31 Children Rescued From Volta Lake
The Police have rescued 31 children engaged in forced labour on the Volta Lake in the Volta Region. The police also arrested 11 persons in connection with the trafficking of the children. The...
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Google, Facebook Duped In Huge ‘scam’
Google and Facebook have confirmed that they fell victim to an alleged $100m (£77m) scam. In March, it was reported that a Lithuanian man had been charged over an email phishing attack against...
Piracy Is Killing Our Music and Film Industries- Mimi
Former Big Brother Africa star, Mimi Abu Andani, has expressed dissatisfaction with the way legal systems in Africa tackle the issues of piracy, saying the systems do not pay much attention to the...
Arkansas Executes Kenneth Williams, Fourth Man In A Week
Arkansas has put to death its fourth inmate within a week after a dozen years without a single execution. Kenneth Williams, 38, killed two people after escaping from a maximum-security prison where...
Arkansas Carries Out Last Execution Before Drug Expires
Arkansas executed another inmate on Thursday, the last in a series of lethal injections that the state has squeezed into a compressed timeline, even as the daughter of one of his victims appealed for...
The Evil Known As Spiritual Ambitiousness
The evil known as spiritual ambitiousness Spiritual ambitiousness is the quest to be spiritually relevant by seeking to establish oneself prematurely, when it is very clear circumstances are less...
US Troops Hunting LRA Warlord Kony Begin C.Africa Pullout
US special forces on Wednesday began to pull out from Central Africa, ending a five-year hunt for brutal LRA warlord Joseph Kony, who is wanted for crimes against humanity. The departure of the...
Russian Hackers ‘target’ Presidential Candidate Macron
Russian hackers are targeting the campaign of French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron, say security experts. Phishing emails, malware and fake net domains were all being used as attack...
Man Charged For Engaging In Anal Sex With 3 Children
A 29-year-old fashion designer, Richard Isaac Dankyi, is standing trial for allegedly taking turns to have anal sex with three children, two males and a female. Dankyi, an uncle to the victims, aged...
Uncatchable, Brutal Rebel Chief
Brutal rebel commander Joseph Kony has sowed terror across four African nations for three decades, even evading capture by US and Ugandan soldiers who have now given up the chase. The former Catholic...
Court Jails Indian Fugitive Gangster For Seven Years
Indian gangster Chhota Rajan was jailed for seven years on Tuesday for passport fraud, the first prison term handed to the so-called "Hindu don" who had evaded capture for more than 20 years. Rajan,...
After Six Years, US Troops End Hunt For LRA Warlord Kony
US special forces on Wednesday begin pulling out of Central African Republic where they deployed in 2011 to help hunt the brutal LRA warlord Joseph Kony. The move, which was announced last month,...
Man Charged Over Anal Sex With 3 Kids
A 29-year-old fashion designer, Richard Isaac Dankyi, is standing trial for allegedly taking turns to have anal sex with three children, two males and a female. Dankyi, an uncle to the victims, aged...
Man Charged Over Anal Sex With 3 Kids
A 29-year-old fashion designer, Richard Isaac Dankyi, is standing trial for allegedly taking turns to have anal sex with three children, two males and a female. Dankyi, an uncle to the victims, aged...
Huge Robbery Sparks Gun Battles In Paraguay and Brazil
Brazilian police near the border with Paraguay have exchanged gunfire with members of a gang who carried out what Paraguayan officials are calling the robbery of the century. Three gang members were...
Chinese & Ghanaian Illegal Miners Denied Bail Again, Remanded In Prison Custody
The Sekondi High Court presided over by Justice Edward Amoako Asante has once again denied bail to the five Chinese and their five Ghanaian counterparts who were arrested for engaging in illegal...
Jordan Scraps Marriage Loophole For Rapists
A law which protected rapists from punishment if they married their victims has been scrapped in Jordan. The Jordanian cabinet revoked Article 308 on Sunday, after years of campaigning by women’s...
Suicide Bombers Kill Four In Northeast Nigeria
Four people were killed in two separate suicide attacks in northeast Nigeria on Monday, local militia members said, in the latest violence blamed on Boko Haram Islamists. Babakura Kolo, who assists...
Famine Fuels Resurgence of Somali Piracy
Drought and famine seem to be fuelling a resurgence of piracy off the coast of Somalia, the United States' top military chief in Africa said Sunday. Half a dozen pirate attacks have been reported in...
U.S Partners Ghana To Fight Cyber Crime
The US government has announced measures to partner Ghana intensify fight against cybercrime in the country. Cybercrime is a major problem confronting financial institutions in the country. Speaking...