Crime

Man in court for threatening to kill neighbour over woman

A 30-year old man, Kobina Aggrey, who threatened to cut his neighbour into pieces for allegedly snatching his girlfriend, has been granted GH¢10,000 bail...

Incest on the rise in Central Region

The Central Regional Secretariat of the Domestic Violence and Victims Support Unit (DOVVSU) of the Ghana Police Service has expressed worry about the rising...

Dormaa Central NPP supporters go beserk; burn party property [video]

A group of irate youth of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Dormaa Central Municipality of the Bono Region has...

Thief falls asleep during operation [Photos]

A thief fell asleep in the middle of his operation after breaking into a TV presenter’s house in Tanzania. East Africa Radio, ITV Zanzibar presenter,...

Pastor commits suicide over suspected ‘broken heart’

The Founder and Leader of Jesus Healing Prayer Camp at Kasoa Ofaakor Atopi Hill in the Awutu Senya East Municipality of the Central Region,...

Police Inspector in gold robbery case remanded

The Obuasi Circuit Court has remanded the Police Inspector who was arrested for his alleged involvement in a gold robbery case at Mmamiriwa in...

Cocoa farmer butchers wife to death at Mile 5 in Tarkwa

A 28-year-old cocoa farmer of Mile 5 in the Tarkwa-Nsuaem Municipality has allegedly butchered his wife to death. The deceased, Regina Efe Incoom, 25, whose...

Nigeria: Legislators oppose castration as penalty for rape

The house of representatives has rejected castration of persons convicted of rape, after it was suggested during one of the meetings.At Thursday’s plenary session,...

Man jailed 10 years for defiling 2-year-old girl

A Tamale Circuit Court has sentenced Sulemana Danaah to 10 years in prison for defiling a two-year-old girl at Kumbungu in the Northern region. According...

I raped 70-year-old woman under influence of alcohol – Suspect confesses

A 25-year-old-man, Wasiu Bankole, has been arrested for raping a 70-year-old woman at her apartment in Abule Lemode area of Ijoko at about 8pm on June...

One shot dead, another injured in armed robbery attack

A middle aged cattle dealer, Issahaku Haruna, has been shot and killed in a robbery attack last night in his home at Achebunyuor in...

Covid-19 Restrictions: Journalist, others sentenced for violation

An Accra Circuit Court on Thursday sentenced 10 persons, including a journalist, to a fine of ₵12,000 each for not complying with the Covid-19...

NDC officials face prosecution over Saglemi housing project

Some former government officials of the erstwhile National Democratic Congress (NDC) are to be arraigned before court in the coming days for allegedly misappropriating...

‘Dwarf priest’ who defiled 9-year-old girl jailed

32-year-old 'Dwarf priest', Akwesi Body has been given a 7-year imprisonment term for defiling a 9-year-old girl at Fetteh Kakraba in the Gomoa...

Armed men dressed as Covid-19 healthcare workers rob supermarket

A group of armed men robbed a South African supermarket dressed as healthcare workers on Wednesday. The thieves made away with an undisclosed amount of...

Man butchers wife for requesting divorce [Photo]

A cocoa farmer in the Tarkwa-Nsuaem Municipality in the Western Region, identified as Eric Arhin, has reportedly butchered his wife for threatening to divorce...

Pressure mounts on Akufo-Addo to seek justice for Ahmed Suale, others

President Akufo-Addo has been asked to seek justice for Ahmed Suale and other slain Ghanaians after his tweet, advocating for the murderers of George...

Western Togoland Secessionist granted ¢100K bail

A driver from Akatsi, who was said to have harboured about 20 victims who were unknowingly recruited into the so-called Military wing of the...

Man who killed wife over infidelity caged

The Bole Magistrate Court presided over by His Worship Andrews Cudjoe has remanded Yikatey Somatey, a 60 year old farmer from Gando in the...

Man, 25, arrested for defiling girl, 2, at Kumbungu

Danaah Sulemana, 25, a driver’s mate is in the grip of the Lamashegu Divisional Police Command for allegedly defiling a two-year-old girl at Kumbungu...

Man convicted for whipping 3-year-old son leading to severe injuries

JoyNews/AdomNews · Man convicted for whipping 3-year-old son leading to severe injuries A 25-year-old man whose whipping of his three-year-old son leading to severe injuries...

Former NIB boss’ son Stephen Gyimah courts contempt trouble for himself

Son of former Managing Director of the National Investment Bank (NIB), Stephen Gyimah, also known as Nana Yaw Poku, appears to have courted fresh...

Obinim speaks on firing his lawyer

Popular televangelist, Bishop Daniel Obinim, says he has not fired his lawyer, Ralph Poku-Adusei, contrary to reports in sections of the media. The popular preacher...

Domestic abuse on the increase – DOVVSU boss cries

Director of the Domestic Violence and Victims Support Unit (DOVVSU), Chief Superintendent Owusua Kyeremeh, says domestic violence against women is on the increase because...

Fetish priest in police grips over alleged defilement of 9-year-old girl at Fetteh

A 32-year-old dwarf fetish priest, (Motia Komfo), is in police custody for allegedly defiling the nine-year-old daughter of his neighbour at Fetteh Kakraba...

National Security to get Woyome properties

The Attorney General’s Department has filed an application seeking the permission of the Supreme Court to transfer to the National Security four properties belonging...

Nursing mother escapes lynching

A yet-to-be-identified nursing mother suspected to be a fake money dealer should thank the police for her life. This follows a last minute intervention by...

Read Akufo-Addo’s message to family of George Floyd

President Nana Akufo-Addo has sent his condolences to the family and loved ones of the late George Floyd who was murdered by four police...

Tadi kidnapped girls’ families upset!

Two out of the four families in the Takoradi kidnapped girls incident have expressed disappointment at the slow pace at which the course of...

Bishop Obinim’s trial adjourned to July 20

The Kaneshie District Court on Monday adjourned the false publication of news and forgery case against Bishop Daniel Obinim to July 20 to enable...

Volta Region: Remand prisoner cuts off his manhood in police cell

A remand prisoner, Thomas Agbezuke, has cut off his penis in cell in what could pass for attempted suicide, police at Abor in Keta...

Final year JHS student commits suicide at Nakaba

A final year Junior High School (JHS) student has allegedly committed suicide at Nakaba, a suburb of Enchi in the Aowin Municipality of the...

Thief electrocuted to death at Lapaz [Photos]

It was the end for a thief when a naked wire connecting two containers he was scaling through electrocuted the life out of him. The...

Obour could be in trouble over father’s burial; this is why

Information Minister Kojo Oppong-Nkrumah, has said he is not aware the father of popular musician, Bice Osei Kuffour, died of Covid-19. There has been a...

Hajia Fati’ s criminal case: Final judgement given

Final judgement on the criminal case between the vociferous supporter of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Hajia Fati’ and Adom FM's reporter, Ohemaa Sakyiwaa,...

Obinim for court today

Controversial pastor, Daniel Obinim, the founder of the International God’s Way Church (IGWC), will today appear at the Kaneshie Magistrate Court in Accra. He has...

More details on beauty queen wife of Minneapolis cop Derek Chauvin who has filed for divorce

The wife of the white police officer charged with killing George Floyd has now filed for divorce from him, her lawyer said Friday.   The announcement...

Nigeria: Student raped, murdered inside church (Photo)

A 23-year-old lady, identified as Uwaila Omozuwa, has died at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH), Edo State, after she was beaten and...

2 jailed 30 years for robbery

A Kumasi Circuit Court has sentenced two men to a total of 30 years’ imprisonment in hard labour for robbing a Zoomlion worker, Norbert...

13 more Volta separatists arrested at Kpando

The 66 Artillery Regiment (Volta Barracks) Saturday arrested 13 persons suspected to be linked to separatists-Homeland Study Group Foundation. The 13 persons, eleven males and...