Crime

Barker-Vormawor slapped with fresh treason charges

FixTheCountry convener, Oliver Barker-Vormawor, has exercised his rights under Ghana’s laws to refuse to indicate whether he is guilty or not guilty in the...

Kasoa: 16-year-old girl battles for life after allegedly being impregnated by stepfather and assaulted for seeking abortion

JoyNews/AdomNews · MAN IMPREGNATES DAUGHTER A 16-year-old girl, whose identity is being withheld, is fighting for her life at Kasoa Mother and Child Hospital. It is...

Head porter jailed 60 months for attempting to use 5-year old girl for money ritual

An Accra Circuit Court has sentenced a 29-year-old head porter to 60 months imprisonment for presenting a five-year-old girl for money ritual at Pokuase...

Busload of family of lady allegedly murdered by police officer storms court [Photos]

Kumasi's Asokore Mampong District Court witnessed a poignant scene as a busload of relatives arrived seeking justice for the tragic death of a 26-year-old...

Contempt charges: Kpessa-Whyte cautioned and discharged after pleading guilty

The Supreme Court has cautioned and discharged Professor Michael Kpessah-Whyte after considering his apology and the mitigating prayer of his lawyer. This follows his conviction...

Missing 13-year-old boy tied to tree rescued by police

The Ghana Police Service has reportedly rescued a missing 13-year-old boy who was found tied to a tree in a plantation. This unfortunate incident happened...

Man kills wife, drinks poison

A man has infamously killed his wife in the farm, but his attempt to commit suicide afterwards to avert prosecution failed miserably. Suspect Akwasi Brefo...

Ya-Na condemns lynching of two persons over witchcraft accusations

Ya-Na Abukari II, Overlord of Dagbon, has condemned the recent lynching of two persons over accusation of witchcraft, at Zakpalsi, in the Mion District...

NACOC seizes cannabis worth $127k at KIA

The Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC), has seized 54 slabs of dried leaves suspected to be cannabis worth $127,000 at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA)...

Courts empty as JUSAG begins strike

Courts across the country have been abandoned by the Judicial Service Staff Association of Ghana (JUSAG) due to industrial action. The lorry parks are also...

EOCO nabs human trafficking syndicate in Accra, victims rescued and millions retrieved

The Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) and the Ghana Police Service have arrested some 49 Nigerian nationals suspected of engaging in human trafficking...

‘Assin North MP’ faces criminal charges in court

The woes of the deposed National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament (MP) for Assin North in the Central Region, James Gyakye Quayson, are...

Convict tells court economic hardship forced him to commit crime

 A 40-year-old tiler, Evans Hofe, has told the Hohoe Circuit Court that the country’s economic hardships compelled him to steal. Hofe appeared in court on...

Four chiefs and queen mother cited for contempt of court

Four chiefs and a queen mother of the Kwatwoma Traditional area, Jaman South Municipality of the Bono Region, have been cited for contempt of...

Man, 23, arrested for having sex with goat

A 23-year-old man at Kentey, a farming community in the Nkwanta South Municipality of the Oti Region, has been arrested by the police for...

Woman in police grips for burning niece with pressing iron

Social workers in Ho have taken a nine-year-old girl into care after she was burnt with a hot-pressing iron by her aunt with whom...

Okada rider, two others jailed for stealing a flat screen television

The Assin Fosu District Magistrate Court, presided over by His Worship Abdul Majeed Illiasu, has convicted three accused persons brought before the court for...

Statement: Attack on Immigration officers at Aflao Beat 6

Management of the Ghana Immigration Service has received with great displeasure the report of an attack on a team of Immigration Officers on patrol...

EOCO chases three suspects over fraudulent activities

The Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) has launched a manhunt for three suspects over various crimes. EOCO has identified the suspects as Ezekiel Mensah...

Two steal money at fire scene

Two people have been apprehended for allegedly stealing an amount of GH¢21,000 from a fire scene. Suspects Emmanuel Akolobila and Yazeed Abubakar allegedly stole the...

Man remanded for insulting Akufo-Addo

An Accra Circuit Court has remanded into police custody a 40-year-old tile setter for insulting President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. Raphael Okoe Ankrah, also known...

ECG drags 2 electricians to court for fraud, forgery

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has dragged two electricians to court for using the bar code of a dead employee to defraud unsuspecting...

2 lynched, one amputated for stealing mobile phone at Ahanta West

Two persons have been lynched at Beaho in the Ahanta West Municipal District of the Western Region for allegedly stealing a mobile phone. The two...

Two charged for contempt, insulting the court

The Tamale District Court has slapped two men with two charges for disrespecting the court. The duo, Ahmed Abdul Fatawu Yamba, aged 32 and Nana...

NDC decides: 8 people arrested for various offences

The Police have arrested eight (8) suspects throughout the country for various election-related offences and disturbing the peace during the Presidential and Parliamentary Primaries...

NDC decides: Man arrested for allegedly attacking police officer at Krowor

A man, believed to be in his early 30s, was on Saturday evening arrested for allegedly attacking a police officer at the polling centre...

Radio station manager arrested for alleged stealing

The General Manager of a private radio station in Takoradi, Godfred Mpusu, also known as Nyankonto, was Friday afternoon arrested by the police for allegedly stealing GH¢23,500 belonging to...

NDC Primaries: Secretary’s car vandalised, accreditations stolen at Kasoa [Video]

Unknown thugs have vandalised the vehicle of Awutu Senya East National Democratic Congress (NDC) Secretary, Amadu Tuariq. The incident occurred on Friday evening ahead...

Mother arrested for dumping newborn baby into school toilet

A 22-year-old woman, Adwoa Appiah, is in the grips of Ajumako District Police Command for allegedly dumping her new born baby into a school...

Attorney General justifies retrial of Afoko’s case

Attorney General Godfred Dame says he disagrees with the opinions that the human rights of murder accused Gregory Afoko will be infringed upon if...

Two jailed 7 years for stealing

A Dormaa-Ahenkro Circuit Court has convicted and sentenced two persons to seven years each with hard labour for conspiracy to commit a crime and...

Court ‘throws out’ Ato Essien’s motion to renegotiate GH¢60million payment 

The High Court in Accra has rejected an attempt by the founder of the defunct Capital Bank, William Ato Essien, to renegotiate a GH¢60...

Ato Essien pays GH¢4m ahead of today’s sentence motion hearing

Former Chief Executive Officer of defunct Capital Bank, William Ato Essien, has paid GH¢4 million to the state ahead of his custodial sentence hearing...

Police on manhunt for suspects who lynched 2 over witchcraft accusations

Police are on a manhunt for some suspects allegedly involved in the lynching of two people accused of practising witchcraft at Zakpalsi in the...

NSS teacher remanded for defiling 3 pupils

A Bibiani Circuit Court has remanded a 24-year-old National Service person to three weeks in police custody for allegedly defiling three pupils in the...

Man, 27, on the run after defiling 12-year-old girl at Weija

A 27-year-old man is on the run after allegedly defiling a 13-year-old girl at Choice in the Weija -Gbawe Municipality of the Greater Accra...

NDC communicator fined GH¢3,600 over attack on Dagbon FM journalist

The District Court in Tamale, presided over by his Worship Amadu Issifu, has slapped a GH¢3,600 fine on former National Democratic Congress (NDC) Northern...

Three arrested for destroying NDC vehicle

Former Deputy Information Minister, Felix Kwakye Ofosu, is very hot following the arrest of three of his supporters at Abura Asebu Kwamankese in the...

Kumawood actor narrowly escapes lynching over alleged phone theft

Kumawood actor, Emmanuel Afriyie, popularly known as Adanko, has recounted how he narrowly escaped lynching over an alleged phone theft. The incident, according to...

Court remands father for beating son with cutlass

The Assin Fosu District Court presided over by His Worship Abdul Majid Iliasu has remanded 34-year-old Robert Kwame Kobi into police custody for two...