Crime

New twist to former MASLOC boss’ case

Moves by state prosecutors to have a former boss of the Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC), Sedina Tamakloe Attionu, tried in absentia have...

Brave driver crashes motor rider who snatched his iPhone to death

A fatal accident has taken place at the Kwabenya Musuku roundabout in the Dome-Kwabenya Constituency, Greater Accra Region, due to reported road rage. According...

Hunter reports himself to police after shooting brother dead

A 42-year-old hunter, John Ackah, who mistook his elder brother for an animal and shot him to death, has reported himself to the police....

Jomoro MP berates Police statement on West Hills incident

Jomoro Member of Parliament, Dorcas Affo-Toffey, has stated that bad policing led to the death of Shadrack Arloo at the West Hills Mall. ...

Three robbers attack gold dealer; bolt with GH¢500K

Three armed robbers have attacked a gold-buying agent, Stephen Jay Gold Buying Company, with a pistol and a pump-action gun at Sehwi Juaboso in...

Court adjourns Opuni’s trial over witness’ health

The Accra High Court on Tuesday adjourned the trial of a former boss of the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), Dr Stephen Kwabena Opuni, due...

Court sets date to rule on former MASLOC boss’ trial in absentia 

The Financial Division of the Accra High Court has fixed February 24, 2024, to deliver ruling on whether or not “absconded” Sedinam Tamakloe should...

Nurse found dead after failed marriage

A 34-year-old nurse, David Atinga, at the Kpasera CHPS compound in the Central Gonja District of the Savannah Region has been found hanging dead....

Kasoa: 2 arrested for defrauding by false pretence

The Kasoa Ofaakor District Police Command has arrested two suspects for allegedly defrauding business men in the environs. The 33-year-old Lawson Adams and his accomplice,...

Lawyer ditches alleged coup plotters

Private legal practitioner, Victor Adawudu, has served notice that he will no longer represent one of the 10 persons standing trial for allegedly planning...

NACOC intercepts marijuana concealed in cocoa powder containers

The Narcotics Control Commission's (NACOC) Ghana Post Unit has intercepted six parcels of marijuana concealed in cocoa powder plastic containers. The parcel, which was...

College head found dead with husband and daughter

The head of private school Epsom College has been found dead along with her husband and seven-year-old daughter on a property on school grounds....

Beige Bank case: Witness gives evidence on ‘fictitious deals’

Julius Ayivor, a witness in the ongoing trial of Michael Nyinaku, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the defunct Beige Bank, has provided insights into...

Four out of 6 who inserted stick into an*s of teenager jailed

Six persons including a 79-year-old man, Francis Amoako, who inserted a stick into the anus of a 16-year-old boy at Agogo in the Asante...

Police Inspector handcuffs man over GH¢2 ‘akpeteshie’ debt

A cobbler, Frank Kofi Adu, at Suma Ahenkro near Sampa in the Jaman North District of the Bono Region was handcuffed by a policeman,...

Man shot by police was cleaning out – family

A man in Ohio has been fatally shot by police while, his family said, he was cleaning out his dead grandmother’s apartment. Joe Frasure was...

Police Inspector who handcuffed man over GH¢2 ‘akpeteshie’ debt interdicted

The Ghana Police Service has interdicted one of its personnel, Inspector Kennedy Mantey Ampofo, over professional misconduct. The Inspector stationed at the Sampa District...

Shadrach Arloo’s death: Mpataba residents invoke curses on ‘killers’

Some residents in Mpataba, in the Jomoro District of the Western region, have invoked curses on the alleged killers of Shadrach Arloo. A policeman and...

Taxi driver found dead in cocoa farm under mysterious circumstances

A 40-year-old taxi driver has been found dead in a cocoa farm at Agona in the Sekyere South District of the Ashanti Region. The deceased,...

Bibiani Zongo residents clash with Asante Gold security, five injured

Some residents of Bibiani Zongo have clashed with the military guards of Asante Gold Corporation. Five persons have been injured as a result of the...

NDC congress violence: Police arrest two more suspects

The police have arrested two more out of the 16 declared wanted for the violence at the 10th National Youth and Women’s Conference of...

30 alleged sex workers granted GH¢150,000 bail

Thirty out of a total of 34 sex workers, who appeared before the Tema Magistrates court, were on Tuesday granted GH¢5,000 bail each with...

Afram Plains farmers living in fear as Fulani herdsmen lay ambush

Farmers at Maame Krobo in the Kwawu Afram Plains South District of the Eastern Region are living in fear as Fulani herdsmen have fled...

One shot dead, shop burnt at Afram Plains over cattle [Audio+Video]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Afram Plain Clashes A 54-year-old farmer, Kwasi Ahoku, has been allegedly shot dead at Maamekrobo in the Kwahu Afram Plains South District of...

Two remanded for exhuming corpse at New Edubiase [Video]

https://youtu.be/iwfKJL-zhdQ The New Edubiase Magistrate Court has remanded two persons two weeks into police custody for exhuming a corpse at the New Edubiase cemetery in...

Rioting students of Krobea Asante Vocational Institute granted bail

The Asokore Mampong District Court has admitted some students of Krobea Asante Technical and Vocational Institute facing charges of vandalism to GH¢2,000 each bail...

Dispatch rider remanded for allegedly bolting with GH₵‎45K

A dispatch rider has been remanded into Police custody by an Accra Circuit Court for allegedly bolting with GHC45,000 as proceeds of the sale...

Court issues bench warrant for arrest of economist

An Accra Circuit Court has issued a bench warrant for the arrest of an Economist, who allegedly took GHS475,500.00 from an unemployed woman under the pretext...

Gregory Afoko had no acid splashes on his tracksuit – Witness tells court

A Senior brother of Gregory Afoko who is standing trial for allegedly pouring a substance believed to be acid on the late Upper East...

West Hills Mall gives security surveillance details about death of musician’s brother

The management of West Hills Mall in Accra has given its account of incidents leading to the death of a 32-year-old man, Shadrach Arloo,...

Three shot dead in gold shop robbery

A robbery gang has shot and killed people at Wassa Ntwetwena in the Wassa Amenfi East Municipality in the Western Region. The incident occurred on...

Francis Sosu seeks justice for family of man allegedly murdered by police

Private legal practitioner, Francis Xavier Sosu, is leading the family of the 32-year-old man who died due to alleged police brutality at West Hills...

Police arrest 12 persons involved in robbery, murder cases

The Ghana Police Service has arrested 12 members of an organised crime syndicate for their involvement in a series of carjacking and robbery incidents.  The...

27-year-old man remanded over death of friend during heated argument

The Obuasi Magistrate Court has remanded a 27-year-old man, Barack Ahmed Amuquandoh, into a two-week police custody over the murder of a friend. The deceased...

Fetish priest arrested in connection with missing ‘okada’ rider at Assin South

A fetish priest, Kofi Anokye, 30, is currently in the grips of the Assin South Police in connection with the missing Okada rider, Emmanuel...

NDA boss, 3 others granted GHS2m bail each

The Tamale High Court, presided by His Lordship Eric Ansah Ankomah, has granted bail to the embattled Chief Executive Northern Development Authority (NDA), Sumaila...

Court orders lunacy test on Uber driver behind viral police audio

The Achimota District Court presided over by His Worship Prince Owusu has ordered a lunacy test to be conducted on Patrick Asiedu, the man...

His soul is crying for justice – Gospel musician who lost brother to police ‘brutality’

https://youtu.be/YpN0mW_jo_s?t=196 Popular gospel musician, Perpetual Didier, has said the family will not relent on their quest to seek justice for her brother who died as a...

34 sex workers arrested in Tema [Video]

https://youtu.be/DoZktQfxRKA About 34 women are in the grips of the law for engaging in prostitution in the Tema Metropolis. The brief facts indicate that some young...

Banker charged over investment fraud

A 28-year-old banker has been arraigned for allegedly defrauding a businessman to the tune of GH¢274,000. The accused, Frederica Appiah, pleaded not guilty to the...