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 …
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Six students of Accra Girls SHS test positive for coronavirus
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 …
Read More »10 arrested over Kassena-Nankana deadly clashes
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 …
Read More »Voter’s register: Seven Asanteman SHS students arrested in queue at Asawase
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 …
Read More »3 tied overnight for stealing a goat at Damongo
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 …
Read More »Gunman kills one; injures another over sex
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 …
Read More »Don’t bath with children, make sexual noise to their hearing – Experts warn
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 …
Read More »Mt. Sinai SHS expels three final year students over mobile phone
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 …
Read More »Mobile money vendor shot by armed robbers at Tarkwa Maakro
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 …
Read More »Struggles faced by people who regularly put on make up
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 …
Read More »Prof Ebenezer Oduro Owusu re-appointed as Vice-Chancellor of University Of Ghana
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 …
Read More »Masked man stabs mobile money vendor at Fufulso
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 …
Read More »Togolese arrested for attempting to acquire Ghanaian voters card
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 …
Read More »Santasi robbery: Stabbed three-year-old baby dies
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) …
Read More »Govt didn’t absorb 2020 WASSCE fees for all – WAEC clarifies
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 …
Read More »Robbers storm church, kill man
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, …
Read More »Ghana’s coronavirus case count now 18,134 with 117 deaths
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 …
Read More »Businessman swindles three nurses
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 …
Read More »Pregnant lady allegedly chops off husband’s organ during argument
A pregnant lady allowed hormones to take the better part of her when she abused her husband in the course of an argument. The 8-month pregnant woman allegedly chopped off her husband’s entire penis with a kitchen knife, according to a doctor who attended to the bleeding man. Dr Penking, …
Read More »Armed robbers strike in Sege
Armed robbers critically wounded one person and tortured five others in savage attack on three houses in Sege in the Greater Accra Region on Sunday June 28, 2020. About GH¢20,000 in cash, laptops, mobile phones and many other valuables were stolen by the robbers. At about 12 midnight, a …
Read More »Police Commander arrests voter ID card applicants without nose masks at Koforidua
Two applicants at a voters registration centre without nose masks have been arrested by the Koforidua-Effiduase District Police Commander, Mr. S.A Young at Police station polling Station in Ogua Electoral Area in New Juaben North Constituency of the Eastern Region. The two are a female and a male. …
Read More »Police To Prosecute 19-yr-old Who Stabbed NIA Applicant with Jackknife
The 19-year-old National Identification applicant who stabbed colleague in Lower Manya Krobo Municipality of the Eastern Region is being processed for court. The Odumase Krobo Police explained that, on Monday, June 29,2020, an NIA field officer -Robert Tetteh Dapaah, stationed at Asitey a suburb of Odumase-Krobo came to the station …
Read More »Police To Prosecute 19-yr-old Who Stabbed NIA Applicant with Jackknife
The 19-year-old National Identification applicant who stabbed colleague in Lower Manya Krobo Municipality of the Eastern Region is being processed for court. The Odumase Krobo Police explained that, on Monday, June 29,2020, an NIA field officer -Robert Tetteh Dapaah, stationed at Asitey a suburb of Odumase-Krobo came to the station …
Read More »Man, 26, commits suicide for this shocking reason
A 26-year-old man has committed suicide at Enyan Abaasa in the Ajumako Enyan Essiam District of the Central region in a bush near a stream. Information gathered by Kasapa FM news revealed that the deceased, named Kwaku had attempted several times to take his life and succeeded in …
Read More »Police arrest fake doctors after Anas’ COVID-19 investigation
The coronavirus pandemic has affected millions of people around the world and still continues to affect many more. Economies are down, which caused many businesses to shut down, and people are losing their jobs. However, for some people, the pandemic is an opportunity to earn more money by …
Read More »Lands C’ssion in court for allocating public land to former President Rawlings
A Ghanaian has dragged the Lands Commission to court for allocating 4.368 acres of public land to former President Jerry John Rawlings for personal use. On May 3, 2016, the Lands Commission, acting on the instruction of then President John Mahama, allocated the land, situated along the Sekou …
Read More »10-year-old boy allegedly commits suicide
A 10-year-old boy has allegedly committed suicide at Lineso in the Bibiani Ahiawso Bekwai Municipal Assembly of the Western North region. The minor [name withheld] reportedly hanged himself on a tree with a rope. Reporting the incident on Nyankonton Mu Nsem on Rainbow Radio 87.5Fm, our reporter Sir …
Read More »Ghana records 17,351 coronavirus cases with 12,994 recoveries
Ghana’s total confirmed cases of the novel Coronavirus has risen to 17,351. This was announced by the president during his 13th televised address to the nation. This means that the country has recorded 609 new cases since the last update by the Ghana Health Service. The total number of persons who have …
Read More »Govt extends incentive packages for frontline health workers
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has extended by three months the incentive packages for frontline health workers. Addressing the nation on Sunday, June 28, 2020, the president said, “this means that all health workers will pay no income taxes for the next three months, i.e. July, August and September. “Again, all frontline …
Read More »COVID-19: Ghana records 9 new deaths, 16,742 cases
Death toll of the fast-spreading Coronavirus in Ghana has risen to 112, with additional positive cases of 311, new update has revealed. This brings to total a case count of 16,742. Additionally, the number of recoveries has also shot up to 12,720. Regional breakdown Greater Accra Region – 9,326 Ashanti Region – …
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