South African authorities have arrested a 52-year-old man at OR Tambo International Airport after allegedly discovering substances suspected to be heroin worth more than R2 million in his luggage.
According to South African police, the suspect had just arrived on a flight from Accra, Ghana, when he was intercepted during an intelligence-led operation involving the South African Police Service (SAPS) and the Border Management Authority.
Police Arrest Traveller From Accra With Suspected Heroin Worth R2m
Police said a search of the traveller’s luggage uncovered bullet-like objects and blocks containing substances suspected to be heroin. The suspected drugs were estimated to have a street value of more than R2 million.
The suspect is a South African national, according to police reports. Authorities have not established publicly in the initial reports whether the suspected drugs originated in Ghana or whether the traveller was acting on behalf of a wider trafficking network.
The arrest comes amid intensified efforts by South African authorities to target suspected drug trafficking through major ports of entry.
Police spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Amanda van Wyk said the latest arrest brings the number of suspected drug mules arrested at OR Tambo International Airport to three within three weeks.
The arrested man is expected to appear before the Kempton Park Magistrates’ Court later this week, where he is expected to face drug trafficking-related charges.
Investigations are continuing as authorities seek to establish the circumstances surrounding the alleged trafficking operation and whether other individuals or networks were involved.
The allegations remain subject to the outcome of the investigation and court proceedings. The substances seized have been described by police as suspected heroin, rather than confirmed heroin pending the relevant investigative and legal processes.
GhanaMedia will continue to follow developments in the case as further information becomes available.
Ghanaian musician Mzbel has reportedly made a striking claim about a financial dispute involving an alleged debt of GH¢1.2 million.
In a statement circulating online and attributed to the musician, Mzbel said she had travelled to the northern part of Ghana and Benin in connection with efforts to address the dispute involving a woman she claims owes her the money.
Mzbel was quoted as saying that she sought spiritual intervention, including an attempt to curse the woman, but suggested that such measures were no longer effective in the current generation.
The comments have generated attention online, particularly because of the large amount of money mentioned and the unusual circumstances surrounding the alleged dispute.
However, details surrounding the alleged GH¢1.2 million debt, including the identity of the woman involved, the origin of the debt and whether any formal legal action has been initiated, remain unclear from the material circulating online.
The claims have not been independently verified by GhanaMedia, and the reported statements should therefore be treated as allegations attributed to Mzbel rather than established facts.
Financial disputes involving substantial sums can carry significant legal consequences, and parties involved may seek formal legal avenues to establish liability and recover disputed funds.
Mzbel’s reported comments have nevertheless sparked renewed discussion about debt disputes, spiritual intervention and the increasingly public nature of personal conflicts on social media.
A viral video circulating online has sparked widespread reactions after a man was allegedly seen confronting his wife and a tattoo artist in what appeared to be a tense domestic situation.
According to the caption accompanying the footage, the man allegedly found his wife with the tattoo artist and reacted angrily after discovering the pair together.
Viral video sparks questions over alleged marital confrontation
The video shows a man appearing visibly upset while confronting the situation inside a room. The circumstances leading up to the confrontation, however, remain unclear, and the identities of the individuals involved have not been independently verified.
Another message appearing in the footage suggests that the man believed his belongings or personal affairs had been negatively affected by what he discovered.
The incident has generated significant discussion online, with social-media users offering different interpretations of what may have happened. However, the available footage does not independently establish the full circumstances surrounding the encounter.
Situations involving alleged relationship disputes can quickly attract public attention when videos are shared online, but short clips often provide only a limited view of events and may not capture what happened before or after the recording.
GhanaMedia urges social-media users to avoid spreading unverified allegations as established facts and to respect the privacy and dignity of the individuals involved.
The video continues to attract attention online as users debate the circumstances surrounding the alleged confrontation.
New Patriotic Party (NPP) National Youth Organiser aspirant Vera Oye Bram-Larbi has praised former President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s record in office, describing him in a campaign message as a president whose level of hard work she believes stands out in Ghana’s history.
Vera Oye Bram-Larbi Praises Akufo-Addo Ahead of NPP Election 5
The statement, contained in a graphic circulating in connection with the NPP’s ongoing National Executive Elections, attributes the comment to Bram-Larbi, who is contesting the National Youth Organiser position.
Her comment comes as the NPP prepares to elect new national executives, with the National Youth Organiser position attracting six candidates in the final list: Alfred Kumi Ababio, Vera Oye Bram-Larbi, Michael Osei Boateng, Abanga Fuseini Yakubu, Clement Opoku Gyamfi and Chris Lloyd Nii Kwei Asamoah.
The NPP has scheduled its National Officers’ Elections for October 3, 2026, in Kumasi, with the exercise covering key national leadership positions. Bram-Larbi has been assigned ballot position two in the National Youth Organiser contest.
Bram-Larbi previously announced her intention to contest the position in 2025, outlining proposals focused on youth engagement, leadership development, skills training, technology and stronger participation by young party members. She has also highlighted her experience within the NPP’s youth structures as part of her campaign.
Her latest statement places the record of the Akufo-Addo administration within the wider political conversation surrounding the NPP’s internal reorganisation and the selection of its next national officers.
Akufo-Addo served as Ghana’s president from January 2017 to January 2025. His administration implemented a range of policies and programmes, while also facing criticism and public debate over economic conditions, public finances and other aspects of governance.
Bram-Larbi’s description of his work is therefore best understood as her own political assessment rather than an independently established historical fact. The statement does not provide specific measures or evidence to support the comparison with previous Ghanaian presidents.
The NPP’s internal election is expected to determine the party officials who will oversee its national organisational structures as the party prepares for the next general election cycle.
Ghana is facing an increasingly disturbing digital-safety challenge as intimate videos and images involving young people continue to circulate across social-media platforms and messaging applications.
What may begin as a private recording can quickly become a devastating public ordeal when the material is shared without the knowledge or consent of the person involved.
GHANA’S LEAKED-VIDEO CRISIS THREATENS THE NEXT GENERATION
Reports and online claims involving alleged students should, however, be treated with particular caution. The identity of any person appearing in an alleged leaked video should not be published or amplified unless independently verified and editorially justified. Where minors may be involved, the protection of their identity and dignity is especially important.
Ghana’s Cyber Security Authority has identified non-consensual intimate-image sharing, online blackmail and sextortion among cybercrime incidents being reported to authorities. The CSA has also specifically warned parents and young people about the dangers associated with sexually explicit material involving children.
Recent figures further underline the scale of Ghana’s broader cybersecurity challenge. The CSA recorded 23,363 public enquiries in 2025, including 4,604 confirmed cyber incidents, with officials noting that many cases involved children and young people whose trust had been violated.
This means the conversation cannot simply be about the latest viral video.
It must be about why young people are increasingly exposed to digital exploitation, why private material is being redistributed for entertainment, and why some users appear willing to participate in the humiliation of another person simply because content has become available online.
When private pain becomes public entertainment
A leaked intimate video is not merely another piece of viral content.
For the person involved, it can mean humiliation, emotional distress, damaged relationships, disruption to education and long-term reputational consequences. Previous reporting in Ghana has documented cases where victims experienced severe distress after intimate material was circulated without their consent.
The public therefore has a responsibility not to turn victims into spectacles.
Downloading, forwarding, reposting or encouraging others to search for alleged leaked material only expands the harm. Ghana’s Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection has also warned that people who share, rebroadcast, download or monetise illegally obtained intimate material can face prosecution under the Cybersecurity Act.
Schools, parents and authorities must work together
Schools cannot address this problem through punishment alone.
Students need sustained education about consent, digital footprints, online manipulation, sextortion, cyberbullying and the legal consequences of distributing intimate material.
Parents also have an important role to play. Young people who become victims should be supported rather than immediately blamed or publicly shamed. The CSA advises parents to support affected children, report the material to platforms and authorities, and avoid further circulation.
The authorities, meanwhile, must continue investigating cases where private material is deliberately recorded, distributed or used for blackmail.
The law already provides mechanisms for dealing with such conduct. Ghana’s Cybersecurity Act, 2020 contains provisions addressing sexual extortion, non-consensual sharing of intimate images and threats to distribute prohibited intimate recordings.
The conversation Ghana needs
The solution is not to publicly destroy young people whose private moments have become exposed.
The solution is to build a culture in which consent matters, privacy matters and digital responsibility matters.
Young Ghanaians have enormous potential. They are studying, creating businesses, producing music, developing technology, entering professional careers and contributing to communities across the country.
Their digital lives should not become a permanent record of one mistake, one act of betrayal or one malicious decision by another person.
The country therefore needs a stronger partnership between parents, schools, students, religious and community leaders, law-enforcement agencies, technology companies and the media.
And perhaps most importantly, the public must stop treating alleged leaked intimate material as entertainment.
If a video was shared without someone’s consent, forwarding it does not make you a spectator. It makes you another link in the chain causing the harm.
Anyone affected by online sexual exploitation or non-consensual intimate-image sharing can report incidents to Ghana’s Cyber Security Authority. The CSA lists 292 as its 24-hour reporting line.
Editorial note: GhanaMedia does not publish, link to, identify alleged victims in, or facilitate access to leaked intimate videos. Claims concerning specific individuals should be independently verified before publication.
A 15-year-old boy has reportedly been given a loaf of bread by an unidentified man identified as Samuel, with a gun allegedly hidden inside the bread.
15-Year-Old Boy Allegedly Given Bread Concealing Gun for Delivery in Lagos
According to an account circulating online, the teenager was allegedly instructed to deliver the loaf to another person in Mushin, Lagos, without knowing that anything dangerous was reportedly concealed inside it.
Details surrounding the alleged incident remain unclear, including the identity of the person who was supposed to receive the bread and how the weapon was allegedly discovered.
If confirmed, the allegation would raise serious concerns about the use of a minor to transport potentially dangerous items without the child’s knowledge. Children should not be placed in circumstances that expose them to unnecessary risks to their lives or safety.
The relevant authorities are expected to investigate the circumstances, establish who provided the bread, determine whether a firearm was actually concealed inside it, and clarify the intended destination and purpose of the alleged delivery.
Until such an investigation is completed, the claims circulating online should be treated as allegations rather than established facts.
A viral social media post has renewed attention on the tragic case of Jordan DeMay, a 17-year-old American teenager whose death was linked by U.S. prosecutors to an international online sextortion scheme involving Nigerian nationals.
Jordan DeMay sextortion case resurfaces online
DeMay, from Marquette, Michigan, died by suicide on March 25, 2022, after being targeted online by individuals who prosecutors said posed as a teenage girl and persuaded him to send an explicit image before demanding money and threatening to distribute it.
U.S. authorities later charged three Nigerian men in connection with the wider sextortion operation, which prosecutors said targeted more than 100 victims, including minors.
Two brothers, Samuel and Samson Ogoshi, eventually pleaded guilty to conspiracy to sexually exploit minors. In September 2024, both were sentenced in the United States to 210 months in prison, equivalent to 17 years and six months, followed by five years of supervised release.
The case has continued to feature in discussions about online safety, cybercrime and the growing threat of sextortion against young people. The FBI and other authorities have repeatedly warned that offenders can use fake identities and social-media accounts to establish contact with potential victims before using intimate material for extortion.
The images circulating online should therefore be treated with caution, particularly where they appear to identify individuals or suggest involvement in a particular crime without accompanying verified evidence.
Authorities have urged young people who receive threats involving intimate images not to pay or comply with demands, but to preserve evidence and seek help from trusted adults and law-enforcement agencies.
Ghana — A Nigerian man living in Ghana has allegedly been caught after reportedly stealing an iPhone 14 Pro and selling it, according to information circulating online.
Images and video footage shared in connection with the incident show the man wearing red shorts while carrying heavy concrete blocks on his head.
Nigerian Man Allegedly Caught Stealing iPhone 14 Pro
According to the account accompanying the footage, the man was allegedly apprehended after stealing an iPhone 14 Pro and subsequently selling the device.
The same account claims that he was beaten and forced to carry blocks as punishment after being caught.
The footage appears to show several people surrounding the man as he struggles to carry the blocks, while another person is seen holding what appears to be a long object.
However, the circumstances surrounding the incident, including where exactly it occurred, who apprehended the man and whether the allegations have been formally reported to the police, could not be independently established from the material provided.
The incident has raised concerns about the use of physical punishment and mob-style justice in dealing with suspected theft. In Ghana, allegations of criminal conduct are ordinarily matters for the police and the courts rather than private punishment.
It also remains unclear whether the alleged stolen iPhone was recovered or whether any formal charges have been brought against the man.
GhanaMedia.net will update this report if verified information becomes available from the police or other authoritative sources.
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Ghanaian dancehall musician Shatta Wale has reportedly told content creator Bongo Ideas to behave or risk being asked to leave his house, according to a social media post shared by Bongo Ideas.
Shatta Wale Tells Bongo Ideas to Behave or Leave His House 11
In the post, Bongo Ideas recounted remarks attributed to Shatta Wale concerning his conduct and continued stay at the property.
Bongo Ideas also stated that the house was gifted to him by businessman Kofi Abban, whom he described as his godfather.
The exchange has drawn attention online, with the comments adding to ongoing public discussions surrounding the relationship between the two personalities.
Neither the social media post shown in the supplied material nor the accompanying images provide further details about the circumstances that prompted the reported warning.
GhanaMedia.net will continue to follow developments surrounding the matter as more information becomes available.
ACCRA, GHANA — Prophet Gideon Appiah Kubi has urged people to live meaningful lives, show kindness and remain mindful of eternity, stressing the certainty that every person will eventually leave this world.
In a message shared on social media, the preacher reflected on the temporary nature of human life and encouraged his followers to make the most of their time on earth.
Prophet Gideon Appiah Kubi: Live, Love, Inspire And Be Kind
“One day, we’ll be offline, not because there’s no internet, but because we’re done with life,” Prophet Gideon Appiah Kubi wrote.
He described death as a reality that no person can ultimately escape, regardless of how carefully they live, and used the reflection to encourage people to focus on how they treat others and the legacy they leave behind.
“Live, love, inspire and be kind,” he advised, adding that humanity remains like “strangers on this very earth” and should therefore prepare for eternity.
The message also carried a strong spiritual dimension, with the preacher identifying himself as Prophet Gideon Appiah Kubi and encouraging his audience to look beyond their present circumstances.
His reflection comes as a reminder of the importance of compassion, purpose and spiritual preparation in everyday life. Rather than focusing solely on material pursuits, the message encourages people to value relationships, inspire others and conduct themselves with kindness.
Prophet Gideon Appiah Kubi concluded his message by reaffirming his identity and spiritual calling, leaving followers with a simple but profound reflection on life, mortality and eternity.
