Crime

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...

Two students at Nkawie SHS dismissed over ‘gay’ sex

Two students (names withheld) of the Nkawie Senior High Technical School in the Ashanti region, have been dismissed after they were allegedly caught engaging...

30 Nigerians grabbed with wee, Tramadol

Thirty suspected criminals believed to be Nigerian nationals have been arrested by the Amasaman Divisional Police Command for allegedly peddling drugs, including dried leaves...

Husband-to-be sues church over wedding preconditions

A Ugandan man is suing one of the country's largest churches over its marriage pre-conditions. Michael Aboneka filed the case against the Watoto Church at...

Security man remanded for impregnating minor

A 45 year old security man has been remanded into Police custody for allegedly impregnating a 15 year old girl at Adenta in Accra. Dramani...

36-year-old impregnates minor

The police at Tease in the Afram Plains South District of the Eastern Region are keeping a 36-year-old man in custody for allegedly impregnating...

AUDIO: Owner of Obengfo hospital arrested, hospital closed down over death of woman

The late Stacy Offei Darko Owner of Obengfo Hospital at Weija in Accra, Dr. Dominic Obeng-Andoh, has been arrested by the Nima police following the...

Kwabenya Trial: ‘I called the police myself’ – Prince Osei

The first accused in the trial of some armed men who attacked and freed inmates at the Kwabenya Police Station killing a Police Officer...

Headteacher slapped 10-year jail term for defilement

A Wa Circuit Court has sentenced a former headteacher of Ping Basic School in the Sisala-East municipality of the Upper West Region to 10...

Driver and mate killed by armed robbers at Pishegu

A driver and his mate were shot dead by persons believed to be armed robbers at Pishegu, a farming community in the Northern Region...

Drug dealer jailed 10 years in Tarkwa

A Tarkwa Circuit court has sentenced a drug dealer, Iddrisu Yobi, to 10 years imprisonment for possessing cannabis sativa (Indian hemp) weighing 902.59 grammes...

Man jailed for raping 9-year-old girl

A 19-year-old jobless man has been sentenced to 7 years imprison, in hard labour by a Tarkwa Circuit court for raping a nine-year-old girl. The...

Photos: 18 ‘galamseyers’ arrested in Manso Nkwanta

At least some 18 persons suspected to be engaging in illegal mining (galamsey) were on Sunday, May 27, 2018, arrested by the Forward Operating...

Two jailed for impersonation in 2018 WASSCE

Jeffery Okyere, a final year student, has been sentenced to six months imprisonment by an Accra District Court for impersonation during this year’s West...

Major Mahama trial: Court orders Vodafone to produce call records of Assembly Man

The Accra High Court has ordered Vodafone Ghana Limited to produce the phone call records of William Baah, one of the accused persons standing...

There are more ‘killers’ of my son, go after them – Father of Late Major Mahama

The father of the late Major Maxwell Adam Mahama, Captain Dennis Mahama (Rtd) has challenged the law enforcement agency to go after all the...

Incest: Father defiles two daughters, impregnates one

A 40-year-old man, who allegedly committed incest by having sexual intercourse with her two daughters and impregnating one of them in the process, has...

2 robbers jailed 41 years

Two persons who robbed a research fellow and an engineer at gunpoint have been sentenced to a total of 41 years’ imprisonment in hard...

Robbery suspect commits suicide in police cells

A 27-year-old robbery suspect in the custody of the Sogakope police in the Volta Region has committed suicide in police cells. The deceased suspect, identified as William...

Nigerian gets 21 years for robbery

An Accra Circuit Court on Wednesday sentenced a Nigerian, Stephen Osazee, to 21 years in imprison in hard labour for robbery. Stephen, 21 was said...

CID ‘storms’ Nyantakyi’s house for more evidence

The police on Wednesday evening smuggled the Ghana Football Association (GFA) president, Kwesi Nyantakyi out of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) premises, swerving the...

Kwesi Nyantakyi granted bail

Ghana Football Association President Kwesi Nyantakyi has been granted bail after close to five hours of interrogation at the headquarters of the Criminal Investigation...

Court adjourns Senchie injection murder case

Senchi court presided over by His Worship; Seth Alafa has adjourned the case involving 65-year-old retired Disease Control Officer, James Yeboah and a Physician...