CRIME AND PUNISHMENT

By:brightwebtv/nana asare barimah South Africa has temporarily closed its embassy in Nigeria following violence against South African businesses in reprisal for attacks on foreign-owned stores in Johannesburg, while Nigeria has announced plans to evacuate its nationals from South Africa. South African Foreign Affairs Minister Naledi Pandor said on Thursday that the embassy was …

Nigeria’s Foreign Affairs Ministry has served notice that it will evacuate its citizens in South Africa following recent xenophobic attacks there. The owner of a local airline – Air Peace Airlines has offered to use his air transport company to airlift his fellow countrymen from South Africa at no cost. …

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah      A Ghanaian has reportedly been killed in the latest xenophobic attacks in Durban, South Africa. According to the reports, a  Ghanaian who is yet to be identified was killed on Wednesday by local gangs accusing foreigners of taking their jobs. The violence, which broke out in …

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah An Accra Circuit Court has sentenced the tanker driver who, together with his mate and another accomplice, sold the contents of a diesel tanker and later set it ablaze to 20 years imprisonment with hard labour. The convict, Awudu Yakubu, 34, pleaded guilty to all four counts …

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah George Andrew, a 28-year-old unemployed and Maxwell Peter, aged 34 a trader were on Monday remanded into police custody by Keta Circuit Court for kidnapping and raping their employer’s daughter aged 19 at Aflao in the Volta Region, MyNewsGh.com reports. They were charged for conspiracy, kidnapping and assault.  Andrew …

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah Fuseini Inusah, 29, a mobile money vendor was on Monday night shot dead by unidentified gunmen at Dambai in the Krachi East Municipality of the Oti Region. The incident occurred at about 8PM on the Residency Road when the victim was returning home from work. The assailants …

by:brightwebtv/nana asare barimah 49-year-old Dong Tazaa with the substance in front of him Police in the Sawla-Tuna-Kalba District of the Savannah Region have arrested a 49-year-old Dong Tazaa for allegedly transporting substances suspected to be Indian hemp. The substances, wrapped in 15 black polyethylene bags, were concealed in two travelling …

by:brightwebtv/nana asare barimah Deputy Foreign Affairs minister Charles Owiredu has said no Ghanaian has so far been attacked in the xenophobic insurrection in South Africa. He also noted there are no reports that Ghanaian-owned shops or interests have been hit in the attacks. Black natives in South Africa have for …

By:brightwebtv/nana asare barimah       A 14-year-old has been charged with five counts of murder after confessing to shooting his family members in their Elkmont, Alabama, home, police said Tuesday. The victims are: John Sisk, 38, the boy’s father; his stepmother, Mary Sisk, 35; his 6-year-old stepbrother; his 5-year-old …

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah   All six children are all safe and are with the families Commercial motor riders have rescued six children from the hands of an alleged kidnapper at Omandjor near Sowutum in Accra, JoyNews’ Henry Kwesi Badu has reported. The suspect, George Oyan, a 37-year-old mechanic and the owner of …