GENERAL NEWS

Court discharges Kofi Amoabeng

An Accra Circuit Court has dropped all charges against Prince Kofi Amoabeng, the former Managing Director of defunct UT Bank. Police Prosecutor, ASP Emmanuel Nyamekye on Wednesday, 5th February 2020, told the Circuit Court Judge, Emmanuel Essandoh, that the State intends to file a fresh case against Mr Amoabeng at …

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Two killed in weird motorbike accidents

Two persons died Tuesday afternoon after two motorcycles crashed into a cargo truck in separate accidents at Asuom in the Eastern region. The first incident occurred after 11: am on the Asuom-Twapease road when a motorcycle barreled into a moving truck loaded with bamboo sticks. A few hours after the …

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We’re not worried about NDCs refusal to sign peace accord – Peace Council

  Chairman of the National Peace Council, Prof. Emmanuel Asante, has disclosed that the Peace Council is not worried about the National Democratic Congress’s refusal to sign the peace accord put together by the council in their bid to end political party vigilantism. However, they have taken notice of the …

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Be firm, resolute – GUTA boss to EC Chair

Dr Joseph Obeng, President of the Ghana National Union of Traders Association (GUTA) has asked the general public to respect the independence of the Electoral Commission and allow it to carry out its constitutional mandate. He called on the EC to be resolute and firm in its decision in relation …

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Today in 1965: J.B. Danquah dies at Nsawam Prisons

Dr J. B. Danquah stood as a presidential candidate against Nkrumah in April 1960 but lost the election. On 3 October 1961, Danquah was arrested under the Preventive Detention Act, on the grounds of involvement with alleged plans to subvert the CPP government. He was released on 22 June 1962. …

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€5m Airbus Saga: US court nails kingpin and brother

A United States of America Court document has revealed gory details about how the National Democratic Congress (NDC) government under Prof. Mills and Mahama took bribes and allowed European aircraft manufacturer, Airbus SE, to supply the Ghana Armed Forces with uncertified aircraft that can best be described as ‘Kokompe’ planes. …

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W/R: 15 people were killed in road accidents in Jan. – Police

15 people have died while over one hundred people sustained injuries in road accidents in the Western Region in the month of January 2020. The Western Regional Commander for Motor, Traffic and Transport Department (MTTD) of the Ghana Police Service Chief Superintendent, Richard Appiah, told Empire FM’s Emmanuel Ohene Gyan  …

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Voters register: US warns citizens as Parties stage 3rd demo

The Inter-Party Resistance against the New Voter Register is today holding its third demonstration Accra in opposition to plans by the electoral commission to compile new voters register for the December 7 polls. A leading member of the group Hassan Ayariga has told Morning Starr that the “EC has a …

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Missing excavators traced to fresh galamsey sites

It has been discovered that scores of the allegedly missing excavators seized from illegal miners are currently being used again for illegal mining by unknown persons, MyNewsGH.com reports. This comes after Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, the Minister for Environment, Science, Technology & Innovation and also Chairperson for the Inter-Ministerial Committee on …

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[VIDEO]: Zoe Embassy pastor curses his colleague pastors

Kelvin Kwesi Kobiri, the embattled pastor of Zoe Outreach Embassy Church, who is struggling hard to refund locked up investments in his defunct EL Real Estates and Tikowre Capital has rained curses on his pastors in a viral video. The “man of God” who was behind his pulpit preaching later …

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