Crime

Death sentence too final, mistakes can be made – Justice Lovelace-Johnson

Supreme Court judge nominee, Avril Lovelace-Johnson, has kicked against the death penalty sentence. The death penalty, a form of capital punishment instituted by...

Audio: MCE calls for emergency meeting over Mankessim shooting

Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Mfantseman, Kenneth Kelly Essuman, has called for a Municipal Security Council Meeting over the shooting at Mankessim during a...

Audio: Tilapia seller butchered at Yeji

James Naah, a tilapia seller at Yeji in Pru East District in the Bono East region, has been reportedly butchered by some armed robbers. Information...

Man catches ‘cheating’ wife; batters her into coma

Police have arrested a 35-year-old man, Kofi Bandoli, for beating his wife to oblivion after allegedly catching her having sexual intercourse with another man....

SHS students attack teacher after getting ‘high’

Students of Zappa Secondary School in Asaba, Delta State allegedly attacked their teacher after getting ‘high’ on hard drugs. The students were reported to have...

IGP interdicts 2 Policemen over Kasoa killing

The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mr James Oppong-Boanuh, has directed the immediate interdiction of two policemen in connection with the shooting and killing of...

Listen: Police pick up 5 persons in connection with Mankessim shooting

The police have picked up five people in connection with disturbances during the ‘outdooring’ of a Paramount Queenmother, Nana Araba Otua II, at Mankessim...

I was held in America over Ahmed Suale’s murder – Kennedy Agyapong reveals

The Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong, has revealed that he was recently held at Houston Airport by security officials for six...

Just in: Teacher killed in Walewale armed robbery attack

A teacher with the Ghana Education Service (GES) has been killed in an armed robbery attack at Walewale in the West Mamprusi Municipality of the North...

Two police officers detained for shooting civilian to death

Two police officers, Corporal Samuel Boamah and Lance Corporal Isifu Tahiru at the Kasoa Division, have been arrested and detained for allegedly shooting a civilian...

Shooting at Mankessim, police officer shot, 2 dead

Seven people, including a police officer, have been shot at Mankessim. READ THIS: Shatta Michy ‘runs away’ from Shatta Wale Two of the seven shot have...

Farmer granted bail for possessing gun

A 45-year-old farmer, who was arrested by the police for possessing an unlicensed gun, has been granted a GH¢50,000 bail with two sureties by...

Shoemaker remanded for causing harm

A shoemaker, 26, who used broken bottles to inflict severe wounds on a patron at a popular drinking bar at Bokankye, in the...

‘He said he was checking for breast cancer’: Cop allegedly fondles woman

The Kwabenya District Police Command has vowed to investigate alleged sexual harassment of a woman by a police officer on patrol duty in Accra following official...

DCE blames poor roads on recent armed robbery cases [Audio]

District Chief Executive for Bia West in the Western North Region, John Kwao, has said that bad roads in the town delayed police response...

Photos: Man Faints as he is caned for having pre-marital sex

An Indonesian man who fainted as he was being whipped for pre-marital sex today was revived to receive the rest of his punishment before...

Customs Service intercepts gallons of petrol hidden inside coffins

A joint anti-bunkering team of the Nigeria Customs Service has intercepted 23 jerry cans of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) concealed in two caskets....

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...