aside over allegations of sexual misconduct against him by a...

Airbus scandal: Interpol issues arrest warrant for Samuel Adam Mahama

The International Criminal Police Organisation (Interpol) has issued an arrest warrant for Samuel Adam Fosters aka Samuel Adam Mahama in connection with his role...

Twitter accounts of richest men in the world hacked for Bitcoin scam

The Twitter accounts of major public figures, including billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates and Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk, have been hacked and used to post scam...