Tag Archives: JAIL

Former Member of Parliament (MP) for Chiana-Paga, Abuga Pele has revealed that life after incarceration has not been an easy one. According to him, he is still struggling to put his life together after spending some years in jail and was granted a presidential pardon which saw him regain his …

Twenty-four-year-old Derick Ofusu Gyan whose girlfriend is currently serving a five-year jail term for pouring acid on him has denied claims that he has recovered from injuries he sustained as a result of the attack. According to Gyan, he has not been able to step out of his house since …

A military appeal court in Tunisia has sentenced a prominent political opponent of President Kais Saied to one year in prison and banned him from practising law for five years. A lawyer for Seifeddine Makhlouf said his client had been charged with insulting a judge, and that the verdict was …

Five gang members, who terrorised a local Mpumalanga community, were sentenced for various crimes. The five appeared in the Mpumalanga Division of the High Court on Tuesday. Eduard Ndlovu, 34, Thulani Maphanga, 32, Evens Mavimbela, 30, and Shane Ngobeni, 24, were sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of Bongani …

Former Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Free Zones Board, Kwadwo Twum Boafo has accused the current government of undertaking deliberate efforts to reduce the number of minority members in the current parliament of Ghana. According to Twum Boafo, the ruling New Patriotic Party has resorted to prosecuting four minority MPs in …

A new mayor in South Africa has pledged that he will not take salary and other perks of office. Gayton McKenzie of the Patriotic Alliance (PA) party, was recently sworn in as mayor of the Central Karoo district municipality in the Western Cape province. In his inauguration speech, he stressed …

AN attempted jail break at the Port Harcourt Correctional Centre in Rivers State has left 12 inmates hospitalised after sustaining bullet wounds on Monday. The failed jail break was sparked off by the death of an inmate who was engaged in a fight with a fellow inmate, said to be …

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 …

A brave female Police officer at the Tetegu police station in Accra has overpowered a thief who broke jail and took to his heels. According to information from the Ghana Police Service, suspect Stanley Sarfo aged 26 was arrested and brought to the Tetegu Police station on 02/12/21 for two …

Private legal practitioner, lawyer Kofi Bekai has explained that if found guilty, the suspended Metropolitan Chief Executive (MCE), Abdul-Mumin Issah could be jailed for three maximum years. Speaking on Nyankonton Mu Nsem, the lawyer said the MCE’s behaviour amounts to a misdemeanour, and the maximum years stated in the law …