GENERAL NEWS

A delegation dispatched by the Inspector General of Police James Oppong-Boanuh is currently on its way to the ancient town of Yendi in the Northern Region to resolve the impasse between the Divisional Commander, Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Peter Akokora Ayirezang and the Overlord of Dagbon. Irate youth in …

Two mobile patrol officers of the Obuasi Divisional Command went missing on Wednesday when a canoe they were travelling in on a small river to cross to a village for operations capsized. The Divisional Commander, DSP Martin Asenso in an interview with host Bonohene Baffuor Awuah on Anopa Kasapa on …

Ghana’s Supreme Court has unanimously held that birth certificate is not a form of identification. The court explains that the document does not establish “the identity of the bearer”. This is contained in the court’s judgment in the case filed by private citizen Mark Takyi Banson which court delivered judgment …

There is heavy security presence at the Kumasi Metro Mass Depot at Abrepo Junction after angry staff of Metro Mass Transit chased out Deputy Managing Director of the Company in charge of Operations and Technical, Nana Osei Bamfo on Thursday morning. Nana Osei Bamfo was hooted and chased out from …

Former Ningo Prampram MP ET Mensah has reportedly tested positive for COVID-19. The former Sports Minister is currently receiving treatment at the University of Ghana Medical Centre (UGMC) after he was rushed in over difficulties in breathing Wednesday, Starr News sources said. He joins a growing list of high profile …

The Police in the Upper East Region has rescued a 27-year-old man from a mob action for allegedly stealing a storage barrel and some stainless steel bowls. The man identified as Nsoh Adongo according to the police who confirmed the incident was saved from a mob attack at the Dorongo Primary …

Two policemen have drowned in a river at Kobro village near Jacobu in the Amansie Central District of the Ashanti Region. Lance Corporal Stephen Kyeremeh and colleague Amedius Akwesi Boateng, both of Obuasi District Police Command and two others identified as Sergeant Isaac Nyamekye James Ahiman who were on Obuasi …

The Sunyani Municipal COVID-19 Prevention Taskforce has locked up some major drinking spots and night clubs operating in the Sunyani and Sunyani West Municipalities. The move forms part of its up-scaled measures to stem the spread of the COVID-19 in the two municipalities. Led by Superintendent Haruna Alhassan of the …

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has announced the decision of the government to digitise the operations of the Rent Control Department. According to Dr Bawumia, with digitisation, landlords and tenants will have an option to register as well as submit their tenancy agreements electronically. “This will reduce the queues at …

More than 200 would-be immigrants from about 70 countries who were winners in the United States government’s Diversity Visa lottery program and relatives in the US have filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration over the president’s recent executive order suspending immigration until next year. “The plaintiffs in the case …