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Ex-England footballer Adam Johnson has been found not guilty of one count of sexual activity with 15-year-old girl. A jury at Bradford Crown Court is still deliberating on a second similar charge. The former Sunderland player previously admitted grooming the girl and one charge of sexual activity but denied two more serious counts.   Source: BBC
Former President John Agyekum Kufuor has called for the creation of a second house of parliament that would ensure that laws are passed with less political influence. He said the second chamber of parliament should be appointed by a special appointment committee and its members should be drawn from civil society organizations and policy think tank researchers to provide a...
A nanny in Russia accused of murdering and then decapitating a little girl in her care has said that "Allah ordered" her to carry out the act. Gulchekhra Bobokulova, a 38-year-old mother of three, spoke to reporters on her way into a Moscow court. Bobokulova, a Muslim and a citizen of Uzbekistan, also replied "yes" when asked if she accepted her...
Osama bin Laden wrote a letter calling on the American people to help President Barack Obama fight 'catastrophic' climate change and 'save humanity', newly released documents show. The letter was among materials that were seized in the May 2, 2011, U.S. raid on bin Laden's hideout in Pakistan that killed the al Qaeda chief and which were released on Tuesday...
An educationist Madam Gifty Twum Ampofo has won the New Patriotic Party (NPP) parliamentary primary in the Abuakwa North Constituency in the Eastern Region. Madam Twum Ampofo polled 207 to beat Mr. Kyei Brobbey, a former Headmaster of Ofori Panin SHS and Mr. Isaac Osei Ampadu a businessman who polled 27 and 104 respectively. Two persons who filed to contest the...
The governing National Democratic Congress has criticized Nana Akufo-Addo for putting out “pedestrian propaganda” as well as a “hollow” statement in his rebuttal of President Mahama’s State of the Nation Address. Addressing the media on Tuesday, NDC General Secretary Johnson Asiedu Nketsia said the NPP flagbearer was disappointing in his Monday’s Real State of the Nation Address. According to him, it...
  This might sound a little naughty, but bear with us here. You need to ditch your pajamas and start sleeping in your birthday suit. What’s that, you say? According to numerous scientific studies, the health benefits of sleeping naked are too many and far-reaching to ignore. From improved hormonal balance to less belly fat and more sex, you really need to...
Fennec Otchere was brutally murdered in his home at Spintex on March 13, 2014 by unknown assailants. Even though the late Fennec was involved in a lot of businesses he was popularly known in the music industry as one of the few who always spoke their mind and the hard truth when it comes to the entertainment industry. In an exclusive...
The informant who gave the Greater Accra Regional Police Command the information that led to the arrest of the suspected killer of the late Member of Parliament for Abuakwa North has disclosed how helped the police to arrest the suspect at his hideout in Accra. The MP, Joseph Boakye Danquah-Adu was murdered in cold blood at his private residence in...
Businessman, Alfred Agbesi Woyome, has resolved to seek international arbitration regarding the GH¢51.2 million judgment debt, which the Supreme Court has asked him to refund. He gave the hint of his latest move on Thursday after the Supreme Court dismissed an application by one Abdulai Yusif Fanash Muhammed who had filed an application to contest the Supreme Court’s jurisdiction over...
The Executive Director of Media Foundation for West Africa, Sulemana Braimah, has disapproved the request for personal Police protection for the country’s legislators describing it as self-centred. Some Members of Parliament on Tuesday renewed calls for them to be given special personal Police protection both within and outside the House amid what they say are the recent attacks on their...
Tech giant Google says it will hide content removed under the "right to be forgotten" from all versions of the search engine when viewed from countries where removal was approved. Under the "right to be forgotten" ruling, EU citizens may ask search engines to remove information about them. Now, removed results will not appear on any version of Google. EU privacy regulators...
The Accra Regional Police Command has arrested a man suspected to have killed the Member of Parliament for Abuakwa North, Joseph Boakye Danquah-Adu. Sources at the Police Command who confirmed the arrest to Onua News Richie Henry Ankrah, said the alleged killer was nabbed in an operation led by the Regional Commander, COP Dr. George Akuffo Dampare. The operation began last...
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Google's self-driving car system could soon be given the same legal definition as a human driver, paving the way for vehicles without steering wheels or pedals. The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) - which sets rules and regulations on America's roads - shared its thoughts in a letter to Google made public this week. Until now, any car without...
Facebook has been given three months to stop tracking non-members of its social network without their consent in France. Last year, it made changes to the way the site is viewed in Belgium following a similar order from the Belgian Privacy Commissioner. The French data protection body also demanded stronger password complexity, requiring at least eight characters rather than the existing...

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