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A 39-year-old man named Sunday Ejeh has been arrested by the Edo State Police Command for allegedly defiling a nine-year-old girl.
The incident took place in the Ugbogi neighborhood of Ighobazuwa, in the state’s Ovia North West Local Government Area.
Spokesperson of the command, Chidi Nwabuzor, who confirmed the incident on June 11, said the suspect lured the victim to his room, had sexual intercourse with her and gave her N600 after the act.
“An investigation carried out by the Gender Unit of the command’s Criminal Investigation Department revealed that the suspect has a criminal tendency of assembling young girls between two and nine years, and having sexual intercourse with them,” Nwabuzor said.
he PPRO added that the suspect, at the end of the crime, would give his victims N600 to take home.
In an interview with journalists, Ejeh said he only had sexual intercourse with the said nine-year-old girl sometime in January and had not done the same to any other girl in the area.
“The incident happened in January when this girl came to my house and asked that I should give her money and have sexual intercourse with her,” he claimed.
“I said no but she said if I refused to do it, she will shout that I wanted to rape her. So, I agreed and after sleeping with her, I gave her N1, 500 and she left.”
The suspect said the community youths seized him last week when he came back from the farm and started beating him that he raped the girl and later took him to the police station
source: Linda Ikeji
A 32-year-old woman has allegedly stabbed her boyfriend to death at Ayigya Zongo in the Greater Kumasi of Ashanti Region.
Joseph Bawa allegedly died on Sunday after being fatally stabbed by the suspect, Jennifer Appiah, also known as Maa Akua, after the two got into a fight.
The deceased’s mother, Madam Hawa Alhasan, revealed that when her son arrived at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) Hospital, also known as the “Tech Hospital,” he was pronounced dead.
However, the bereaved mother was unable to explain what led to the misunderstanding between the deceased and the suspect.
She added “any time misunderstanding ensues between the two the woman threatens the deceased with a knife or scissors. I urged my son to stop dating the woman on countless times but he refused to do so until his premature demise.”
“Now the lady after killing my son has escaped, and so we are pleading with Police to arrest and bring her to book”.
The body of the deceased has been deposited at the KNUST Hospital morgue while police investigation has commenced.
Source: Starrfm.com.gh/Isaac Bediako
Gertrude Essaba Sackey Torkornoo, Ghana’s next Chief Justice, has been sworn in by President Nana Akufo-Addo.
She succeeds Justice Anin Yeboah, who recently entered a required retirement period.
On June 12, 2023, she was sworn in before dignitaries including former president John Agyekum Kuffuor, the Ga Mantse, Supreme Court justices, and members of the diplomatic corps.
As the third female chief justice in the nation’s history, Justice Torkornoo is expected to spearhead efforts to change the way justice is delivered.
Profile of Justice Gertrude Torkornoo
Judge Gertrude Araba Esaaba Torkornoo was born in Ghana on September 11, 1962. She got parliamentary confirmation for her appointment to the Supreme Court in December after being nominated in November 2019. She was inaugurated on December 17, 2019.
She was appointed a Supreme Court judge in 2019 and has served on the Ghanaian bench since 2004. Since 2005, she has participated actively in the main reform agenda and operations of the Ghanaian judiciary and judicial service. She was one of the first Justices of the Commercial Division of the High Court.
Early Life and Education
Gertrude Torkornoo is a native of Winneba in Ghana’s Central Region. She attended Wesley Girls’ High School, where she received her certificate for the ordinary level, and Achimota School, where she received her certificate for the advanced level.
She attended the University of Ghana and earned her law degree there in 1986.
She earned a Postgraduate Diploma in International Law and Organization from Erasmus University in the Netherlands’ International Institute of Social Studies (ISS) in 2001. She received an LLM in Intellectual Property Law from Golden Gate University in the United States in 2011.
Justice Torkornoo completed an internship with Nabarro Nathanson in London and volunteered at the FIDA Legal Aid Service before beginning employment as an associate at Fugar & Co. in Accra. In 1994, she joined the company again to work as a director.
Up until October 2012, when she was promoted to the Court of Appeal, she served as a judge on the High Court. In November 2019, Justice Torkornoo was proposed for appointment to Ghana’s Supreme Court.
On December 17, 2019, she took her oath of office.
She co-founded Sozo Law Consult in January 1997 and served as its managing partner until May 14, 2004, when she was named a Justice of the High Court of Ghana.
In preparation for their next match against Madagascar on matchday five of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifiers, the Black Stars will begin training on Monday afternoon.
The stars will begin their training in Accra before leaving for Madagascar on June 16th, 2023.
The game, which is scheduled to take place on Sunday, June 18, in Antananarivo, is crucial because Ghana wants to qualify for the coveted tournament that will be held in Ivory Coast the following year.
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A draw in this game will guarantee Ghana’s spot in the 2023 AFCON competition. Ghana currently leads Group E with 8 points after four games.
Former Italy Prime Minister, Silvio Berlusconi has died aged 86.
The media mogul and politician who led the country four times died at the San Raffaele Hospital in Milan, according to Italian media.
He had treatment in April for a lung infection connected to an unreported diagnosis of persistent leukaemia.
The Italian electorate was drawn to his colorful demeanor and supported him despite claims of corruption and double dealing.
Four times he served as prime minister, and each time it appeared his political career was gone, he was able to come back.
Nine years after he was banned from public office for tax fraud, he was back in parliament, elected to Italy’s Senate before he turned 86 in September 2022
source: BBC
The founder and leader of Charisma International Ministry, Prophet Paul Kusi has declared Dr Mathew Opoku Prempeh as a child of God destined to be President of Ghana.
Explaining how on Angel FM in Kumasi said the Energy Minister’s Glory is at his shoulders and that of his Uncle, former president Kufour.
He expressed that the spirit of Asante had endorsed the pact, saying, “There has been a covenant between Napo’s father and a prominent chief (Sumankwaahene) to make his son, Napo, a President one day.”
He added that this is a Mystery and if not fulfilled NAPO’s late father will not rest in peace in his grave.
In the Paikoro Local Government Area of Niger State, bandits recently released a video showing the kidnapping of people in the Kafin Koro and Kwagana wards.
On May 10, 2023, the victims were among more than 50 persons that were kidnapped in the area, including a former APC ward chairman. 19 of them reportedly had their hostage freed after paying a ransom in changed amounts.
As the robbers continued to fire warning rounds next to the victims’ feet, the victims could be seen sobbing and screaming for compassion.
Reports state that the terrorists have given the remaining victims’ families two days to pay a ransom or they will be killed.
In some reports, the robbers murdered a woman to demonstrate the seriousness of their demands.
On Tuesday, June 6, three of the victims all female freed after the ransom was paid.
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source: mynewsroomgh.com with document from Lindaikeji
The judgement by the Supreme Court on Assin North, according to Sammy Gyamfi, the NDC’s communications officer, is a mockery of justice.
Mr. Gyamfi in his presentation said that reading the 35-page judgment, which ordered Parliament to remove Gyakye Quayson’s name from its records, was saddening because it showed the Supreme Court’s blatant disregard for the law.
“The 35-page judgment of the Supreme Court has only confirmed our [the NDC’s] position that the decision taken by the Supreme Court to annul the election of Gyakye Quayson is nothing but a travesty of justice. You read the entire judgment, and you get sad as a Ghanaian that clear positions of law in this country were clearly disregarded by the Supreme Court in arriving at the conclusion that they arrived at.”
He added that the Supreme Court’s decision regarding Mr. Quayson’s eligibility for the 2020 Assin North parliamentary election violates with the law that court is supposed to uphold and interpret.
“Section 20 (b) of the representation of the people’s PNDC Law 284 is clear that a parliamentary election can only be cancelled if that parliamentary candidate was not qualified at the time of his election, with emphasis on the at the time of his election.
“The Supreme Court says that the Assin North parliamentary elections were held on December 7, 2020, and at the time of that election, Gyakye Quayson had received the renunciation of his Canadian citizenship on November 26, 2020, ten clear days before the election but the Supreme Court is saying that even though he was qualified before the election, he should have been qualified before his nomination and that he submitted his nomination forms on October 9 and that since his certificate of renunciation came on November 26, 2020, he was not qualified by October 9 when he submitted his form, but the law says he should be qualified at the time of the election.”
Mr. Sammy Gyamfi said this on the Eyewitness news on Citi FM
Barry! Barry! Barry!
Created by Alec Berg and Bill Hader, “Barry” is a dark humor television show. The first season of the show debuted in 2018, and the fourth season ended in 2022. A former Marine turned hitman named Barry Berkman (played by Bill Hader) travels to Los Angeles to carry out a hit but ends up finding a new passion for acting.
Barry, a hitman who is depressed and disillusioned, accepts a contract to kill an ambitious actress in the first episode of the series. Barry discovers Gene Cousineau’s acting class while pursuing his prey and Henry Winkler’s Gene Cousineau is teaching it. Barry decides to enroll in the class because he is interested in acting and wants to find a means to stop living a violent life.
Barry becomes heavily involved in the lives of his students as he begins to explore his acting potential, including Sally Reed (played by Sarah Goldberg), a struggling actress, and his friend Fuches (played by Stephen Root), who acts as his handler in the hitman world. Barry’s dual existence gets more challenging as he tries to match his dark criminal activities with his recently discovered acting passion.
He wrestles with his desire to put his violent past behind him during the course of the series and encounters various moral conundrums. He develops friendships with different characters, notably the eccentric and aspirational NoHo Hank (played by Anthony Carrigan), a Chechen criminal who ends up being a surprising ally.
Barry gets caught up in a web of criminality, dishonesty, and interpersonal conflicts as the story goes on. He must face his own problems and make difficult decisions that will shape his future. The show examines issues of identity, atonement, and the results of one’s choices while fusing humor with darkness.
Each one of us has different way of seeing things, so the series might be humorous, maybe not. Whatever way I hope you enjoy it. The final is out and I know you can’t wait to watch.