Three Ford vans and an Opel Kadett vehicle have been consumed by fire at a workshop at Asafo Dadiesoaba in Kumasi. The ravaging fire burnt the vehicle seats and other car parts that were under repairs at the shop. About three shops were completely burnt, with three others partially destroyed by the fire which spread through parts of a mechanic shop. An eyewitness told JoyNews he suspects the fire started from one of the Ford vans being repaired. A welder had removed the fuel tank and placed it in the vehicle as one of the welders worked on the car...

One more body has been discovered in the Upper West regional capital, Wa. This brings to two the number of bodies discovered so far in the spate of unexplained murders. The most recent episode ensued last Friday, September 16, when the Police retrieved the body of the 58-year-old security man. Residents there have been living in fear following the murder of nine people in the last five months. It is unclear the motive for the killings as the police deploy more personnel to bring the situation under control. Regarding Monday night’s discovery, the deceased had some body parts removed. According...

Residents in Laklevikope in the Ketu South Municipality of the Volta region, on Saturday 17th September 2022  were left in a state of shock after a family of five got drown while fishing in the lagoon in the area with the man in the family being the only survivor. The deceased a woman said to be in her late 30s and her 3 children all perished after trying to save one of the children who fell into a dyke created by a a salt mining company named Seven sea salt company limited. The dyke which is about 12ft has know...

Police have disclosed that their intelligence suggests that more than one person may be involved in the recent serial killings in Wa, the Upper West Region capital. They have, therefore, assured that “we will do whatever it takes to get them arrested to face justice”. This comes in the wake of the arrest of Kankani Adongo, regarded as the prime suspect. Key suspect in Wa murder case arrested He was arrested on Monday, September 19 after the special purpose intelligence and investigation team of the Ghana Police Service was deployed to the area. Residents have lived in fear after mysterious...

 The Greater Accra Bissa Council of Chiefs and Imams, and the family of murdered Munira Moro, on Saturday 17th September 2022 held a meeting to discuss about the murder incident of Muniratu  Moro which took place at Abeka a suburb of Accra . The meeting which took place at Chief Mohammed Dabre’s Palace in Nima was Among other things enable the family to take the next step towards justice. The Chiefs together with members of the deceased family decided they  needed a lawyer to represent the family since the case is already in court. Secretary of Dabre Palace, Alhaji Salifu...

Officials of the National Petroleum Authority (NPA) in collaboration with the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) and Ghana Police have raided an illegal cylinder refurbishing facility and arrested seven suspects in Makola, Accra. The suspects, who were arrested following a tip-off, were engaged in refurbishing damaged cylinders and re-introducing them into the market. Three trucks of ceased cylinders ranging from 5kg to 14.5kg, wielding tools, cutting, and grinding tools, paints and accessories were retrieved from them during the operation last Friday Briefing the media, the Director of Gas at NPA, Mrs Akua Ntiwaa Kwakye said “upon the Authority’s investigations, we...

The Asokore Mampong District Court in the Ashanti Region has adjourned to 27th September 2022, the case involving six students of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology standing trial for allegedly raping a first-year female student. The court has also adjourned another alleged rape case, in which an interdicted police officer and a final year student of KNUST are being accused of gang-raping a student on the same date. This is due to the unavailability of the Magistrate presiding over the matter because he has embarked on his annual leave. The two separate cases were reported to the...

The body of the 58-year-old security man who was suspected to have been killed last Friday in Wa has been found. He was found buried in a shallow grave on the outskirts of Wa on Sunday by a local search team, who informed the police. “We got to a point and identified some items that we suspected to be human parts. We moved on to an uncompleted building, and we also found some strange materials there too,” a member of the search team said. The search team then alerted the police of the discovery. “They [the police] came, and it...

Police have assured that they will continue to maintain law and order in the Wa Municipality and surrounding communities after a string of killings. Police have special purpose police intelligence and investigation teams working with members of the community. “We wish to assure residents of the Wa Municipality and its environs that the special intelligence and investigation teams will continue to work around the clock with assistance from the affected communities to bring the perpetrators to face justice.” Police in a statement said “Operations and combat teams have also saturated the area to ensure the safety and security,” for everyone....