Tag Archives: YEARS

A Chicago man who spent over 20 years in prison after he was allegedly beaten and coerced to confess to a double murder he did not commit has reached a $14.25M settlement with the city. According to Chicago Sun-Times, Daniel Taylor was 17 years old when he was convicted for …

Afrobeats stars, Wizkid and Tiwa Savage have generated conversations on social media after the pair were spotted in the United States of America. According to Twitter reactions, Wizkid attended a recently held concert by Tiwa Savage at the Roxy Theatre on Sunday, May 29. The songstress is currently in Los …

Three months on from when he was convicted for money laundering, a US-based Ghanaian, Fred Asante, has been jailed 9 years by a court in the Southern District of New York in the United States. Initially arrested on February 17, 2021, as a member of a criminal money laundering syndicate …

Popular Ghanaian actress, Yvonne Nelson, has claimed that for the past two years she has been actively celibate. According to the renowned actress, the unsuccessful attempts at finding love as a female celebrity have subdued her sexual urge. Yvonne also cited her ability to strongly control sexual urges as one of …

About 5,306 terror-related attacks took place in West Africa in three years, claiming over 16,726 lives, thousands of injuries and millions displaced and living under austere circumstances. Mr Dominic Nitiwul, Minister of Defence, also said that as of the end of the first quarter of 2022, 840 attacks had already …

The High Court in Accra has sentenced one Bright Boso, a driver, who was charged for allegedly pouring an acid on his girlfriend to 10 years in prison. The court presided over by Justice Lydia Osei Marfo convicted him after the court found him guilty of the offence before sentencing …

The Asamankese Circuit Court presided over by His Honour Abass Abubakari Adams has convicted two car snatchers to a total of 40 years imprisonment. The convicts are Desmond Okyere,20, a cobbler, and Delay Adu Frank,26, a driver. The facts of the case presented by the Prosecutor Inspector Samuel Owusu, are …

The Ghanaian Times newspaper report of Friday, April 28, 1972, had the bold headlines “Kwame Nkrumah is dead, State Burial for him,” and “The man, Nkrumah,” announcing the death of Ghana’s first president. Looking at 50 years since that announcement was made, GhanaWeb brings back a photo of that newspaper page that detailed …

Fabrice Iradukunda was just a baby when his father, a pharmacist, was killed in the 1994 Rwandan genocide against the Tutsi. His mother also passed a few years later, and as an orphan, he was left in the hands of a family that was friends with his parents, and has …

The President of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has sent a message to the Chief Imam of Ghana, Shiekh Osmanu Nuhu Sharubutu, as he marks his 103rd birthday. The Chief Imam was born on April 23, 1919. In a post shared via his social media accounts, the president prayed for good and …