Crime

Businessman who allegedly insulted MP granted ¢10k bail

An Accra District Court has granted a GH¢10,000 bail with two sureties to a businessman who allegedly insulted Carlos Ahenkorah, Member of Parliament (MP)...

Woman dies after husband ripped open her stomach to remove her intestines

Police have launched a manhunt for a man who allegedly brutally murdered his wife in Jos, a state in Nigeria.The suspect, identified as Samuel...

Bride arrested as guests go crazy after she laced wedding food with ‘weed’

A bride and her caterer have been arrested after allegedly lacing food on the wedding menu with weed. Bride Danya Shea Glenny Svoboda, 42, and wedding...

Lebanese arrested with fake $10k at KIA pleads guilty, convicted

A 25-year-old Lebanese, Al-Zoubayr Chaaban, has been convicted by Circuit Court 1 in Accra after pleading guilty to a charge of possession of fake...

Police collaborate with town council to ease crime at Worawora

The Biakoye district police command in the Oti Region is advocating for effective collaboration with the Worawora Zonal Town Council to help fight the...

NPP executive robbed at gunpoint [Video]

Suspected armed robbers have raided the home of the Deputy Youth Organiser of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Perpetual Lomokie Akwada. Madam Akwada, who...

Five arrested over mob justice

Police have apprehended five male suspects for allegedly playing key roles in the lynching of a suspected robber. The five suspects are Justice Bananomah, 45,...

Robber killed, others escape after sustaining gunshot wounds

The Police have killed a suspected armed robber on the Walewale-Gambaga-Nalerigu road in the West Mamprusi Municipality of the North East Region. Three accomplices...

Notorious robbery gang arrested at Bosomtwe

The Ashanti Regional Police has arrested a gang of 6 suspected armed robbers engaged in a robbery operation near Lake Bosomtwe. The suspects were...

SWAT officers allegedly eject residents, lock about 40 houses at Santeo [Photos]

About 40 houses at Santeo in the Kpone Katamanso Municipality of the Greater Accra Region have been locked and residents ejected by a team...

Manhunt as athlete is stabbed to death in Kenya

Kenyan police have launched a manhunt after the body of a female athlete was found with stab wounds in the town of Iten, famous...

Annoh-Dompreh supports Panpanso residents

Five persons have been arrested in connection with the demolition houses at Panpanso No.1. The arrests are in connection with the invasion and demolition of...

NPP executive battling for his life after being inflicted with cutlass wounds

The Sissala West Constituency Nasara Coordinator of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Upper West region, Musah Walaika Iddrisu, is in a critical...

Man allegedly stabs sister to death over chores

A man has been charged with fatally stabbing his sister during a fight over chores in Evanston, police said. Andy Aphour, 26, is charged...

Three charged with murder over Pai Kantanka shooting

The Ho Circuit Court 1 has charged three persons with abetment and murder over a shooting incident at Pai Kantanka in the Oti Region. The...

Egypt female TikTok star jailed for three years for human trafficking

An Egyptian TikTok star has been sentenced to three years in prison after a court convicted her of human trafficking at retrial. Haneen Hossam, who...

Burglar breaks into funeral parlour and ransacks coffins to rob dead bodies

A sick burglar has been put behind bars after ransacking a funeral parlour; tipping ashes of the deceased to the floor and trying to steal from the bodies...

Police on manhunt for Ashanti Region church robbers

The Ghana Police Service is on a manhunt for armed robbery gang who attacked worshippers of the Heaven Embassy Chapel International at Atwima Afrancho...

Herdsman found dead after suspected kidnapping

Some unknown gunmen believed to be kidnappers have shot and killed a Fulani herdsman identified as Kuraba Umaru. Kuraba, believed to be in his fifties,...

How much Ashanti region church robbers got from raid will shock you [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Police chase Ashanti region church robbers The armed robbery gang which attacked a church in the Ashanti region will be cursing their stars...

EOCO arrests bank, telco officials

A bank official and a staff of a leading telecommunications network (name withheld) who reportedly connived with some four suspects who were recently arrested...

Man accused of stuffing grandmother in freezer to die arrested

Police say a northwest Georgia man killed his grandmother by stuffing her in a freezer while she was still alive. Floyd County Police discovered the...

Three fake currency dealers arrested in Accra

The Adjen Kotoku District Police Command has arrested three persons for allegedly dealing in fake currencies in Accra. The three, Seidu Samyaley, 28, Samuel...

Mother of three found dead in her room

A 27-year-old woman, Afia Cynthia, has allegedly been murdered in her room at Koase in the Wenchi Municipality of the Bono Region. The...

Six suspected serial robbers arrested

Six persons have been arrested in connection with series of robberies including car hijacking in the Central and Greater Accra regions. The arrest, according...

I don’t want to die, save my life – Wounded robber begs police

Ernest Antwi, 28,is in the grips of the Ghana Police Service after a foiled armed robbery attempt on Yokwa Gas filling station at Larteh-junction,...

Lecturer in court for allegedly slashing son with cutlass

A lecturer at the School of Hygiene in Ho, Sampson Quaye Agbavitor, who allegedly slashed his 14-year-old son repeatedly with a cutlass and left...

Man, 46, allegedly shoots wife over GHC2

A 46-year-old Alex Quainoo, a farmer and a hunter at Assin Bepokokoo in the Assin South District of the Central Region, has allegedly shot...

60-year-old security man allegedly killed, buried in uncompleted building

The Security man of High Ranking International Academy, a private school in the Wa Municipality of the Upper West region has been found dead....

Five including 3 children shot as robbers attack church in Kumasi

Five persons including three children have sustained gunshot wounds after armed robbers attacked a church at Atwima Afrancho in the Ashanti Region. The heavily armed...

Eight persons who died in shooting incident at Zakoli buried [Photos]

The eight persons who were shot dead at Zakoli in the Yendi Municipality in the Northern Region by unknown gunmen have been laid to...

Former Coca Cola boss sentenced for taking bribes of over £1.2m

A former Coca-Cola manager who received bribes of more than £1.2mn as part of a corrupt scheme to award contracts to favoured companies has...

2 Ghanaian tomato traders killed in Burkina Faso armed robbery attack

Two Ghanaians have died while three others are in critical condition after armed robbers attacked five tomato importing vehicles at Tambolo near Dakota in...

Man who kidnapped 2 children during Good Friday service arrested

A middle-aged man, Sakiru Famuyiwa, has been arrested for two children during a church service on Good Friday. The suspect was arrested following a distress...

Four men arrested for gangraping lizard

Four men have been arrested after one of the accused’s phones was discovered to contain a video of them gang-raping a Bengal monitor lizard...

56-year-old woman allegedly murdered at Kasoa

The Ghana Police Service is on a manhunt for suspects in the murder of a 56-year-old woman, Madam Velynob Wagner, also called Evelyn, in...

Fuel station manager jailed for stealing over GH¢398K

A 30-year-old fuel station manager of the Kwahu-Tafo branch of Infin Ghana Limited has been jailed 120 months in hard labour by the Mpraeso...

Police officer in gun battle with suspected robbers at gas station; one shot

A Police Inspector on night guard duty at Akuapem Larteh junction at Akropong has been hailed for overpowering three armed robbers in a shootout...

Patrick Lyoya: Video shows fatal US police shooting of black man

Police video has been released of a white officer fatally shooting a black man in the back of the head after a scuffle over...

Two suspected meter sellers granted bail

The New Abirem Magistrate Court has granted bail to two suspects standing trial for allegedly possessing illegal meters and attempting to distribute them to...