Crime

Woman jailed for stabbing boyfriend

The Bekwai Circuit Court has slapped a jail term on a jealous woman who stabbed her boyfriend with a broken bottle and then set...

Photos+Audio: Robbers strike again; rob cocoa depot at Juaboso

An eight-member robbery gang on Wednesday around 1:30pm stormed and robbed the Aduapa Cocoa depot at Asempanaye-Juaboso in the Bia West District of the...

21 Policemen under probe for misconduct

The Ghana Police Service has placed 25 policemen under investigations, following public complaints of alleged unprofessional behaviours. The complaints were received from civilians through recently...

Labourer gets seven years for defilement

A 32-year-old labourer who had sex with a 12-year-old minor who was his step-daughter has been sentenced to seven years imprisonment by an Accra...

ADB management consoles family of murdered police officer

Managing Director of ADB Bank, Dr John Kofi Mensah, has consoled with the Police Administration as well as the family of the police officer...

Sextortion on the rise among policewomen – Interpol

An Interpol report sighted by Joy News indicates that there is an increase of reported cases of sextortion involving policewomen. Sextortion is a crime where...

Bullion Van Attack: 3 arrested over police officer’s killing [Audio]

Three people have been arrested for the killing of the police sergeant who was shot and killed while he was escorting a bullion van...

Pastor hires assassins to kill female colleague

56-year-old Pastor, Benjamin Akinsanya of the Life House Ministry, Ojo, Lagos, has been arrested and arraigned before court, with two others for all the...

Accra City Guards on ‘rampage, beat up mum with baby’

Some members of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly's (AMA) City Guards, popularly called Abayee, have been caught in a secret video pushing and shoving a...

Policeman shot dead in latest bullion van attack [Photos]

A police officer has been reportedly shot dead by suspected armed robbers at Sefwi Asempanye in the Sefwi Wiawso area of the Western...

Man reveals why he cannot quit selling ‘weed’

A man arrested with 106 bags of cannabis by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Nigeria has revealed why it is difficult for him...

Two grabbed with human parts at La

The La District Police Command has apprehended two persons in possession with human parts at Tse-Addo, near La in Accra. The two were apprehended upon...

‘Errand boy’ in trouble for forging documents

A 36-year-old businessman, Frank Nti Adjei, is sweating under the heat of the law for allegedly forging the signature on a tenancy agreement in...

Watch: Hajia Fati begs Adom FM reporter

"I am on my knees please forgive me. I plead with you all, I am sorry, I am sorry…it won’t happen again," this is...

Court fines Hajia Fatia GH¢ 9,000 over assault on Adom FM journalist

The Human Rights Division of the Accra High Court has fined New Patriotic Party (NPP) staunch supporter, Hajia Fati, GH¢9,000.00 for assault on Adom...

Nine in court for stealing GH¢ 135,330 from adb

Nine persons, who allegedly appropriated cash in the sum of GH?135,330 belonging to the Agricultural Development Bank, have been arraigned before an Accra Circuit...

Police prosecutors seek AG’s advice in alleged cops killer’s case

Police Prosecutors handling the case involving a man alleged to have killed two policemen say they are seeking the Attorney General’s advice on the...

Pastor who posed as police officer arraigned on fraud charges

A 41-year-old pastor, who posed as a Police officer and collected GH¢3,000.00 from three persons under the pretext of enlisting them into the...

Nine in court for stealing from bank

Nine persons, who allegedly appropriated cash in the sum of GHC 135,330 belonging to the Agricultural Development Bank, have been arraigned. The accused persons also...

18 remand prisoners at Ho Central Prison freed

Some eighteen (18) remand prisoners in the Ho Central Prisons have been set free by the Justice For All (JFA) programme at...

Mechanic grabbed for faking robbery attack

A 26-year-old mechanic who faked his attack and robbery has landed himself in trouble for deceiving the police. Benjamin Bonney reported to the Kpeshie Divisional...

Footballer remanded in custody for possessing narcotic drug

A Kumasi Circuit Court has remanded into custody, a 27-year-old man, who without lawful authority, was in possession of 23 wrappers of dried ...

Woman narrates how she got raped at police station [Video]

A lady who only gave her name as Gladys , has narrated how a policeman raped her as a precondition to helping her bail...

Driver who beat police officer narrates ordeal behind bars

Francis Buabeng, the driver who together with his mate, beat up a uniformed police officer at Mallam has narrated his ordeal behind bars. Starting with...

Video: Robbery plan backfires for employee who attempted to rob employer in Accra

The decision by an employee who planned to recruit people he thought were into armed robbery to rob his employer in Accra, Ghana, has...

Listen: BNI to chase those re-bagging foreign rice as local rice

Deputy Minister for Food and Agriculture, Kennedy Osei Nyarko, has hinted that his outfit, together with the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI), will soon...

Teacher accused of defrauding woman of GH¢60,000

A teacher who allegedly swindled a woman of GH¢60,000 in Appeadu near Kumasi has been arraigned in court. Yaw Boateng, 49, is accused of defrauding...

Lecturer who demanded sex in order to give good marks jailed

A 69-year-old lecturer who demanded sex in exchange for marks has been handed a 3 year jail sentence in a court judgement passed...

Basic school leavers top 2018 list of convicts in Ghana

Basic school leavers have topped the list of persons jailed in various prison facilities in the country for 2018, according to the Prisons Service’s...

Audio: Akua Donkor reacts to Supreme Court ruling

Leader of the Ghana Freedom Party, Akua Donkor, is dissatisfied with the Supreme Court's decision to dismiss her writ against President Nana Akufo-Addo and...

EOCO disowns MASLOC boss

The Economic and Organized Crime Office (EOCO),  has disowned the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC), Stephen Amoah, over...

Akua Donkor slapped with GH¢10k over suit against Akufo-Addo, Bawumia

A seven-member panel of Supreme Court justices, presided over by Justice Jones Dotse, has dismissed a writ filed by leader of the Ghana Freedom...

23-year-old arrested for throwing faeces at passersby

A 23-year-old man has been arrested after being accused of throwing faeces at five people on three different occasions. He allegedly threw liquefied faeces which he held...

Listen: Why police officers still take bribe: IGP’s take

Inspector-General of Police (IGP), James Oppong-Boanuh, has given a diagnosis of the growing police unprofessional conduct on the road including the acceptance of bribes. READ:...

Couple found dead in their matrimonial home

A shoemaker, Kweku Barfo, 34, and his trader wife, Rosina Arthur 26, were last Thursday found dead in their matrimonial home at Winneba. Chief Superintendent...

Audio: IGP justifies use of water cannons on law students

The decision by the police to use water cannons to disperse law students who were protesting to demand reforms to legal education in Ghana...

Police battle ready for criminals before, during and after Christmas – IGP

The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), James Oppong-Boanuh, has promised a crime-free country before, during and after the Christmas festivities. To demonstrate his commitment, the Ghana...

Video: Man shoots wife and commits suicide

A man, identified as Kwadwo Oppong Owuo, has reportedly committed suicide after allegedly shooting his wife, Yaa Sophia who is in a critical condition...

Church members attack Local Authority Task Force over building permit [Video]

Officials of the Tema West Municipal Assembly have been allegedly attacked by some church members of the Anointed Chapel International in the Tema West...

Mother allegedly sells day-old baby for GHC 4,609

The Lagos State Police arraigned 34-year-old Chineye Nwankwo before an Ikeja Magistrate Court on Monday, November 25, for allegedly selling her one-day-old baby for...