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Social media influencer cum musician Mona Faiz Montrage, popularly known as Hajia4Reall, has publicly reacted to her guilty plea for romance scams in a US court. A statement shared on her Instagram page on February 21, 2024, explained that she voluntarily flew from Heathrow to JFK in May 2023 to …

Report indicates that the suspended Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, has opted for plea bargain in the alleged N6.69 billion fraud case. Emefiele is standing trial for alleged violation of the procurement law to the tune of N6.9 billion. According to report, Emefiele is likely to …

An Accra court has denied the plea by Gyakye Quayson to adjourn the hearing of his case until after the by-election. This was contained in a report by 3News.com. According to the report, the counsel for Gyakye Quayson, Justin Teriwajah prayed the court to postpone the hearing till after the …

Founder of now-defunct Capital bank, William Ato Essien has pleaded guilty to charges of misappropriation of depositors’ funds and other counts of stealing, abetment to stealing, conspiracy to steal and money laundering among others. This was after the court accepted the terms of agreement reached between lawyers of Mr. Essien and the …

Traders in the Central Business District of Kumasi, capital of the Ashanti Region, say they will only reduce prices of goods if the local currency appreciates against other international currencies. According to them, though they are willing to sell their products at a relatively cheap price, high exchange rate has …

The Minority has shot down the approval of a 1 billion dollar syndicated loan at the committee meeting despite IMF advice that it should be approved to prevent the economy from grinding to a halt. According to the Ranking Member of the Finance Committee, Ato Forson, their decision was due …

The Circuit Court in Accra, today, Monday, 21 February 2022, convicted rapper Medikal for displaying arms and ammunition. He was convicted to a fine of GHS3,600 or will serve nine months in jail. Medikal was convicted after changing his plea from not guilty to guilty in open court. The court, …