Court in Barcelona finds former Brazil player guilty of sexually assaulting a young woman at a nightclub in 2022 The former Brazil footballer Dani Alves was found guilty of sexually assaulting a young woman and sentenced to four years, six months in prison on Thursday. The ruling by three-judge panel in a Barcelona court followed […]
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Ghanaian social media personality, Mona Faiz Montrage, popularly known as Hajia4Reall, has pleaded guilty in a $2 million romance scam case. According to the United States Attorney’s Office website, the socialite pleaded guilty to one count of conspiring to receive stolen money. This charge carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison. Hajia4Reall also
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Parliament has passed the Environmental Protection Bill 2023, which seeks to establish the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) to regulate, protect, and exercise general oversight and coordination over all matters relating to the environment and climate change. The Bill seeks to re-enact the Environmental Protection Agency Act, 1994 (Act 490) and introduce a Pesticide Management Fund.
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Mr Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, the Majority Leader in Parliament, has reportedly resigned from his role with immediate effect. Sources close to the Ghana News Agency on said the Majority Leader’s decision came up at a crunch meeting between President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and the Majority Caucus on Wednesday at the Jubilee House in Accra. Reports
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The Speaker of Parliament, Mr Alban Bagbin, says the Majority Caucus in Parliament does not have the power to freely appoint its leaders without the consent of the political party overseeing the process. He said the political party had the crucial role in guiding and influencing the selection of leadership within the Majority Caucus. This
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An Accra High Court on Wednesday injuncted the Civil and Local Government Staff Association, Ghana (CLOSAG) from imposing any person/s as acting National Executive (s) of the organisation pending the final determination of a suit before it. The court also ordered that the outgoing National Executives of the association maintain their respective positions until the
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The Duayaw-Nkwanta Circuit Court has granted GH¢100,000 bail with two sureties each to four students of the Bechem Presbyterian Senior High School (PRESEC) who allegedly gang-raped a 15-year-old form one student at the school. Other two suspects, Hamida Kyeremaa and another one (name withheld) who were charged with aiding and abetment of crime, were also
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The Asante Bekwai Circuit Court has convicted a tricycle rider (Pragia) who knocked down a female teacher and crashed a soldier who intervened. The Court however deferred the sentence to March 7, 2024, to allow the family of the errant driver to reach out to the victims on their medical treatment settlement. Christian Kpornyo is
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A 39-year-old farmer, who defiled a six-year-old girl under a palm tree at Dompim-Pepesa in the Tarkwa Nsuaem Municipality has been sentenced to 21 years imprisonment in hard labour by the Tarkwa Circuit Court. Samuel Attomoh was charged with defiling a female below age 16 contrary to section 101 of the criminal offences Act 1960
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The prosecution on the trial of the 28-year-old architect alleged to have murdered two children at Abesim in the Bono Region will call its first witness at the High Court on March 14 this year. This comes after the court presided over by Justice Ruby Aryeetey, concluded a Case Management Conference with lead Counsel for
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