A devastating fire engulfed a two-storey at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) on Thursday night, leaving students in a state of shock and despair. The blaze consumed the entire second floor of the nine-bedroom apartment, rendering the affected students homeless and distraught. Their personal belongings were reduced to ashes, with no…
Twelve individuals who were standing trial for alleged criminal acts, including murder, have been discharged after evidence suggested that the state had been adamant in prosecuting their cases. Some of these individuals, who have been in custody for close to a decade, had made no more than four appearances in court since their arrest. Underpinning…
Source: Africa Publicity A 37-year-old Nigerian man who claimed he came to Ghana purposely to defraud people overseas, especially white people, have been freed from the Nsawam Medium Prisons together with 11 other prisoners under Ghana’s Justice for All Program. Speaking to the press during his release from prison on Wednesday, July 24, 2024, the…
The Supreme Court has declared as constitutional the law which prohibits unnatural carnal knowledge such as anal sex. In a unanimous decision Wednesday [July 24, 2024], a seven-member panel of the court dismissed a writ challenging the constitutionality of Section 104 (1) (b) of the Criminal Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29). The court presided over…
Sonya Massey Source: Africa Publicity A white US Policeman has allegedly shot and killed a 36-year-old black woman, Sonya Massey, for reportedly saying “I rebuke you in the name of Jesus”. Police in Illinois have since released bodycam footage showing the chaotic moments that led to the fatal shooting of Massey who had called…
LRD Director, Yaa Agyeman Boadi (left) … Lands Commission Director, Head Of Legal Fingered A Ghanaian UK-based practicing solicitor, Roberta Ama Anokye is beside herself with uttermost disgust following the alleged resale of parcels of lands she legally acquired at Otano, Adjiringano, some 22 years ago. To the legal practitioner, her family and her have…
Source: Africa Publicity Police in Nigeria have uncovered an armoury being used by a kidnapping syndicate in a private mortuary. The armoury was uncovered in Okobo Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State. The Commissioner of Police, Akwa Ibom State Command, CP Waheed Ayilara disclosed this during press briefing at the…
Zintle Xabanisa Jonase Source: Africa Publicity A 21-year-old South African Lady named Zintle Xabanisa Jonase, has been raped and murdered in South Africa. She was reportedly raped by some unknown persons in Cape Town. In a statement released on Monday, an advocacy group named Woman For Change, says Zintle’s half-naked body was found in mud…
Samuel Abu Jinapor The Member of Parliament for Damongo Constituency and Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Hon. Samuel A. JINAPOR, has stated categorically that the King and Overlord of Gonjaland, Yagbonwura Soele Bi Kunoto, is his father and overlord. In an interview in Damongo with Akili Gideon of Damongo based Spear Fm, the Minister…
Source: Africa Publicity Some Members of Parliament (MPs) have been arrested at the National Unity Platform Offices in Makerere-Kavule, Kampala, Uganda, ahead of a planned demonstration. The Ugandan Police Public Relations Officer, ACP Rusoke Kituuma, says the ignored a prior advisory against their planned demonstration to the Ugandan Parliament. The MPs arrested are Hassan Kirumira…
Peter Nielsen, his late wife, Zainab and daughter Petra Nielsen Source: Africa Publicity The Appeal Court in Nigeria has okayed the death penalty handed down to a Denmark national, Peter Nielsen, who killed his Nigerian wife and daughter. The Court dismissed his appeal. Nielsen was on May 20, 2022, found guilty, convicted and sentenced to…
Yagbonwura The Yagbonwura, Bui Kunuto Soale Jewu, has expressed his displeasure and disappointment with Samuel Abu Jinapor, Member of Parliament for Damongo, for failing to facilitate the arrest of certain Gonja Chiefs. Sources in Damongo revealed that the Yagbonwura had also requested a Land Cruiser vehicle from the MP, which was declined. …
Joe Biden and Kamala Harris Source: Africa Publicity US President, Joe Biden, has endorsed his Vice, Kamala Harris, as the Democratic Party Nominee for the upcoming US Presidential Election. Biden endorsed Harris in a statement on X, saying he will not be seeking a re-election. He wrote: “My fellow Democrats, I have decided not to…
Joe Biden Source: Africa Publicity US President, Joe Biden, has shockingly announced that he will not be seeking a re-election. He made the announcement in a letter posted on his official account on X. According to him, he will address Americans in more detail later this week. There has been concerns about the 81-year-old Biden’s…
An accident has occurred on the Tema-bound side of the Accra-Tema motorway involving a Toyota Tundra, a Benz 207 passenger vehicle, and a trailer truck. The Toyota Tundra allegedly from the office of the president, was being driven by a mechanic. The incident occurred on Saturday morning around 8 am. Several individuals in the vehicles…
The Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) has urged Ghanaians to disregard the 15% increase in transport fares announced by the Transport Operators Association. Transport Operators Association in a statement announced an increase in fares, effective Monday, July 22. Although GPRTU acknowledged the rising prices of petroleum products and their significant impact on transportation costs,…
