Crime

Unknown assailants kill nurse at Walewale

Walewale in the North East Region has been thrown into a state of mourning following the death of a nurse at Walewale Government Hospital....

Aisha Huang: Any identified and arrested kingpin of ‘galamsey’ will be put to trial – Attorney General

The Attorney General and Minister for Justice, Godfred Yeboah Dame, has said any identified kingpin who is arrested over illegal mining known in local...

Immigration Service warns motor riders in Ketu South

The Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) has warned the Motor Riders Association in the Ketu South Municipality of the Volta region against assisting in potential...

ECG MD reacts to JoyNews’ expose on illegal meter sale

The Managing Director of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), Samuel Dubik Mahama, says he is saddened by the sale of illegal meters sale...

Girlfriend of Kikibees owner arrested as police probe his death

The police have arrested one person in connection with the murder of businessman, Bennet Adomah Agyekum, owner of the famous restaurant Kikibees, in the...

Barber jailed 10-years for threatening the life of Obuasi Bitters CEO

A 35-year old barber has been sentenced to 10-years imprisonment in hard labour after he pleaded guilty to two counts of threat of death...

Two grabbed over Bolt driver’s murder

Two people have been put before a Kaneshie District Court for their involvement in the murder of a bolt driver at Nsawam. Michael Adzomani, aka Major, 25,...

Six students remanded for beating up colleague over boyfriend

A Bolgatanga District Court has remanded six students into police custody for allegedly assaulting a friend. The accused persons, aged between 17 and 20, were...

Court orders arrest of woman over GH₵100K cocoa road contract  

An Accra Circuit Court has issued a bench warrant for the arrest of a woman accused of collecting GH₵100,000 from a businessman to secure...

Tupac murder suspect says he was arrested in ‘biggest case’ in Vegas history, bodycam shows

A man charged in the killing of rapper Tupac Shakur was calm during his arrest last week, criticizing a police officer’s driving and asking...

House help receives 20-year prison sentence in Kumasi murder case

A Kumasi Circuit Court has sentenced a 22-year-old house help who murdered his employer at Sokoban-Apaaso in yet another crime to 20 years imprisonment. John...

Family of UEW student found dead in hostel breaks silence

The family of Rita Anane, a level 300 ICT student at the University of Education, Winneba (UEW) who was found dead in her hostel...

Three arrested for stealing ECG transformer in Volta Region

Three suspects have been arrested by the Volta Regional Police Command for attempting to steal a transformer at Adaklu Tsrefe in the early hours...

Kenyan baby-thief jailed 25 years after BBC Africa Eye exposé

A Kenyan hospital work­er caught by the BBC trying to sell a baby has been sentenced to 25 years in jail. Fred Leparan, who worked at Nairo­bi’s...

Police on manhunt for lone robber terrorising parts of Accra

The Ghana Police Service (GPS) is on a manhunt for a lone robber who is alleged to have been operating in parts of Accra. The...

Police retrieve refiles from herdsmen at Tatale

The Tatale Police on September 30, intercepted and retrieved an M16 rifle from two herdsmen. The gun, which was carried without authority, was hidden in...

Level 300 UEW student found dead in hostel

A level 300 student of the University of Education, Winneba (UEW) has been found dead in her hostel at the south campus. The deceased...

Woman’s eye swollen after alleged assault by ECG taskforce

A 65-year-old woman, Esther Dogbe, has been left with a swollen eye after she was beaten by some workers alleged to be staff of...

Two grabbed for stealing ECG cables

The sheer vigilance of community members at Benso in the Tarkwa Nsuaem Municipality in the Western Region has led to the arrest of two...

Madagascar Court jails former Lighthouse Pastor for car theft

Pastor Larry Odonkor, formerly with Lighthouse Chapel International (LCI), has been jailed for two years by a Court of Appeal in Madagascar for fraudulently...

Drama in court over murder of businesswoman

The swift intervention of police officers prevented family members of the 35-year-old businesswoman, who was allegedly killed at her residence by her house help...

Alleged Wagner recruits case adjourned

The case involving five Ghanaians believed to be leading a group linked to Wagner in Russia has been adjourned to the 14th of November...

Latest on houseboy who killed employer in Kumasi

The 35-year-old woman who was allegedly murdered by her house help died of multiple head and abdominal injuries. That is according to an autopsy report...

‘Galamsey’ fight: 21 jailed 340 years

Twenty-one Ghanaians have been sentenced to a total of 340 years imprisonment by the Tarkwa Circuit Court for illegal mining locally known as galamsey,...

Wa: 35-year-old man jailed 71 years for defiling seven minors

The Wa Circuit Court has sentenced a 35-year-old man to 71 years imprisonment on 10 counts of defilement. The 35-year-old, Ahmed Rashid had denied the...

Miner, brother-in-law steal gold worth GHï¿ 30,000

A 27-year-old small-scale miner who allegedly connived with his brother-in-law to steal gold worth GH¢30,000 from a gold-buying shop at Nsuaem has been sentenced...

Man, 28, kills 22-year-old lover at Ekumfi Dunkwa

A 28-year-old man whose name has only been given as Uncle Fii has reportedly stabbed her 22-year-old girlfriend to death at Ekumfi Dunkwa in...

Houseboy who murdered employer admits to stealing GH¢167K in another case

The houseboy who allegedly murdered his employer at Apaaso near Sokoban in the Ashanti region has pleaded guilty to stealing over GH¢167,000 from a...

Murder of Ghanaian teenage girl in UK; The inside story [Video]

https://youtu.be/MJOP8g1kMK4 The Ghanaian community in the United Kingdom (UK) is in mourning following the murder of a 15-year-old girl, Elianne Andam in South London. According to...

Sand winners destroy farmlands in Obom – Police arrest five

The activities of illegal sand winners operating in Abazor, near Obom, and its surrounding communities in the Greater Accra region have led to the...

Conversation between 17-yr-old alleged killer and friend after stabbing 15-yr-old Ghanaian girl to death

A 17-year-old boy has appeared in court charged with the murder of a 15-year-old girl who was stabbed to death on her way to...

Police on manhunt for siblings said to have killed 60-year-old woman over witchcraft accusation

The Police have launched a manhunt for two siblings who allegedly killed a 60-year-old woman over witchcraft accusation at Janga in the West Mamprusi...

ECG staff allegedly beat medical doctor to pulp

Some workers alleged to be staff of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), have reportedly beaten a medical doctor to pulp. The incident happened on...

Court adjourns Adisadel College assault case

The third hearing of the case of alleged assault at Adisadel College has been adjourned to Wednesday, October 4, 2023, due to the absence...

Trial of blogger:  Alleged authors of panic withdrawal story before Court 

The trial of a blogger and an information technology professional whose activities allegedly caused panic among dollar account holders, causing them to withdraw their savings...

Yeji: Fetish priest, 62, murders wife, 25, on suspicion of adultery

A fetish priest, Solomon Mbalegon, aged 62 has allegedly murdered his 25-year-old junior wife, Madam Nakoli Mbalegon and thereafter committed suicide for alleged suspicion...

Two friends jailed for fraud, falsehood

Two friends, who succeeded in duping many people under the pretext of enlisting them in the Ghana Armed Forces, have been sentenced to 32 months...

GWCL arrests cable thief at Ichaban treatment plant

The Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) has arrested a suspected cable thief at the Ichaban water treatment plant in the Western region. The suspect, 17-year-old...

Central region: Alleged car snatcher beaten to death

A notorious car snatcher has been beaten to death by a mob at Awutu Bosomabena in the Awutu Senya District of the Central region,...

Drug theft: Bolga Hospital pharmacist assisting investigation reported dead

The Head of the Pharmacy Department of the Upper East Regional Hospital, Samuel Amoateng Saffoh, has died. Nearly everyone contacted so far on Sunday about...