Court jails two ‘Aluta Boys’ 13 years for stealing
The Tamale Circuit Court presided over by His Honor Francis Asobayire (ESQ), has convicted and sentenced two individuals: Nyankpani Hadi, 39, and Yussif Abdul...
Man allegedly caught carrying wife’s body parts in backpack
Police in Kenya have arrested a man carrying a mutilated corpse in his backpack, which he reportedly said belonged to his 19-year-old wife.Officers came...
‘I feel bad we hurt the man’ – Woman says after being jailed for 10 years
An American woman sentenced to 10 years with hard labor by an Accra Circuit Court for car snatching says she feels remorseful for the...
Kasoa ritual murder: Court to decide fate of 15-year-old today
Barring any unforeseen circumstances, the Juvenile Court in Accra will today, January 21, 2025, sentence the 15-year-old juvenile found guilty of conspiring with another...
3 in court over alleged kidnap, assault of businessman
Three of five individuals have been brought before an Accra Circuit Court for their alleged involvement in the kidnapping and assault of a businessman.The...
Kasoa ritual murder: Court sets date to sentence 15-year-old
The Juvenile Court in Accra will on Tuesday, January 21, 2025, sentence the 15-year-old juvenile found guilty of conspiring with another teenager to murder...
One shot dead, others injured in violent clash at Kraboa Coaltar
One person has reportedly been shot dead in a violent clash at Kraboa Coaltar in the Ayensuano District of the Eastern Region.The incident, which...
Over 100 bags of fertilisers intercepted at Gbi Akplamafu
Some members of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Hohoe Constituency of the Volta Region, led by some executives and the police, have...
Two Chinese granted bail over illegal gold deals
Two Chinese nationals accused of dealing in gold without a license at Obuasi have been admitted to bail by an Accra High Court (Human...
Unemployed woman jailed for stealing mobile phone, cash
The Tarkwa District Court One has sentenced Gifty Awuah, an unemployed woman to two months imprisonment with hard labour for stealing an amount of...
CCTV nabs driver who stole mobile phones from journalist and others
A driver who stole mobile phones from a journalist and two others in Sakumono, Community 17, has appeared before an Accra Circuit Court.Kwabena Gyimah,...
Two arrested for suspected ritual murder in Akatsi North
Two persons have been arrested by the police in Korve in the Akatsi North District of the Volta Region in connection with a suspected...
Policeman, 3 others beaten to pulp at Akrofuom
A police constable and three Community Policing Assistants (CPA) were attacked by thugs on Wednesday, January 15, 2025, at Akrofuom, within the Obuasi Divisional...
Liberian jailed 10 years as court defers his girlfriend’s sentence pending pregnancy test
The Accra Circuit Court Three has sentenced 25-year-old Liberian Daniel Ireland to 10 years in prison with hard labour for robbing a Bolt driver...
Court sentences Okada rider to 15 years for robbing nurse
The Kasoa Ofaakor Circuit Court, presided over by His Lordship Isaac Ohenaba-Kuffour, has sentenced 32-year-old Okada rider Yussif Salifu to 15 years in prison...
Nungua residents demand intensified police patrol due to rise in robberies
Some residents of Nungua Addogono and Baatsona in the Greater Accra Region have raised concerns over a growing wave of robberies and phone-snatching incidents...
Joynews’ Ohemeng Tawiah sustains life-threatening injuries in police-illegal miners clash [Photos]
A police operation aimed at clamping down on the illegal mining activities in the Offin Shelter Belt Forest Reserve at Anwiafutu near Nyinahin, Ashanti...
Carpenter jailed for defiling ex-lover’s child
A 39-year-old carpenter, Peter Asamoah, has been sentenced to 20 years imprisonment with hard labour for defiling his ex-lover's nine-year-old daughter at Yareyeya, a...
Taskforce arrests 5 suspected illegal miners at Wenchi-Atuna
The Wenchi Traditional Council in the Bono Region has arrested five suspected illegal miners, including a Chinese national, in the Wenchi Municipality.The task force,...
Mechanic jailed for 10 years for robbing student
A 25-year-old mechanic has been jailed for 10 years by the Asante Akropong Circuit Court in the Atwima Nwabiagya North District for attacking and...
Two in critical condition after exhuming body of 10-year-old at Adawukwa
Two people are in critical condition and receiving treatment at the Bawjiase Polyclinic after they were caught with the body of a 10-year-old boy.The...
Scores injured in Walewale after alleged military brutality
Dozens of residents in Walewale, North East Region, have reportedly sustained severe injuries after a violent crackdown by armed military personnel.Witnesses claim the soldiers...
Taxi driver kills colleague with wheel spanner at Agona Swedru
A heated argument between two taxi drivers at Agona Swedru in the Central Region has ended in tragedy, as 26-year-old Evans Owusu lost his...
Ex-convict jailed 8 years for threatening to harm mother
The Tarkwa Circuit Court has sentenced a 24-year-old ex-convict, Kofi Essien, also known as ‘Buffon,’ to eight years in prison with hard labor for...
Eastern Region: Abductors flee as warning shots save 13-year-old from ritual killing
A 13-year-old girl narrowly escaped from an alleged ritual killing after being abducted by four unidentified men in Aburi-Kitase, located in the Akuapem South...
Carpenter jailed 7 years for defiling teen in Walewale
The Nalerigu Circuit Court has sentenced a 30-year-old carpenter to seven years in prison with hard labour for defiling a 15-year-old girl in Walewale...
Loading boy arraigned over alleged theft of driving mirror
The Kaneshie District Court has granted bail of GH¢2,000 with two sureties to Felix Yeboah, a loading boy, following his alleged theft of a...
Trial of second preacher arrested over damaged vehicles at Parliament adjourned
An Accra Circuit Court has adjourned the case of Wisdom Ahli, the second preacher arrested for allegedly damaging vehicle windscreens at Parliament, to January...
Man fined GH₵18,000 for impersonating military officer on TikTok
An Accra Circuit Court has fined a 20-year-old washing bay attendant for impersonating a military officer by wearing camouflage trousers and a naval vest,...
Electrochem Ghana condemns raid on its warehouse by alleged NDC thugs
Electrochem Ghana Limited has condemned a raid on its operations in Ada, Greater Accra Region, by armed thugs who claimed affiliation with the ruling...
Businessman in court for allegedly defrauding 18 rent seekers of GH₵100K
A 48-year-old businessman, Jennings Tetteh Cole, who is accused of defrauding 18 rent seekers of over GH₵100,000, appeared before an Accra Circuit Court on...
20-year-old arrested for robbing iPhone as New Year gift for lover
Police in Bole, Savannah Region, have arrested 20-year-old unemployed man Kipo Seidu for allegedly robbing an iPhone to give as a New Year gift...
Illegal miner on the run after killing teen girl at Diaso
A 26-year-old man has allegedly murdered an 18-year-old young lady at Diaso in the Upper Denkyira West District of the Central Region.The suspect, who...
2 injured after chaos erupts in Boborama over disputed chieftaincy installation
A violent confrontation broke out in Boborama, a community in the Ellembele District of the Western Region, after two men attempted to disrupt the...
Son arrested for allegedly killing mother with pestle after history of threats
A 26-year-old farmer, Yaw Nimoah, has been arrested by the Dambai Police Command for allegedly killing his mother, Madam Salomey Ama Serwaa, a 60-year-old...
Miner, 23, fined for receiving payments through electronic medium falsely
A 23-year-old small-scale miner, who tricked two mobile money vendors and received a cash sum of GH¢8,000 payments through an electronic medium falsely, has...
Akufo-Addo pardons Ato Essien, 8 others
President Nana Akufo-Addo has exercised his prerogative of mercy under Article 72(1) of the Constitution to grant pardons to nine convicted persons, including the...
Man, 20, arrested for stealing iPhone for lover as New Year’s gift
Police in Bole, Savannah Region, have arrested a 20-year-old unemployed man, Kipo Seidu, for allegedly robbing a woman of her iPhone to gift his...
Four arrested in cocoa smuggling bust at Kwahu Nketepa
Four individuals, including a driver and his assistants, are currently in police custody following their alleged involvement in a cocoa smuggling operation in Kwahu...
Thieves electrocuted in attempt to steal streetlights
Two suspected thieves were electrocuted while allegedly attempting to steal solar streetlights in the Ogobiri community of Bayelsa State, Nigeria.The bodies of the two...