Some unknown thieves managed to break into Accra Technical University’s ‘Gringo’ female hostel. They stole provisions and cash belonging to some of the final year students. Thieves have been tormenting female students in one of the Accra Technical University hostels known as ‘Gringo’. The hostel which is strictly meant to …

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has served notice SHS students whose parents have picked them from campuses over COVID-19 fears will be isolated during exams. According to the Chairman of the GES Council Michael Nsowah, the intention of the planned action is to ensure that the students coming from home …

A 17-year-old boy has been stabbed to death over a girl. The deceased Benjamin Awusah was stabbed in the chest near the right breast by a gang of seven okada riders. The incident occurred at Akuapem Adawso in the Akuapem North District of the Eastern Region. Brother to the deceased …

The Agona Swedru Circuit Court has sentenced a 37-year-old man residing at Kojo Armah, near Agona Swedru in the Central Region, to seven years’ imprisonment for chopping off the right leg of his two-year-old daughter. The convict, Mawuli Bossu, pleaded not guilty to the charges of causing harm and use …

A Hohoe Magistrate Court has sentenced Kudzo Gonyo, a tenant to a fine of GH¢ 300.00 for indiscriminately disposing refuse in front of his dwelling. Gonyo pleaded guilty and was convicted on his own plea and would serve a term of one month imprisonment if he defaults in paying the …

Ghana’s Coronavirus related deaths rose from 122 to 129 following the demise of 7 persons, the Ghana Health Service (GHS) announced Monday. 6 out of the 7 had co-morbidities such as diabetes, hypertension, and right breast cancer while 1 had none. 4 were females whereas 3 were males. The deaths were recorded …

Two suspected thieves have been attacked by an angry mob at Negleshie Amanfrom, a suburb of Accra in the Greater Accra Region. One of the suspects, Selasie Asinyo who survived the attack, has been admitted at an undisclosed hospital receiving treatment but the other, Agbesi was pronounced dead on arrival …

The Senior Minister Yaw Osafo-Maafo has tested positive for Covid-19, the Information Minister has disclosed, Tuesday. This was announced today by the Minister of Information, Mr Kojo Oppong Nkrumah at a press briefing in Accra. Mr Oppong Nkrumah stated that the disclosure was in consonance with the government’s transparency and with …

The Ghana Health Service and the Ghana Education Service have advised parents to desist from picking their wards from schools which record COVID-19 cases. This, according to the two government agencies, risks increasing community spread. The advice comes after some parents besieged the Accra Girls Senior High School to demand the withdrawal …

    TwinsNation comes through with a new song tagged “Betrayal. The Billions Family Group  bosses have done it once again after releasing their song titled ‘Where Were You.” It is not just about music, but also the celebrated talented twins are here with the continuity of the rest of the story that …

A 27-year old self-styled military man has been arrested at Nkrankwanta in the Dormaa West District in the Bono Region. The suspect, Isaac Owusu, was arrested by a joint military cum police detachment that were waiting to escort the Regional Minister, Evelyn Ama Richardson on an inspection tour of the …

A female student of the Wesley Senior High School(WEHIS), Konongo, in the Ashanti region has tested positive for COVID-19. The student reportedly showed signs of the virus and had to be referred to the Manhyia Government Hospital for treatment. An uncle of the student who confirmed the news on Kumasi …

Three men suspected to be nationals of neighbouring Burkina Faso have been detained at the Navrongo Police station for the possession of Ghana Cards. The suspects, two of whose identities have been given as Iddrisu Zeydane and Muhadeen Ismail, were seized by a local on Saturday at the Doba Primary …

The Accra Girls Senior High School has recorded six coronavirus cases. The patients, all students of the school, were isolated at the school’s sickbay on Monday, June 29, 2020, together with some other students who also showed symptoms of COVID-19. According to a Citi news report, six out of eleven students …

Police in Navrongo have arrested 10 people over renewed clashes in Kassena-Nankana in the Upper East Region. Six people have been killed and 12 houses torched after some residents from the Doba and Kantiga communities clashed over a parcel of land intended for a police station. Speaking to Starr News …

    Seven out of twenty-one final year students of Asanteman Senior High school allegedly bused by a tutor Bismark Okyere to register in the Asawase Constituency have been arrested. One student was first arrested when he was spotted in a queue attempting to register. The student upon sensing danger …

    Three young men, Jelil, Abdalah and Alhaji Adam were on Wednesday night tied standing to a tree at Yagbon Residential Area, a suburb of Damongo in the West Gonja Municipality till morning for stealing a goat. The youth of the area said stealing at the community has reached …

    Police in the Northern region has launched a manhunt for an unknown gunman who shot two people in Tamale of which one of the victims died and the other in a stable condition at the Tamale Teaching Hospital. The incident happened Wednesday dawn at about 4am at Nyanshegu …

  In the wake of calls for Ghana Police, Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection, and the Department of Social Welfare to take necessary action against actress Akuapem Poloo for causing distress to her son, experts have sent out a word of caution to parents. Though the actress has …

    Three final year students of Mount Sinai Senior High School in Akropong -Akuapem in the Eastern Region have been expelled for sneaking mobile phone into school. One of the students concealed a mobile phone to school and connived with the other students to hide it in a trunk …

    A mobile money vendor identified only as Akwasi believed to be in his 20s has been shot by four guys suspected to be armed robbers in his shop at Tarkwa Maakro in the Suame Municipality of the Ashanti region. The vendor is believed to have been traced by …

    I saw this video on Instagram and it reminded me of how sometimes, we have to struggle when we do a full face beat. It really isn’t easy at all since you cannot do anything to your face after the makeup has been applied and you’re out. Check …

      The University of Ghana Council at its meeting held on 30th June, 2020, approved a second term for the Vice Chancellor, Professor Ebenezer Oduro Owusu from August 1, 2020 to July 31, 2021 when he retires from the University. This followed the acceptance of the recommendation of …

      A 29-year-old mobile money vendor at Fulfulso in the Savanna region have been stabbed multiple times by an unknown man. The incident occurred at about 9 pm Wednesday night at Fufulso lorry station. Jakpa Brakinso Fuseini was stabbed multiple times while struggling to retrieve his money bag …

      Officers of the Ghana Immigration Service at the Pulimakom Border Post in the Upper East Region yesterday arrested a Togolese for attempting to acquire Ghanaian voters’ identification card. The Togolese who was identified as Mr. Bouguiligue Kouassi Kampe was picked up in a joint Immigration-Police operation at …

    Belonia Adusei, the three-year-old girl who was knifed during a robbery incident at Hemang/Ampatia in Kumasi has also died. Her death comes barely two weeks after her pregnant mother, Juliana Adusei, 31, was killed in the attack. The little girl was declared dead on Wednesday, at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) …

    The President of Ghana, Nana Akufo-Addo disclosed in one of his addresses to the nation on measures taken against the spread of COVID-19 that the government will absorb fees for students sitting the 2020 West African Senior School Certificate Examinations (WASSCE). Addressing the nation as final year SHS …

    Acaretaker of the Seventh Day Adventist Church at Bantama in Kumasi has been shot dead by armed robbers over GH¢4,200. Identified as Mark Ampofo, 50, the caretaker was attacked while entering the church premises after returning from the bank, where he had reportedly withdrawn GH¢4,200. Unknown to Ampofo, …

Ghana has recorded 393 new cases of the novel Coronavirus. The total case count according to the Ghana Health Service (GHS) official website is now at 18,134 with 117 deaths. 13,550 persons who tested positive for the virus have either recovered or discharged, the GHS reported. As of July 1, 2020, the country’s …

Prince Essel Ferguson, a 32-year-old businessman accused of conspiring with two others now at large to defraud three nurses the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital of GHC6,400 has appeared before an Accra Circuit Court. Ferguson and his accomplices allegedly took the money under the pretext of enlisting the nurses into the Ghana …