The Disciplinary Board of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) has imposed a fine of $15,000 on the Ghana Football Association over fans trouble in the Africa Cup of Nations Match 4 game between Ghana and Cape Verde on Sunday, January 14, 2024. The Safety and Security Official reported that …
Read More »VIDEO: I hope we all learn a lesson from my court case and GH¢65,000 fine – McBrown
Actress and host of United Showbiz on UTV, Nana Ama McBrown, has explained her side of the story after she was fined a total of GH¢65,000 by the court for contempt. This was in relation to a lawsuit by Chairman Wontumi, the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party. According to …
Read More »VIDEO: How McBrown And Fadda Dickson Clashed Over Who To Pay Court Fine
Kwame Asare Obeng, also known as “A Plus,” is a political activist. He has talked about their recent court case with Chairman Wontumi. A Plus told fans in a live session how they paid each of their GHC 65,000 fines. He told them. McBrown first pulled out her checkbook to …
Read More »Chadians who reject marriage proposals to pay fine
People who refuse a marriage proposal in Mangalmé in north-eastern Chad must now pay a fine, known as “amchilini”. The region’s Higher Islamic Council ruled that the figure be between $23 (£18) and $39 for women and $15 for men. The Chadian Women’s Rights League has launched the hashtag #StopAmchilini …
Read More »Ghanaian-American faces 20-year jail-term, $US500K fine for fraud in US
A Ghanaian-American by the name of Kenneth Anim, aged 38, has been arrested and charged with matters relating to money laundering. According to indictments in the Southern District of Texas of the US Attorney General’s office dated July 12, 2022, noted that the accused was arrested “following the return of …
Read More »Ghana to contest ban and $100,000 fine for age-cheating at Under-17 level
Ghana will appeal against a fine and ban imposed on its women’s Under-17 football team after being found guilty of age-cheating. Last month Morocco edged past Ghana on penalties to qualify for the 2022 Women’s U17 World Cup but subsequently launched a protest about their opponents. The North Africans claimed two players …
Read More »Bathabile Dlamini gets 4 years in jail or R200 000 fine
The Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court has imposed a R200 000 fine or four years in prison, with half of either of the two suspended, for ANC Women’s League president Bathabile Dlamini. She was sentenced on Friday morning. This comes after Magistrate Betty Khumalo found Dlamini guilty of perjury for lying under oath …
Read More »Court fines Nigerian for attempting to acquire Ghana Card in Tamale
The Tamale District Magistrate Court has convicted Doris Okeke, a 37-year-old Nigerian, for attempting to acquire Ghana Card using a false identity. Magistrate Amadu Issifu fined her 200 penalty units, the equivalent of GHc2,400 or in default serve 18 months in jail. She paid the fine to avoid a jail …
Read More »Exhume, rebury Robert Mugabe: Zimbabwe court slaps livestock fine on widow
Two years after the death of the enigmatic and charismatic Zimbabwean leader Robert Mugabe, his wife Grace has been fined five cows and two goats by a traditional court in the country for the transgression of not burying her husband according to traditional customs. Mrs. Mugabe was tried in absentia …
Read More »Nungua Traditional Coun. imposes GHc100k fine, five cows, others on Radio Presenter
The Nungua Traditional Council has imposed a GHc100,000 hefty fine on one Evangelist Prince Adu Asare, a Radio presenter and owners of No.1 FM for disparaging comments made against the people of Teshie and Nungua. In addition to the cash, they have also been asked to bring five whites cows, …
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