Black Stars forward Mohammed Kudus has been suspended for five matches by the Regulatory Commission of the English Football Association (FA) after being red-carded for a violent incident in West Ham’s match against Tottenham in the league. The statement released by the FA indicated that Kudus acknowledged he did not act …
Read More »Kenyan man fined US$5,600 for disclosing friend’s HIV status on WhatsApp
Kenyan local media has reported that a man has been ordered to pay a fine of 850,000 shillings ($5,600;£4,400) after revealing a friend’s alleged HIV status in a WhatsApp group. The ruling came from the HIV and Aids Tribunal in Kenya, who said that a person’s HIV status should not …
Read More »Twitter fined $350,000 for delaying to grant search warrant for Trump’s account in Jan. 6 probe
The U.S. special counsel investigating former US president Donald Trump obtained a search warrant for his Twitter account in January and the company delayed complying, according to a U.S. appeals court opinion published on Wednesday, August 9. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit affirmed …
Read More »Ghana Police fined GH¢100k for refusing RTI Commission’s orders
The Ghana Police Service has been fined GH¢100,000 for refusing to obey the Right to Information (RTI) Commission’s directive granting an applicant access to requested information. The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI), Africa, had written a letter asking for information on the status of cases involving police brutality. Even though the letter …
Read More »Why a court found Akufo-Addo guilty, fined him ¢45,000 in 1980
An Accra High Court on March 20, 1980 found Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo guilty in a civil suit and imposed a fine of ¢45,000 [old Ghanaian cedi]. This was after a case of reckless driving involving the politician and the plaintiff, one Mr Woledzi travelled through the magistrate courts to the High …
Read More »TikTok fined £12.7m for misusing children’s data
TikTok has been fined £12.7m by the UK’s data watchdog for failing to protect the privacy of children. It estimated TikTok allowed up to 1.4 million UK children aged under 13 to use the platform in 2020. The video-sharing site used the data of children of this age without parental …
Read More »Man jailed 10years, fined GHc120,000 over 68 pellets of narcotic drugs
A man who was arrested at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) after confessing to the Narcotics Control Commission officers of swallowing pellets of Narcotics drugs has been sentenced to 10 years in prison. In addition to the custodial sentence, Kwadwo Ofosu, who changed his earlier not-guilty plea to guilty, will …
Read More »Aisha Huang’s son pleads guilty to charges, fined GHc10,800
The son of En Huang (Aisha Huang) the Chinese galamsey kingpin who was arrested for immigration and other charges has been convicted after pleading guilty to charges. Huang Lei was arrested in November last year and had been last remanded into Nsawam Medium Security Prison after initially pleading not guilty …
Read More »McDan convicted for contempt over disputed land; fined Gh¢40,000
Businessman and Chief Executive Officer of McDan Group of Companies, Daniel McKorley, has been convicted by the Accra High Court for contempt. Daniel McKorley affectionately called McDan was found guilty after the court held that he had deliberately disobeyed orders of the High Court over a disputed parcel of lands …
Read More »British Prime Minister fined for not wearing seat belt
British Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak has been fined for not wearing a seat belt in a moving car while filming a social media video. Lancashire Police said it had issued a 42-year-old man in London with a conditional offer of a fixed penalty. Mr Sunak had previously apologised for …
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