Law And Crime
Ngleshie Amanfrom residents threaten to take up arms against gangs
Tension is said to be mounting at Ngleshie Amanfrom, a community near Kasoa in the Central Region as residents threaten a face-off with armed gangs ...
Police hunt for 5 suspected armed robbers
The Accra Regional Police Command has mounted search for five suspected armed robbers who killed a police man in the early hours of Thursday at ...
Truck Pusher Caged For Defilement
A truck pusher, Adolf Okoe, has been sentenced to seven years imprisonment for defiling a child under sixteen years at Nungua, a suburb of Accra.The ...
Tsatsu Tsikata Is Frustrated - Karbo
Former National Youth Organizer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Anthony Abayifaa Karbo says Counsel for the third respondent in the ongoing election case at ...
Child Rights Int demands criminal investigations into teacher’s brutality of student
The student was beaten by two teachers for leaving school without permission. Campaign group, Child Rights International is demanding criminal investigations into alleged brutality meted out ...
Horror: Man pours acid on wife
Emmanuel Owusu, the accused A 39-year-old trader at Obuasi in the Ashanti Region, who allegedly caused serious body injury to his wife of seven years by ...
National Security Worried...
The National Security Council Secretariat has described as “a matter of grievous concern” the destruction of telecommunication cables, saying its impact affects national security.A letter ...
Police are in total control - Ashanti regional minister warns criminals
Ashanti Regional Minister, Eric Opoku is sending a strong warning to criminals killing and terrorising residents that they will be smoked out and dealt with.The ...
DOVVSU takes over investigations into alleged sexual abuse against Presby pastor
The Domestic Violence and Victims Support Unit of the police service has taken over investigations into an alleged sexual abuse case against the head pastor ...
Kumasi killings calls for audit of gun licenses – Dr Aning
Dr. Kwasi Aning Dean and Director of Faculty of Academic Affairs and Research at the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Center (KAIPTC), Dr. Emmanuel Kwesi Aning ...
Police defends gift-taking
DSP Cephas Arthur The Police have defended their decision to accept gifts from individuals and institutions despite criticism that the practice is a potential source of ...
Supreme Court To Rule On Tsatsu's 'Line Of Questioning'
The Supreme Court will this morning rule on an objection raised by lead counsel for the petitioners on the line of questions by lead counsel ...
Police Should Revoke Ban on All Demonstrations
The Convenor of the Committee for Joint Action (CJA), Kofi Adu has called on the Police Service to revoke the ban on all public demonstrations ...
Two suspected robbers lynched at Atwima Boko
Two suspected armed robbers have been lynched at Atwima Boko in the Ashanti Region, early Monday morning.The robbers were alleged to have robbed victims of ...
Police put up GHS 2,000 reward for info on Kumasi murders
ASP Mohammed Yusif Tanko,Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the Ashanti Regional Police,has said the Ghana Police Service will reward any informant GHS 2,000 for useful ...
Hackers steal $45 million in ATM card scam, federal prosecutors say
A worldwide gang of criminals stole $45 million in a matter of hours by hacking their way into a database of prepaid debit cards and ...
Police in Western Region charged to deal with illegal miners
Western Regional Minister, Ebenezer Teye Addo, has charged police officers particularly those in the region, to rise up to the challenge of dealing with illegal ...
"Jungle Gold" documentary: Gov't orders arrest of two US nationals
The Minister for Lands and Natural Resources has ordered the arrest of two Americans filming themselves in Ghana, as they engaged in illegal small scale ...
Woyome loses appeal in fraud case
The Court of Appeal on Thursday upheld the decision of the Commercial Court to allow the state to introduce evidence of fraud in the payment ...
Cocoa Clerk Chops GH¢564,847
The police have told Daily Guide that Collins Akomea Kankam, District Manager of Federated Commodity Company, a licensed cocoa buying company based at Sefwi Wiawso ...
Police hunt for Ashtown killers
Police in the Ashanti region are on the hunt for killers of two men in Ashtown in the Manhyia South constituency of the Ashanti region. ...
Court sentences 19-year-old despite plea he stole to fend for himself
A circuit court in Kumasi has sentenced a nineteen year old unemployed young man to three years in imprison for possessing firearms and stealing, despite ...
Ghana Loses Over $2.8 Million Dollars Through Money Laundering - GIABA
The Director-General of the Inter-Governmental Action Group against Money Laundering in West (GIABA), Dr Abdullahi Shewu, has lauded politicians in Ghana for showcasing their commitment ...
If I Mount The Witness Box, It Would Be Bank Of Ghana Verses Rural Bank – Mosquito
[unable to retrieve full-text content]In haste to boast about his mathematical credentials which he claims equaled that of Dr. Bawumia, the only appointed General of ...
GUTA Demands Urgent Probe In Kantamanto Blaze
The Ghana Union of Traders Association is demanding investigations into the recent fire outbreaks in the capital.It follows the controversy over the reconstruction of the ...
Tsatsu Can Use 8 Months For His Cross Examination, We Don’t Care - Sir John
The General Secretary of the opposition New Patriotic party (NPP), Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie has said counsel for the NDC, Tsatsu Tsikata can play his delay ...
God Has Disgraced Justice Kpegah And The NDC – Sir John
General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party, Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie aka ‘Sir John’ has stated that Justice Kpegah has been disgraced not just by the ...
Police Officers In A GHc120.000 Recruitment Scam
Barring any last minute intervention from personalities in the Police Administration, Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Rhodaline Florence Annor would be interdicted this week to ...
Ghana's performance declines in annual Corruption Perception Index
Transparency International, the leading civil society organization fighting corruption worldwide, has released its 18th annual Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) for 2012 which has ranked Ghana ...
High Court judge asks nananom to call insulting politicians to order
A Supervising High Court Judge in Kumasi is asking traditional authorities to call politicians whose utterances has the tendency to plunge the country into chaos ...
Man jailed four years for attacking robber
A man who brutally attacked a would-be burglar leaving him with a broken back has been jailed for four years.Arthur Wilkinson and an accomplice beat ...
A Turkish National, Two Others Arrested For Fraud
A Turkish national, together with two Beninois, has been nabbed by the Accra Regional Police Command for attempting to defraud a Ghanaian of an amount ...
Polish Ritual Slaughter Illegal, Court Rule
BBC : Poland's top court has ruled that the religious slaughter of animals is illegal, weeks before an EU law allowing the practice ...
Police Brutality Of Students At St Joseph College
The police in Bechem on Tuesday morning allegedly opened fire and tear gas to disperse demonstrating students of the St. Joseph College of Education (JOSCO) ...
Nigerian Gospel Artiste Jailed (Six) 6 Years
A gospel singer who pretended to be an American fighter pilot, an oil executive and widower to con women out of more than £120,000 has ...
Two robbers die in shoot-out with police
Two out of four suspected armed robbers were killed when they exchanged fire with the police after they had robbed passengers on board a bus ...
Nima Police Division Holds Sensitization Meeting On Peace
To ensure peace and orderly queues at the upcoming elections, the Nima Police Division has organised a peace sensitization meeting among the people of the ...
'Thousands' Of Children Sexually Exploited By Gangs
BBC : Thousands of children are sexually abused by gangs and groups in England each year, according to a report.The Office of Children's ...
Kwaku Asante, Notorious Robber Shot Dead
A NOTORIOUS CRIMINAL, who is part of a young group that has been terrorizing the people of Kumasi, was shot dead on Saturday after a ... Full story
Son-in-law jailed for hitting brother-in-law with an axe
A Hwange man watched his mother in law bath with his wife in a river before grabbing his wife's clothes leaving her with nothing ... Full story
Muntari focused on Champs League final
Ghana midfielder Sulley Muntari is in confident mood ahead of Saturday’s Uefa Champions League final in Madrid.The 25-year-old could become the fourth Ghanaian to win ... Full story
Breaking News
Ashtown shooting in Kumasi: Two men, a woman arrested
Joynews has learnt that three persons - two men and a woman- have been picked up by the Police in connection with the recent shootings ...
Asantehene condemns serial callers, communicators and propagandists
The Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has roundly condemned the growing culture of the serial callers, partisan communicators and propagandists for creating a polarised partisan ...
School dropout rate high in Daffiama-Bussie-Issa District
Mr Abu Kansangbata, Deputy Upper West Regional Minister, has expressed concern about the 30 per cent school dropout rate among basic school pupils in the ...
Accra is ready for floods - AMA Boss
Alfred Oko Vanderpuije Mr Alfred Oko Vanderpuije, Accra Metropolitan Chief Executive, says the Assembly is prepared to help reduce flooding in the metropolis during this raining ...
Ministry of Chieftaincy takes steps to solve problems
Dr Henry Seidu Danaa The Ministry of Chieftaincy and Traditional Affairs has taken steps to solve the numerous problems besetting the administration of chieftaincy in the ...
Yellow fever vaccination booster not needed – WHO
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says the 10 years yellow fever ‘booster’ vaccination is not necessary.An article published in WHO’s Weekly Epidemiological Record, obtained by ...
Rockefeller Foundation invests $100 million in Digital Jobs Africa
The Rockefeller Foundation has announced a new Foundation initiative that will focus on Africa’s youth and employment, called Digital Jobs Africa.Dr. Judith Rodin, President of ...
Nigeria’s daily EFT value in the billions
Nigeria’s Daily Trust reports that according to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) the total value of electronic funds transfer now stands at N80 billion ...
City of Joburg Broadband Project to go live in July
The City of Joburg Broadband Project will go live on 1 July 2013 after a 3 year build phase, which BWired will operate for 12 ...
Huawei launches Windows 8 phone in Ghana
Huawei Ascend W1 Windows 8 phones Huawei and its authorised distributor in Ghana, IPMC have unveiled the new Huawei Ascend W1 Windows 8 Phone in the ...
