Crime

Obuasi Police gun down robber, another arrested

The police at Obuasi in the Ashanti Region have killed an armed robber and arrested another in an operation on the Obuasi-Hia road in...

I sent troops to Ejura based on intelligence – Ashanti Regional Minister

The Ashanti Regional Minister, Simon Osei Mensah, before the Ejura Killings Committee, has testified he sent the military to Ejura upon earlier intelligence. He says...

Thieves break into Takoradi Harbour District Court

Clerical and other electrical gadgets at the Takoradi Harbour District Court in the Western Region have been stolen. Staff, who went to work on Monday morning, discovered...

Filling Station robber arrested

Police have arrested one Iwejuo Anthony alias Chibona, who together with others attacked and robbed Pacific Filling Station at Krokowhe near Ashalaja in the...

Feyiase Bolt driver’s murder: Suspect makes shocking confession

The main suspect in the murder of a 33-year-old headteacher of Atonsu-based Rogel Montesorri Basic School says he was motivated by the quest to get...

I saw Macho Kaaka’s brother drag his body into the dark – Woman makes shocking revelation

An Ejura Sekyeredumase woman has shockingly recounted how she witnessed the murder of social media activist, Macho Kaaka. According to her, the incident occurred around...

Baby thief grabbed at Tamale Teaching Hospital

A woman, believed to be in her early 40s, has been caught by officials at the Gynaecology Unit of the Tamale Teaching Hospital in...

One injured as youth factions clash at Ntonsu [Photos]

One person has reportedly been injured in a violent clash involving youth factions at Ntonsu in the Kwabere East District of the Ashanti Region. Reports...

Shop owner in tears following burglary a day after restocking

The owner of a budding mobile phone and accessories shop at Apowa in the Ahanta West Municipal Assembly of the Western Region, Kingsley Yeboah,...

Mother-of-three arrested with 100 wraps of cocaine concealed in private part, bag

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), have arrested a Nigerian woman based in Brazil for drug trafficking. Mrs Anita Ugochinyere Ogbonna was...

They seduced me – Man who impregnated step-daughters

A Nigerian trader, Augustine Angwe, is in police grips for allegedly impregnating his fiancée's twin daughters. Suspect Angwe was arrested per his own confession, but...

My nephew was urinating in a gutter and was hit by a stray bullet – Auntie of Ejura shooting victim

An Auntie of one of the victims who were shot at Ejura, Rita Sefa Amponsah, is saddened about her nephew’s predicament.According to her, Louis...

Banda Nkwanta residents arrest 2 in possession of gun

Residents of Banda Nkwanta in the Bole District of the Savannah Region have initiated a citizen arrest on four youngsters with a locally manufactured...

Okada rider allegedly murdered by two pillion riders at Adaklu

Police are on the heels of two assailants, who allegedly murdered Komla Tsomana, 28, an Okada rider of Mafi-Kumasi in cold-blood inflicting multiple machete...

2 friends convicted for stealing motorbike

The District Magistrate court at Enchi has fined two friends ¢600 each for stealing a motorbike valued at ¢4,200. Ebenezer Kwaw, a Junior High School...

Chief Imam wants thorough investigations into Ejura shooting

Chief Imam, Sheikh Osman Nuhu Sharubutu says a thorough work from the three-member committee set up to investigate the Ejura shooting will help build...

I’ve relocated my family – Journalist who recorded military brutality in Wa

The journalist, who secretly filmed soldiers brutalising some residents of Wa in the Upper West Region, says he has moved his wife and children...

Ejura: Chilling account of how ‘Kaaka Macho’ was murdered pops up in court

The Asokwa District Court has been told of the chilling manner in which social media activist, Ibrahim Mohammed, also known as Kaaka Macho, was...

Woman caught on camera stealing church offertory [Watch]

The House of God is one place humans uphold righteousness, but for a yet-to-be-identified woman, it is an avenue for money-making. The female church worker...

I sanctioned Ejura Military deployment – Minister

The Ashanti Regional Minister, Simon Osei Mensah, has accepted responsibility for the Military presence at Ejura in the Ashanti Region. Mr Mensah has explained he...

Ejura: Three suspects in court over Kaaka’s death [Video]

https://youtu.be/l4aQ28bXnHo Three suspects arrested in connection with the murder of a social media activist, Kaaka Macho at Ejura are making their maiden appearance at the...

Pastor bags life sentence for causing private part of church member to decay

A Nigerian High Court on Thursday, July 1, sentenced a cleric, Prophet Olakanye Oni, to life imprisonment over the death of a woman. Prophet Oni...

Kasoa cops murder: Court fails to empanel jurors

An Accra High Court presided over by Justice El-Freda Denkyi was unable to empanel jurors, for the third consecutive time, to commence the trial...

25-year-old man arrested for blackmailing lady with her n*des

The police in Ogun state, Nigeria, have arrested a 25-year-old man, Adetoro Kazeem, for blackmail and extortion. Mr Kazeem was arrested following a complaint by one...

JHS pupils allegedly assault headmistress for refusing love proposal

Two Junior High School (JHS) pupils of Rev Cobbah Yalley Junior High School at Newsite, a suburb in the Effia-Kwesimintsim Municipality of the Western...

Ejura deaths: Check-out members of Public Inquiry Committee

The Interior Ministry has constituted a three-member committee to investigate the shooting of two persons at Ejura in the Ashanti Region. This follows a directive...

Three jailed 210 years for robbery at Techiman

The Techiman Circuit Court in the Bono East Region has sentenced three persons to 210 years imprisonment for robbery. The court presided over by His...

Police arrest fake currency dealers at Dansoman

The police at Dansoman, a suburb of Accra, have arrested five suspects for allegedly dealing in fake currencies. Akwasi Boateng alias ‘honourable’, Michael Marfo Ohene...

Over 3,000g of cocaine intercepted at Dabala Junction

The Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has intercepted 3,229.4 grammes of a substance suspected to be cocaine. This was on a commercial...

Four suspected kidnappers shot dead [Audio]

Four suspected kidnappers have reportedly been killed by irate youth at Busunu in the West Gonja District of the Savannah region. This was during a...

Police names robbery gangs’ top financier

The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service is investigating the alleged financier of five robbery gangs busted by the Service. Joseph Abrefa...

CID lists 22 persons wanted for robberies, attacks on bullion vans

Twenty-two people including six Nigerians have been declared wanted by Police in relation to some crimes including the bullion van attack at Jamestown and...

No arrest in bullion van robbery – CID boss

The Director of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service says no arrest has been made in the Jamestown Bullion Van...

Street robber arrested at East Legon

The police have arrested one Michael Tyron at Thunder Lily at East Legon for attacking two people and snatching their mobile phones. The incident, according...

Security officers are allowed to use lethal force against armed protestors – IGP

The Inspector-General of Police (IGP) has revealed that security personnel have the legal mandate to use lethal force when confronting armed protestors, if the...

Man arrested for possessing two human skulls

The police in Delta State, Nigeria, have arrested a 60-year-old native doctor, Godfrey Akpudje, for possessing two human skulls. Godfrey confessed to having been given...

Mfantsiman MP’s killers jailed – CID boss confirms

It has emerged that some three persons have been sentenced to 20 years imprisonment each in connection with the robbery and murder of late...

My husband died a hero – Kaaka’s wife breaks silence

JoyNews/AdomNews · My husband died a hero – Kaaka’s wife breaks silence Sahada Hudu, wife of murdered social media activist at Ejura in the Ashanti...

Ejura: Details of persons killed, how soldiers shot into the crowd [Video]

There was uneasy calm at Ejura Sekyedumase as the youth in the community continue to demand justice following the death of two protesters. Earlier, the...

Delay in investigating Jamestown bullion van attack worrying – Nii Lante Vanderpuye

JoyNews/AdomNews · Delay in investigating Jamestown bullion van attack worrying – Nii Lante Vanderpuye Member of Parliament (MP) for the Odododiodio constituency, Edwin Nii Lante...