Africa
Tunisia opposition leader jailed for a year
The Ennahda party leader, who is a fierce critic of President Kais Saied, has been detained since last month after being arrested for allegedly plotting against state security and incitement.
BBC
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China arrests man for ‘misusing’ ChatGPT in first case of its kind
Man allegedly generated fake news using ChatGPT and then shared it on Chinese social media
The Independent
Tech
Samsung bans use of generative AI tools like ChatGPT after internal data leak
The ban would cover not just ChatGPT, but services that use the technology like Microsoft’s Bing, as well as competing generative AI services like Bard from Google.
Tech Crunch
Crime
Police arrest 12 over cybercrimes impersonating MPs, Ministers, CEOs, others
Police discovered 973 fake social media accounts were created by the suspects in the names of these prominent persons and corporate entities.
DL News
Crime
Court remands accountant over ¢69k fraud
Mr Wundowah allegedly collected nine Chinese-made security doors from the complainant, Madam Lydia Osei, a trader, with the pledge to pay her through a company’s cheque account but failed to do so.
GNA
Business
Be on the look out for fake online shops – Cyber Security Authority warns of shopping season scams
The CSA said it anticipates a surge in the number of shopping scams due to the increasing availability of digital shopping channels.
DL News
Courts
Court grants six illegal miners bail
They are Ato Benjamin Kofi Boakye, 52, farmer, Francis Akanyanga, 21, farmer, and Inusah Abdulai, 20, unemployed.
GNA
US
Elon Musk completes $44bn Twitter takeover - and immediately sacks top executives
It ends months of bad blood between the two parties regarding the takeover, with Elon Musk complaining about fake accounts on the platform and claims by a whistleblower that Twitter misled regulators about security risks.
Sky News
Crime
Ashanti Region: 36 arrested over suspicious network marketing operations
According to officials of the Ghana Immigration Service, the activities of the individuals posed a security threat.
DL News
Crime
Two arrested over robbery at Upper Amenfi Rural Bank
“These suspects and three other accomplices attacked the bank on 27th June 2022, disarmed the security guard on duty, assaulted two of the bank staff and made away with an unspecified amount of money and a pump action gun.
DL News
Crime
Interdicted Immigration officer arrested for allegedly defrauding two
The 54-year-old Assistant Inspector of Immigration was said to have escaped after taking money from his victims who are workers at a private health facility in Ho where he was receiving treatment for stroke.
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Africa
South Africa: Police Minister ordered to pay $24,000 after unlawful arrest and detention
A Limpopo-based conservationist, who was arrested by 16 police officers on trumped-up charges and locked up in filthy cells for three days, has been awarded $24,000 (R400,000) in damages for unlawful arrest and detention.
AllAfrica
Africa
How bank robbery prank landed Nigerian skit maker in prison
The skit maker was alleged to have dropped a threat note of robbery at First Bank’s Sabo branch counter, in Ondo town, on Friday.
Premium Times Nig
Crime
Ghana Armed Forces arrest man for breaching ammunition depot fence
In a statement dated August 1, 2022, and shared on Facebook, GAF stated that the suspect was seeking aluminum plated materials for sale.
DL News
US
World Athletics Championships: Coach Rana Reider removed over unauthorised access
The US Centre for SafeSport is investigating multiple complaints of sexual misconduct against him
BBC
Europe
Russia urged to end sexual violence in Ukraine war at UN meeting
“It is on Russia to stop rape, violence, and atrocities from within its ranks,” US Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield told the meeting.
aljazeera
Africa
Nigeria's kidnapping crisis: Should ransom payments be banned?
Since 2011, kidnappers have collected at least $18m, with more than half of it between 2016 and 2020, says SBM Intelligence, a think-tank based in Lagos.
BBC
Courts
Former Police Hospital intern in court over impersonation
The accused is said to have pulled a pistol at a security man and driver at the 2M Express Transport yard of the Kwame Nkrumah Circle after he was approached for allegedly urinating at the transport yard.
DL News
Business
Capture your rights of enforcement in collateral agreements – BoG to Lenders
Lenders' right to enforcement under the Borrowers and Lenders Act, 2020 (ACT 1052) offers three remedies in the event a borrower defaults on payment.
DL News
Courts
Two in court for allegedly stealing 63 drums of chemicals belonging to Azar Paints
The accused persons, Felix Nortey, who is an employee of Azar Chemical Industries Limited, and Bakumben Kwasi Benjamin, who is with G4S, a private security company, have been charged with two counts of conspiracy to commit crime, a criminal...
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