GENERAL NEWS

The Acting Inspector General of Police, George Akuffo Dampare, has thrown his weight behind the conveners of the #FixTheCountry demonstration and assured them of providing them with maximum security. This was contained in a presser released by the Economic Fighters League after a meeting with the newly appointed IGP and …

• The CID has reportedly halted investigations into MP for Assin North due to plans by the latter to appeal • James Gyakye Quayson’s position as MP is being contested following his dual citizenship • A high court has annulled the results of parliamentary elections in Assin North The Criminal Investigations …

One person perished and 12 others sustained various degrees of injuries in a fatal accident at Brahabebome near Obuasi in the Ashanti Region, on Monday, August 02. The accident involved a Tata bus and a Hyundai Grace mini bus. Police Corporal Winfred Acheampong of the Obuasi Motor Traffic and Transport …

The President of the University Teachers Association of Ghana, (UTAG) has warned the government that unless their conditions of service are improved they will not call off their indefinite strike. Speaking on the Morning Starr on Monday, Professor Charles Marfo said the salaries of lecturers in public universities across the …

Ad • A woman and her child have been found dead in Loho • The dead bodies had decomposed beyond recognition  • The Upper West regional command has begun investigating the matter  A 45-year-old woman and her 4-year-old child have been found dead in a bush at Loho in the …

Members of the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) in the Kassena-Nankana Municipality in the Upper East Region, have kicked against the 4% and 7% salary increment, by locking up its office at Navrongo indefinitely. The aggrieved teachers, who gathered from various schools in the area, in a peaceful protest …

Ad • DSP Effia Tenge is now the Volta Regional Public Affairs Director (PAD) • DSP Ms Juliana Obeng takes over her old position as the Greater Accra Regional PAD  • Superintendent Sheilla Kessie Abayie-Buckman is now in charge of the Judicial Police in the Eastern region  The Ghana Police …

A 32-year-old man is on life support at the St Patrick Hospital in Offinso after he was caught and beaten to pulp for allegedly kidnapping two kids in Afigya Kwabre North district of the Ashanti Region. Identified as Alhasan, the suspect, who is said to be a Fulani native, was …

• A police officer has been caught in crossroads after leaving her iPhone 12 pro max in the vehicle of a driver she ‘extorted’ • The driver says the police officer demanded GH¢200 from him for not wearing a seatbelt • The police officer is pleading with the driver to …

• A successful coup in head military days meant plotters needed to take over two installations • The two are Burma Camp and state broadcaster, GBC • A former GBC DG relives how the broadcaster was a barracks for years after the 1981 coup  For a successful coup d’etat to …