Crime

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 Imam The 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...

Over 300 construction workers sacked for allegedly attacking project manager [Audio]

Over 300 construction workers have been sacked at Assin Fosu by SHIMIZU DAI-NIPPON JV, a Japanese firm working on the Assin Fosu-Assin Praso stretch...

My mother took me to a herbalist, asked me to use my brother for money ritual – Suspect confesses

A suspected internet fraudster, identified as Afeez Olalere, has been caged by the Nigerian police after making a wild confession of his crimes. Afeez, who was...

Six injured as thugs attack mourners during funeral at Kwahu Ataaso

https://youtu.be/FlTnQIBcoUY Six persons have sustained various degrees of injuries after thugs allegedly attacked mourners during a funeral at Kwahu Ataaso in the Eastern Region. The...

Anas Aremeyaw Anas’ emotional message to Ghanaians

Ace investigative journalist, Anas Aremeyaw Anas, has evoked emotions with his message to mark the third anniversary of his colleague, Ahmed Suale's death. It’s...

Pastor allegedly steals congregant’s ¢40k, sets house on fire

A pastor with the Mega Word Chapel International, Kenneth Mensah, has allegedly set ablaze the house of one of his congregants after stealing an...

NIA suspends Ghana card registration over machine theft

The National Identification Authority (NIA) has suspended its ongoing registration and issuance of cards at the Kpeshie Zonal Centre in Accra. The suspension follows an...

Thieves set shop ablaze after burglary at Awutu Freedom City

Suspected thieves have set a provision shop ablaze at Awutu Freedom City after a burglary in which they made away with items worth GHC...

Two allegedly killed over ‘wee’ transaction

Two people have died following a misunderstanding over the purchase of marijuana which is locally known as “wee.” The incident happened around 7 pm on...

Man involved in Police recruitment scam arrested

Ernest Bondzie Arthur, 36, has been arrested by the Accra Regional Police Command for his involvement in a ‘Ghana Police Recruitment” scam. According to Deputy...

Murder of police officer in Bono Region: The inside story

Fresh details have emerged about how a police officer was killed in the Bono Region on January 15, 2022. The Ghana Police Service (GPS) earlier...

Ashanti region Police on manhunt for gunmen after rescuing trapped baby from snatched car

JoyNews/AdomNews · Police hunt for gunmen after rescuing trapped baby from snatched car Police have mounted a search for two gunmen who at gunpoint, snatched...