Tag: Prison
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Eligible prison inmates to register from 1st to 3rd August 2024 – EC
The Electoral Commission (EC) has announced its cooperation with the Ghana Prisons Service to enroll eligible inmates in preparation for the 2024 general election.During...
Entertainment
Nana Ama McBrown pays GHC1,800 fine for inmate jailed a year for selling stolen appliances
Nana Ama McBrown, renowned actress and TV presenter, has stepped in to assist Kwasi Abaka, a 32-year-old farmer who found himself serving a one-year...
Independent Africa
Ivory Coast court sentences 13 to prison in major cocaine trafficking case
In Ivory Coast, a court has sentenced 13 individuals involved in a significant cocaine trafficking network to 10 years in prison each.Among them...
News
Shop attendant to spend a day in prison, fined GHC1,200 for stealing GHC39,385
A 22-year-old shop attendant who stole GH₵39,385 from a telecommunication shop has been fined 100 penalty units (GH¢1,200) by an Accra Circuit Court and...
News
Sad scenes as a mother of 3 imprisoned without trial reunites with family
A mother of three, Beauty, who had been imprisoned without trial at the Nsawam Female Prison for five years, has finally reunited with her...
World
Canadian spy sentenced to 14 years in prison
A person who used to work for the Canadian national police has been sent to prison for 14 years for sharing secret information with...
News
Driver who defiled stepdaughter in her teens jailed 15 years
A 47-year-old driver, Joseph Yankson, has been sentenced to 15 years imprisonment by the Gender-Based Court at the Police Headquarters for sexually abusing his...
World
Glynn Simmons declared innocent in murdur case after 48 years in prison
Glynn Simmons, 70, who spent 48 years behind bars for a crime he did not commit, has been officially exonerated by an Oklahoma judge....
Headline
Man sentenced to 3 years in prison for disseminating naked photos of his former girlfriend online
A court in Accra has sentenced Joshua Asiedu, also known as Kwame Ketewa, to three years in prison for sharing explicit photos of his...
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Barber sentenced to 10 years for threatening Obuasi Bitters CEO’s life
A 35-year-old barber has been sentenced to 10 years of hard labor in prison after pleading guilty to two charges: threatening to kill and...