Sean “Diddy” Combs Source: Africa Publicity Sean “Diddy” Combs is grappling with a new legal hurdle as his attorney, Anthony Ricco, has stepped down from his defense team just months before his highly anticipated trial. In a motion filed Thursday in New York, Ricco cited an inability to “effectively serve” as Combs’ counsel, offering no…
Gregory Afoko Source: Africa Publicity In a significant development in a case that has spanned almost 10 years, the High Court in Accra has granted bail to Gregory Afoko, a key suspect in the 2015 murder of former Upper East Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Adams Mahama. Afoko, who has been in…
Source: Africa Publicity The High Court in Pretoria, South Africa, has temporarily closed its doors due to water outages and non-functional generators, marking the second time in a week that a major court in South Africa has shut down due to water shortages. Just last week, the High Court in Johannesburg faced a similar…
Ghana’s Special Prosecutor, Kissi Agyebeng Source: Africa Publicity The Office of the Special Prosecutor, an anti-corruption agency in Ghana, has charged six individuals for alleged payroll fraud and corruption. The six individuals were charged at the High Court in Tamale, the capital of the Northern Region of Ghana, for their alleged involvement in payroll fraud…
Jay-Z and Diddy Source: Africa Publicity A woman who alleged that Sean “Diddy” Combs and Jay-Z sexually assaulted her 25 years ago has withdrawn her lawsuit against the two celebrities. The plaintiff, known as Jane Doe, filed a notice of voluntary dismissal on Friday, dropping the lawsuit with prejudice and preventing it from being re-filed…
The couple, Darren Wilken and Tiona Moodley Source: Africa Publicity A couple in Gauteng, South Africa, Darren Wilken and Tiona Moodley, accused of running a child pornography distribution operation, has been denied bail by the Randburg Magistrate’s Court. Magistrate Pravina Raghunandan cited concerns that their release would undermine public peace and safety, and jeopardize the…
Diddy Source: Africa Publicity Rapper Sean “Diddy” Combs has filed a $100m lawsuit against NBC, Peacock, and production company Ample over a documentary about his life, which he claims features untrue and defamatory statements. The lawsuit alleges that the documentary, “Diddy: The Making of a Bad Boy”, maliciously accuses Combs of committing heinous crimes, including…
Bright Bansah Bright Bansah, a PhD candidate in International Conflict Management at Kennesaw State University, in the United States, has emphasized the need for a comprehensive framework to address the recurring conflicts between mining companies and local communities in Ghana. In an interview with GHONE TV, Bansah discussed the recent attacks on AngloGold Ashanti’s…
Megan Thee Stallion Source: Africa Publicity Houston rapper Megan Thee Stallion is fighting back against harassment, filing a petition for a restraining order against fellow rapper Tory Lanez, who is currently serving a 10-year prison sentence for shooting her in 2020. Despite being behind bars, Megan alleges that Lanez continues to target her through…
Source: Africa Publicity A federal jury in Nevada has awarded Kirstin Lobato, now 41, more than $34 million in damages for her wrongful conviction and imprisonment for nearly 16 years. Lobato was exonerated in 2017 after being twice convicted of the 2001 killing of a homeless man, Duran Bailey, in Las Vegas. Background Lobato was…
Pussy Mama (in white top) being taken back to custody after proceedings A 38-years-old man, identified as Pussy Mama has been remanded by the Kasoa Ofaakor Circuit for allegedly trafficking over 3,000 young girls and boys from Nigeria to Ghana, Mali and other countries for prostitution. This was after the suspect of Nigerian descent appeared…
In a concerted effort to prevent violent extremism, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Ghana in collaboration with Movement of Rural Entrepreneurial Women (MORE- WOMEN) have handed over livelihood startup tools to women and youth in Manyoro in the Upper East Region of Ghana to strengthen their socio-economic resilience. With funding from the…
Ghanaian Spy Michael Soussoudis Is Dead The Ghanaian spy who used love to turn a CIA agent into a double agent in 1985, Michael Soussoudis, has died, a family source has told Africa Publicity exclusively. A source close to his family told Africa Publicity on Wednesday morning about his death. According to the source, he…
A military officer is under investigation for allegedly raping an 18-year-old girl at the Siim Lina Guest House in Soe, a suburb of the Bolgatanga Municipality, on Monday, September 2, 2024. The incident has sparked outrage in the community and raised concerns about the conduct of security personnel. According to the victim (name withheld), the…
The Ghana Police Service has successfully prosecuted five armed robbers, securing their conviction on various charges related to a series of robbery and carjacking incidents in the Ashanti Region. The convicts, Jeffrey Dwomoh, Clifford Opoku, Kwabena Kyei Barfour, Prince Opuni, and Henry Kusi Marfo, were arrested in 2023 along with two other suspects, Richard Dogbatsey…
Dorothy ‘Dottie’ Silzel (left) Duane Kundert (suspect, right) A DNA evidence from a cigarette butt has led to the arrest of a 65-year-old man, Kenneth Duane Kundert, over the alleged killing of a woman, Dorothy ‘Dottie’ Silzel’ which took place 44 years ago (February 26, 1980) in Washington DC, USA. The murder of Silzel was…
