Crime

Farmer kills wife for preventing him from marrying a second wife

A 36-year-old farmer has allegedly killed his wife at Nyangekura, a farming community in the Sawla-Tuna-Kalba district of the Savannah region. The suspect, Samba...

Two arrested for gang-raping three women

The Tema Regional Police Command has arrested two young men believed to have taken part in alleged gang rape and robbery of at least...

Audio+Photo: Woman killed, husband’s penis cut off over ‘sex’ in Nanton

A married woman, identified as Mavis Akolbila, has been found dead in pool of blood. Her 26-year-old husband, William Akolbila' penis was also cut off...

Man beheads 6-year-old son for ‘rituals’

A man has beheaded his 6-year-old son for rituals at Amoa Cocoa shed, a farming community near Debiso in the Western Region.The suspect identified...

Effiduase: Ex-convict arrested for car snatching

Police at Effiduase in Ashanti Region have arrested a 37-year old ex-convict for car snatching. Charles Frimpong who had spent seven years in prison for...

Prampram murder: Nephew of deceased arrested

A nephew to 50-year-old man, Kwao Tetteh, who was murdered at Zutsokpo, a village near Prampram in the Greater Accra region has been arrested. The...

Ghanaian convinced 30 women to send him $2.1million in dating scam

Federal authorities have arrested a New Jersey man who they say has conned nearly three dozen women seeking romance on dating websites out...

Serial rapists, robbers remanded

Two members of a gang of three accused of rape and armed robbery within the Ada-Foah area in the Ada East District of the...

2 notorious robbers hit during shootout with police

Two suspected armed robbers were gunned down Friday morning in the Wa Municipality of the Upper West Region, during a shootout with the police. One of the...

Audio: Two persons electrocuted to death, others in critical condition at Tamale

Two persons have been reported dead with others in critical condition after they were on Thursday afternoon electrocuted at Tamale in the Northern region. According...

3 arrested for slashing wrist of hairdresser to rob her mobile phone

Three suspected armed robbers who allegedly slashed the wrist of a 26-year-old hairdresser to take her mobile phone in Sunyani, have been arrested. The victim,...

One dead, another injured in robbery attack

There is high tension at Fielmuo in the Sisaala West district of the Upper West Region following the shooting of two persons on the...

Court orders inquest into Nigerian billionaire’s death in Accra

The Kaneshie District Court 2 in Accra has ordered a judicial inquiry into the controversial death of Nigerian billionaire and philanthropist, High Chief Olu...

Audio: Man murdered by ex-wife, lover at Yeji

A 43-year-old man identified as Akwesi Philip has been allegedly murdered by his ex-wife and her lover at Yeji in the Pru District of...

Ghana Police to conduct nationwide swoops

The Ghana Police Service has served notice it intends to conduct swoops nationwide as part of measures to ensure total security in Ghana. “The preventive...

Police arrest 213 with condoms, marijuana in swoop

The Western Naval Command in a joint military-police operation around European Town and the Albert Busumtwi-Sam fishing Habour in Sekondi have arrested 213 suspects...

Audio: Mobile money vendor killed by friend at Gomoa Nyanyarno

A mobile money vendor has allegedly been killed by his friend at Gomoa Nyanyarno in the Central region. The deceased, whose name was given as...

Video: How Police-Military team arrested over 100 suspected criminals at Buduburam

A joint Police and Military team on Thursday morning stormed Kasoa Budumburam in the Central region and arrested over 100 suspected criminals. Information gathered by...

We are living in fear; military swoop not solution – Gomoa Buduburam chief cries

The joint police and military swoop at Gomoa Buduburam Thursday morning is not enough to guarantee security, Chief of Gomoa Buduburam, Nana Kojo Essel...

Joint Military/Police personnel invade Gomoa Buduburam

Personnel from the military and police have raided Gomoa Budumburam/Liberia camp in the Central region to round up suspected criminals. The Thursday morning swoop was...

Police to summon assemblyman who assaulted Joy News’ photojournalist

The Jamestown police have secured a warrant to arrest the assemblyman for the area after he assaulted Joy News’ photojournalist.  Joseph Addo also known as Zola...

Audio: Killers of Gomoa Akraman chief performed rituals – Witness

A 35-year–old resident of Gomoa Akraman in the Gomoa East District of the Central region, who witnessed the murder of the Akraman Gyaasehene, has...

Dismissed Police Officer, others in multiple robbery cases denied bail

Two Circuit Courts in Koforidua have dismissed bail application brought before it by defence Counsels for a dismissed Police Officer and two others facing...

Woman drowns in reservoir

A 45-year-old woman, identified as Maame Adwoa, slipped and fell into a community reservoir when she attempted to fetch water leading to her...

3 women, 36 others arrested for drug peddling

A swoop conducted by the Jamestown Police, have led to the arrest of three women and 36 men, suspected to be trading in Narcotics. The...

Audio: Kasoa Police burdened by growing population – DCE

The District Chief Executive (DCE) for the Gomoa East Municipality, Solomon Quarm is of the view that the fast growing nature of the Gomoa...

Man stabbed to death at Bolga

A man believed to be in his early forties has been stabbed to death in Dapooretindongo, a suburb of Bolgatanga in the Upper East...

‘Sexually abused’ househelps deported from Saudi Arabia

Some 22 Ghanaians have been deported from Saudi Arabia with harrowing tales of assault and sexual abuse, the Ghana Immigration Service has revealed. In a...

Tema police bust alleged rape gang involved in raping Nigerian girls

The Tema Regional Police Command has busted two suspects who allegedly raped and robbed victims within the Ada Foah area of the Greater Accra...

Horror: Mad man murders and burns body parts of ‘landlord’ at Dansoman

A ‘mad man’ has gruesomely murdered a 59-year-old property owner at Tunga near Dansoman in the Ablekuma West constituency of the Greater Accra...

Video: Aayalolo door ‘arrests’ suspected robber

Drama unfolded in the Aayalolo metro bus when a suspected robber got ‘arrested’ by the vehicle’s automated door. The bus travelling from Adum to Aputuogya...

Defiled girl, 9, battles for life

A nine-year-old girl is battling for her life at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital after she was allegedly defiled by her 53-year-old grandfather, Peter...

Video: Four Nigerians arrested in Accra for attempting to murder househelp

The East Legon Police Command has arrested four Nigerian nationals at Trassaco, a residential area at East Legon in the Greater Accra region over...

Video+Photos: Househelp vomits blood, sustains deep wounds following employers’ torture

Four Nigerians on Tuesday allegedly subjected their Ghanaian domestic help to severe pain, leading to disfiguring of the body of the victim. Joy News’ Latif...

Audio: Second victim in Gomoa Akraman violence missing, not dead – Police PRO clarifies

A middle-aged man, who sustained gunshot wounds during a cross-fire at Gomoa Akraman in the Gomoa East District of the Central region is reported...

Takoradi kidnapped girls: Families demand DNA results from Police

The families of the three kidnapped Takoradi girls are demanding updates on the DNA tests being undertaken on the human remains retrieved from the...

21 people facing trial in US$139 million corruption-related cases – Attorney General

The Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Ms Gloria Afua Akuffo, has said a total of 21 people and a limited liability company, are...

Court remands fake soldier

An Accra Circuit Court has remanded a fake soldier for allegedly defrauding three nurses under the pretext of getting them enlisted into the Ghana...

Cock wins court case as judge directs it to crow as loud as it can

A court in Rochefort, western France has underscored the fact that nobody has an absolute right as its recent ruling in favour of a...

Photo: 9 Chinese nationals busted for galamsey operation

Nine new Chinese galamsey operators have been arrested at Akrofuom in the Adansi District of the Ashanti Region by the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Illegal...