CRIME & PUNISHMENT

A student of the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Ogun State, Christiana Idowu, who was kidnapped between Ikorodu and Yaba in Lagos State has been reportedly murdered by her abductor. The Punch reports that the Student Union Government president of FUNAAB, Ibrahim Adeyemi, confirmed this to our correspondent in a telephone conversation …

Tragedy struck the small mining community of Manso Watereso in the Amansie South District of the Ashanti Region when Chinese national Yao Xian was brutally murdered. The 52-year-old’s life was cut short on Friday, August 30, when his body was discovered in a nearby bush with a gunshot wound to …

A final-year student from O’Reilly Senior High School (SHS) has been arrested in connection with the fatal stabbing of his classmate during a violent altercation on the school campus. The tragic incident has left the school community in shock and mourning. The altercation, which took place on Monday, September 2, …

A Las Vegas politician has been jailed for life for killing an investigative journalist who wrote critical articles detailing wrongdoing in the department he headed. Robert Telles, a former Democratic public administrator, lay in wait outside the suburban home of 69-year-old reporter Jeff German and then stabbed him to death …

A North Texas woman was sentenced to 35 years in prison after she pleaded guilty to a pair of theft cases. Prosecutors said Staci Blackmon began her crime spree in 2020. She stole $1.2 million from an account belonging to her former employer in Southlake and the company’s bank account. …

A NEW UN Cy­bercrime Treaty, which is expected to be adopted by the UN General Assembly later this year, is being denounced by over 100 human rights activists and civil society organisations (CSOs) as a potential tool for government repression. The treaty is expected to be ad­opted by a UN …

Hajia4Real and her lawyers are delighted by the 12-month and one-day incarceration in the romance scam case. They believe that justice has been served because the verdict was supposed to be more than five years of imprisonment. The Fast Law Firm PLC, the law firm that represented Ghanaian socialite, Mona …

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has withdrawn Nurein Shiabu Migyimah as its Assin Central parliamentary candidate after being found guilty of immoral acts and anti-party activities. Complaints were filed against Nurein Shiabu Migyimah and the NDC’s Central Regional Functional Executive Committee decided to withdraw his candidature with immediate effect after …

The Police have arrested two people in connection with a disturbance at the Ofaakor Electoral Commission Office near Kasoa in the Central Region on Sunday 2nd June 2024 at about 5am. The disturbance which ensued on Saturday over queuing before the commencement of the day’s activities at the EC office …

Schools in Techiman North using “Aboboyaa & Prahgia” as Buses to convey children – NADMO threatens to prosecute culprits. It has emerged that some Private Schools in the Techiman North District of Bono East Region have been using Tricycles locally known as “Aboboyaa” and the “Yellow Yellow or Prahgia” as …