A U.S. appeals court has revived a lawsuit against TikTok by the mother of a 10-year-old girl who died after taking part in a viral “blackout challenge” in which users of the social media platform were dared to choke themselves until they passed out. While a federal law typically shields internet companies from lawsuits over […]
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A 25-year-old salesman has appeared before an Adentan Circuit Court charged with funneling GHC1,491,282 from his employer’s mobile money accounts. Richard Okai, aka Kobby, pleaded not guilty to seven counts of stealing after being handed an amended charge sheet and facts in court on Monday. Okai was accused of embezzling funds from December 2022 to
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The Asokwa Circuit Court One in Kumasi has sentenced four carjackers to 120 years imprisonment, each convict serving 30 years in prison. Twenty-two-year-old Jeffrey Jomoh, aka Jeff; Clifford Opoku, aka Spider, 28 years; Prince Opuni and Kwabena Kyei Baffour were convicted for a series of robbery incidents in the Kumasi metropolis. Before their arrest in
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New vice and virtue restrictions offer ‘a distressing vision of Afghanistan’s future’, says UN New Taliban laws that prohibit women from speaking or showing their faces outside their homes have been condemned by the UN and met with horror by human rights groups. The Taliban published a host of new “vice and virtue” laws last week, approved
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The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has urged the public to carefully select their next of kin, emphasising the importance of choosing someone who is not only legally of age but also capable of providing essential information about the account holder when required. This advisory comes in response to what the Central Bank describes as a
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The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) says six teachers and invigilators have been arrested for engaging in various examination malpractices in the ongoing West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE). Speaking to JoyNews, the Head of Public Affairs at WAEC, John Kappi, said the teachers were arrested along with an ‘overwhelming’ number of students from
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A small-scale miner, Mohammed Razak, 18, who stole mining equipment worth GH¢13,400 has been handed five years imprisonment with hard labour by the Tarkwa Circuit Court. Razak pleaded guilty to the offence and prayed to the court for forgiveness. Prosecuting, Superintendent of Police Juliana Essel-Dadzie told the court, presided over by Mrs Hathia Ama Manu that the complainant
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Renowned Investigative Journalist, Manasseh Azure Awuni has retracted excerpts of his new book that claimed Businessman Ibrahim Mahama was indebted to Merchant Bank at a time when it was due to be sold. In his latest book, ‘The President Ghana Never Got’ Manasseh claimed that Mr. Ibrahim owed the Merchant Bank bank some money which
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Former President John Dramani Mahama has vowed to reopen investigations into unresolved electoral cases if elected in the 2024 Presidential Elections. Speaking at the NDC’s M2024 Manifesto Launch at the University of Education, Winneba on Saturday, August 24, he criticized the NPP government for not addressing these cases and for failing to compensate those affected.
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A protest is a public expression of objection, disapproval, or dissent towards a political idea. Since time immemorial, protests have been a core component of democracy. Nathaniel Board in his article, ‘The Role of Protests in a Democratic Society’, states, “protests are the vibrant threads that weave together the principles of freedom, justice and progress.
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