Comfort Nutsugah, a 51-year old trader, has taken advantage of government’s Free Senior High School Policy to further her education. Ms. Nutsugah, a mother of six, who sells used clothing after school hours, is a first-year General Arts Student of the Keta Senior High Technical School in the Volta Region. She is …
Read More »Begoro: Highway robbers kill driver; traders, mourners injured
A driver has been shot dead in a deadly highway robbery attack in the Fanteakwa North District of the Eastern Region. Some victims who suffered minor gunshot injuries were rushed to a health center at Dedeso for treatment. Starr News has gathered the six-member gang mounted barricade on Abooso to …
Read More »Woman arrested for defecating at Police Station
A woman has been arrested by the Police at Nkurakan in the Eastern Region for defecating at a Police Station. Sheila Kwaow, popularly known as Mother, was arrested on the dawn of Friday, September 6, 2019 after a police officer laid surveillance. The 30-year-old hairdresser notorious for the practice has …
Read More »AUDIO: Xenophobic Attacks: Five Ghanaians Arrested To Appear In Court On Monday
Five Ghanaian nationals who were arrested during the xenophobic attacks in Pretoria and the Central Business District of South Africa, Johannesburg will appear in court on Monday, 9th September 2019. The High Commissioner of Ghana to South Africa, His Excellency George Ayisi-Boateng disclosed this in an interview with Kwaku Anane …
Read More »Mugabe’s “African pride, dignity, audacity unassailable” – Rawlings
Former President Jerry John Rawlings has eulogised the late Robert Mugabe, saying his “African pride, dignity and audacity were unassailable.” “RIP Comrade Mugabe. You lived for the dignity of your fellow black. Your African pride, dignity and audacity were unassailable. “Africa has lost a bold and noble Statesman. My condolences …
Read More »Taxi driver shot dead in Takoradi by suspected robbers
A taxi driver has allegedly been shot dead within the Sekondi/Takoradi metropolis of the Western Region. He was allegedly shot three times in the chest at Sofokrom by some unknown assailants believed to be armed robbers. His body was then dumped at Dunkwa, near Beposo in the Shama District. A …
Read More »Keep Katanga as all-male hall – Govt to KNUST Council
The government has urged the authorities of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) to maintain University (Katanga) Hall as an all-male hall of residence. Education Minister Dr Mathew Opoku Prempeh said while the running of the university is the sole preserve of the university’s council, it is …
Read More »Collapsing Sogakope bridge kills 5
At least five persons have died in crashes on the deteriorating Sogakope Bridge that spans the lower part of the Volta River. District Chief Executive (DCE) for South Tongu, Emmanuel Louise Agamah, says the bridge is now a death trap and needs urgent repairs to save lives. “This bridge is …
Read More »Court puts on hold plans by BoG to collapse GN Savings
The Bank of Ghana has been ordered by an Accra High Court to hold on with any plans to hand over GN Savings and Loans Company Limited to a receiver. Justice George Koomson has directed that until the outcome of an application for interlocutory injunction is established the regulator and …
Read More »AFCON U-23 Qualifier: Ghana held 1-1 at home to Algeria
Ghana’s U-23 team, the Black Meteors, were held to a 1-1 draw by their Algerian counterparts in a 2019 CAF U-23 AFCON last round qualifier at the Accra Sports Stadium. Algeria took the lead in the first half through Dorgane Adam before Dauda Mohammed scored a second-half penalty to draw …
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