Two young spiritualists in Penyi, a town in the Ketu North Municipality of the Volta Region were rescued by the Police yesterday, Wednesday, May 20,2020 after angry residents launched an attack on them. The two spiritualists were accused of preventing rain from falling by performing short rituals in either their …
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Four Fake Soldiers Arrested
Four civilians posing as soldiers have been arrested at various locations in the country. Two of them were arrested at Katamanso, in the Kpone-Katamanso Municipality on Tuesday, May 5, 2020. According to the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF), its personnel was on patrol in the areas where the arrests took place. It says the …
Read More »Ashaiman baby-thief jailed 8 years
The Ashaiman Circuit Court presided over by Mrs. Agnes Opoku Barnieh has sentenced Elizabeth Rockson to eight years imprisonment for stealing two children at Tsinagbe in Ashaiman. The 29-year-old woman was on May 15, 2020, arrested following a manhunt by the Ashaiman Police that led to the rescue of the …
Read More »Man ‘slaughtered’ in a fight over girlfriend at Fumbisi
A young man in his 30s from the Baasa community in the Builsa South District of the Upper East Region has lost his life after his throat was slit Wednesday night. He was allegedly killed in a fight that broke out between youth of the Wiesi and Baasa communities at …
Read More »We never said we were reopening schools – Oppong Nkrumah
Government says that reports circulating that it will soon reopen schools across the country are untrue. Government says it is instead engaged in consultation on when and how to reopen schools. Speaking at the Information Ministry’s press briefing Thursday, Minister for Information, Kojo Opong Nkrumah said “with the greatest of respects it is not …
Read More »Ghana has not received Madagascar’s Covid-19 ‘cure’ – Oppong-Nkrumah
Information Minister Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has debunked claims that Ghana has received samples of Madagascar’s COVID Organics, a herbal medicine alleged to be a cure for Covid-19. Rather, he explained that they have reached out to Madagascar’s government on their supposed cure and the drug will be tested for its efficacy. …
Read More »Govt not opening schools soon, we’re just in consultations – Oppong Nkrumah
Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has explained government is in consultation with stakeholders on the possible opening up of schools should all the restrictions be lifted. According him, the notion government was going to soon open up schools is wrong and misrepresented. He pleaded with the citizenry to exert patience and await …
Read More »Sections Of Pre-Tertiary Educational Bill Deleted
The Education Ministry has deleted sections of the Pre-Tertiary Education Bill. The deleted sections have to do with the decentralization of the education service. A statement from the Ghana Education Service said the decision was taken after a meeting with the various unions within the education sector. The letter signed …
Read More »Another man butchers pregnant wife
An 8-month-old pregnant woman, Lasim Nigna, 30, has allegedly been butchered by her husband at Kankyekura, a farming village in the Nkwanta South Municipality of the Oti region. Confirming the incident to Starr News, Daniel Kunyowu, a former Assemblyman for the area indicated that the lady, who sustained major cuts …
Read More »Police frustrating Obinim’s bail execution – Family claims
Two persons who have offered to stand as sureties for the bail execution of the self-styled televangelist and founder of the International God’s Way Church, Bishop Daniel Obinim, are accusing the Ghana Police Service of deliberately frustrating the process in order to keep the popular pastor in custody. Madam Elsie …
Read More »Oti: Man butchers pregnant wife
An 8-month-old pregnant woman, Lasim Nigna, 30, has allegedly been butchered by her husband at Kankyekura, a farming village in the Nkwanta South Municipality of the Oti region. Confirming the incident to Starr News, Daniel Kunyowu, a former Assemblyman for the area indicated that the lady, who sustained major cuts …
Read More »Farmer jailed 11 years for defiling minor
A Cape Coast Circuit Court has sentenced a 40- year old farmer to 11 years imprisonment in hard labour for defiling a 12-year-old girl. The accused, Kojo Egyir, pleaded not guilty to the charge of defilement but the Court presided over by Mrs Dorinda Arthur Smith found him guilty after …
Read More »‘Don’t Rush In Re-opening Schools’- Headmaster to Gov’t
Assistant Headmaster in charge of Academic, Apostle Safo School of Arts and Sciences at Awoshie Last Stop, Accra, Hughes Lartey, has cautioned the government against the re-opening of schools in the wake of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. In his firm estimation, school children, especially those in the lower primary, …
Read More »Robbery gang kills 3 in Ashanti Region
Eight armed robbers have shot and killed three people in the Ashanti Region in what authorities have described as a dramatic spectacle. The notorious robbers also critically injured another person before escaping with a gold loot at Manso Dadease in the Mansie West District of the Ashanti Region Monday night. …
Read More »Obinim Stranded In Police Custody; Fails To Meet Bail Conditions Of Ghc100k
Founder for International God’s Way Church, Bishop Daniel Obinim is still in the custody of the police, Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the Ghana Police Service, ASP Juliana Obeng told Boamah Darko on Hot FM’s morning, Wednesday. According to the PRO, the man of God did not meet the necessary …
Read More »Infidelity: 60-year-old arrested for butchering his wife to death
A 60-year-old Yikatey Somatey is in the grips of the Police for allegedly butchering his wife to death at Gando near Nyanyema a suburb of the Sawla-Tuna Kalba District of the Savannah region. Her disposed body was found in the bush in a pool of blood. The suspect accused his …
Read More »Man kills wife over infidelity
The Sawla Tuna Kalba Police Command have arrested a 60-year-old man who allegedly killed his wife, Bora Bonbiatey, 57, at Gando near Nyanyema, a suburb of Tuna in the Savannah Region. The suspect, Yikatey Somatey, had accused his wife of cheating with another man in the community. DGN Online gathered …
Read More »29-year-old ex-convict beaten to death in Cape Coast
An ex-convict Papa Sam popularly called Assemblyman was on Wednesday dawn allegedly found beaten to death by some unknown persons at Aquarium, a suburb of Cape Coast. Sam was a resident of Ntsin also a suburb of Cape Coast and was said to have been released from prison not long …
Read More »Construction Supervisor Killed At Prampram
Tension is brewing at Prampram near Tema following an alleged murder of a Construction Supervisor of a real estate company in the area. The deceased, Samuel Kateynor alias Shaba, a 33-year-old resident of Ashaiman left behind a pregnant wife and three children. He was reportedly shot when he and his …
Read More »Ghana’s coronavirus cases jump to 6,096
Ghana’s COVID-19 case count has risen to 6,096, following the confirmation of 178 new cases. This was confirmed by the Ghana Health Service (GHS) in its latest update on Tuesday night [May 19, 2020]. The latest figures by the Service also indicates 1,773 recoveries from the virus, representing an increase …
Read More »‘Sick’ Angel Obinim to reappear before court on June 1
Founder and Leader of International God’s Way Church, Bishop Daniel Obinim has been arrested and charged with the publication of fake news and forgery of documents. Bishop Daniel Obinim was reported to the Police CID by maverick politician, Kennedy Agyapong for engaging in forgery and publishing of fake news. Speaking …
Read More »36 arrested for using unapproved routes
A total of about 36 persons, mostly foreigners, have been arrested by the Western Regional Command of the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) for allegedly using unapproved routes to either enter or exit the country. While some of the suspects had been quarantined, others were escorted back to their countries. According …
Read More »Ashanti Police On Manhunt For 8 Robbers For Killing 3 Persons
The armed robbers, said to number about eight, fired indiscriminately during an operation to rob a gold dealer in the community, resulting in the death of three persons, including the driver of the District Chief Executive, Mr William Bediako. The driver, Mr Samuel Osei, together with some officials of the …
Read More »Ghana Finally Receives COVID-19 Cure From Madagascar
Ghana has finally received a cure for the novel COVID-19 from Madagascar, The Information Ministry has confirmed on its official twitter handle monitored by Mynewsghana.net. The COVID-19 cure is derived from artemisia – a plant with proven anti-malarial properties – and other indigenous herbs. Madagascar has so far cure 119 out …
Read More »Bishop Obinim charged
The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service has confirmed the arrest of Bishop Daniel Obinim. The founder and leader of International Godsway Church has been charged with offences of Publication of false news and Forgery of documents contrary to sections 208 and 159 of the Criminal and …
Read More »Man murders 57-year-old wife in Gando
A 57-year-old woman, Bora Bonbiatey, has been murdered in the Sawla-Tuna-Kalba district of the Savannah region. The woman who was killed in cold blood by her 60-year-old husband, Yikatey Somatey accused her of infidelity, reason for his action. The incident, which occurred in Gando around Nyanyema a suburb of Tuna, …
Read More »Armed robbers attack DCE’s vehicle; Driver, 2 others killed
News reaching Mynewsgh confirms that the official vehicle of the District Chief Executive(DCE) of the Amansie South District Assembly, Honourable William Asante Bediako was on Monday night attacked by armed robbers. Though the DCE was not in the vehicle at the time, his driver only identified as Agya Sei and …
Read More »Police on a manhunt for Kumasi baby thief
Police in Kumasi, the Ashanti regional capital, are on a manhunt for a woman who stole a two-week-old baby girl from her mother at about 7:30 am around the Silver Pharmacy area at Bantama, Kumasi, on Wednesday, May 2020. The mother of the baby whose name was given as Marian …
Read More »COVID-19: Teachers Reject Reopening Of Schools
Teachers Unions in Ghana have signalled their opposition to the reopening of schools amid the coronavirus pandemic. Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, had in a live Instagram chat, revealed that Government was considering reopening schools soon. In an Instagram live Q&A session with Ghanaians on Monday May 18, the Minister says, …
Read More »SAD VIDEO: Woman ties son in a sack for 4 days over deliverance
A woman identified as Iya Ayo, a member of a yet to be identified white garment church was arrested on Sunday, 17th of May at Fesojaye community in Osogbo, the Osun State capital after the single mother tied up her son in a sack for four days in a bid …
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