A Lupane villager who took advantage of and raped a mentally challenged teenage girl with whom he was herding cattle, has been jailed for 16 years. Hwange regional magistrate Collet Ncube said Jonathan Sibanda, aged 37, of Mateteni village under Chief Mabhikwa took advantage of the girl’s condition when he …

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This year has been a year of trials and complications with the outburst of the COVID-19 pandemic. As a nation, any projects have been halted, education has been a standstill as a majority of students has been staying home in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. #wassce2020 Awww Yakubu has started …

One of the suspects who allegedly played a role in the lynching of a 90-year-old woman at Kafaba has been remanded by the Bole Magistrate Court. In her first appearance presided over by Prince Cudjo, the suspected was asked to reappear on August 20, 2020. Latifa Bumaye, 25, was arrested …

Two members of the Nigerian Community in Buduburam, Liberia Camp, in the Central Region have been stabbed to death. The two angrily attacked another with cutlasses and machetes and led to injuries to three yet-to-be-identified guys who were rushed to a nearby hospital for treatment. Two of them were pronounced …

The Upper West Regional Police Command is on a manhunt for a gang of men who allegedly beat up a teacher and stripped him naked in public after accusing him of sleeping with a married woman in Wa. In a statement issued and signed by the Regional Police Public Relations …

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, have congratulated Professor Mrs.Rita Akosua Dickson on her investiture as the 11th Vice-Chancellor of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST). The newly-invested Vice-Chancellor is the first female to occupy that prestigious position in the history of Ghana’s foremost …

It is reported that two men who allegedly committed suicide by hanging committed the act out of depression. The police said one of the deceased persons had a history of mental illness while the other way suspected to be depressed. The bodies of Roy Kwasi Wilson, 41, and Samuel Ofori …

This year’s West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) will commence on Monday, August 3, with a total of 375,737 candidates in over 796 examination centres across the country. According to registrations data, 187,574 of the candidates are males and 188,163, females. The Ashanti region had the highest number of …

Two people, believed to be Nigerians, have been stabbed to death in a cutlass fight between two factions at Gomoa Buduburam in the Gomoa East District of the Central region. The incident, according to reports, happened at a place called Golden Gate. The cause is still unknown but information gathered …

Member of Parliament (MP) for North Tongu Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has stated that the statement issued by the Ghana Education Service (GES) on the supposed leakage of the 2020 WASSCE Integrated Science paper does not address the issue, and is not reassuring. He is, therefore, calling on Government to commission …

The President of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has hinted that the Double Track system currently been used at the Senior High School(SHS) level will end when his second term in office ends. Senior High School students under the Free SHS policy are practising the semester-based system where students are …

A 30-old-man who allegedly attempted disarming a policewoman of her gun has been arrested by the police in Accra. Seyram Tony Adonu is in the custody of the police assisting in investigations, Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Effia Tenge, Accra Regional Public Relations Officer (PRO), disclosed this to the Ghanaian …

President Akufo-Addo says his government is considering implementing free tertiary education in the country. According to the president, the greatest investment to make in a country is to invest in it’s people, therefore, he intends to do so by investing in the education of the people. “What I’ve realised is …

Twelve people, including nine of the nurses who recently arrived in Barbados from Ghana, have tested positive for COVID-19 after tests conducted on Friday by the Best Dos-Santos Public health Laboratory. Chief Medical Officer Dr Kenneth George made the announcement during a live media conference on CBC TV yesterday afternoon. …

The Ghana Education Service and the West African Examination Council in different releases have denied reports that the 2020 WASSCE Integrated Science Paper 1 and 2 scheduled to be taken on Monday, August 3, 2020 has been leaked. In its release, WAEC while allying the fears of students and other …

Professor Rita Akosua Dickson has officially taken over as the Vice-Chancellor of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST). She takes over from Professor Kwasi Obiri Danso whose tenure of office came to an end on Friday, July 31, 2020. Prof. Rita Dickson, until her appointment was the …

A 32-year-old woman is in the grips of the police for mercilessly assaulting her 13-years-old son with a spatula till he collapsed at Gomoa Fetteh Kakraba in the Central Region. The woman’s action comes after a supposed man of God pronounced the boy a wizard. Madam Juliana Arthur reports say …

Less than 72 hours to the start of the 2020 West African Senior School Certificate Examination(WASSCE), there are suspicions that the questions have been leaked. A sample of the Integrated Science paper which is scheduled to be written on Monday, August 3, 2020, has surfaced on social media. A post sighted on …

A 49-year-old man, Eric Richard Ashie has been remanded into police custody by the Sowutuom Magistrate Court for shooting and injuring three persons during a funeral ceremony at Joma, in the Ga West District. The victims of the shooting incident are Kamal Nurideen, 13, who sustained a bullet wound to …

The woman who was seen in images and viral video allegedly whipping the 90-year-old woman to her death at Kafaba in the Savanna region has been arrested. The suspect, whose name is yet to be disclosed, was arrested at Abrumase by the Police surveillance team. Her arrest brings to six …

Ghana has recorded seven more COVID-19 deaths as the death toll now stands at 182 from 175, according to the Ghana Health Service. The active cases of the virus stand at 3,223 with 32,090 persons recovered or discharged. The total number of cases stand at 35,501 after 359 new cases …

A mother said to be finding difficulties in raising her two children has allegedly poisoned them at Tema New Town in the Greater Accra region. The incident, which happened on Thursday, has resulted in the death of the two children, reports Graphic Online’s Benjamin Xornam Glover. The suspect, Abigail Agbubla …

A second-year gold-track student of Oyoko Methodist Senior High School in Koforidua has died during exams. The female student collapsed while writing Literature in English WASSCE Thursday afternoon. She was immediately rushed to the St. Joseph Hospital but was pronounced dead on arrival. Starr News has gathered that the General …

The family of a man who committed suicide at North Suntreso in Kumasi has denied that their late relative had funds locked up in defunct Menzgold. On Monday the relatives of the late 26-year-old woke up to find the lifeless body of Taddy Mensah hanging on a sponge at the …

A young man identified as Kofi Acquah but known to those in his area as Labista, has been murdered in cold blood by thugs allegedly hired by his teenage brother. The incident occurred at Akokoamong, a town near Asokore Mampong in the Ashanti region. Reports indicate the suspect, named Owura, …

The importance and usefulness of herbal medicines haven’t been more profound than this period of the global health crisis. In an era where the strength of one’s immune system holds the key to the person’s survival, the patronage of herbal medicine has witnessed a dramatic rise. In Ghana, health experts …

A 33-year old disabled man is in the cells of the Sege District Police for possessing 107 wrapped substance suspected to be Indian hemp aka ‘wee’. The suspect, Jerry Sheriff, a motorbike mechanic was arrested in a targeted swoop conducted by the police. Deputy Superintendent of Police George Aboagye, Commander …

The Ghana Police Service said on Wednesday it is investigating a viral video of a man brandishing a gun at one of its personnel at a registration center in the Ashanti Region. The incident, which occurred on Monday at Aboabo in the Asawase Constituency captures the man in a heated verbal exchange …

Three members of a robbery gang who attempted to rob the branch of an old generation bank in Okeho, Oyo State  were today Wednesday, July 29, were set ablaze by a mob. A statement from the spokesperson of the police command, Gbenga Fadeyi, says the robbers who rode in an …