Crime

1,668  Fire has gutted several shops at CMB, behind Kantamanto in Accra, destroying goods worth millions of Ghana cedis. The cause of the fire which started around 5:00 am on Sunday is currently unknown. Firefighters from the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) were quickly dispatched to the scene, but the fire had already spread to […]

1,415    The Police have arrested two suspects, Adams Kwame and Abubakari Sharif, for preparation to commit robbery. The suspects, together with two others, currently on the run, were on Thursday, 14th September 2023, arrested at the Tweapease Police checkpoint when they attempted to escape from the Police during a routine stop-and-search operation. Items retrieved […]

1,712  A security officer who stabbed his employer to death in Kumasi this week has been arrested by Ghana police. The prime suspect in Abigail Ahenkan’s murder case, whose legal name is Alister John, is currently in police custody after attempting to flee after the heinous crime committed against his employee. John reportedly murdered his […]

1,503  The Nyive sector Command of the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) and the Customs division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) have seized a total of 64,000 pieces of packs suspected to be marijuana in Atikpui, a border community within the Ho municipality of the Volta Region. The seized items were found on Thursday, September […]

1,451  Mathias Duayin and Albert Edor, two individuals arrested on charges of cable theft in Akosombo, have been found guilty and each sentenced to a prison term of seven years by the Odumase Krobo Circuit Court. The theft involved cables with a combined length of 2,600 metres. The estimated damage caused by the theft is […]

1,271  The police have apprehended a 24-year-old illegal miner for allegedly defiling a little girl at Akrokere in the Adansi North District of the Ashanti Region. Ebenezer Adu’s victim is a 9-year-old currently in Primary 3. A source close to Adom News indicates that the suspect and the little girl’s mother reside in the same […]

1,468  Source: Ivy Setordjie (Joy news) Personnel of the Ghana Immigration Service’s Nyive Sector Command in the Volta Region have intercepted 80 slabs of substances suspected to be Indian hemp. The alleged Indian hemp was intercepted at Atikpui which borders Togo in the Ho Municipality. The Sector Commander for Nyive, Assistant Commissioner of Immigration, Abdullah […]

1,294  An Accra Circuit Court has sentenced an unemployed man to a fine of 600 penalty units, equivalent to GH₵7,200.00, over the theft of electrical devices valued at GH₵10,500.00, belonging to one Mr Robert Mills. In default, Adolf Kosah, aged 25, would spend eight months in prison in hard labour. Kosah had pleaded guilty to […]

1,766  Research conducted on access to sexual and reproductive health services in Cape Coast and Elmina has revealed that rape and defilement are the highest sexual health violations in that part of the country. Interviews with a total of 1,031 female respondents between 15–45 years revealed that “defilement and rape resulting in unwanted pregnancies tended […]

1,326  Residents of Godenu and Wegbee in the Hohoe Municipality of the Volta Region have accused the police of causing destruction to several properties in their community following a clash with the security officers. The residents claim that the police officers chased a man suspected of transporting Indian hemp, and got into an accident with […]