The Bekwai Circuit Court has jailed an excavator operator seven years for defiling a 15-year-old student. 27-year-old Derrick Amponsah reportedly bit the victim’s clitoris in the cause of the act. The second-cycle student was left bleeding profusely from her genitals. The incident took place at Manso Yawkrom in the Amansie …

Nurses at Nyankumase Community Based Health Planning Services (CHPS) in the Upper Manya Krobo District of the Eastern region are troubled over the invasion of the facility by reptiles. Three big snakes have been killed this year after invading the premises of the facility. The Health workers say “the number …

Details of the 28 persons who have so far lost their lives in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic have finally been released. The list which is included in the latest update on the Ghana Health Service site, provides the underlying health condition responsible for the death of the 28. …

The Nurses and Midwifery Council has begun investigations into the conduct of an unnamed ‘nurse’ whose twerking video went viral on social media. A video of a nurse in uniform went viral on social media some days ago which got a number of Ghanaians talking considering the fact that the …

The police in Sefwi-Boako of the Western North Region are in search of a man in his forties for allegedly raping and threatening to kill his 16-year-old daughter [name withheld]. The suspect whose name was only given as Mr. Kwaku Minka is currently on the run after committing the offence, …

Eight persons suspected to be engaged in illegal bunkering on the sea in Takoradi have been arrested by the Ghana Maritime Authority in collaboration with the Western Naval Command and Marine Police. They were busted during a routine patrol on the sea to check the activities of such persons. The …

The National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NaCCA), acting on behalf of the Education Ministry has announced the first batch of recommended textbooks for use in teaching the new curriculum at the KG and Primary levels. The first batch consisting of 187 books were announced at a short ceremony on …

Work on the Maternity and Children’s Block at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH), which has been abandoned for 46-years has started. This comes after President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo cut the sod for work to commence on the project. The government procured €138 million in funding to complete the project. The …

Afrobeat singer, Kidi had the shock of his life when he was blasted and sacked after showing up late for a scheduled interview on a show. The show host Nana Romeo didn’t take it lightly on Kidi when he showed up very late for the interview for the second time …

Relatives of the 26-year-old father who mutilated his three-year-old son for bed-wetting in Kumasi say they will seek psychiatric intervention for the young man. They told Joy New’s Erastus Asare Donkor, they want to establish why he made such a move to assault the child. Ebenezer Osei Bonsu’s uncle, Jerry …

Police in Assin Fosu has arrested two notorious drug dealers at Assin Nduaso in the Assin North District of the Central Region. Information gathered by Kasapa News Yaw Boagyan indicates that the Assin Fosu Divisional Police Patrol Team acted upon a tip-off and arrested the two suspects. They are 47-year-old …

The Government of Ghana has received MIC-PCR diagnostic equipment and kits from the Ghana Atomic Energy Commission (GAEC) to help in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. The Ministry of Health made this announcement on Twitter on May 14, 2020. According to the information given by the Ministry of Health, the equipment …

Some heads of second cycle institutions in the Bono Region have proposed to central government to ensure that all students are tested for the coronavirus (COVID-19) when schools re-open.   In their opinion, such a move would help those infected by the virus to be isolated and treated.   The …

Leading Accra-based private tertiary institution, Regent University College has seen one of its buildings been put up for auction. A generator, two cars and a bus belonging to the University have been auctioned as well. One of the cars is said to be owned by its Chancellor. The auctioning is …

The head pastor and Founder of International God’s Way Church, Bishop Daniel Obinim, also known as Angel Obinim has been arrested by the Ghana Police Service for violating lockdown rules. Report indicates that Bishop Obinim was arrested by the Ghana Police for having counselling service in his church today. Bishop …

Students Of Central University are not happy with a decision by school authorities to hold this second semester’s examinations online. The students believe that this would cause a lot of inconvenience to students, especially those who are already struggling to adjust to online academic activities. On 7th May 2020, management of …

The strong desire of a man to release his libido on a sex worker has resulted in his untimely death in Kumasi. The victim, believed to be about 35 years old, was reportedly pushed from a storey building after a hot sexual bout. There are claims that the man, whose …

The Ghana Police Service has declared British television and radio actor Philip Middlemiss wanted over the role he played in the alleged £5 million airbus bribery. Ghana’s special prosecutor Martin Amidu since February launched a full scale investigation into the Airbus scandal and has released the passport details of the …

The immediate past Provost of the College of Education Studies at the  University of Cape Coast, Professor Eric Magnus Wilmot have been appointed as the Interim Vice Chancellor of C.K. Tedam- University for Technology and Applied Sciences (CKT-UTAS)   The University for Technology and Applied Sciences was curved out of …

Happy 98.9 FM’s Obuasi correspondent, Meshak Osei has revealed that residents of Obuasi have been stigmatizing Chinese nationals living in the town and the behaviour has increased after the town was declared a COVID-19 hotspot not long ago. According to him, high levels of misinformation, ignorance and fear has led to this …

The mother of a three-year-old boy whose father inflicted several deep open wounds on him with a wire and cane for damaging his ‘yam’ phone has disclosed that the man used to bite her on the shoulder any time they had an argument, hence her decision to walk out of …

About 100 children are now suffering from a potentially deadly inflammation of the blood vessels believed to be related to the Coronavirus disease, New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo has announced. According to Cuomo, three children a five-year-old boy, a seven-year-old boy and 18-year-old girl, died after battling symptoms similar …

Ten inmates at the Ashaiman Police Station have tested positive for coronavirus. Ashaiman District Police Commander, Chief Superintendent, Adu Kwadwo Baah confirmed this to Adom News. He said it was confirmed after random tests conducted by health officials two weeks ago. The inmates, Chief Supt. Baah said, have since been transferred …

Some Pregnant women and newborn mothers receiving care at the maternity ward of the Wa Municipal Hospital have expressed their disappointment over the lack of beds for some of them who visit the facility daily for healthcare. Some of the affected victims who were spotted by Starr News expressed with …

A 22-year-old lady, Adisa Funmilola, has drowned her baby because she prevented her from going to the university to study law. According to reports, she drowned the one-year and six-months-old baby inside a bucket of water in her apartment in Lagos, on Monday, after which she reported herself to the …

Eight health workers, including doctors, have tested positive for COVID-19 in the Western Region According to the Western Region Health Directorate, the health officials who tested positive for COVID-19 are mostly from the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis. The daily situational report released on the pandemic on Tuesday said the case counts in …

The Nkawie Circuit Court has granted a 38-year-old unemployed man a GH¢ 10,000.00 bail with two sureties for unlawful entry and stealing. Bright Mensah, is said to have broken the window of the house of the complainant at Nyankyerenease, near Asuoyeboa, in the Kwadaso Municipality, and made away with several …

The Nkwanta South Municipal Hospital in the Oti region has an announced that it has successfully treated and discharged all five patients who were receiving treatment after contracting the novel Coronavirus. The Medical Superintendent, Dr Hilarious Gadze, noted that all five patients were discharged after a series of confirmatory tests …

An Accra Commercial High Court presided over by Justice Eric Kyei Baffour has convicted three (3) out of the five (5) accused persons who have been on trial in the case of “The Republic versus Eugene Baffoe-Bonnie and four others”. The trial of the five accused persons, Eugene Baffoe-Bonnie, the …

Authorities of some Senior High Schools in the Volta Region were full of praise for the Ghana Education Service (GES) and Zoomlion as their facilities were fumigated on  Tuesday.    According to them, the decision to undertake the exercise was timely as most of them had to battle with bedbugs …