Society

A Madina District Court has sentenced a 26-year-old Nigerian Computer Engineer, to 450 days imprisonment for attempting to obtain a Ghanaian Passport twice, according to reports. The suspect was charged with attempting to obtain Ghanaian passports by false declaration and was pleaded guilty.   The Court, therefore, sentenced him on his …

A dog stepped on a loaded rifle, fatally shooting a passenger in his owner’s car during a hunting trip in Geuda Springs, Kan, sheriff’s deputies said. The deceased, aged 30, was shot in the back while sitting in front of a pickup truck, the Sumner County Sheriff’s Office said in …

A judge of the Ikeja Domestic Violence and Sexual Offences Court in Lagos State has sentenced an Islamic teacher to life imprisonment for deflowering eight students in his class, aged between 6 and 11, in Ikoyi, Lagos, Nigeria. The convict was arraigned on eight counts of sexual assault preferred against …

Former American boxing champion Mike Tyson is accused by a woman, who filed a civil complaint, of having raped her in a limousine in the early 1990s near New York, a court document indicates. The alleged victim, who insisted on remaining anonymous in the proceedings because she fears being “attacked …

Pope Francis said in an interview on Tuesday with the American news agency Associated Press (AP) that laws criminalizing homosexuality around the world were “unjust” and that this sexual orientation was a “sin”. “Being gay is not a crime,” Pope Francis told AP. “It’s not a crime. Yes, but it …

North Korea has ordered a five-day confinement in its capital Pyongyang due to a “respiratory illness”, reported a South Korean specialized site. The move appears to be the first citywide measure taken since the country declared victory over Covid-19 in August 2022. Residents of Pyongyang have been ordered to stay …

A magistrate’s court in Yaba, Lagos State, has remanded a 22-year-old man in custody for allegedly raping a mentally disabled woman in Lekki, Nigeria. The woman came from Abeokuta, Ogun State, to visit her aunt in Lagos because of her illness. The suspect who was a co-worker of the aunt, …

Eight pupils have died on their way to school when a boat they were traveling on capsized on the Volta Lake, Ghana, according to reports. The pupils were 20 traveling from the Atikagome Community in the Sene East District of the Bono East region when they lost their lives when …

Arsenal fans who were arrested in the Ugandan city of Jinja after celebrating the club’s win against Manchester United in the English Premier League have been released, local media reported. The arrests come after Arsenal fans were jubilant in a convoy of around five vehicles as they attempted to reach …

A 45-year-old driver has been found dead in River Tano at Sehwi Nsawora in the Akontombra District of the Western North Region,Ghana, according to reports. “The deceased told his wife he was attending a nature call, later he called the wife to inform her to take care of the children …