Crime

Police intensify probe into mysterious death of Chief Inspector

The Sekyere-East District Police have invited three people to assist with investigations into the recent death of a Chief Inspector stationed at the Effiduase...

Police on manhunt for killers of 34-year-old gym instructor

Police in the Greater Accra Region are on a manhunt for three suspects involved in the killing of a 34-year-old man at Tantra Hill. The...

Man shot dead over cocoa farm dispute

A 54-year-old farmer, Kofi Asare, has been shot dead over dispute on ownership of a cocoa farm. The alleged suspect has been identified as 37-year-old...

Scary moment man almost severed Mali president in Mosque [Video]

A footage released has shown the scary moment interim President of Mali was almost assassinated in a Mosque. During the Eid al-Adha celebrations, President Assimi...

Police arrest 5 men for raping 20-year-old man

Police in Kano State have arrested five men for allegedly sodomising a 20-year-old man severally. Spokesperson of Kano police command, DSP Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa, who...

Three suspected ritualists arrested with human parts inside calabash

Local residents of Rivers State, Nigeria have arrested three young men for possessing calabashes with human parts. The suspects, believed to be between the ages...

Okada rider found dead after being hired by female passenger

An okada rider has allegedly been murdered at Akyem Abomosu in the Atewa West District of the Eastern Region. The deceased, Adu Joshua, went missing...

7 convicted of WASSCE malpractice [Photos]

Seven persons, made up of three students, two teachers and two administrators, have been convicted of impersonation in the 2020 West Africa Secondary School...

Ejura murder: Suspects remanded for 2nd time in a month

The Asokwa District Court has remanded three persons standing trial for the murder of social media activist, Ibrahim Mohammed, also known as Kaaka Macho at...

Police commence investigation into murder of gym instructor at Tantra Hills

Police in Accra have commenced investigation into the murder of a 34-year-old gym instructor, who was shot dead at Tantra Hills on Thursday, July...

Police raise alarm over organ harvesters

The Anti-Human Trafficking Unit of the Ghana Police Service has raised an alarm over supposed organ harvesting syndicates that may lure members of the...

51-year-old man arrested over alleged defilement of girl, 6

A 51-year-old man, Abugri Akuri alias Baba Stone, has been arrested over allegations that he has defiled a six-year-old girl at Diare, a suburb...

Trial of suspects in Kaaka’s killing adjourned

The Asokwa District Court in Kumasi has adjourned to August 12, 2021, the trial of three persons arrested in connection with the death of...

Man killed during struggle with teen who climbed window to see his 14-year-old daughter

A Louisiana father was killed in a shooting battle with a teenage boy, who sneaked into his house to meet his 14-year-old daughter. Police said...

Girl, 15, allegedly commits suicide over grades, lists names of mates who mocked her

A 15-year-old girl, who sat for her Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE) at Bwikya Muslim Primary School in Hoima City in western Uganda last year,...

Canadian girls kidnapping case: 3 guns, 52 live ammunition tendered in evidence

The prosecution in the trial of four men accused of kidnapping two Canadian girls in Kumasi has tendered in evidence. This includes three pistols and...

Taxi thief arrested

A 23-year-old man who attempted to rob a Kia Morning vehicle on the night of 19th July 2021 around Kpeshie Lagoon in Accra is...

Chief in court for allegedly impregnating girl, 15

A Chief has been arraigned before the Koforidua Circuit Court for allegedly defiling and impregnating a 15-year-old girl. Mark Koranteng, 65, Dademantse of Mpanmu near...

Police send strong message to public over unauthorized discharging of firearms

The Police in the Eastern Region has arrested four young men for possessing and discharging firearms and ammunition without permission at Sekesua in the...

Doctor busted for clandestinely housing and treating robbery suspect

A doctor, George Dziblewo, based in Yeji of the Bono East Region, is in the grips of the police for allegedly housing a robbery...

Two arrested over Aboabo Aboabo Eid-ul-Adha shooting

Two persons have been arrested in connection with a shooting incident at Aboabo No. 2 in the Asokore Mampong Municipality of the Ashanti Region. This...

Court orders 37 Military Hospital to pay over ¢1m for medical negligence

An Accra High court has fined the 37 Military Hospital an amount of ¢1,075,000 for medical negligence which resulted in the death of a...

One injured as notorious gang clashes with police at funeral

One person sustained injury from a gunshot during a shoot-out with Police from Asesewa District Command in the Eastern Region. The gang of four suspects,...

Armed robbers shoot nurse in the face in Bolgatanga

A nurse with the Bawku West District Hospital has been shot dead by armed robbers on the Bawku-Bolgatanga road in the Upper East Region...

Brother of 16-year-old killed in Eid-ul-Adha celebration speaks [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Brother of 16-year-old killed in Eid-ul-Adha celebration speaks Issah Abdul Wasid, the brother of a 16-year-old boy, who was hit by a stray...

Police deny assault on Kumasi Girls SHS students

The Ashanti Regional Police Command has denied claims of assault on rioting students at the Kumasi Girls’ Senior High School (SHS). Some students of the...

13 Nigerian policemen killed in ambush

The authorities in Nigeria say 13 policemen were killed in an ambush by suspected armed gangs in the north-western state of Zamfara on Sunday. Seven...

East Legon alleged murder case adjourned to August 6

The Madina District Court has adjourned the case of the Republic versus Prince Charles Dedjoe to August 6, 2021.This was after the Prosecution, led...

1 dead, others injured as robbers raid tricycle at Yeji

One person is reported dead and two others have been injured after armed robbers raided a tricycle (aboboyaa) at Yeji. The victims were travelling from...

1 arrested, fishing nets seized at Atuabo for flouting closed season directives

Personnel of the Fisheries Enforcement Unit (FEU) Western Command, comprising the Marine Police, Navy, and the Monitoring Control Surveillance, have arrested a fisherman at...

Couple arrested for conniving to beat up man’s ex over an Instagram post

A man and his wife have been arrested for allegedly conniving to assault the male lover's ex for a post she made on photo...

S3x for scholarship: ‘Fake’ director grabbed for ‘sleeping with’ applicants

JoyNews/AdomNews · Sex for scholarship: University student exposes 'fake' secretariat director A self-acclaimed scholarship secretariat director at Sehwi Asawinso has been grabbed by the police...

378 suspects arrested ahead of Eid-ul-Adha festivity [Photos]

The Accra Regional Police Command has arrested 378 suspects in a recent operation in different parts of the region. The operation forms part of efforts...

3 jailed 75 years for robbery

The Nkawie Circuit Court has sentenced three persons to a total of 75 years imprisonment for robbery at Asuhyiae, near Tepa, in the Ahafo...

Man sentenced to death for killing boss’ wife in revenge

A High Court sitting in Oyo State, Nigeria, has sentenced a man to death for killing his boss' wife in revenge. The 37-year-old Adeyemi Morenikeji...

2 jailed 11 years for selling Beninois to undercover police officer

Two persons, who lured a 20-year old Benin national to Ghana to be sold for $160,000 to a police decoy, have been sentenced to...

Police, NIC impound 66 vehicles with fake insurance

The Eastern Regional Office of the National Insurance Commission (NIC), in collaboration with the Oda Divisional Police Motor Transport and Traffic Department (MTTD), has...

Woman, 64, clubs 100-year-old husband to death

A 64-year-old woman, Nyamba Ayenliwuli, is in the grip of the police for allegedly hitting her 100-year-old husband, Aponwuni Ayenliwuli, with a pestle, leading...

Nigerian army general shot dead in attack

A senior Nigerian army officer has been shot dead by gunmen while travelling from the central city of Lokoja to the capital Abuja. Maj-Gen Hassan...

One suspect in Canadian girls kidnapping case identified

Elvis Ojiyorwe, a suspect standing trial with three others on kidnapping charges, was identified by one of the Canadian girls abducted in Kumasi in...