The Nima Divisional Command has arrested 11 suspects in relation to the raid that occurred on one of its offices on Thursday. The suspects are being screened thoroughly as part of investigations to identify their individual involvement or otherwise in the incident. The thieves who broke into one …
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NHIA hasn’t cleared its debts – Chamber of Pharmacy debunks claims
Executive Secretary of the Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association of Ghana (PMAG), Lucia Addae has debunked claims that the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) has settled debts owed the service providers. According to her, NHIA has over the past 5 years owed her outfit some millions of cedis, adding that …
Read More »GRA begins Investigation into missing ‘cocaine’ saga
The Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) says it has begun an investigation into the handling and storage of the missing 100.10 grammes of a whitish substance suspected to be cocaine which has gone missing. GRA in a statement disclosed the final outcome from the probe of the …
Read More »Police jailed for killing election observer
Six policemen in Mozambique have been found guilty of murdering an election observer ahead of last October’s election. Anastacio Matavel was shot as he was driving in the southern city of Xai-Xai. His car was hit by 13 bullets. The elite police were caught after their car collided with …
Read More »Afram Plains: Farmer Arrested For Inflicting Wounds on Another Farmer
A 28-year-old farmer Osei George has been arrested by Ekye Amanfrom Police in Afram Plains South District of the Eastern Region for inflicting cutlass wounds on another farmer. The incident occurred at Konadu Village near Ekye Amanfrom. The suspect inflicted cutlass wounds on his victim Kwame Agyapong,30, after a misunderstanding …
Read More »Coronavirus: FDA issues warning against UK breakthrough drug dexamethasone
The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has issued a warning against the use of dexamethasone for the prevention of the novel coronavirus disease. Dexamethasone, a steroid drug, has been hailed in the UK as a breakthrough in the fight against coronavirus. However, in a statement issued on Wednesday, June …
Read More »MP calls for justice after ‘notorious land guard’ hacks constituent
The Member of Parliament (MP) for Ayawaso East Constituency, Naser Toure Mahama, has made a strong call for justice after a man widely described as a “notorious land guard” in Nima slashed a resident with a cutlass in the wake of a heated argument. Several residents who witnessed the …
Read More »Man, 25 arrested for stealing school-feeding food items in Kumbungu
The Kumbungu Divisional Command have arrested Adam Osman, 25, for allegedly stealing food items at Kumbungu D/A Primary B belonging to the Ghana school feeding program in the district. The items stolen by the suspect included two bags of maize, five bags of beans, and 25 jerricans of …
Read More »32,000 Busted For NIA Double Registration
The National Identification Authority (NIA) says 32,000 attempted to undertake double registration in the issuance of Ghana Card. According to NIA, it has successfully issued 9,050,346 Ghana cards to qualified Ghanaians out of 11,034,174 printed cards since the mass registration exercise started on April 29, 2019. NIA Executive …
Read More »Takoradi kidnapping: Suspect claims police tortured him to get false confession
One of the suspects in the Takoradi kidnapping case, John Orji, claims he was tortured by police officers during his interrogation. Orji was arrested in Aflao as a witness and accomplice to the main suspect, Sam Udoetuk Wills. Appearing before the Takoradi Market Circle Magistrate court on Thursday, …
Read More »Farmer jailed nine months for jail break
The Assin Fosu District Court has sentenced a 20-year old farmer to nine-months jail term for escaping from lawful custody at Nyankomasi Police cells in the Assin Central Municipality of the Central Region. The convict, Christopher Dadzie alias “Skiddo” pleaded guilty with explanation to the charge of escaping …
Read More »Murder at Akorley as 58-year-old farmer is hacked to death
Police in Somanya have begun investigations into circumstances leading to the alleged gruesome murder of a farmer at Akorley, a farming community in the Yilo Krobo Municipality of the Eastern Region who was hacked to death on his farm. Kudjo Dakudzi, 58, married with 5 children, was attacked …
Read More »This is what a father told her 13-yr-old girl after sleeping with her
A 13-year-old girl (name withheld) has given a horrifying account of how her step-father impregnated her. According to her, the father had sex with her on two different occasions. She explained it all started when she left her aunty’s house to follow her mother to go and live with her …
Read More »Fake National Security Operative Busted
The Police CID is investigating a 37-year old man for parading himself as a National Security Operative. Mohammed Amidu Bonkonu is said to have collected various sums of monies from unsuspecting members of the public under the pretext of securing political positions and contracts for them. Head of Public Affairs …
Read More »Farmer clubbed to death before his children at Somanya
A 58-year-old farmer has been murdered in Somanya over land litigation. The deceased, Kudjo Dakudzi, was reportedly hit with sticks multiple times in the rib and later butchered by his assailants while working on the litigated farmland with his teenage children. The incident occurred Wednesday, June 16, 2020. A 32-year-old …
Read More »Man stabbed to death during fight over woman
A 25-year-old man has been stabbed to death during a brawl over a woman. The body of the deceased, Ampofo Bright, has been deposited at the Kibi Government Hospital Morgue. The incident happened Tuesday, June 16, 2020, at Akyem Akwadum, a farming Community near Kyebi in the Eastern Region. Reports …
Read More »Thieves raid Nima police station
The Nima police station has been robbed by thieves, Starr News has learnt. The thieves reportedly made away with valuable items including laptops, printers, television sets and other stationery in the Thursday dawn raid. According to Starr News’ Michael Insiah Otchere who has visited the scene, some officers also say …
Read More »Surgeon, two critical care staff contract coronavirus at Ho Teaching Hospital
Fear and anxiety have gripped health workers at the Ho Teaching Hospital in the Volta Region after a surgeon and other staff tested positive for COVID-19 at the facility. The surgeon, who is on housemanship together with two other critical care staff of the Hospital working at the …
Read More »Covid‐19: Man Who Was Jailed For Defilment Tests Positive
Danaah Sulemana, 25, who was sentenced by Tamale Circuit Court to 10 years imprisonment for defiling a two-year old girl has tested positive for the novel Coronavirus. Danaah Sulemana, a driver’s mate was arrested for defiling a two-year old girl at Kumbungu in the Northern region on June 2. Northern …
Read More »Teacher remanded over anal sex with JHS student
A 30-year-old teacher who had anal sex with a 12-year-old boy on three occasions at New Achimota has appeared before an Accra Circuit Court. Anim charged with defilement of a child under 16 years, pleaded guilty. When nabbed, Anim is said to have told the Police that he had sex …
Read More »Police Arrest Togbe Shitor, Two Others For Faking His Death
The popular fetish Priest-Togbe Shitor reported dead in Akyem Kukurantumi in the Abuakwa North Municipality of the Eastern Region rather faked his death, according to Akyem Tafo Police. The fetish priest -Togbe Shitor connived with his followers for the pseudocide. The news of his alleged passing away went viral as his followers and unsuspecting sympathizers mourned …
Read More »KATH: Over 20 doctors, 100 nurses infected with coronavirus
The Ashanti Regional Chairman of the Ghana Medical Association, Dr Paa Kwesi Baidoo, has revealed that at least about 20 doctors have been infected with Coronavirus. He also noted that though the number of infected nurses hasn’t been fully collated, he can project that for every doctor that is infected, five …
Read More »Life-saving COVID-19 drug found
A cheap and widely available drug can help save the lives of patients seriously ill with coronavirus. The low-dose steroid treatment dexamethasone is a major breakthrough in the fight against the deadly virus, UK experts say. The drug is part of the world’s biggest trial testing existing treatments to see if they …
Read More »SHS student arrested for kidnapping
An 18-year-old final year student of Eguafo Senior High school (SHS) in the Komenda-Edina-Eguafo-Abrem (KEEA) Municipality of the Central Region is in the grips of the police for kidnapping. The police are also on a manhunt for two other accomplices who are currently on the run. The student, whose name …
Read More »Two held over stolen NIA Laptops granted bail
An Accra Circuit Court on Tuesday admitted bailing Frank Nketia, a trader and Victor Maduka a businessman accused of stealing 15 HP Pro book laptops belonging to the National Identification Authority (NIA). Nketia was granted bail in the sum of GH¢85,000.00 with four sureties, three of whom should be public …
Read More »Covid-19 Fight: SHS Heads Assure Students of Their Readiness
As senior high schools (SHSs) prepare to re-open on Monday, June 22, heads of SHSs in the Eastern Region have assured that all arrangements were in place to receive both the final-year and Form Two students. These arrangements, they said, included availability of Veronica buckets, soaps, and …
Read More »TV Set, Mattress At Covid-19 isolation Center Stolen in Wa
Reports indicate that thieves have made away with a mattress and a 32-inch television set after they broke into the Wa Municipal Covid-19 isolation center. The burglars are believed to have used the backdoor to access the facility which was constructed about two months ago. The Upper West Regional Health Promotion Officer, John …
Read More »Govt to employ 8,076 jobless nurses in November
The government through the Ministry of Health has been given clearance to employ 8,076 nurse assistants who completed in 2017 in both clinical and preventives. According to a letter dated June 9, 2020, from the Ministry of Finance and signed by the Deputy Minister, Abena Osei-Asare, is to take …
Read More »PHOTOS: 3-month-old baby raped by an unknown person
A 3-month-old baby is reportedly receiving surgical treatment at the Jos University Teaching Hospital (JUTH) after she was allegedly raped by a yet-to-be-identified person in Agodi community in Nasarawa state. DailyTrust reports that Maimuna Adam, mother of the victim, said the incident occurred at midnight of May 27, when she and …
Read More »KATH Intensive Care Unit to operate at half capacity
The Intensive Care Unit of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital is to operate at half capacity for the next 14 days. This is because most of its intensive care unit doctors and nurses have been exposed to a trauma patient who has tested positive for Covid-19. A memo dated June …
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