Crime

Dentist jailed 10 years for fraud

A High Court in Sekondi has sentenced Dr Kofi Nkegbe Ametewe, a former medical superintendent of the Essikado Government Hospital in the Western Region...

Man, 32, kills ex-wife, son and commits suicide

A 32-year-old man, Stephen Dotse also known as Kwaku Ayigbe has gunned down his ex-wife identified as Rosemond Amankwa and his one and half...

Photo: Flagstaff House guard arrested for armed robbery, rape

Two young men, stationed at the ceremonial gates of the Flagstaff House have been arrested by the Legon Police for armed robbery. READ: Mobile money...

Driver jailed five-years for dangerous driving

A 24-year-old Ford driver whose careless driving resulted in an accident at Gomoa Mprumem killing 13 people on the spot and two others later...

Judge angry at slow pace of Aisha Huang trial

The trial judge in the case involving Aisha Huang and four others accused of engaging in illegal mining, Mr Justice Charles Ekow Baiden, has...

Video: How I was drugged; nearly raped – Vicky Hammah narrates

A former deputy minister of communications, Victoria Hammah has accused one Faith Mensah Tekpor of drugging her in his quest to rape her, film...

Shop Attendant jailed three-years for stealing

Yaw Kwarteng, a 35-year-old shop attendant has been sentenced to three years imprisonment in hard labour by a Circuit Court in Cape Coast for...

Photos: 4 Chinese, 5 Ghanaian illegal miners arrested by Operation Vanguard

The Joint Task Force of Operation Vanguard has arrested four Chinese nationals and five Ghanaians engaged in illegal mining at the Prestea/Huni Valley and...

Video: Court sets July 27 to rule on Dr. Obeng Andoh’s bail application

An Accra High Court has set July 27 as the day it will rule on an application for bail made by CEO of Advance...

Terror robber arrested at Kumasi

The Ashanti regional police command has arrested an 18-year-old carpenter, Charles Mensah, who together with three others have been terrorizing motorists at Ayeduase, a...

VIDEO: Female World Cup reporter sexually assaulted during live broadcast

Watch the latest video at <a href="https://www.foxnews.com">foxnews.com</a> Colombian reporter Julieth Gonzalez was in the middle of a World Cup report in Russia when a man...

Juror missing at Major Mahama’s trial

An Accra High Court has adjourned the case involving 14 persons who have been accused of murdering Maxwell Mahama at Denkyira Obuasi in the...

Photo: NPP contracted me to kill JB Danquah – Suspect confesses

One of the accused standing trial in the murder of former Member of Parliament for Abuakwa North Constituency Joseph Boakye Danquah Adu, Daniel Asiedu,...

Armed robbers on shooting spree; rob three houses in the Eastern Region

A four-member robbery gang terrorizing residents of New Juaben in the Eastern Region, Sunday dawn, stormed Bornya, a suburb in the municipality to rob...

Why I killed my naval officer boss – Houseboy shares his story

Raphael Jaja, the houseboy of a naval officer who allegedly killed his boss, Lieutenant Abubakar Yusuf and his girlfriend, Lorraine Onye, has confessed to...

Decriminalise petty crimes — Justice sector stakeholders

Human rights activists and stakeholders in the justice sector have advocated that people who are involved in petty offences should not be treated as...

Fake soldier busted at Techiman

The Brong Ahafo Regional Police Command on Thursday arrested a middle-aged man posing as a soldier. The suspect, who goes by the ‘military name’, Captain Kofi Hota,...

Video: Obengfo CEO remains in custody; Court unable to hear bail application

A High Court in Accra was unable to hear the bail application of the CEO of Advanced Body Sculpt Centre, Dr. Dominic Obeng-Andoh, who...

Pastor remanded for defiling minor

An Accra Circuit Court has remanded into Police custody a Pastor for allegedly defiling a 13 year old girl at Chorkor, a suburb of...

Nigerien couple arrested for GHC16K robbery

A Nigerien man, Jamal Mahamadu, 28, and his 27-year-old wife, Naser Mahamadu have been arrested by the Police in Brong Ahafo region after they...

Accountant in court over fraud

An Accountant has been put before an Accra Circuit Court for allegedly defrauding a Kumasi-based mechanic of GH¢19,100.00 under the pretext of clearing two vehicles...

Provide comprehensive report on Dr Obengfo’s health – Court

A District Court in Accra has ordered the Medical Director of the Ridge Hospital to furnish it with a comprehensive health report on Dr...

Maj. Mahama: Prosecution presents it’s second witness

The Prosecution in the trial of the alleged murderers of the late Major Maxwell Mahama on Tuesday presented its second witness. Madam Esther Tawiah, a...

Three notorious armed robbers jailed 60 years each

The Koforidua Circuit Court A presided over by Her Honor Mrs Janet Animah Maafo has convicted three notorious armed robbers to 60 years imprison...

Court fines Starr FM reporter GH¢ 33,000.00 for defamation

A Bolgatanga Magistrate Court, presided by Mr Osman Abdul-Hakeem has slapped a GH¢ 33,000.00 fine on Mr Edward Adeti, the Upper East Regional correspondent...

2 female armed robbers grabbed

Two female armed robbers are among a group of five arrested by the Atwima Nwabiagya Municipal Police Command in the Ashanti Region. The group...

Photos: 10 busted over contaminated fuel

Ten persons have been busted by a joint police and military task force for deliberately dealing in contaminated fuel. The operation was supervised by the...

Dr. Obeng-Andoh granted bail; pleads not guilty

The Chief Exeutive Officer of Advance Body Sculpt Centre, Dr. Obeng-Andoh has pleaded not guilty to charges of operating an unlicensed medical facility and...

Telecoms executives charged with fraud in tax evasion crackdown

Tanzanian prosecutors on Wednesday charged two chief executives of mobile phone companies and four other suspects with fraud as part of a crackdown against...

101 Sakawa suspects arrested at Kasoa; 126 laptops retrieved

Over a hundred suspected internet fraudsters (Sakawa) have been arrested by the Kasoa police in a swoop Wednesday morning. According to the police, 126 laptops,...

BECE candidate dies few hours to exam

One of the candidates in the ongoing Basic Educational Certificate Examination (BECE) in the  Ashaiman Municipality of the Greater Accra region is reported to...

Man arrested for duping 151 BECE candidates

Police in the Northern Region have arrested a man for duping some 151 BECE candidates. The students say they were all registered by the man...

Convicted kidnapper ‘rejected’ by prison authorities on health grounds

Prison authorities in Kumasi say they cannot accommodate a convicted criminal because he has a health condition they suspect could be contagious. Twenty-six-year-old, Collins James...

Man gets 20 years for impregnating daughter

The 40-year-old man, who had sex with his two daughters and impregnated one of them, has been sentenced to 20 years’ imprisonment by a...

Dr Obengfo woes worsen in court again

Dr Dominic Kwame Obeng-Andoh, Proprietor of Obengfo Hospital at Weija has been dragged to an Accra Circuit Court for operating a health facility without...

Judges storm Obuasi prison to hear cases of the forgotten

A team of judges has arrived at the Obuasi prison in the Ashanti Region as part of efforts to expedite the hearing of cases...

AUDIO: Police investigate death of American Citizen at Boti Falls

Police in the Eastern Region are investigating a case of suspected unnatural death of an American citizen, Norman Sun Harris, believed to be around...

Woman who beat daughter to death held for murder

An unemployed woman who allegedly beat her eight-year-old daughter to death with a cane and buried her at the seashore near the Lavender Hill...

Sex scandal: 46 UN Ghanaian peacekeepers finally deported

Some 46 Ghanaian Police officers of the Formed Police Unit (FPU) contingent on Peacekeeping operation in Remit, South Sudan repatriated by the United Nations...

Drunken Motor rider fined for knocking down Police officer

A drunken motor rider who knocked down a Police officer directing traffic on the Korle Bu-Mortuary road has been convicted and fined GH 600...