Crime

Three NDA officers, A&QS Consortium boss before court 

Three officers of the Northern Development Authority (NDA) and Mr Andrew Kuundaari, the Chief Executive Officer of A&QS Consortium, have been arraigned before court...

Man, 80, remanded over alleged murder of 43-year-old

The Nkwanta South Magistrate Court has remanded into police custody an 80-year-old man, Tibrum Wakam, for the murder of a 43-year-old over a parcel...

NDC Congress Violence: My Court erred, retake plea of convict – Judge

The trial judge hearing the case of three vigilantes who were arrested in connection with the violence that characterised the December 18 Congress of...

Check out members of Committee to probe Krobea Asante riots

The Ashanti Regional Minister, Simon Osei-Mensah, has inaugurated a five-member committee nominated to investigate the disturbances at Krobea Asante Technical and Vocational Institute. David Prah,...

Farmer jailed for defiling class 4 pupil

Francis Dzata, a 40-year-old farmer, has been sentenced to seven years imprisonment for defiling a 13-year-old class 4 pupil. The convict,vwho appeared before the Hohoe...

Seven arrested in connection with death of Fulani herdsman

The Bole District Police Command has arrested seven persons in connection with the death of a Fulani herdsman on the Kiape- Sonyo Road in...

Woman inflicts cutlass wounds on man over land dispute at Awutu Bokotu

A 47-year-old farmer, Charles Oko, is battling for his life after a colleague farmer identified simply as Yaa Yaa inflicted cutlass wounds on him...

MASLOC trial: Alex Mould, Gavivina Tamakloe to pay GH¢ 5m as failed bail bond

The Accra High Court has ordered the two securities who secured a GH¢5 million bail for former boss of the Microfinance and Small Loans...

Fake UG student arrested

Security personnel at the University of Ghana (Legon) has arrested a young man who posed as a student with a fake ID card. The...

Special Prosecutor recommends 4 prosecutions

The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has recommended the prosecution of four persons for respective breaches of the Public Procurement Act, 2003 (Act...

Krobea Chaos: Student leadership to be declared wanted if… – Minister

The Ashanti Regional Minister, Simon Osei Mensah, has asked the police to declare the school prefect and other student leaders of Krobea Asante Technical...

Take good care of our children – Last words of man to wife before he was found dead

A 45-year-old man has been found dead in River Tano at Sehwi Nsawora in the Akontombra District of the Western North Region. The victim has...

Nigerian nabbed for carrying fake currency

A 56-year-old Nigerian has been arrested for allegedly transporting millions of CFA and Naira currencies suspected to be counterfeit. The suspect, Aremu Timothy Adegboyega, was apprehended by...

Family demands justice for missing man found in morgue

The body of the late Bugbil Roger Adaboo Toure, the 22-year-old missing man from Zanlerigu in the Nabdam district who was identified in the...

Lathe operator charged for allegedly manufacturing short guns granted ₵50k bail

A man said to be a Lathe Turner has been arrested and charged for allegedly manufacturing short guns in his machine shop in Accra. Nicholas...

Banker arrested over fraud

A 28-year-old banker, who allegedly took GHS274,000.00 from a business consultant under the pretext of investing it for him at TF Finance Service but...

Newborn baby found dead on refuse dump at Sehwi Bekwai

A newborn baby girl, believed to be a week or two-weeks-old, has been found dead at a refuse dump at Sehwi Bekwai in the...

Hunter mistakenly shoots man and son while chasing grasscutter

A father and his son are receiving treatment at Gomoa Dawurampong Polyclinic after a hunter shot at them in broad daylight. The two were...

Man guns down ‘stubborn’ son

The Ahanta West District Police Command in the Western Region has launched investigations to unravel the circumstances under which a father gunned down his...

‘Okada’ rider stabs colleague to death over passenger

Agorsor Christian, a 22-year-old commercial motor rider, has allegedly stabbed his colleague rider to death. The Ghana News Agency (GNA) reports the alleged act...

Seven arrested for cybercrime activities

Seven people have been arrested by the Police for their various roles in cybercrime activities. The Police Service is also on a manhunt for 11...

Two remanded for destroying teacher’s farmland with sand winning activities

Two persons who allegedly destroyed three acres of pineapple and maize farmland belonging to a teacher after embarking on sand winning have been remanded...

Pastor incurs wrath of traditional leaders over spiritual baths

General Overseer of Grace Land Chapel international at Awutu Bereku, Prophet K.B.Y Ensonyameye aka Spiritual IGP, has been caught in the web of Awuku...

Man, 25, in hot water after failing to pay sex worker

A 25-year-old man at Mankesim in the Central Region is in the grips of the police for failing to pay a Nigerian sex worker...

Afoko recounts how father died two months after his arrest

Gregory Afoko, who is standing trial for allegedly murdering former New Patriotic Party Upper Regional Chairman, Adams Mahama, has shared a story of how...

Police charge Agradaa’s lawyer with assault

Lawyer for the embattled founder of Heaven Way Champion International Ministry, Patricia Asiedua Koranteng, also known as Nana Agradaa, has been charged by the...

Driver shot as robbers attack OA bus on Techiman-Kintampo highway

A driver of an OA bus is battling for his life after sustaining gunshot wounds during a robbery attack on the Techiman-Kintampo highway. The intercity...

PAC sitting: School Feeding boss accused of absconding with govt vehicle [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Ashanti Regional School Feeding boss absconds with govt vehicle The Ashanti Regional Coordinator of the National School Feeding Programme who allegedly absconded with...

I suspended business because of lapses at DVLA – Driving school owner

The owner of Joerees Drive Tech driving school has complained about how rots at the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA) have affected his...

Two remanded for destroying teacher’s farmland with sand winning activities

Two persons, who allegedly destroyed three acres of pineapple and maize farmland belonging to a teacher after embarking on sand winning, have been remanded...

Alleged Crossdresser killed in Upper East

A young man, Bugbil Roger Adaboo Toure, has allegedly been killed for wearing female clothes at Kongo in the Nandom District of the Upper...

Mother hangs 4-year-old son, commits suicide

A young mother has committed suicide, after hanging her four-year-old boy in an uncompleted building at Ajoa, a community in the Ahanta West Municipality...

Man who accused police of planting ‘wee’, cocaine in his car arrested

The Police have arrested a man suspected to be the person in an audio tape describing an alleged elaborate incident of criminal behaviour on...

Suspected burglar lynched at Ashaiman; another in critical condition [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Ashaiman Katamanso Robbery A suspected burglar has been lynched at Ashaiman Katamanso Promise Land in the Greater Accra Region. Another, believed to be...

Court to decide ex-MASLOC boss’ fate

An Accra High Court will on January 24, 2023, decide whether or not to hold the trial of former Chief Executive Officer of Microfinance...

Wendy Shay Concert: One remanded for robbery

An Accra Circuit Court has remanded into Police custody, Thomas Atiah, aka Tom Lee Sparta, for allegedly robbing some patrons of Wendy Shay concert. Three...

Man going through divorce rams truck into wife’s home [Video]

An estranged husband whose wife says they are going through a divorce was captured on camera repeatedly ramming a dump truck into his partner’s...

Eight arrested in connection with Buipe disturbances granted bail

The eight suspects who were arrested in connection with disturbances at Buipe in the Savannah Region have been granted bail. This was on the...

Court remands Nigerian over alleged human trafficking

A 26-year-old Nigerian man charged with human trafficking has been remanded by an Accra Circuit Court. Osahenvimwen Raymond was charged for receiving 18 trafficked people...

Self-acclaimed pastor arrested for defrauding SDA church members [Audio+Photo]

JoyNews/AdomNews · SDA Church members defrauded The Awutu Bawjiase District Police Command has arrested a self-style pastor for allegedly defrauding some members of the Seventh...