Crime

One dead, another injured in robbery attack at Awutu Loye

A 29-year-old man, Emmanuel Gavor has been shot dead with another injured in a robbery attack near Buduburam in the Central Region. The incident...

Northern Region records ten kidnap incidents in 2021

More than 10 kidnap incidents have been recorded in the Northern Region this year. Most of the cases were recorded in the eastern corridor of...

3 suspected robbers stab ‘pragya’ rider; bolt with cash

A 19-year-old tricycle (pragya) rider, Samuel Mensah, is fighting for his life after he was stabbed by robbers at Bibiani- Lineso. Adom News' Augustine Boah...

Airport worker raids lost property, steals luggage in revenge for being sacked

A rookie airport worker enlisted up to 10 friends to help him plunder its lost property office in a raid after losing his job. Arfan...

Man shot dead during gun battle with armed robbers at Sehwi

A man, believed to be in his forties, has been shot dead during a gun battle with suspected armed robbers at Sehwi Bokabo in...

Man butchers elder brother over their mother’s estate

A 34-year-old man, who slashed his elder brother’s thigh and shoulder with a cutlass over their mother’s estate at Teshie, near Accra, has appeared...

Saboba drowning: Headteacher to reappear in court on this date

A Tamale District Court on Monday, December 13, 2021, adjourned the case involving Jashain Emmanuel, the headteacher of the Junior High School from which...

Two brothers jailed 50 years for robbing Uber driver

Two persons who robbed an Uber driver of his techno mobile phone and cash of GHC600 after pulling out a pistol and cutlass on...

Nigerian pastor, wife arrested for conniving to defile chorister

A pastor and his wife, Peter and Elizabeth Taiwo, have been arrested for allegedly conniving to defile a 16-year-old choir member of the church. The...

DOVVSU drops scary rape, defilement statistics

Statistics available at the Domestic Violence and Victims Support Unit (DOVVSU) of the Ghana Police Service indicate that 1,047 girls were defiled, while 305...

Woman allegedly hacks husband to death at Mankessim

Residents of a suburb of Mankessim have launched a search for a woman who is on the run after allegedly hacking her husband to...

Armed robber exposed by fake defecation

A suspected armed robber has been exposed after he faked defecating in a bush at Kwahu Afram Plains in the Eastern Region. Suspect Tafa James...

Woman accused of killing boy, 6, for stealing fish from soup

The Amanfrom District Police Command has arrested a 37-year-old woman, identified as Madina Agyei, for allegedly killing her brother’s son. The sad incident occurred at...

Two shot dead in daylight robbery at Sawla [Video]

https://youtu.be/4YQwv7mYIkA Two persons have been shot dead in a daylight robbery at Sawla in the Savannah Region. The incident, according to reports, occurred on Thursday,...

Two in police grips for allegedly conspiring to sell boy, 16, for Ghc800k

The Akyem Oda District Police Command in the Eastern Region has arrested two suspects for conspiring to sell a 16-year-old boy for Ghc800,000. The suspects...

Suspected armed robber arrested at Afram Plains

A suspected notorious armed robber has been arrested by the Counter-Terrorism Unit (CTU) of the Ghana Police Service at Kwahu Afram Plains. The arrest of...

80-year-old ex-soldier arrested for attempted murder

An octogenarian, Peter Boafo, and a resident of Bremang within the Suame Municipality on Monday, December 6, 2021, nearly lost his life when a...

Dampare visits police station set ablaze at Tenbibian [Video]

https://youtu.be/--cNipUPc_Y The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Dr George Akufo Dampare, and his entourage have visited the station which was burnt at Tenbibian near Obom. Dr...

Ex-military man shoots 2 children over rent issues with their father

Two children, aged six and eight years old, have been hospitalised after being shot by their father’s landlord. The landlord, 80-year-old ex-military officer, is reported...

Fake lawyer in Western Togoland case pleads guilty

The fake lawyer, who was arrested in court during the Western Togoland Restoration Front case, Dennis Seyram Benson, has been convicted and sentenced after...

Armed robbers attack Prison Officer’s shop at Afram Plains

A gang of four armed robbers has attacked a shop at Forifori in the Afram Plains South District in the Eastern Region amidst indiscriminate...

Mason bags 18 years for stealing GH¢500 and Tecno phone

The Asamankese Circuit Court, presided over by Justice Abass Abubakari Adams, has sentenced a 32-year-old mason, William Agyekum alias Ninja, to 18 years imprisonment...

Arrest warrant issued for Nhyiaeso MP, driver

The La Magistrate Court has issued a warrant for the arrest of Member of Parliament (MP) for Nhyiaeso, Dr Stephen Amoah and his driver. This...

Blacksmith arrested for allegedly manufacturing, selling locally made guns to robbers

A 46-year-old blacksmith has been apprehended by police at Donkorkrom for allegedly manufacturing and selling locally made guns to armed robbers. The suspect, Philip Pledom, was...

Woman beats six-year-old nephew to death at Amanfrom [Video]

A middle-aged woman, Madina Agyei, has reportedly beaten her six-year-old nephew, Mubarak, to death at Amanfrom Official Town in the Ga South Municipality of...

Man who posed as soldier and stormed police station to beat officer arrested

A Kenya Defense Force (KDF) impersonator who stormed a Police Station while dressed in a jungle jacket of a Military Police Sergeant and assaulted...

Restaurant worker stabs colleague to death after she refuses to date him

A "strange" restaurant employee allegedly stabbed his female coworker to death after he refused to date him. Agustin Lucas Mariani, 20, is facing second-degree...

Soldier arrested for allegedly raping 18-year-old girl

A military man, identified as AB1 Abdul-Latif, has been apprehended by the Wassa Akropong District police command for allegedly raping an 18-year-old while on...

Court orders police to pay suspect N1m over unlawful detention

A Federal High Court sitting in Lokoja on Tuesday ordered the police in Kifi to pay N1million in damages to a suspect for breach...

Boyfriend sets mother of two on fire at Nkawkaw

A 30-year-old mother of two kids has been burnt to death at Nkawkaw Kurofofrom in the Eastern Region. It has emerged that the suspect, Foster...

Man beats vendor to death over 50N balance

A Nigerian police command has arrested a 32-year-old man, Biodun Adebiyi, for allegedly beating a 30-year-old cigarette seller to death over 50N (70p) balance.It...

Missing girl found dismembered inside cooler in pastor’s house

The search for a missing seven-year-old girl has come to a painful end as her lifeless body has been discovered. Social media was flooded with...

Boy beheads pregnant sister with mum’s help and takes selfie

A teenager decapitated his pregnant sister with a sickle and then posed for a selfie while parading the severed head in a shocking killing...

Thugs set newly-built police station ablaze [Photos]

Unidentified thugs have set fire into a newly constructed police station at Tenbibian in the Ga South Municipality of the Greater Accra Region. The station,...

Woman beaten to death over witchcraft accusations

An elderly woman has died in Nalerigu at the North East Region after she was beaten over suspicions of witchcraft. The deceased, identified as...

Konongo Odumase SHS killing: Prime suspect caged as 4 others are discharged [Video]

https://youtu.be/EDcsie90qDU The Konongo District Court in the Ashanti Region has discharged four juveniles standing trial in connection with the death of a first-year student of...

Drivers strike: Six arrested in Northern region for obstructing traffic

The Northern Regional Police has arrested six drivers for obstructing traffic in the city. They were arrested for blocking two major roads, thus causing...

Serial abuser jailed 23 years for stabbing girlfriend to death at Holiday Inn

A serial abuser has been jailed for 23 years for stabbing his girlfriend to death at a Holiday Inn. Taye Francis, 40, already had...

Ejisu: Ex-police officer allegedly shoots at tenant over rent arrears [Photos]

A 37-year-old ex-police officer has been arrested by police at Ejisu for allegedly shooting at his tenant over rent arrears. Prince Nyarko was said to have...

Unidentified men kill security guard, injures 70-year-old woman

A security guard has died while a 70-year-old woman is receiving treatment after a yet-to-be-identified suspect attacked them at Chorkor in the Greater Accra...