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 …

    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 …

    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, …

    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 …

    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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

    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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

    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 …

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 …

  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 …

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 …

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 …

The United States and Ghana have launched a new programme to support and improve reading among Ghana’s primary school students. The Ghana Learning Radio: Reading Program, developed by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Ministry of Education will provide distance learning instruction in English and the 11 …

Ghana has taken the fight against COVID-19 a notch higher, with plans to introduce blood plasma as part of treatment options for those infected with the virus. Under the initiative, COVID-19 patients with moderate and severe conditions would be given the plasma transfusion from recovered patients, to aid their recovery. As a result, the …

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 centre. 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 Makpeh, …

  The United States and Ghana have launched a new programme to support and improve reading among Ghana’s primary school students. The Ghana Learning Radio: Reading Program, developed by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Ministry of Education will provide distance learning instruction in English and the …

The president revealed during his 11th address to the state regarding measures taken by the government against the spread of coronavirus that, schools will be opened, starting tomorrow June 15th. He stated that the decision to include the educational sector as part of the institutions cleared for operation after the …

President Akufo-Addo has confirmed that Ghana’s Health Minister Kwaku Agyeman-Manu has contracted Coronavirus. Multiple media reports on Saturday noted the minister had contracted the virus and was being treated at the University of Ghana Medical Centre in Accra. Addressing Ghanaians in his 11th national address since the COVID-19 pandemic, the …

What our universities need is partnership. A partnership that fosters academic freedom, enhances their efficiency and also invests in research and development. The KNUST-INCAS COVID-19 rapid test kit innovation is one such outcome that is begging for support. Our academics and students need support to focus on their core mandates …