French international Paul Pogba has been handed a four-year ban from football after being found guilty of doping, a report by GoalItalia confirms. The Juventus midfielder got suspended in September 2023 after failing a drug test on matchday one of the Italian Serie A. According to Corriere dello Sport and …
Read More »Mauritania’s ex-President Aziz jailed for five years for corruption
A court in Mauritania has jailed former President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz for five years for corruption. It found Aziz guilty of money laundering and abusing his position to illegally enrich himself, but acquitted him on other charges. The court also ordered the confiscation of his illegally acquired assets. Aziz, …
Read More »Galamsey queen Aisha Huang jailed 4 years
Aisha Huang, known as the ‘Galamsey Queen,’ has been found guilty of all charges brought against her by the state. The Accra High Court handed down a four-year prison term to her on Monday, December 4, asaaseradio.com reports Aisha Huang, standing trial for illegal mining operations without a license, facilitating …
Read More »KATH Breast cancer treatment department has no mammogram machine for the past 18 years – CEO
The Chief Executive Officer for the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital in the Ashanti Region, Professor Addai Mensah has revealed that the referral facility has had no functioning mammogram machine in the last 18 years. “Breast cancer, as common as it is so far as the cancers are concerned, over …
Read More »Persons with disability sleep at Roads Ministry to demand employment after two years of toll abolition
Two years ago, they all lost their jobs when the Finance Minister announced the abolition of road tolls. The government promised to reassign all of them but many of them remain unemployed. Some persons with disabilities who were toll booth workers pass the night at the roads ministry on …
Read More »Man jailed for 20 years with hard labor for defiling stepdaughter
Man jailed for 20 years with hard labor for defiling stepdaughter father has been jailed for 20 years in Asamankese for defiling his 12-year-old stepchild in Lower West Akim Municipality. Kofi Amankwah was jailed for 20 years with hard labor by the Asamankese Circuit Court, presided over by …
Read More »Man gets 20 years in prison for the deaths of two Kasoa police officers
Eric Kojo Duah, who is suspected of shooting General Lance Corporal Mohammed Awal and Lance Corporal Michael Dzamesi to death in August 2019 while traveling from Kasoa to Budumburam in Accra, was sentenced to 20 years in jail as part of a plea deal with the State. After initially …
Read More »Ato Essien jailed 15 years for stealing
The former CEO of Capital bank, Ato Essien, has been jailed for 15 years. According to a graphic.com.gh report, Essien was convicted by the Accra High Court. The Founder of the defunct Capital Bank, William Ato Essien, was convicted on the charges of stealing over GH¢90m belonging to the bank, the …
Read More »I earned less than GH¢2.5K working at a big bank in Ghana for 9 years – Ghanaian student in UK recounts
It is no news that Ghana’s inflation rates keep getting higher and higher causing the cost of living to be very unbearable for the layman. Due to the severity of not being able to cater for basic needs, some people, especially the youth have decided that relocating for greener pastures …
Read More »Five illegal miners jailed 125 years for mining in River Ankobra
Five illegal miners who were caught mining in the Ankobra River without authority have been sentenced to a total of 125 years imprisonment in hard labour. Richard Kumasi, Fiamahe Jerry John, Korblavi Kumasi, Daniel Afenu, and Matthew Gedie, pleaded not guilty to conspiracy to commit crime and undertaking small scale …
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