Crime

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...

Mother who dumped newborn baby in bush turns herself in

A mother who had allegedly abandoned her newborn baby in the bush near Bole Customs Barrier on October 27, 2023, has turned herself in...

NPA, police intercept 13 vehicles used for illegal petroleum transaction

Thirteen Bulk Road Ve­hicles (BVRs), which were illegally used to transport petroleum products, have so far been intercepted by the Ashanti Regional Police Command...

Armed land guards storm Amanfrom Dunkwa, injure residents

A group of 35 individuals, armed with weapons, have invaded Amanfrom Dunkwa, a neighborhood within the Ngleshie Amanfrom area of the Ga South Municipality....

Court remands 62-year-old miner for pouring acid on former girlfriend

A 62-year-old illegal miner, who allegedly poured liquid suspected to be acid on his former girlfriend, Victoria Salamatu Safia, 35, has been remanded into...

One injured after armed robbery at filling station

A gang of armed robbers have attacked Gaso filling station in Adankrono, near Kade, within the Kwaebibirem Municipality of the Eastern Region on the...

Labourer remanded for breaking into 2 offices and stealing

An Adentan Circuit Court has remanded into police custody a labourer accused of breaking into two different offices at East Legon, Accra. Richard Bajian is...

MP blames gov’t for feud between Electrochem, Sege residents

Member of Parliament (MP) for Sege, Christian Corleytey Otuteye, has said the feud between residents and Electrochem Ghana Limited should be blamed on government. According...

Sege MP reacts to renewed feud between residents, Electrochem

Member of Parliament (MP) for Sege, Christian Corleytey Otuteye, has condemned a shooting incident in a feud between Electrochem Ghana Limited and some residents...

Electrochem clears air on shooting incident at Sege

Electrochem Ghana Limited has given its account of a shooting incident which led to the death of one person at Sege in the Greater...

MASLOC trial: Court summons psychiatrist over accused’s mental examination

Dr Apio who works at the Accra Psychiatric Hospital has been summoned to appear before the Financial and Economic Division of the High Court...

Ex-convict lynched after killing ex-lover, injuring 3 others at Enyan Oboom

Irate residents at Enyan Oboom in the Ajumako Enyan Essiam District of the Central Region have beaten a 28-year-old ex-convict, Mubarak Bentsil to death....

DJ shot dead during live broadcast

A radio anchor in the Philippines has been shot dead while performing a live broadcast. Juan Jumalon, known as DJ Johnny Walker, was shot...

Garu: Victim of military brutality reported dead

One person has passed on following the alleged military brutality at Garu in the Upper East Region. Garu Member of Parliament (MP), Albert Alalzuulga disclosed...

South Africa: This is how much Pentecost Church Deacon’s kidnappers demanded

It has emerged that the gunmen who abducted a Deacon of the Ghanaian Pentecost Church in South Africa, were after a ransom. The Church...

Man accused of shooting galamsey taskforce commander denied bail

The Osino District Court in the Fanteakwa South District of the Eastern Region has rejected a bail application submitted by lawyers representing Abel Nti...

Court to take Afoko’s plead on murder for 3rd time

Gregory Afoko, the farmer who is alleged to have played a role leading to the death of New Patriotic Party’s Upper East Regional Chairman,...

Popular crypto king found guilty of fraud, faces 115 years in prison

Sam Bankman-Fried has been found guilty on all seven counts related to fraud and money laundering. He is the co-founder and former CEO of...

Scrap dealers vandalise, steal ECG switchgears

Fifteen switchgears installed in various com­munities by the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) in Accra, have been vandalised and its parts stolen. According to the...

Transformer thieves in Volta region jailed 5 years

The Ho Circuit Court has sentenced two of the three suspects who were arrested by the Volta Regional Police Command for attempting to steal...

Musician granted GH¢400K bail for allegedly kicking girlfriend’s genitals

A 23-year-old victim, whose musician boyfriend violently stamped her right leg and kicked her genitals after discovering pictures of her with another man, is...

Court discharges 23 persons who attacked palace over sale of Kweiman land

Court Connected ADR hence prayed the court to discharge the accused persons. The accused persons are Gideon Amartey, aka Kitinki, Richard Amartey Mensah, Eziel...

Neighbour shoots father, stepson dead over noise in apartment

A Brooklyn bodybuilder and his stepson were shot dead in the hallway outside their apartment in an ongoing dispute with their angry downstairs neighbour...

Kasoa Cops ‘killer’ jailed 20 years

Eric Kojo Duah, the man standing trial for the murder of two police officers on the Kasoa-Budumburam-Accra has been jailed for 20 years after...

‘I did not recruit any soldiers’ – Alleged female coup plotter

Warrant Officer Class Two Esther Saan Dekuwine (WOII), one of nine individuals accused of plotting to overthrow the government, has denied recruiting soldiers for...

Peace Council, Catholic Diocese condemn military brutality at Garu

The Upper East Regional Peace Council and the Catholic Diocese of Bolgatanga-Navrongo have condemned the alleged military brutality at Garu and Tempane in the...

Six members of Western Togoland secessionists jailed 13 years

Six more members of the Western Togoland secessionists have been handed 13 years and six years imprisonment and a fine of 1300 penalty units...

Two arrested for allegedly swindling American of $1,250,000

Two people have appeared before an Accra Circuit Court for allegedly defrauding an American of $1,205,000 under the guise of supplying the victim with...

Pastor, security man arrested for defrauding ‘church members’ [Video]

A self-acclaimed pastor, Stephen Appiah Kubi has been arrested at Abuakwa Maakro in the Ashanti region. Appiah Kubi who is the founder of Everlasting Jesus...

Over 400 prepaid meters stolen in Anyaa in 2 weeks; Assembly member laments

The Assembly member for Anyaa West, Michael Acquah, has bemoaned the increase criminal activities in the area. According to him, there has been rampant attacks...