Crime

Youth remanded for vandalising Neoplan Police Station

Some irate youth who vandalised the Neoplan Police Station have been remanded into custody by an Accra Circuit Court. The prosecution has also alleged that...

Sacked PPA boss’ trial begins Nov 29

The Office of the Special Prosecutor will on November 29, 2022, call its first witness in the trial of sacked former Chief Executive Officer...

Notorious robber killed as Police arrest two suspects in Ashanti Region

The Police have killed a notorious robbery suspect at Asuofia Asamang in the Ashanti Region with two others arrested. This was through a specialised intelligence...

Four suspected kidnappers arrested at Abirem Ekumfi

Four suspected kidnappers have been arrested at Abirem in the Ekumfi District of the Central Region. They were carrying sharp cutlasses, hoes, and other weapons...

Nana Agradaa denied bail again

The Circuit Court in Accra has for the second time refused a bail application for self-acclaimed evangelist Patricia Asiedua, popularly known as Nana Agradaa. This...

Dompim-Pepesa chief’s palace attack: Three suspects arrested

Police have arrested three suspects in connection with the Dompim-Pepesa chieftaincy disturbance.  The dispute resulted in severe injury to one person and damage to property. According...

Kumasi MMT staff join sit-down strike

Staff of the Metro Mass Transit Limited in Kumasi have joined their colleagues in Accra for a sit-down strike to demand payment of salary...

12 suspected land guards with weapons arrested at Gomoa

The Central East Regional Police Command has arrested 12 suspected land guards at Millennium City in the Gomoa East District. The suspects, who were armed...

Two Nigerians jailed 20 years for illegal mining

A Tarkwa Circuit Court Judge, Hathia Ama Manu, has sentenced two Nigerians to 20 years imprisonment for engaging in illegal mining, commonly known as...

Chinese boss who ‘slashed’ throat of Ghanaian employee hit with fresh charges

The prosecution in the case of a Chinese national accused of using a flip knife to slash the neck of a Ghanaian concrete mixture...

Jury ready for Kasoa teen ‘killers’ trial

The trial of two teenage boys who allegedly killed an 11-year-old boy at Kasoa last year for money rituals is set to commence following...

Freddie Blay reacts to defence for Aisha Huang’s accomplices [Listen]

A former national chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Freddie Blay, says his law firm is ready to defend the four accomplices of...

21 Nigerians repatriated

The Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) on Monday repatriated 21 Nigerian youth who were rescued from a group of Nigerian human traffickers that...

Man bites off farmer’s finger in fight over missing fowl

Assin Betensinso-based farmer, George Lartey, has lost his middle finger in a fight with a colleague farmer, Kwaku Alluoke aka Adiepena, 50, over a...

Lady, 20, found dead in 40-year-old lover’s room

A 40-year-old farmer only identified as Kwabena, is currently in the grips of Assin Fosu police after his girlfriend, Aboagyewaa, 20, was found dead...

Freddie Blay fights for innocence of Aisha Huang’s accomplices

Three Chinese nationals arraigned for illegal mining (galamsey) in connection with the trial involving Aisha Huang, are being represented in court by the immediate...

A-G lines up 8 witnesses against Aisha Huang

The Attorney-General (A-G) is set to call eight witnesses to make its case against alleged illegal mining kingpin, En Huang aka Aisha Huang. The A-G...

Police on manhunt for filling station robbers

The Ghana Police Service has announced there is a manhunt for a gang of armed robbers who attacked a fuel station on Monday, October...

Karaga: Islamic cleric, 12 others charged with organised robbery and kidnapping

The Islamic cleric who was arrested at Karaga together with 12 of his followers have been charged with organised robbery and kidnappings by the...

Nana Agradaa sings in court

The Founder of Heaven Way Church in Accra, Patricia Asiedua, aka Nana Agradaa, could not help but sing several gospel songs including ‘Wo din...

Nana Agradaa remanded

The Circuit Court in Accra has remanded Patience Asiedua, popularly known as Nana Agradaa, into lawful custody for the next three days. This was after...

Two workers of Ready Oil sentenced for stealing

A Circuit Court at Anyinam in the Eastern Region has sentenced two workers of Oil Marketing Company, Ready Oil, to a total of 15...

14-year-old boy, 10 others arrested at ‘wee’ joints

A 14-year-old boy was on Friday apprehended at a narcotics base with 10 other suspects during a police swoop at Akyeremade, Zongo and Tunsoum...

Police to blame for Nana Agradaa’s notoriety – Security Analyst

JoyNews/AdomNews · Security Analyst blames police for Agradaa's conduct The police have been blamed for the conduct of fetish priestess turned evangelist, Patricia Asiedua, popularly...

Two arrested for robbing NPP Women’s Organiser

Police at Somanya in the Yilo Krobo Municipality of the Eastern Region are holding two suspected robbers for allegedly robbing the Constituency Women’s Organiser...

Man allegedly murders 55-year-old friend over goat meat

A man, only identified as Azulay, has allegedly hit his 55-year-old friend, Buley to death with a stick over goat meat. The sad incident happened...

Anas’ galamsey exposé: Tiger Eye PI replies Charles Bissue

The Tiger Eye PI Investigative team, led by Anas Aremeyaw Anas, has refuted claims by former Secretary to the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Illegal Mining...

Police deny arrest of man in viral video who whipped toddler 21 times

A man captured in a viral video lashing his infant child has not been arrested contrary to earlier media reports. Reports suggested the man was...

Ex Policeman kills at least 37 in nursery attack

An ex-policeman has killed at least 37 people, most of them children, in a gun and knife attack at a childcare centre in north-east...

Court orders CID boss to provide safety report on alleged bride killers

A District Court has ordered the Director General, Criminal Investigations Department (CID) to furnish it with an independent report on the safety of persons...

2 women in court over alleged assault on Besease M/A JHS teacher

The Ejisu District Court has remanded into prison custody, one of two women who assaulted a teacher at the Besease M/A JHS in the Ashanti Region for...

Stolen cattle exposes drug dealer

A narcotics dealer in a remote cottage near Kwamang in the Ashanti Region, has been exposed and arrested after he stole eight cattle from...

Man arrested with bones at Assin Bereku

A man, Akwasi Broni, has been arrested by the Police at Assin Bereku in the Central Region after a quantity of yet-to-be-identified bones was...

Child Rights places ¢10k bounty on head of man who flogged toddler in viral video

Child Rights International has placed a GH¢10,000 bounty on the head of a male adult captured in a viral video flogging a toddler. According to...

Katanga-Conti clash: Suspects denied bail again as another person is arrested

One other person has been arrested in connection with the clash that occurred between members of the Unity and University Halls of the Kwame...

Policeman fires gun and assaults civilians at Kaneshie [Photos+Video]

A police officer is said to have fired gunshots and physically assaulted some civilians around the Kaneshie Bishop area. The three victims said they were...

Police on manhunt for man captured on viral video abusing baby

The police have launched a search for a male adult who vented his anger on an infant and mercilessly beat him with a coconut...

Man who allegedly sodomised 13-year-old daughter granted ¢100k bail

The Gender-based Circuit Court in Accra has granted a trader accused of having anal sex with his 13-year-old daughter ¢100,000 bail. Isaac Tettey, 36, is...

Legon: Police seek call records in level 100 student’s boyfriend murder

Police investigators are seeking records and information of telephone conversations and bank transactions from the Telcos and Banks in the case in which a...

Man chops off brother-in-law’s hand in feud

Simon Nyajanaam, a man believed to be in his 20s, has had his hand chopped off in an attack by his brother-in-law at Abotansu,...