Crime

‘I was arrested because of my picture on Facebook’ – Suspected kidnapper tells court

One of the eight persons suspected to be part of the gang that kidnapped the two Canadian women in Kumasi has told the Accra...

CID invites Nigerian Prof over ‘inciting’ comments

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has invited for questioning a Professor with the University of Education, Winneba who is calling on his countrymen to...

Video: Disguised male suspected kidnapper busted in Agona Nyakrom

A man, believed to be in his 40’s who disguised himself as a woman, has been arrested by the Agona Swedru Divisional Police command...

Robbers who angrily raped married woman in Tema arrested

Five Nigerians who allegedly raped a woman during a robbery operation at Community 25 have been arrested by the Prampram Police Command after one of them...

Top Ghanaian musician fined over illegal U-turn on Tema Motorway

A member of Ghanaian hiplife duo, Keche, Andrew Cudjoe, has been fined GHc770 by the La District Magistrate Court for making an illegal U-turn...

Audio: The real Nigerians are not on the streets – Nigerian Association

The Association of Nigerians living in Ghana has asked Ghanaians to stop tagging Nigerians as criminals. Spokesperson for the Association, Ogbonna Kayse believes crime...

Groom dies few hours after tying the knot in Assin Fosu (Audio)

A 30-year-old man, identified as Kwabena from Abura Funkwa, has died few hours after tying the knot at a ceremony at Assin Juaso, a...

Buffalo attacks man for shooting it in Mole National Park (Audio)

An angry Buffalo has reportedly attacked a 34-year-old man, who shot at it inside the Mole National Park near Zaina Lodge in Larabanga in...

Audio: Parliament ‘suicide man’ has bullets in his body – Sister reveals

Family members of the 35-year-old man, who attempted suicide in Parliament, are appealing for support for their relative. READ: Tema-Akosombo rail line workers threaten strike According...

Man arrested for allegedly stealing PDS fuses

AN 18-year-old scrap dealer is in the custody of the Tema Community 2 District Police Command for allegedly stealing electric fuses at a substation...

The Nigerian kidnapper who recruits and trains Ghanaians

Details have emerged of how three Nigerians and five Ghanaian suspects kidnapped two Canadian volunteers working in Kumasi in the Ashanti region on June...

Police probe Maamobi kidnapping incident

The Greater Accra Regional Police Command has commenced investigations into a kidnapping incident around the Maamobi Polyclinic in Accra. According to the Public Relations Officer...

Man sentenced to death over murder of stepmother he accused of witchcraft

A 38-year-old man who murdered his stepmother on the accusation of witchcraft in 2010 has been sentenced to death by a High Court sitting...

Police arrest man who stabbed wife multiple times over money to pay sex worker

A man who stabbed his wife multiple times in the head for refusing to allow him to use her money to pay a prostitute...

Social Studies teacher found hanging under suspicious circumstances

A social studies teacher at Senya D/A Basic School has been found hanging on a cashew tree in what residents suspect to be murder. Shock gripped...

Nigerian arrested for attempting to kidnap 4-yr-old boy

A Nigerian has been arrested for attempting to kidnap a boy around the Maamobi polyclinic in Accra. The suspect, yet to be named, was arrested...

Ex-convict arrested for baby theft at Agona Swedru

A twenty-three-year-old female ex-convict has been arrested by the police for allegedly stealing a nine-month-old baby boy at Agona Swedru in the Central Region. Interestingly, the suspect,...

Class 3 pupil who pulled gun granted bail

Amadu Salia, father of Amadu Bashiru, a class 3 pupil of Damongo St Anne's primary school in the Savannah region, who pulled gun in...

Forget party affiliation and punish kidnap suspects severely – NPP Chairman

The Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the New Juabeng Constituency, Kodwo Boateng-Agyemang, has called for the state to punish the suspected...

17-year-boy killed over a pair of slippers

Seventeen-year-old Forgive Kwame Dunugbe, pupil of Ashaiman Number Two primary school, has been killed over a pair of slippers in Ashaiman. Ms Benedicta Attiaku, sister...

Kidnappers of Canadian women demanded $800k ransom – Prosecution

It has emerged in court that the kidnappers of the two Canadian women, who were rescued on Wednesday, demanded an $800,000 ransom for their...

Boy, 13, pulls gun after being punished for bullying (Audio)

A 13-year-old class three pupil of St. Anne's Preparatory School at Damango in the Savannah Region, Amidu Bashiru, has reportedly pulled a gun and...

Corruption Watch: Boy, 16, jailed 25yrs for stealing GH¢10 may become danger to society – GACC (Video)

A 16-year-old boy, Abdallah Mohammed has been jailed 25 years for stealing GH¢ 10 in a market at Asokwa within the Ashanti region. According to...

CW: Boy, 16, jailed 25yrs for stealing GH¢10, serving sentence in adult prison

When it comes to corruption in the criminal justice system what immediately comes to mind is some officials of the criminal justice system accepting...

Kidnappers of Canadian girls had a ‘bomb’

It has emerged that an explosive weapon was found among the arsenal of the kidnappers of the two Canadian ladies rescued on Wednesday. A pro-government newspaper, Daily Guide,...

BECE candidate attempts suicide shortly after exams

A candidate taking part in this year’s Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) in the Builsa North District of the Upper East Region on Wednesday...

Port Security disembarks an alleged stowaway

The Tema Port Security has in their custody a stowaway, Mr Anthony Ali, who was on a vessel called Grimaldi Vessel that docked at...

Watch Video+Photos for NDC ‘evidence’ to show Canadian ladies’ kidnappers are Delta Force members

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has accused the government of deliberately shielding perpetrators of the kidnap of the two Canadian ladies who were rescued...

Canadian ladies’ rescue: Runaway suspects issue death threats to Kenyasi residents [Audio]

Residents of Kenyasi in the Ashanti region say they are terrified after receiving death threats from some unknown persons. The threats follow the rescue of...

Corpse disappears from grave at Maseaso

The corpse of the late Kwadwo Oduro, a man buried three months ago at Moseaso Public Cemetery, near Anyinam in the Eastern Region has...

Suspected armed robber lynched for shooting mobile money vendor in Tema

A 28-year-old Malian, Awal Mohammed, has been lynched for shooting a mobile money vendor at Tema, Community 4. Awal is said to have shot the...

Breaking news: NPP man attempts suicide in parliament’s public gallery [Video+Photos]

A 35-year-old man has attempted to commit suicide in Ghana’s parliament Thursday afternoon, Adom News journalist, Abednego Asante Asiedu, has reported. According to Abednego,...

Watch crucial CCTV footage that helped in arresting Canadian kidnap suspects [Video+Photos]

It has emerged that a Close Circuit Television (CCTV) footage of the scene where the two Canadian girls were abducted was instrumental in the...

Photos: Where the kidnapped Canadians were held

A visit by JoyNews to the final holding point of the two kidnapped Canadian ladies rescued at Kenyasi-Achiase reveal their captors held them under...

Photo: Kidnappers of two Canadians pose with SWAT team

Adomonline.com has secured a photo of the alleged kidnappers of two Canadian nationals who were rescued in the early hours of Wednesday morning. ALSO: Kidnapped...

UCC graduate arrested for killing his brother

The people of Gomoa Obuasi, a community in the Gomoa Central district in the Central Region were on Monday grappled with grief and shock...

Read details of Canadian ladies kidnap suspects’ arrest + all the photos

The state has provided update on the arrest of some suspects connected with the kidnapping of two Canadian national, Lauren Patricia Catherine Tilley, 19, and Bailey...

Video: How Canadian state TV, CBC, reported the rescue of kidnapped ladies

The featured video above shows how Canadian State Broadcaster, CBS, reported the release of the two Canadian girls who were kidnapped in Kumasi. In...

Second Nigerian suspect in Takoradi girls kidnap remanded

Second suspect in the unresolved kidnapping of three girls in Takoradi in the Western region, has been remanded. The 29-year-old Nigerian, John Oji, appeared at...

Rescue of Canadians: 14 people including 3 Nigerians arrested

It has emerged that 14 people, including three Nigerians, have been arrested in connection with the two Canadian women who were abducted by unknown...