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The prison system needs to be reformed – Geeman shares prison experience
Jagger Pee, present during the confrontation, was alleged to have held the taxi driver from running away.
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Africa
Nigeria’s Nnamdi Kanu sentenced to life imprisonment after decade-long trial
Justice James Omotosho delivered the ruling on Thursday, four years after Kanu was forcibly returned from Kenya in circumstances that remain heavily disputed.
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Courts
Gregory Afoko pushes for bail again after nine years on remand
This latest bail application, filed on Monday, February 17, 2025, by his legal team, will be considered by Justice Marie-Louise Simmons on February 21.
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Crime
Man gets 21 years for sexually assaulting minor
Ampomah had engaged in anal sex with a 15-year-old boy at Tabora, Accra, and subjected the minor to beatings when the boy declined to further have sex with him, even while the victim was unwell.
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Africa
Ugandan court sentences ex-rebel 40 years in prison
This marks the first conviction of an LRA commander by a Ugandan court. Formed in the late 1980s, the LRA is accused of committing widespread atrocities across Uganda and nearby countries.
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Europe
British man who killed seriously ill wife cleared of murder
A British man who killed his seriously ill wife at their home in Cyprus has been cleared of her murder.
BBC
Courts
After a hung jury: Lawyers to apply for Afoko’s bail, Asabke sentenced to death
Lawyer Nana Yaw Osei, counsel for Gregory has meanwhile told Dennislaw that his side will apply for bail for their client after being in custody for the last eight (8) years
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Supreme Court News
SC upholds death sentence of man who abused, killed wife with acid
"The appellant has failed to mount a successful attack on the admissibility or content of Exhibit D. No objection was taken at the time the evidence was admitted and no effort has been made to show that such admission caused a miscarriage o...
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Africa
Mozambique policemen jailed for Covid-row killing
The officers beat to death a young man in a dispute related to Covid-19 restriction in 2020.
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Asia
Japan gang boss sentenced to death
Defense lawyers for the Kudokai head, Satoru Nomura, 74, plan to appeal the ruling,
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Africa
Convicted ex-Chadian leader Hissène Habré dies
One of the most notorious detention centres in the capital N’Djamena was a converted swimming pool.
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Courts
Court throws out motion to move jury to crime scene of murdered MP
An Accra High Court has thrown out a motion praying it to move a seven-member jury to the crime scene of murdered J.B Dankwah Adu, former Member of Parliament for Abuakwa North.
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Courts
Court of Appeal gives husband green light to sue Ghana Health Service, Mponua District Hospital directly for negligence
A three-member panel overturned a High Court ruling that removed the two health institutions from the case on the basis that the law establishing them did not expressly state that they could sue or be sued in their own names.
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Crime
Man arrested for killing friend over romantic relationship with aunt
The suspect, identified only as Ezekiel, 35, has been arrested by officers of the Awutu Bawjiase District Police Command.
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Crime
Police arrest suspect over murder of UCC female student
Michael Mensah was arrested at the Pedu Lorry Station on Sunday evening, June 15, 2026, following intelligence-led police operations.
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Crime
Kadjebi police arrest farmer for allegedly murderiing girlfriend's mum
The suspect, identified by police as Chalim Madzaton, also known as Peter Tano, was picked up at a hideout in Kpaya near Ampeyo after what authorities described as an intelligence-led operation.
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Courts
Labourer remanded over alleged death threat on mother
Dauda Bediako, also known as Dauda Abdulai, has been charged with threat of death and pleaded not guilty. He is due to return to court on 27 January 2026.
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Courts
Kasoa girlfriend killing: Accused person remanded in custody
Moses Ganyo appeared before the court on Monday 12 January 2026 over the death of a 24-year-old trader known in the community as Sister Yaa.
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Courts
Family Head says he was informed of customary marriage between Daddy Lumba, Odo Broni
Appearing under cross-examination, Abusuapanin Kofi Owusu, head of the Ekuona family at Parkoso, said he did not witness any ceremony himself but learnt of the supposed marriage.
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Crime
Police probe mysterious death of Senegalese goalkeeper in Kumasi
The case came to light after a man known only as Issah reportedly deposited Toure’s body at the Ebenezer Mortuary in Tafo, Kumasi. Issah claimed to be the deceased’s brother.
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