Crime

Armed men allegedly attack NPP Secretary

The Upper West Regional Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr Dauda Tanko Daniel, claims he has been attacked by some armed men...

7 arrested for allegedly killing 2 over witchcraft accusation

Seven people are in the grips of the police for their alleged involvement in the killing of an old man and woman. The two were...

Man shot dead in his shop at Nalerigu

Unknown assailants have shot dead a yet-to-be-identified man in his shop at Nalerigu in the East Mamprusi Municipality of the North East Region. The unfortunate...

18-year-old arrested for alleged extortion at Tuna

The Tuna Police in the Sawla District of the Savannah Region has arrested an 18-year-old herdsman, Inusah Barry, for attempting to extort victims. Police...

Police rescue victim kidnapped during Abuakwa robbery

The Ashanti Regional police command has rescued a woman who was kidnapped during a robbery incident at Abuakwa in the Ashanti Region. Reports indicate that...

Man arrested for stealing fuel from tanker at Bole

A 24-year-old unemployed Senior High School graduate, Isaac Gakpetor, has been arrested by the Bole District Police command for stealing fuel. The suspect is accused...

3 OWASS students granted bail for robbery

The Kumasi Metropolitan Circuit Court on Tuesday, August 16, 2022, granted bail with five sureties each to three students of the Opoku Ware School...

Man allegedly kills 62-year-old uncle over plantain [Video]

https://youtu.be/brT7FJRAkoo A 46-year-old man, identified as Kwaku Fokuo, has allegedly killed his uncle in an argument over plantain theft at Apitikooko, a suburb of Obuasi...

Four men gang rape woman, 25, after rejecting proposal

A 25-year-old is finding it difficult to urinate and walk after she was allegedly gang-raped by four young men at Gomoa Dominase in the...

Police rescue woman kidnapped by armed robbers at Abuakwa-Asenemaso

The Ashanti Regional Police Command has rescued a woman allegedly kidnapped by armed robbers who robbed her family apartment at Abuakwa Asenemaso. Police say the...

Divorce could have saved her – Brother of woman killed over sex at Awutu Mankomeda cries [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Divorce could have saved her - Brother of woman killed over s3x at Awutu Mankomeda cries A family at Awutu Mankomeda in the...

Robbers attack house; flee with female resident and other valuables

The Ashanti Regional Police Command has launched an intense anti-robbery operation to arrest two robbers who attacked two families in a house at Abuakwa...

Three shot dead at Bawku

Three persons met their death at Bawku on Tuesday, August 16, 2022, in a manner that is believed to be a targeted shoot and...

Man allegedly kills wife over disagreement on condom during sex

The Awutu Ofaakor district police command has arrested one Gideon Tetteh for allegedly murdering his wife over a misunderstanding during sex. The 57-year-old man tied...

Three Opoku Ware SHS students arrested for robbery

Three final year students of the Opoku Ware Senior High School (SHS) have been arrested for their alleged involvement in a robbery incident in Kumasi. Sources at the Ashanti Central...

4 remanded over 80 hectares cannabis farm

The Donkorkrom Magistrate Court has remanded four suspects who were arrested for cultivating about 80 hectares of cannabis in a forest reserve in the...

Retired soldier killed, others injured in fuel station attack

A security man has been killed in a Goil Fuel Station robbery at Subriso, Wassa Akropong in the Amenfi East Municipality of the Western...

US-based Ghanaian taxi driver beaten to death by passengers over fare

New Yorkers have rallied behind an immigrant taxi driver who died on Saturday in what police described as an attack by passengers who had...

NPP Secretary escapes robbery attack

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) Secretary for Nhyiaeso in Kumasi, Micheal Essel-Mills, has reportedly escaped a robbery attack in his home at Santasi. The...

Notorious robbers who attacked family in broad daylight arrested

The Police have arrested two members of a robbery gang that attacked a family at Suhum in the Eastern region in broad daylight on...

Security agencies to permanently patrol river bodies to fight galamsey

The Chief Executive of the Minerals Commission, Martin Ayisi, has declared that as government’s permanent solution to the fight against illegal mining, the Ministry...

Houseboy arrested for impregnating and killing his boss’ 13-year-old daughter

The Nigeria police have arrested a 27-year-old man, Munkaila Ado, over the alleged gruesome murder of his boss’ 13-year-old daughter.  It was gathered that the suspect,...

Teacher, 4 others arrested while working on cannabis farm

Five people, including a Senior High School (SHS) teacher, have been arrested at Kwawu Afram Plains North for cultivating Indian hemp (Weed). Michael Anakpo,...

Man arrested for allegedly mixing corn dough with poisonous substance [Photos]

A 35-year-old man, Felix Yawso, has been arrested for allegedly mixing a poisonous substance with corn dough that his mother sells in the market....

Mother burns 4-year-old daughter in hot water over missing sandals

A four-year-old girl is in critical condition after her mum dipped her in hot water for misplacing a new pair of sandals she bought....

Police investigate dumping of 8,000 tree seedlings

The Asante Mampong police are investigating circumstances under which over 8,000 seedlings of different tree species were dumped at a public refuse site at...

35-year-old foreign national arrested on suspicion of being a terrorist

A 35-year-old foreign national is in the grips of the Zabzugu police on suspicion of being a terrorist. According to the youth in the town,...

Nigerian sex trafficking victim repatriated

A 20-year-old Nigerian sex trafficking victim who became stranded in Koforidua after being thrown out of a brothel for getting pregnant has been evacuated...

Self-acclaimed evangelist arrested with skeletons [Photos]

A 45-year-old self-acclaimed evangelist, Osofo Elijah, has been arrested with skeletal parts at Buoku Nkwanta in the Wenchi Municipality of the Bono Region. The assemblyman...

Man cuts off daughter’s fingers with blade for begging

A 53-year-old man has been arrested by the police for physically abusing his seven-year-old daughter. The father, who the girl stays with, reportedly cut parts...

Man arrested for marrying off underage, mentally disabled daughter to 3 different men for money

A man in central China married off his mentally disabled teenage daughter on three occasions between 2018 and 2021 to three different men for...

Two suspected armed robbers arrested at Kakiase

Two suspected armed robbers have been arrested by Motor Traffic and Transport Department (MTTD) personnel at Kakiasi, a farming community at Bole-Sawla. The two are...

Man who attempted to use daughter for ritual murder granted GH¢500,000 bail

Evans Kyekyeku Oppong, the businessman arrested for allegedly trying to use his daughter for money ritual, has been granted bail in the sum of...

Robber killed in gun battle with police; others on the run

A suspected armed robber has been gunned down by police at Atwima Yabi in the Atwima Kwanwoma District of the Ashanti Region. The incident occurred...

Two remanded for stealing NEDco meters

Two persons have been remanded by a Tamale Circuit Court for stealing meters belonging to Northern Electricity Distribution Company (NEDCo). They are Abdul Hack Abubaki...

One shot dead, 5 injured as festival turns bloody

One person was shot dead during a festival celebration at Namasa in the Tain District of the Bono Region. Five others are also said to...

Three remanded over murder of Tweneboah Kodua SHS student

Three persons arrested in connection with the alleged murder of a final year student of the Tweneboah Kodua Senior High School (SHS) have been...

TV presenter pleads guilty over false publication, fined Ghc4,200

A 32-year-old TV presenter at Next TV has pleaded guilty to the publication of false news and has been convicted on his own plea...

Tweneboah Kodua SHS headmaster reacts to murder of student

The final year student of Tweneboah Kodua Senior High School (SHS) in the Ashanti Region, who was murdered at Manso, left the school without...

CCTV footage captures man stealing over GHS5k from hotel in Takoradi

A man has been busted in the twin city of Sekondi-Takoradi in the Western Region for stealing from a hotel he booked to spend...