Crime

5 suspected robbers arrested at Buipe

The Police Service has arrested five suspected robbers who bolted after a robbery incident in Tamale.The suspects are said to have stolen a private...

GAF gives update on soldier who fired gun at A&C Mall

The Ghana Armed Forces has updated the public about progress on the investigations into a soldier who was seen in a viral video shooting...

Man, 42, collapses to death in attempt to butcher ‘Banku’ seller

A 42-year-old palm wine tapper has collapsed to death at Ekumfi Gyinankoma in the Ekumfi District of the Central Region after allegedly trying to...

Immigration officer, 3 policemen interdicted for stealing [Photos]

Four security personnel who were arrested in Bole for stealing during the fourth phase of Operation Koundanlgou have been interdicted.The four include Assistant Inspector...

GAF clears air on ‘soldier’ part of car snatching gang

The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) has disassociated itself from a soldier who has been arrested as part of a car snatching syndicate in the...

Police react to reports of daylight robbery at Bantama

The Ashanti Regional Police Command has urged the general public to disregard a viral video alleging a daylight robbery at Bantama.The said...

Police arrest five car snatching gang; one in military uniform

A man in a military uniform, Mustapha Yussif and four other colleagues have been arrested at Yapei -Kintampo for highway robberyPer a police situational...

Teacher in court for allegedly stealing welfare money

State prosecutors have dragged a 44-year-old teacher to court for allegedly forging signatures and withdrawing money belonging to Oriens Complex School Welfare Association.According to...

Suspected kidnapper battling for his life after attacks from irate Sunyani residents

A 25-year-old alleged kidnapper has been rushed to the hospital after he was beaten to a pulp by some angry Sunyani residents.The suspect is...

Scrap dealers steal digital address plates at Ngleshie Amanfro

Scrap dealers are reported to have started stealing the metal plates on which the digital addresses have been inscribed.At Ngleshie Amanfro in the Ga...

SHS student slits throat of junior for refusing to run errands

A college senior student of an Islamic Theology school has slit the throat of an 11-year-old junior student, Jubril Mato.The junior student, Jubril, who...

Man arrested for setting neighbour on fire for refusing his love advances

A woman, identified as Jane Amos, has been hospitalised after a police inspector, Ezekah Akbelu, allegedly set her ablaze for refusing his love advances.According...

Teacher arrested for murdering, burying child in school premises

Nigeria Police command has arrested a school teacher, Abdulmalik Mohammed Tanko, for abducting and killing his five-year-old pupil, Hanifa Abubakar, despite collecting part of...

Community police officer shot dead while chasing murder suspect

A Fulani herdsman has reportedly shot dead a Community Police Assistant, Salisu Lampo at Lingbinkura, a farming community near Buipe in the Central Gonja...

Coach arrested for allegedly sodomising footballers [Video]

A 26-year-old coach, Benjamin Kojo Bannor, is in the grips of the Central East Regional Police Command for alleged sodomy at Kasoa Zion in...

Nima-Maamobi gang clash: 7 suspects plead not guilty

Seven out of 11 suspects accused of rioting and causing harm during Tuesday’s clash between Nima and Maamobi youth, have pleaded not guilty to...

Tamale Police arrest woman and daughter for selling ‘wee toffee’ to pupils

The police in the Northern Region have arrested a woman and her daughter at Sakasaka, a suburb of Tamale Metropolis for processing and selling...

The Police know where they are- NPP member wades into Nima clash

Deputy Communications Director of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Alhaji Kamal-Deen Abdulai, has alleged that the Police have information on the whereabouts of the...

Nima clash could escalate to other rival groups if… – Spokesperson of Chief Imam [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Nima feud could escalate to other rival groups if not dealt with – Spokesperson of Chief ImamThe Office of the National Chief...

Highway robbers shoot man dead

One person has been confirmed dead after he was shot by highway robbers at Nweneso No.1 in the Atwima Kwanwoma District of the Ashanti...

Popular footballer re-sentenced to nine years in jail for gang rape

Former Real Madrid and Manchester City star Robinho has been sentenced to nine years in prison for rape.The Court of Cassation in Rome rejected...

MP reportedly escapes Highway robbery attack

The Member of Parliament for Lambussie constituency, Bright Baligi, has reportedly escaped a robbery attack on the Bole-Bamboi Highway in the Savannah Region.The incident...

20-year-old arrested for motorbike robbery [Photos]

A 20-year-old, Eyram Botwe, is assisting the Akatsi District Police with investigations after he attempted to rob a Haojue Motorbike from an Okada rider.The...

Man jailed over sexual assault of woman in the bush

An Asamankese Circuit Court has convicted a 38-year-old unemployed to 30 months imprisonment for indecently assaulting a farmer.Stephen Anane Ayitey was also convicted...

Ofosu-Ampofo, Boahen’s trial adjourned to February 17

The trial of Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo and Anthony Kwaku Boahen, National Chairman and a Communication Director, respectively, of the National Democratic Congress has been adjourned...

Nima clash: Police places ¢20k bounty on leaders’ heads

The Police has placed a GH¢20,000 bounty on the heads of the leaders of the two groups involved in violent clashes at Nima on...

Nima clash: Two more suspects arrested

The Ghana Police Service has announced that two more persons have been arrested in connection with the clash at Nima in the Greater Accra...

Woman found dead at Prayer camp

A woman has allegedly been murdered at a prayer camp near Suhum in the Eastern region.The deceased, yet to be identified, was...

Owusu Bempah fails to show up for trial, case adjourned to Feb. 2

The case of assault and misconduct against some police officers involving the General Overseer of the Glorious Word Power Ministry International, Rev Owusu Bempah,...

Kasoa teen ‘killers’ make first appearance at High Court

The two Kasoa boys who have been charged for the murder of a 10-year-old Ishmael Mensah Abdullah have made their first appearance at the...

Herdsman allegedly butchers 15-year-old boy at Nhyiaeso

Two children have been giving a chilling account of how a herdsman allegedly butchered their 15-year-old brother in front of them at Nhyiaeso, a...

7 arrested over bloody gang clash at Nima

Seven persons have been arrested over a shoot-out at Nima on Tuesday during a clash between two gangs.The Police, in a video posted on...

Housekeeper lands in court for allegedly stealing employer’s money

A housekeeper, Happiness Idu, was on Tuesday docked in an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court in Lagos, for allegedly stealing her employer’s 8,400 dollars (about N3.5million).The...

Female laboratory technician remanded for performing abortion on minor

A female Laboratory Technician has been put before an Accra Circuit Court for allegedly administering drugs to cause an abortion on a 17-year-old girl...

Ato Forson pleads not guilty to charge of causing €2.3m financial loss to the state

Former Deputy Finance Minister, Cassiel Ato Forson, has pleaded not guilty to the charge of causing a €2.3 million loss to the state.Two other...

Husband and wife in court for illegal possession of narcotics

Drama unfolded at the Wamfie Magistrate Court in the Dormaa East District of the Bono Region when a 49-year-old farmer wept bitterly when the...

Man arrested for allegedly smuggling narcotic drugs into police cells

The Weija Divisional Police Command has arrested a 20-year-old man, Christian Danso, for allegedly smuggling suspected narcotics into the police cells located at the...

Police investigate death of two young men at Kotwi

The Ashanti Regional Police Command is investigating the circumstances under which two young men perished under bizarre circumstances at Kotwi in the Atwima-Kwanwoma District,...

Thief who stole 2 gas cylinders from Ashaiman eatery sentenced

The Ashaiman Circuit Court has sentenced a 20-year-old Nigerian, Muayu Dauda, to pay a fine of ¢2,400 or in default serve 12 months imprisonment...

Fulani herdsmen kill 16-year-old boy near Agogo

A 16-year-old boy, identified as David Anyara, has been stabbed to death by nomadic herdsmen at Ananekrom in the Asante Akyem Agogo District of...