The World Boxing Council (WBC) has awarded Ghana’s first world boxing champion, David Kotei also known as “DK Poison” with a new belt. D.K. Poison won the WBC Featherweight title in 1975 when he defeated Mexican Reuben Olivares by split points decision after 15 rounds to become the first Ghanaian world boxing champion. The new … The post WBC gives DK Poison new belt
A man and woman who were picked up for allegedly robbing a forex bureau of $100,000 have appeared before an Accra Circuit court. Awal Bardari, aka Captain, a 25-year-old scrap dealer, and Fatima Mohammed, also 25 and a trader, who allegedly called the complainant for the said amount to be changed into cedis, were in … The post Two remanded for allegedly
A 17-year-old student at Bakaano, who was among a gang of four that defiled a 13-year-old girl has been sentenced to 10 years imprisonment in hard labour by a Cape Coast Circuit Court. The convict, (name withheld), pleaded guilty simplicita to the charge of defilement contrary to section 101(2) of the criminal offences Act 1960 … The post Student, 17, gets 10
Some unidentified men who allegedly kidnapped a teenager, on Friday, in Ho later abandoned him when an unidentified voice told the perpetrators that they rather needed a girl. The victim, (name withheld), narrated to the Ghana News Agency (GNA) from his hospital bed that some unidentified kidnappers took him hostage outside their gated house around … The post Alleged
Two alleged members of a notorious Islamic State cell dubbed “the Beatles” that took hostage, tortured and killed four US citizens pleaded not guilty on Friday and waived their right to a speedy trial. El Shafee Elsheikh and Alexanda Kotey will remain in custody as their case works its way through the court in Virginia. … The post Islamic State
History won’t only be taught at Princeton University – it will be made. The Ivy League college is naming a residential college after Mellody Hobson, an influential finance expert who is an alumna and major donor to the school. She will be the first Black woman to have that honor in the Elizabeth, New Jersey-based … The post Princeton to
Former President and Flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr John Dramani Mahama, has assured the people of the Bibiani-Anhwiaso-Bekwai constituency that a new NDC government would revive small scale mining in the area. He said the next NDC government would return all seized excavators and mining concessions to their owners. “We shall use … The post We
The unavailability of adequate quantities of live anchovies as baits for fishing tuna is significantly affecting the operations of Pole and Line vessels, the National Fisheries Association (NAFAG) has said. The Association noted that the shortage of anchovy – a pelagic fish species used as bait to trap tuna, was increasingly becoming a challenge for … The post Unavailability
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