Crime

Smugglers Paradise: JoyNews investigations expose customs officers aiding smugglers at borders

JoyNews is coming with yet another riveting exposé on how some senior customs officials connive with smugglers to transport thousands of gallons of vegetable...

Tricycle rider escapes death after being stabbed by female passenger

A commercial tricycle rider has escaped death after being stabbed by a female passenger at Bole, a district in the Savannah Region. The incident happened...

KNUST student, policeman accused of gang rape granted bail

The High Court sitting in Kumasi has granted bail to an interdicted police officer and a final year student of KNUST, standing trial for...

Man, 31, remanded in police custody over iPhone

A 31-year-old porter has appeared before an Accra Circuit Court for allegedly robbing a student of his iPhone 11 pro max and GH¢800. He is...

Missing excavator retrieved at Ellembelle, DCE arrested

The Police, through days of intelligence operations, on Tuesday 6th September, 2022 retrieved one of the excavators that was reported missing at Ellembelle in...

Pastor arrested after video of him flogging members went viral

A self-described Ugandan prophet was remanded into prison custody on Friday after a widely shared online video showed him administering lashes to members of...

Policeman invokes curses after being caught at ‘wee’ base [Video]

https://youtu.be/PxjOWwh-FaI An aggrieved policeman, Sergeant Yahaya Osman, stationed at Asante Mampong has invoked curses on his commander, Superintendent Stephen Boadu. Two others, only identified as...

Liberian woman jailed 10 years for drug trafficking at KIA

An Accra High Court has sentenced a Liberian national to 10 years imprisonment for attempting to smuggle cocaine, a narcotic drug through the Kotoka...

Why Osafo-Maafo is trending on social media

Former Senior Minister, Yaw Osafo-Maafo, has topped Twitter trends over the return to Ghana and re-arrest of 'galamsey' suspect Aisha Huang following her deportation...

Two WASSCE candidates arrested over mobile phone theft

Three students including two candidates in the ongoing West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) have been arrested by the Odumase Krobo Police in...

Aisha Huang herself thinks we’re a country of jokers – Inusah Fuseini

A former Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Inusah Fuseini, has said galamsey suspect, Aisha Huang, was bold to return to Ghana because she...

Driver flees scene after crashing into kiosk on Kumasi-Accra road

A suspect driver is on the run after crashing his vehicle into a kiosk on the Kumasi-Accra road. A police situational report noted that at...

Police declare dead JHS girls’ boyfriends wanted

The Eastern Regional Police Command has declared the boyfriends of two Junior High School (JHS) girls found dead at the roadside in the Okrakwadwo...

3 arrested over murder of Fulani herdsman

The Upper West Regional Police Command has arrested three persons in connection with the murder of a Fulani herdsman, Demo Jeti in a bush...

One dead, others injured after mob attack during polio vaccination

At least one person has died, while seven others are receiving treatment at a Community-based Health Planning and Services (CHPS) Compound after sustaining varying...

Teshie-Nungua residents beat up 3 teenagers over attempted stealing

Three teenagers have allegedly been assaulted by some residents of Teshie-Nungua Estate, a suburb of Accra, over attempted stealing. According to eyewitnesses, the suspects...

38-year-old pastor arrested for defiling chorister

A 38-year-old pastor, Israel Adebayo, has been arrested by a Nigerian police command for defiling a 14-year old-member of his church (name withheld).The pastor,...

Woman captured torturing 2-year-old daughter in viral video arrested

The police in Uganda have nabbed the lady who was captured in a viral video torturing her two-year-old daughter for refusing to bath. The suspect...

Woman arrested for planning husband’s kidnapping for starving her of sex

The Nigerian Police Command has arrested a 40-year-old woman, Joy Enomfon Sunday, for allegedly masterminding the kidnap of her husband, Emmanuel Usenekong.The suspect, who...

2 farmers arrested for stealing goat

Two farmers have been arrested for stealing a goat at Sawla, a district in the Savannah Region. The suspects; Kojo Dari Michael, aged 23, and...

Man who stole 1,000 fowls trains boy, 14, to steal motorcycle

A notorious criminal, who was convicted five months ago for stealing about 1,000 fowls from a poultry farm that belonged to a customs officer...

CID takes over case involving mysterious death of 2 JHS pupils

The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) at the Eastern Regional Police headquarters has taken over the case involving the mysterious death of two Junior High...

Man who inflicted cutlass wounds on lover kills informant

A 30-year-old man, Bawumia, who inflicted cutlass wounds on his lover, has struck again, murdering another victim. The suspect, who is at large after attempting...

GCAA loses cables, signal equipment under threat as encroachers damage installations

The Ghana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) is losing some of its sensitive installations in Accra, including cables used to direct pilots during landing and...

Rapper Ice Prince arrested for driving without licence plate, assaulting officer

Popular Nigerian hip-hop artiste, Ice Prince Zamani, has been arrested for allegedly abducting and assaulting a police officer. The incident, according to the Nigerian police,...

Man who murdered mother, two others remanded

The Jirapa Magistrate Court has remanded into prisons custody, a 20-year-old man, Anthony Yendor, who pounded three women to death last Sunday. This was...

Cable thieves plunge Kumasi into darkness

A group of unknown cable thieves has reportedly invaded Kumasi, the Ashanti Regional capital, with their illegal activities. These hoodlums have started a grand...

Over 100 arrested for dumping refuse on Kasoa highway

Awutu Senya East Municipal Assembly Taskforce has arrested over 100 people for dumping refuse on the Kasoa main Highway at night. They were arrested during...

SHS graduate remanded for stealing fuel from tanker

A 24-year-old Senior High School (SHS) graduate, Isaac Gakpetor, has been remanded into police custody by the Bole Magistrate for stealing gallons of fuel...

One killed as police arrest Wassa Akropong bank robbery suspects

Two suspects have been arrested in connection with a robbery attack on the Upper Amenfi Rural Bank at Jukwa near Wassa Akropong. The two...

Thieves ransack NIA office at Tano North

Thieves have broken into the Tano North Municipal Office of the National Identification Authority (NIA) in the Ahafo Region and made away with some...

Teacher allegedly killed in struggle with nephew who attempted to steal from him

A 47-year-old teacher of Assin Dosii D/A Basic School in the Assin South of the Central Region, John Obeng, has been allegedly killed by...

2 brothers inflict cutlass wounds on farmer over goat

Two brothers have inflicted cutlass wounds on a farmer, Ibrahim Indago, at Atta Ne Atta in the Asante Akyem South Municipality of the Ashanti...

3 ‘ghost names’ at Finance Ministry get GH¢1.1m as salaries

The 2021 Auditor-General’s report on Ministries, Departments and Agencies has raised concerns over salary payments to the sum of GH¢1,112,896.00 made at the Finance...

10 suspected land guards arrested near Nsawam [Photos]

About 10 suspected land guards have been arrested by the Okyeman Land Protection Force at Yaw K)k) near Nsawam in the Eastern Region. The...

2 young women found dead at Adukrom

Two young girls have been found dead at the Okrakwadwo stretch of Koforidua to Adukrom Highway in the Eastern Region. Residents woke up Tuesday morning...

2 railway bosses arrested over corruption charges

Two former top officials from South Africa’s state-owned ports and freight rail company Transnet have been arrested by elite police unit The Hawks, for...

Bridget Otto recounts how her sales boy bought iPhone, home theatre with her stolen money

Media personality, Bridget Otoo, has opened up on her shocking experiences as an entrepreneur who has taken it upon herself to give livelihoods to...

Man arrested for stealing phone and presenting to girlfriend as birthday gift

A robber, who stole a cellphone to give to his girlfriend as a birthday present, has been arrested. A source who spoke to a local publication said...

Six arrested over Tamale NDC office attack

Some six persons, who allegedly led the destruction at the Northern Regional office of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in Tamale, have been detained...