A Social Studies teacher in Tamale has been sentenced to a 7-year jail term for sodomising 18 pupils. Mr Natomah Otabil was guilty of the crime by the Tamale Circuit Court. All his victims are pupils of Kulpi Junior High School in the Savanna Region. He was first apprehended by …
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 »Tunisian president’s rival given one-year jail term
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 …
Read More »Eddie Nketiah agrees new Arsenal long-term contract
Arsenal striker Eddie Nketiah has agreed a new long-term contract with the Gunners. The 23-year-old, who was due to be out of contract at the end of the month, has made 92 first-team appearances and scored 23 goals since his first-team debut in 2017. He finished last season in good …
Read More »I have no doubt Ghanaians will give NPP another term – Deputy Finance Minister
Deputy Finance Minister, Dr. John Kumah, has said that he has no doubt Ghanaians will retain the New Patriotic New (NPP) in the next elections, given the economic achievement of the Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo led government. He explained that Ghanaians will vote for the NPP over the National Democratic Congress (NDC) should …
Read More »Basic schools to end first term April 7 – GES
The Ghana Education Service (GES) has reminded heads of public basic institutions of the scheduled calendar for the 2022 academic year. According to the GES, heads of basic schools are to take note of the calendar and “implement accordingly.” In a statement issued by its Deputy Director-General, Mr Kwabena Bempah-Tandoh …
Read More »Ahanta West by-election will be ‘mid-term referendum’ for NPP – Bright Simmons
A by-election is looming in the Ahanta West Constituency of the Western Region following the death of Minister for Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs and Member of Parliament for the area, Ebenezer Kojo Kum. A GhanaWeb source confirmed that the MP who had been sick for a while now and was …
Read More »Salaries will be paid in the short term – Government assures public servants
The government has assured that salaries of public sector workers will be paid without delay despite global and local economic challenges. Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, during Thursday, February 24 Parliamentary sitting hinted that government may not be able to pay salaries, if something drastic is not done in the next 3 months. …
Read More »BREAKING NEWS: Jacob Zuma sentenced to 15-month jail term
Former president Jacob Zuma. File photo. Image: SANDILE NDLOVU Former president Jacob Zuma is guilty of contempt of court for failure to comply with an order of the Constitutional Court to honour a summons to appear before the state capture commission, the apex court found on Tuesday. Handing down the court’s …
Read More »Man gets life terms for killing his fiancée and her mother
A man has been sentenced to two life terms by the Verulam Magistrate’s Court for killing his fiancée and her mother over two years ago. Provincial Director of Public Prosecutions spokesperson, Natasha Kara, said Muzi Sam Radebe (56) killed his fiancée, Nombuso Dube (30) and her mother, Thokozile Dube (73) …
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