Crime

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...

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...