Elvis Anokye

Fuel price hikes: Ghana owns only 18% of its crude oil produced daily – NPA

Ghana owns only 27,000 barrels, representing 18 per cent of the 150,000 barrels of crude oil produced in the country daily. This is woefully less than the 96,000 barrels of crude oil the country consumes daily and does not have any significant influence on the continuous increase in prices of …

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Court throws out NPP’s petition against 2020 Krachi West election results

The Hohoe High Court, after almost two years, has dismissed a petition by the New Patriotic Party challenging the election of Helen Adwoa Ntoso as the Member of Parliament for Krachi West. The NPP after the 2020 elections, filed a suit challenging the declaration of the National Democratic Congress candidate as the …

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Free SHS branded T-shirts estimated to cost GH¢38m being shared for students

Starrfm.com.gh has uncovered bulk printing of Free SHS branded T-shirts for distribution to about 1,274,412 students who are currently in schools across the country. The T-shirts are being procured by the Free Senior High School Secretariat at the office of the Presidency. The cost of procuring the shirts has not …

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Burst pipe destroys thousands of goods at Kejetia market

Commodities worth hundreds of Ghana cedis contained in about 90 shops at the Kumasi Kejetia Market in the Kumasi metropolis of the Ashanti region have been destroyed. The damage according to reports was caused after some pipelines installed in the market burst again on Tuesday, June 14, 2022, after the …

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Samini to contest for GIMPA SRC President

Legendary Ghanaian musician, Samini has disclosed that he is currently contesting to become the SRC President of GIMPA. The musician, who recently enrolled as a student of The Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA) revealed in an interview that he is vying for the position of the SRC president and …

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Mason beaten to pulp by Afigya Kwabre South taskforce

A young man believed to be in his 30’s has been subjected to severe beating and manhandling by a task force formed by the Afigya Kwabre South District of the Ashanti Region A bizarre footage intercepted by Akoma FM shows how some well built men numbering seven clad in military uniform beat …

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Rainstorm rips off roof of classrooms at Walewale Tech SHS

The Walewale Technical Senior High School in the West Mamprusi Municipality of the North East Region has suspended teaching and learning activities due to a violent rainstorm which hit the area. The rainstorm which hit the area on Tuesday, 14 June 2022, affected property including that of the school. The …

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Six pupils killed, 13 injured after truck, bakkie collide

Six pupils have died in an accident in the Eastern Cape after a truck and a bakkie transporting school children collided, and then ploughed into pupils on the side of the road who were walking home. Police said the children are aged between 14 and 18. Police spokesperson Brigadier Tembinkosi Kinana …

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Watch Kwame Nkrumah’s 1957 interview on his thought about having his head on Ghana’s currency

In the United Kingdom in 1957, not long after Ghana’s independence from its colonial masters, Kwame Nkrumah, the country’s first president, spoke about how Ghana can be an inspiration for other Commonwealth countries to become independent. Speaking in an interview in the UK, and sourced to Getty Images, Kwame Nkrumah explained the need …

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Filmmaker Edgard Leroy dies in motor accident weeks after AMVCA win

Filmmaker, Edgard Leroy, has reportedly died in a fatal motor accident, which occurred at the Sagamu area of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Saturday, June 11, 2022. The movie director died four weeks after he won an award for the Best Indigenous Movie (Yoruba) Category at the African Magic Viewers Choice …

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