Crime

Photo: Two suspected robbers arrested at Sawla

Two suspected robbers have been arrested by a police patrol team in the Savannah region for their involvement in robbery on Monday. The two suspects,...

Missing girls: Police to allow independent DNA test

The Ghana Police Service has said it will not object to an independent DNA test on the remains of the four Takoradi girls now...

Video: Taskforce chase causes accident on Konongo Highway, one dead

One person is reported dead with others in critical conditions in a gory accident on the Konongo –Yarkwei highway in the Ashanti region. Reports suggest...

Family of another kidnap victim in Takoradi calls for support for victims

The family of a 19-year-old girl who survived a kidnapping in Takoradi last year is calling on government to strengthen support systems for victims. The call...

Prime suspect in murder of Asantehene’s sub-chief transferred to Kumasi

The Ashanti Regional Police Command says the prime suspect in the murder of Asamponghene, a sub-chief of the Asantehene has been transported to Kumasi.  Mohammed Sadat aka...

Security camera captures image of Ashaiman murderer

A secret security camera has captured the image of the person who killed two watchmen at Apsonic Motors and Kasapreko, opposite the Ashaiman Senior...

CID boss did everything a mother could do for us – T’di girls’ families

Some close family members of the Takoradi missing girls have heaped praises on the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) boss, COP Maame Tiwaa Addo-Danquah for...

Audio: Man shoots best friend to death at Asarekrom

A hunter, identified only as Kofi, has allegedly shot his 47-year-old friend, Yaw Atta to death at Asarekrom in the Adansi South Municipal Assembly...

Two Yemeni crime suspects escape from immigration custody

Two Yemeni crime suspects standing trial at the Kwabenya Circuit Court for up to 10 charges have escaped from Ghana Immigration Service custody. The two, Sabila...

Manager remanded for attempted murder

The Nkawie Circuit Court has remanded a purchasing manager of Amajaro Cocoa Buying Company for attempting to murder a co-tenant at Mpasatia in the...

Police officer dismissed for serial theft

A Nigerian police officer attached to the Jigawa state police command has been dismissed for stealing a TV set and a pair of shoes. The...

Listen: Wife of main suspect in Asamponhene’s murder reports to police

Nana Yaa Asantewaa Bonsu, the queen mother of Pakyi Number 1 in the Ashanti region, who is the wife of Mohammed Sadat, a...

2 Nigerians jailed for illegal passport acquisition; forged UCC, KNUST certs

Two Nigerians; Ehikoya Israel Eigbibhahu and Achioneg Amos, living in the country illegally have been sentenced to a total of nine months in...

Watch video of angry Taadi Girls’ family as they question “culturally unacceptable” conduct of police

The families of the three kidnapped Takoradi girls are of the view that the DNA results released by the police that sought to confirm...

AMA apologises to Joy News over assault on journalist

The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA), on behalf of the Assemblyman for Ngleashi Electoral Area in the Odododiodio constituency, has apologised for an assault on...

Taadi girls: CID boss, others must resign – Family

The families of the four Takoradi girls, who police say are dead, are calling for the head of three security chiefs, citing their failure...

Full transcript: Police confirm missing Taadi girls are dead

At a press conference Monday, the  Acting IGP, James Oppong Boanuh announced that the results of the DNA test on remains retrieved in Takoradi...

Confirmed: Takoradi missing girls dead, skeletons found are theirs -Police (Video)

The three Takoradi missing girls, Ruth Quauson, Priscilla Blessing Bentum and Priscilla Koranche, who were kidnapped between August 2018 and January 2019, have been...

Photos: How a man beheaded his six-year-old son

Kwabena Abraham is in Police grips for allegedly murdering and beheading his six-year-old son, Oscar Tanu. He was arrested after a complaint was made to...

Takoradi kidnappings: Police conclude DNA test on retrieved parts

The Ghana Police Service has completed the DNA test on the remains retrieved close to the residence of Sam Udoetuk Wills, the main suspect...

Assemblyman who attacked JoyNews’ photojournalist charged

The Assemblyman for James Town, Joseph Addo, has been charged with assault over an attack on JoyNews' photojournalist David Andoh. He pleaded not guilty...

Ghanaian chief grabs headlines in Japan after foiling suicide

A Ghanaian chief, Nana Opare Kwafo I, demonstrated bravado when he rescued a Japanese woman who attempted to commit suicide by jumping from the...

Video+Photos: Police-Military team storms Madina; arrests over 300 suspected criminals

A joint Police and Military team on Monday morning, as part of nationwide swoops, stormed Madina in the Greater Accra region and arrested about...

Father poisons two children to death in Kumasi

Two children have allegedly been poisoned to death by their father at Oforikrom in the Ashanti region. The suspect is believed to be in his...

Teacher swindles lover to marry another woman

A pupil-teacher in Obuasi, Richmond Nana Boison Benyenu, is standing trial at an Accra Circuit Court for allegedly failing to go by his promise...

Bizarre: Three watchmen murdered at Ashaiman

Three persons said to be night watchmen have been murdered with some body parts missing at Ashaiman in the Greater Accra region. The deceased, Ibrahim...

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...