Tag Archives: YEARS

Justice Nicholas Oweibo of the Federal High Court in Lagos has convicted and sentenced a former professional footballer, Okafor Emmanuel Junior to five years’ imprisonment for cocaine trafficking.   The judgement was handed down after Emmanuel pleaded guilty to the charge of trafficking in the banned substance made against him by the …

The son of the late Corporal Carlos Halidu Giwa, one of the soldiers who were killed for their attempt to overthrow Jerry John Rawlings in 1983, has spoken about how close he was to harming the former Head of State in 2008. Issah Mahama, speaking for the first time publicly about his …

Nigerian socialite Ramos Abbas, better known as Hushpuppi, has been sentenced to 11 years in prison for internet fraud and money laundering. The 39-year-old internet sensation was first arrested in June 2020. He was initially scheduled for sentencing on February 14, 2022, after he pleaded guilty in 2021. The date was then moved to …

  A Catholic nun has become the talk of the town after she dumped and got married to handsome man after 9 years of her service. According to her, she could not stand staying for the whole days of her life without a lover. She wanted someone to be in …

A 40-year-old Ghanaian man, Joshua Opoku has been jailed in Dubai for trafficking a narcotic substance believed to be cannabis also known as weed. Mr. Opoku was said to have been arrested at an airport in Dubai after the Gulf country’s officials found the substance on him. According to the …

The Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has said an estimated 1,200 ‘Togo cars’ have been intercepted, in the Greater Accra Region alone, within the last two years. These cars initially entered the country legitimately but became illegal after exhausting their stay – falsifying documents to merit legal …

The World’s Dirtiest Man has died after taking his bath for the first time in over five decades. According to official media, the Iranian hermit dubbed the “world’s dirtiest man” after going more than 50 years without taking a shower has passed away at the ripe old age of 94. …

According to a letter she wrote asking for assistance, the unnamed woman has been dating her brother for the past 11 years, having an affair with her blood brother. She detailed how they first became friends while both of them were innocent children and their parents were away on a …

A Tarkwa Circuit Court presided over by Hathia Ama Manu has sentenced two Nigerians to 20 years for engaging in illegal mining (Galamsey). The convicts, Ayodele Jackson and Benjamin Obin, were arrested at Bepoase, near Prestea in the Western Region. The two men, who were sentenced on October 7, pleaded …

Former President of Ghana, John Dramani Mahama, has observed that Ghana’s four-year term for every government is insufficient for the needed investment in developing the country. He indicates that, unlike other countries where governments have ample time to roll out their ideas and ensure seamless development, the same cannot be said …