Crime

Fisherman, 56, found hanging at Saltpond

A 56-year-old fisherman, Uncle Bobola has been found dead in what appears to be suicide at Saltpond - Ankadul in the Mfantseman Municipality of...

Man who killed KNUST student over GH¢300 debt to appear in court

A 25-year-old tailor’s apprentice who allegedly killed a friend at Sewua in the Ashanti region is set to appear in court today Monday, April...

One killed as NDC Secretary escapes robbery attack

The Savannah Regional Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Salisu Be-Awurbe has escaped a robbery attack on the Damongo-Sawla-Fulfulso road. The Secretary in a...

Okada rider jailed 15 years for robbing student of iPhone 7

The Asamankese Circuit Court in the Eastern region presided by His Honour Abass Abubakari Adam has jailed a 20-year-old Okada rider to 15 years...

Police officers accused of bullion van robberies return to court today

The four Police officers accused of masterminding bullion van robberies in Accra are expected to reappear in court today. The four have already been denied...

KNUST level 200 student reportedly murdered

A level 200 student of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has been found dead. The body of 22-year-old Nana Gyamfi was...

Court sentences 2 robbers to 10 years each

Two robbers have been sentenced to a combined 20 years imprisonment by the Goaso Circuit Court on Friday, April 22, 2020. This was after they...

Court sentences 6 to death in killing of Sri Lankan

A Pakistan court has sentenced six people to death and nine others to life in prison after convicting them for their roles in last...

Tears as hundreds bid farewell to Immigration officer killed while on duty near Nandom [Video]

https://youtu.be/nCLELALRIeY Scores of people have trooped to Kaneshie, Accra to mourn an officer with the Ghana Immigration Service(GIS), Michael Ekow Otu, who was killed while on duty....

‘Morale session’ at funeral of immigration officer killed on duty [Video]

https://youtu.be/t2LHXrCI4d8 Personnel from the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) lightened up the spirits of mourners at the funeral of their colleague, Michael Ekow Otu. They trooped to...

FBI arrests Ghanaian mother, daughter in US for assisting ‘fraud boys’ launder cash to Ghana

Two Ghanaians in the US have been arrested for their roles in the alleged illegal transfer of money through online scam syndicates to perpetrators...

Court sentences 2 robbers to 10 years each

Two robbers were sentenced to a combined 20 years imprisonment by the Goaso Circuit Court on Friday, April 22, 2020. This was after they attacked...

Fetish priest busted in attempt to bury boy and cow alive at Abura Tuakwa

An attempt by a 25-year-old self-acclaimed fetish Priest to bury a young boy and a cow alive at Abura Tuakwa in the Abura Asebu...

Businessman who allegedly insulted MP granted ¢10k bail

An Accra District Court has granted a GH¢10,000 bail with two sureties to a businessman who allegedly insulted Carlos Ahenkorah, Member of Parliament (MP)...

Woman dies after husband ripped open her stomach to remove her intestines

Police have launched a manhunt for a man who allegedly brutally murdered his wife in Jos, a state in Nigeria.The suspect, identified as Samuel...

Bride arrested as guests go crazy after she laced wedding food with ‘weed’

A bride and her caterer have been arrested after allegedly lacing food on the wedding menu with weed. Bride Danya Shea Glenny Svoboda, 42, and wedding...

Lebanese arrested with fake $10k at KIA pleads guilty, convicted

A 25-year-old Lebanese, Al-Zoubayr Chaaban, has been convicted by Circuit Court 1 in Accra after pleading guilty to a charge of possession of fake...

Police collaborate with town council to ease crime at Worawora

The Biakoye district police command in the Oti Region is advocating for effective collaboration with the Worawora Zonal Town Council to help fight the...

NPP executive robbed at gunpoint [Video]

Suspected armed robbers have raided the home of the Deputy Youth Organiser of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Perpetual Lomokie Akwada. Madam Akwada, who...

Five arrested over mob justice

Police have apprehended five male suspects for allegedly playing key roles in the lynching of a suspected robber. The five suspects are Justice Bananomah, 45,...

Robber killed, others escape after sustaining gunshot wounds

The Police have killed a suspected armed robber on the Walewale-Gambaga-Nalerigu road in the West Mamprusi Municipality of the North East Region. Three accomplices...

Notorious robbery gang arrested at Bosomtwe

The Ashanti Regional Police has arrested a gang of 6 suspected armed robbers engaged in a robbery operation near Lake Bosomtwe. The suspects were...

SWAT officers allegedly eject residents, lock about 40 houses at Santeo [Photos]

About 40 houses at Santeo in the Kpone Katamanso Municipality of the Greater Accra Region have been locked and residents ejected by a team...

Manhunt as athlete is stabbed to death in Kenya

Kenyan police have launched a manhunt after the body of a female athlete was found with stab wounds in the town of Iten, famous...

Annoh-Dompreh supports Panpanso residents

Five persons have been arrested in connection with the demolition houses at Panpanso No.1. The arrests are in connection with the invasion and demolition of...

NPP executive battling for his life after being inflicted with cutlass wounds

The Sissala West Constituency Nasara Coordinator of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Upper West region, Musah Walaika Iddrisu, is in a critical...

Man allegedly stabs sister to death over chores

A man has been charged with fatally stabbing his sister during a fight over chores in Evanston, police said. Andy Aphour, 26, is charged...

Three charged with murder over Pai Kantanka shooting

The Ho Circuit Court 1 has charged three persons with abetment and murder over a shooting incident at Pai Kantanka in the Oti Region. The...

Egypt female TikTok star jailed for three years for human trafficking

An Egyptian TikTok star has been sentenced to three years in prison after a court convicted her of human trafficking at retrial. Haneen Hossam, who...

Burglar breaks into funeral parlour and ransacks coffins to rob dead bodies

A sick burglar has been put behind bars after ransacking a funeral parlour; tipping ashes of the deceased to the floor and trying to steal from the bodies...

Police on manhunt for Ashanti Region church robbers

The Ghana Police Service is on a manhunt for armed robbery gang who attacked worshippers of the Heaven Embassy Chapel International at Atwima Afrancho...

Herdsman found dead after suspected kidnapping

Some unknown gunmen believed to be kidnappers have shot and killed a Fulani herdsman identified as Kuraba Umaru. Kuraba, believed to be in his fifties,...

How much Ashanti region church robbers got from raid will shock you [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Police chase Ashanti region church robbers The armed robbery gang which attacked a church in the Ashanti region will be cursing their stars...

EOCO arrests bank, telco officials

A bank official and a staff of a leading telecommunications network (name withheld) who reportedly connived with some four suspects who were recently arrested...

Man accused of stuffing grandmother in freezer to die arrested

Police say a northwest Georgia man killed his grandmother by stuffing her in a freezer while she was still alive. Floyd County Police discovered the...

Three fake currency dealers arrested in Accra

The Adjen Kotoku District Police Command has arrested three persons for allegedly dealing in fake currencies in Accra. The three, Seidu Samyaley, 28, Samuel...

Mother of three found dead in her room

A 27-year-old woman, Afia Cynthia, has allegedly been murdered in her room at Koase in the Wenchi Municipality of the Bono Region. The...

Six suspected serial robbers arrested

Six persons have been arrested in connection with series of robberies including car hijacking in the Central and Greater Accra regions. The arrest, according...

I don’t want to die, save my life – Wounded robber begs police

Ernest Antwi, 28,is in the grips of the Ghana Police Service after a foiled armed robbery attempt on Yokwa Gas filling station at Larteh-junction,...

Lecturer in court for allegedly slashing son with cutlass

A lecturer at the School of Hygiene in Ho, Sampson Quaye Agbavitor, who allegedly slashed his 14-year-old son repeatedly with a cutlass and left...