Crime

Ex-convict jailed again for pouring acid on ex-girlfriend

The Tarkwa circuit court has sentenced a 62-year-old illegal miner to 20 years imprisonment in hard labour for pouring liquid suspected to be acid...

Kikibee CEO’s murder: Court grants Police green light to access mobile phones of 3 persons

A Madina District Court has granted the Police access to the mobile phones of three persons involved in the murder case of Bennette Agyekum...

One injured, house and car burnt in renewed clashes at Nkwanta South

A six-bedroom house and a car have been burnt with one person receiving treatment at Nkwanta St Joseph Catholic hospital in the Oti region. This...

Teenager arrested over fake kidnap, collection of GH¢2000 ransom

A female seamstress apprentice who reportedly feigned a kidnap and demanded GH¢2,000 as ransom for her release has been arrested by the police in...

Woman arrested for murdering husband, three children over insurance payout

A woman who has been accused of murdering five members of her family for the insurance payout was arrested on today. The woman allegedly...

16 including two women grabbed at ‘wee’ base in Kumasi

Two women have been nabbed at a known ‘wee’ base in Kumasi, the Ashanti Regional capital. The duo, identified as Esther Blessing, 26 and...

Man found dead at Mankessim cemetery

A man believed to be in his late 30s has been found dead at the Mankessim cemetery in the Mfantseman Municipality of the Central...

State withdraws old case against NAM1, slaps him with fresh charges

In a significant development in the case against Nana Appiah Mensah (NAM1), the Chief Executive Officer of the defunct gold dealership company Menzgold, the...

Teacher jailed 12 years for defiling class 3 pupil

A 28-year-old private school teacher has been sentenced to 12 years imprisonment with hard labour by the Odumase-Krobo Circuit Court in the Eastern Region. Enoch Amponsah pleaded guilty to the...

Ghanaian man that killed mother-of-three in accident in UK indicted

Samuel Ankrah, the Ghanaian man accused of causing a deadly motorcycle crash that killed a West Chester mother of three has been indicted. The crash...

Remains of missing lady found in boyfriend’s refrigerator

A tip from a Texas man’s ex-wife led police to discover the remains of a woman missing for over a year in his refrigerator, according to...

Two Jubilee House soldiers, Immigration officer remanded for alleged robbery

The Koforidua Circuit Court B has remanded into police custody four military men, an Immigration Officer, and a private security man for armed robbery...

Housewife, 20 sets husband’s house ablaze over refusal to divorce her

Police operatives in Adamawa State have arrested a 20-year-old housewife, Amina Hassan, who allegedly set her husband’s house ablaze over his refusal to divorce...

4-year-old boy rescued from alleged ritual murder

A 4-year-old has been rescued from an alleged ritual murder Wassa Nsuopun in the Amenfi-East constituency in the Western region. The lad fell victim to...

Landlord murders 3 tenants over late rent

A Queens landlord stabbed his girlfriend and two tenants to death — then walked into an NYPD stationhouse and confessed he “did something bad”...

Mfante killing: Mankranso Forestry Commission office remains shut in fear of reprisal attacks

Three days after two brothers were allegedly shot and killed by a Forestry Commission taskforce at a community mining site in Mfante, the divisional...

Man escapes lynching for attempting to steal cocoa beans at Osedzi

A young man is battling for his life after he was attacked with machetes, when he attempted to steal dry cocoa beans at Osedzi...

Thief cries for help after house owner sodomises him

A Chitungwiza burglar will never forget Wednesday night as long as he lives after he was savagely sodomised by the owner of the house...

Yawpare farmers live in fear over herdsmen attacks

Farmers in the Yawpare community near Zambrama in the Pru West District are living in fear and have abandoned their farming activities due to...

Family of two brothers shot dead in clash involving Forestry officers speaks

Fauziatu Raman, a sister of two brothers who were killed in a clash involving community miners and forestry officers has broken silence on the...

Law firm clerk granted bail over alleged tractor fraud 

A 43-year-old law firm clerk, who allegedly abetted with a businessman to defraud a farmer of his GH₵150,000.00, has been granted bail by an...

Businessman remanded over assault on ECG staff

A businessman, who allegedly assaulted a staff of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) over meter, has been remanded into Police custody by an...

Two shot dead, others injured after miners clash with Forestry officers

Two persons have been reportedly shot dead while two others have sustained injuries following an alleged clash between forestry officers and miners at Mfante...

60-year-old farmer allegedly kills 15-year-old Fulani boy

A 60-year-old farmer has allegedly taken the life of a 15-year-old Fulani boy in Tinsonyiri community near Tuna, Sawla district, Savannah region. The victim, Ibrahim...

Three suspected Ghanaians arrested in US with over 100 illegal guns

Three men with alleged ties to Ghana have been arrested in New York City with over 100 illegal guns. Ahmed “Taju” Mutalib, Abdul Haruna, and Murtala Haruna,...

Abesim murder: Accused pleads not guilty to 2 counts of murder 

Richard Appiah, the draughtsman accused of killing two minors and keeping their bodies in a refrigerator at Abesim near Sunyani, has pleaded not guilty...

Okomfo Anokye cola tree: Suspect denies felling 300-year-old tree

A man suspected to have cut down the Okomfo Anokye historic tree has denied his involvement in felling the 300-year-old tree. The tree, planted centuries...

Cult pastor found guilty over illegal film studio

Paul Mackenzie, the Kenyan man accused of leading a cult and being responsible for the deaths of more than 400 people has been found...

Chief, three others remanded in murder case

Four suspects, who were arrested in connection with the murder of a 40-year-old man, John Coffie, alias Africa, at Mile 4 in the Aowin...

Two arrested over sale of ECG meters

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has dragged two persons before an Accra Circuit Court for conspiring and illegally selling the company’s meter. Charles...

One person arrested in connection with felling of Komfo Anokye’s historic cola tree

Information reaching JoyNews indicates one person has been picked up by the police to assist with investigations pertaining to the felling of Komfo Anokye’s...

23-year-old labourer remanded for alleged burglary

The Adentan Circuit Court has remanded a labour­er, Richard Bajian for breaking into two offices at East Legon, Accra. Richard Bajian, 23, who is said...

Man allegedly commits suicide following mother’s death

Police in Abofour, in Offinso, in the Ashanti Region, are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a 35-year-old man. The deceased, Peter Boakye Yiadom,...

 Miner jailed 15 years for phone theft

The Asante Bekwai Cir­cuit Court has sentenced a 23-year-old miner to 15 years in prison with hard labour for stealing a Sum­sang smart phone. Innusah...

Man jailed 1 year for stealing ECG copper cables

Geofery Obuobi, unemployed, has been sentenced to one year in prison for stealing copper cables valued at GH¢7,550, belonging to the Electricity Company of...

Headmaster in custody for allegedly sodomizing student

The headmaster of a basic school at Kpogunor in the Lower Manya Krobo District of the Eastern region has been remanded for sodomizing a...

2 in court for selling fake ECG metres

Two persons have been charged and put before a Circuit Court in Accra for selling unauthorised Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) metres to unsuspecting...

Impose stiffer punishment for attacks on media personnel – Minister to judiciary

The Ministry of Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has appealed to the judiciary to consider stiffer punishment for persons who attack media houses and journalists...

Three visually impaired men arrested for drug trafficking

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Nigeria has made a series of significant arrests and drug seizures, totaling around N13 billion (GH₵197,432,943.37) in...

New twist to Cecilia Dapaah’s case

Patience Botwe, a former housemaid of former Sanitation Minister, Cecilia Abena Dapaah and six others have been slapped with 31 fresh charges moments after...