Twenty-seven (27) passengers have been confirmed dead in a fatal accident at Dompoase near Komenda in the Central region. The passengers were travelling Tuesday dawn from Takoradi to Accra in a bus when the accident happened. According to Motor, Traffic and Transport Department of the Police, the dead so far …

A seven-member Supreme Court panel has dismissed an application for Certiorari seeking a review of the apex court’s own decision to quash a High Court decision on the revocation of the mining lease of Exton Cubic Company limited. The panel in a five to two ruling presided over by the …

Former Chief Executive of the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) Nana Akwasi Agyeman has died, Starr News has learnt. The popular royal cum politician died at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital where he was receiving medical attention. He died Tuesday morning. Source: starrfm.com.gh

It is emerging that a former security capo played a key role in the leaked tape of Minister of National Security, Albert Kan Dapaah, giving credence to speculations the job was indeed executed from ‘within’ the New Patriotic Party (NPP). The security official together with two others including a serving …

Two Ghanaian lawyers undergoing a one-year pupilage at an Accra-based private law firm, Legal Ink Lawyers & Notaries, have been suspended after they became pregnant. The two lawyers, who are both expecting their first children, had done two and three months each of the 12-month pupillage. However, they were handed …

Five persons are being held by the Volta Regional Police Command in connection with the alleged diversion of food items of Peki Senior High School in the South Dayi district to appease an auditor. The five include the driver who was initially arrested with the food items and the School’s …

Barcelona have sacked coach Ernesto Valverde and replaced him with former Real Betis coach Quique Setien. Valverde, 55, helped the club to two successive La Liga titles and they lead the league on goal difference. However, the Catalan side have produced a series of unconvincing displays under his leadership and …

The Ghana Football Association has “temporarily” banned Asante Kotoko from playing its home games at the Baba Yara Stadium. This follows disturbances caused by supporters of the Kumasi-based club on Sunday to protest refereeing decisions in their 0-1 loss to Berekum Chelsea. The decision stands, “pending the adjudication of the matter …

The National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) has advised residents living around the Tano river to desist from drinking from the river since it has been poisoned after an accident Monday. “All communities along the Tano river from Techiman – Tanoso to Chira, Duayaw Nkwanta, Bechem are advised strongly not to …

Workers of two small scale mining companies in the Tarkwa-Nsuaem Municipality on Saturday clashed underground, leaving five miners injured. The persons who sustained cutlass wounds with blood all over their bodies were sent to the Apinto government hospital and Tarkwa Municipal hospital for treatment. The Divisional Crime officer in charge …