A 39-year-old fisherman has been sentenced to three months imprisonment for interfering in the just-ended elections at the Sene West constituency in the Bono East region. Christain Nukpeta who a resident of Tato Bator is reported to have snatched a Parliamentary ballot box at one of the polling stations in …
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Mobile money operator shot dead by unknown assailants
A mobile money operator was on Tuesday shot and killed by unidentified gunmen at Denase in the Afigya Kwabre North District of the Ashanti Region. Augustine Yaw Boadu, 40, was shot in his shop at about 19:43 hours, his younger brother, Atta Stephen had told the police. The victim sustained …
Read More »We are investigating incidents of ‘election killings’ – IGP
Mr James Oppong-Boanuh, the Inspector General of Police (IGP) says all recorded incidents of deaths and injuries in the just-ended elections are being investigated by the Police Service. He said the outcome of the investigations would be made known to the public. Mr Oppong-Boanuh said the elections resulted in five deaths …
Read More »Three grabbed over stolen vehicles
Richard Ibrahim Adamu, a driver, who allegedly took two taxis from two of his colleagues to transport his clients but ended up selling them has been put before an Accra Circuit Court. With him in the dock are Alhassan Kamal, a Scrap dealer, who received the two taxis as scraps …
Read More »Police retrieve loaded AK47 rifle from office of NDC MP-elect for Savelugu
A team of Police and Military officers have retrieved an AK47 rifle loaded with 50 rounds of ammunition from the office of the National Democratic Congress(NDC) Member of Parliament-elect for Savelugu in the Northern Region, Alhaji Iddris Yakubu Abdulai Wednesday evening. According to the Northern Regional Police Commander, COP Timothy Yoosa …
Read More »WATCH VIDEO: Jubilant NPP supporter busted for stealing 4 items at a pharmacy
An NPP supporter has been busted for stealing at a pharmacy during yesternight’s nationwide celebration of the election victory. After the EC Chair declared Nana Akufo-Addo the winner of the 2020 Presidential Election, scores of NPP supporters flooded the streets of Accra, Kumasi, Tema and other places to celebrate. One …
Read More »VIDEO: 11 persons who burnt Fomena EC offices arrested with guns, machetes
Eleven (11) suspects have been arrested in connection with the burning of the Electoral Commission Offices at Fomena in the Ashanti Region. Police retrieved among other items two foreign made pistols, a number of machetes and gallons of petrol used in the operations by the hoodlums who were transported to …
Read More »Election 2020: Akufo Addo preventing Jean Mensah from announcing results in 24 Hours
Information picked by Ghanapoliticsonline.com indicates that, president Nana Addo-Dankwa Akufo-Addo and the New Patriotic Party are preventing the chairperson of electoral commission Jean Mensah from announcing the presidential results which put the opposition leader His Excellency John Dramani Mahama in the lead. Days ago, Jean Mensah promised Ghanaians that she …
Read More »Man commits suicide
Residents of Manso-Datano in the Ashanti Region woke up Sunday morning to a bizarre scene of a man, aged 24, was found dead, hanging on a tree. The family could not tell what might have pushed Kwabena Gyimah to take his own life. Mr Kwaku Addae, Uncle to the deceased, …
Read More »Two held over robbery after smearing pepper on victim
Sunday Bawa and Musa Ayuba, both labourers, who smeared powdered pepper on a taxi driver’s face to rob him of his car at Teshie, have been put before an Accra Circuit Court. Bawa aka Joe Apussy, 23, and Ayuba, 25, have been charged with conspiracy to commit robbery, attempt to …
Read More »Two Chinese killed by armed robbers
The Jacobu District Police Command of the Ghana Police Service has launched a manhunt for armed robbers who shot and killed two Chinese nationals at Asuoso Fenaso in the Amansie Central District of Ashanti Region on Saturday, December 5. The armed robbers are said to have invaded the house of …
Read More »My wife was in labour and I needed money — convict
The Ashanti Bekwai Circuit Court has sentenced one Kwame Obeng Tutu, 28-year-old fortune teller to seven years imprisonment in hard Labour for stealing. Tutu, who stole mobile phones and other items pleaded guilty with explanation that his wife was in labour, thus, he needed money for Caesarean operatiion. The Court …
Read More »Student held over Sodomy freed
An Accra Circuit Court has acquitted and discharged Samuel Offei Kweku Gyan, a 25-year-old student who was accused of sodomising a co-tenant’s 11-year-old son. Gyan was freed after the court had tried him on the charge of Defilement of a child under 16 years. The court presided over by Mrs …
Read More »Shortage of antiretroviral drugs hit Ashanti region
Shortage of antiretroviral medications has hit the Ashanti Region, Starr News has learnt. Persons Living with HIV have been moving across ART centres in various hospitals to no avail. Starr News sources say there has been an emergency requisition sent by the Ashanti Regional Medical Stores to get some stock …
Read More »Group threatens electoral violence, Police chase members
The police have launched a manhunt for the arrest of a group of men captured on video circulating on social media amidst firing of gunshots and threatening to cause violence during the December 7, 2020, elections. Five of them have been identified as Mohammed Mugtari, Asmah, Musah, Kadri, and Watara. …
Read More »Police arrest three with pistol registered ‘Dr Kwabena Duffour’
The Central Regional Police Command of the Ghana Police Service has arrested three armed men in a hotel at Ajumako-Essiam. According to the police, the arrest was as a result of intelligence gathered. The suspects were found carrying pistols loaded with seven rounds of ammunition. They also possessed military camouflage …
Read More »3 Armed men arrested, Pistol registered with Dr. Kwabena Duffour
The Central Regional Police Command of the Ghana Police Service has arrested three armed men in a hotel at Ajumako-Essiam. According to the police, the arrest was as a result of intelligence gathered. The suspects were found carrying pistols loaded with seven rounds of ammunition. They also possessed military camouflage …
Read More »‘Trotro’ driver arrested for stabbing lover
A 33-year-old ‘trotro’ driver is in the grips of the Tafo Police in the Ashanti Region for allegedly stabbing his girlfriend when she made attempts to end their relationship. Residents of Tafo Zongo rushed to the victim’s house when her scream for help gained their attention, only to find her …
Read More »Erectile dysfunction (impotence) is the inability to get and keep an erection firm enough for sex
Having erectile dysfunction (ED) once a while isn’t necessarily a cause for concern. When it becomes persistent then it can cause stress, affect once self-confidence and contribute to relationship problems. There is however another side of ED that is little talked about. That is ED which is considered the worse nightmare of …
Read More »Special Voting: Two arrested for taking photos of ballot papers
Police at the Kpeshie Divisional Headquarters in the Krowor constituency have arrested two voters believed to have taken photos of their ballot papers during the Special Voting. The accused persons, who are currently behind bars pending investigation, have denied any wrongdoing. However, the Police maintain that evidence of the act was …
Read More »Man jailed two years for stealing vehicle
Richford Joe Lartey, unemployed, who was grabbed by the Police while trying to escape with a stolen vehicle has been sentenced to two years imprisonment by an Accra Circuit Court. Accused of causing unlawful damage to the complainant’s vehicle, the court ordered Lartey to pay a fine of GHS 9,600 …
Read More »16 arrested in Yagaba Kubori clash between NPP and NDC
Nine more persons have been arrested by the police over a clash between supporters of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Yagaba Kubori Constituency of the North East Region, the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mr James Oppong-Boanuh, has revealed. The …
Read More »Pastor Tawiah is Arrested !
83 years old Pastor of Christ Faith Church in Kasoa Walantu, Abraham Tawiah has been arrested by the Police. A 6 years old child with a fractured arm was taken to his church by the stepfather and mother, Gilbert and Gladys Mensah for healing. According to mechanic workers in the …
Read More »NUGS lauds NDC over promise to absorb full tertiary fees
The National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS) has lauded the NDC and its leader John Mahama for the latest update of the party’s tertiary education policy proposal. The policy proposals dubbed ‘Kyemu Pe’ and ‘Fa Ninyinaa’ will see the full absorption of fees for all fresh tertiary students admitted from …
Read More »Woman inflicts blade wounds on daughter over GH¢20 in Shama
Florence Essel a 35-year-old woman is said to have inflicted razor blade wounds on her 8 years old daughter’s fingers over GH¢20 at Essamang Electoral Area in the Shama District of the Western region. Florence after inflicting the wounds, smeared pepper onto the wounds to serve as a warning so …
Read More »Second-year JHS, SHS students break on December 4
All junior and senior high schools across the country will go on a break from Friday, 4 December 2020 to Tuesday, 8 December 2020, the Ghana Education Service (GES) has announced. A letter addressed to all Deputy Directors of Education and signed by the Deputy-Director General of GES Anthony Boateng, …
Read More »PTA has not been cancelled – Nsowah
Chair of the Ghana Education Service Council (GES) Micheal Nsowah has clarified that the activities of the Parent Teacher Association (PTA) in schools have not been cancelled. He told TV3 during a forum on Education Privatization in Ghana on Monday, November 30. His clarification come after a Professor of Educational …
Read More »NDC promises to absorb all fees for 2020/2021 tertiary students
The National Democratic Congress has promised to absolve all fees for SHS students who will be going to tertiary institutions in the 2020/2021 academic year. “The National Democratic Congress (NDC), announces that it has accepted for incorporation in the Peoples’ Manifesto, the recommendation of the Education Policy Group of the …
Read More »Nine arrested over attacks on NSS boss
Information gathered by MyNewsGh.com indicates that some youth of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Yagaba-Kubore Constituency have been arrested. The arrest is in connection with attacks on the residence of the New Patriotic Party parliamentary candidate, Mustapha Yussif. According to information gathered, the nine persons were arrested from various hideouts …
Read More »READ: Student demands refund of school fees after Mahama’s Free SHS claim
A letter from a student to his former headmaster seeking a refund of his fees paid while in school during erstwhile John Mahama administration has been sighted on social media. This follows a claim by the ex-president and flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) that the much-lauded free SHS policy …
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