A 56-year-old Fisherman has committed suicide at Saltpond-Ankaful in the Mfantseman Municipality of the Central Region. The incident happened on the evening of Sunday, April, 24,2022. The deceased, Uncle Boboola had locked himself in his room and upon several calls, he failed to respond so the door was broken only …
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Driver fined GH¢960 for careless driving, other offences
The Ofaakor Circuit Court has sentenced a driver to a fine of GH¢960 for driving on the shoulders of the road and carelessly crossing a magistrate and disrespecting her. Theophilus Nii Armah Okai narrowly escaped a month’s jail term, after the Presiding Judge, Mr Ebenezer Osei Darko, reluctantly reversed his …
Read More »CLOGSAG continues strike as it increases pressure for neutrality allowance
The strike by members of the Civil and Local Government Staff Association, Ghana (CLOGSAG), in demand for the payment of their neutrality allowances continues this week. CLOGSAG laid down their tools on Thursday April 21, 2022, following the inability of government to pay the allowance as agreed upon in January …
Read More »Fetish priestess buries 5-year-old boy alive at Abura Gyabankrom
A five-year-old boy has been buried alive by a fetish Priestess at Abura Gyabankrom in the Abura Asebu Kwamankese District of the Central Region. An eyewitness who’s a farmer while on his farm is said to have heard the crying of a child. He quickly rushed towards the direction of …
Read More »He kissed my mouth, armpit and sucked my breasts – 17-year-old boy details how a taxi driver assaulted him
A 33-year-old taxi driver identified as Wonder Afetorgbor has found himself on the wrong side of the law for sexually assaulting a 17-year-old boy, a motor rider. The culprit, who drives around Adutor near Dabala in the South Tongu Municipality of the Volta Region, has been jailed for indecently assaulting …
Read More »Level 200 KNUST student murdered for demanding monies owed him by a friend
A level 200 student of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has been murdered at Sewua in the Ashanti Region. Nana Gyamfi is said to have been murdered by his friend Emmanuel Boateng after he demanded monies owed him. Emmanuel who is a very good friend of …
Read More »Retract insensitive comments – KNUST PRO ‘fired’
Joshua Opey, General Secretary of the National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS), has called on the University Relations Officer of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Dr. Daniel Norris Bekoe, to withdraw his comments about students deferred by the institution. According to Joshua Opey, the comments of …
Read More »One killed as NDC Savannah Regional Secretary escapes armed robbery attack
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) Savannah Regional Secretary, Salisu Be-Awurbe has escaped an armed robbery attack along the Damongo-Sawla- Fulfulso stretch of road enroute Tamale. The incident which occurred about 3km to Fulfulso-Damongo Junction near Janikura had one of the armed robbers gunned down with the help of a team …
Read More »Stop using aphrodisiacs, they don’t lead to orgasm – Gynecologists
The General Secretary for the Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists of Ghana (SOGOG) has urged the general public to refrain from the use of aphrodisiacs. Dr. Promise Sefogah said that contrary to misconceptions, aphrodisiacs do not help in any way to stimulate sex and they have a lot of high …
Read More »Gov’t begins disbursement of ¢67M to Colleges of Education for feeding trainees
The Chairman of the Conference of Principals of Colleges of Education (PRINCOF), Dr. Emmanuel Nyamekye has confirmed that some colleges have begun receiving their cheques for their feeding grants as announced by the government. Government through the Education Ministry on Wednesday, April 20, announced that some GH¢ 67 million have …
Read More »KNUST reinstates over 3,550 of the 6,000 deferred students
The management of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has disclosed that it has reinstated over 3,550 of the 6,000 students whose programmes were deferred due to their inability to pay 70 percent of their fees. According to the authorities, the students who have been reinstated made …
Read More »Tears as teacher, 36, perishes in ghastly accident
Sylvia Etornam Gbormita, a teacher at the Border Basic School at Aflao in the Ketu South Municipality of the Volta Region, has died in what many has described as a freak road accident. Etornam, as she was popularly called, died on Friday, April 8, 2022, in an accident that left …
Read More »Deferred students have a month to pay fees – KNUST
The Management of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has once again extended the deadline for payment of fees for deferred students by a month. According to the Institution, the decision follows a meeting with the Minister for Education, Yaw Adutwum and other stakeholders held today April 22, …
Read More »Turn students with aggregate 25 into 1st class if you you’re best – Dr. Adutwum tells PRESEC, Wesley Girls
The Education Minister Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum has said Grade A Senior High Schools including Presbyterian Boys Secondary School (PRESEC Legon) and Wesley Girls’ Senior High School in Cape Coast must be willing to accept students with aggregate 20 or 25 and make them first class students. He said the …
Read More »GIJ graduation chaos: Graduands demonstrate, family members run for shelter
The Ghana Institute of Journalism (GIJ) on Thursday, April 21, 2022, organized the 15th congregation for its graduating students. The graduands protested the institution’s management’s poor planning of the ceremony when the rain forced them to vacate the durbar. The fresh students who were also scheduled for lectures got disappointed …
Read More »Okoe-Boye appointed Acting NHIA boss
President Akufo-Addo has appointed the former MP for Ledzorkuku, Dr Bernard Okoe Boye as the Acting Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA). “I am pleased to inform you that the President has appointed you to act as the Chief Executive of the National Health Insurance …
Read More »Teacher trainees directed to feed themselves starting May 8
The National Conference of Principals of Colleges of Education – Ghana (PRINCOF) has directed that teacher trainees start to fund their own feeding from May 8. This directive is in response to the inability of Colleges of Education to make payments for food items supplied to them. According to PRINCOF, …
Read More »60-year-old security man allegedly killed, buried in incompleted building
The Security man of High Ranking International Academy, a private school in the Wa Municipality of the Upper West region has been found dead and buried with a sack in an uncompleted story building. Speaking to Starr News, the family of the victim said he left home for work three …
Read More »46-year-old man shoots wife over GH¢2 at Assin Bepokokoo
A 46-year-old farmer and hunter, Alex Quainoo has shot his wife, Victoria Asiedu after the latter failed to give him GH¢2 to buy alcohol and cigarette at Assin Bepokokoo in the Central Region. Information gathered indicates that the suspect had earlier requested a torchlight to go on a hunting expedition. …
Read More »Kwahu Easter festivities: the euphoria is back again
The Ghana Paragliding Festival has become an integral part of the annual Kwahu Easter Festivities. The event rekindled the hither-to dying Kwahu Easter festival and transformed Easter celebration in Ghana into an international event. The Genesis The history of the festival goes back to March 2003 when, as the new …
Read More »Four on bail over GHC2,100,000 attempted bank fraud
An Accra Circuit Court has granted GHC6 million bail with three sureties to Stephen Arthur over an alleged attempt to defraud Fidelity Bank Limited of GHC2,100,000 belonging to customers. One of the sureties, the court ordered, should be justified with landed property. Three of his accomplices: Nicholas Gyekye, Ahmed Ansah …
Read More »Quality of condoms not determined by their prices – Gynecologists
A gynecologist at the Ga East Municipal Health Directorate, Dr. Benedict Afari, has refuted claims that the quality of a condom is determined by its price. The medical practitioner speaking on Nyankonton Mu Nsem on Rainbow Radio 87.5Fm, asserted that if the condom has been approved by the Food and …
Read More »Five shot as gunmen attack church during Easter service
At least five people sustained gunshot wounds when gunmen stormed a church and opened fire on worshippers Saturday dawn. The incident occurred at the Heaven Embassy Chapel International located at Atwima Afrancho in the Ashanti Region. According to eyewitnesses the suspected robbers wore masks and wielded locally manufactured guns. “They …
Read More »Easter celebration: Robbers attack church, run away with offering
A church (name withheld), located at Atwima Afrancho in the Ashanti Region has been attacked by armed robbers on Easter Friday. The robbers, while carrying out their operation injured about 5 people including 3 children. According to a TV3 report, the armed robbers bolted with the church offertory after completing …
Read More »SHSs hit by shortage of desks as students stand to learn
There is a shortage of mono desks in many Senior high Schools in the Asuogyaman District in the Eastern Region. Many students are struggling to get desks to sit on. The situation has compelled some students to resort to using dining hall tables and benches while others stand to learn. …
Read More »Mason on the run after having sex with pregnant sheep
A mason believed to be in his early twenties is currently on the run after allegedly having sexual intercourse with a pregnant sheep at Assin Foso in the Central Region. The incident happened in the afternoon of Thursday, April 14, Information gathered indicates that the sheep after the ordeal had …
Read More »Suarez killed us, he killed Africa’s dream in South Africa – Andre Ayew on handball incident
Ghana’s 2010 FIFA World Cup star, Asamoah Gyan has revealed that he would have done exactly what Luis Suarez did in the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa against the Black Stars. Luis Suarez made himself Africa’s football enemy after handling Dominic Adiyah’s stoppage-time goal bond header at the Soccer City Stadium …
Read More »Court remands sword-wielding Lebanese for 8 days
An Accra Circuit Court has remanded the Lebanese national, who threatened to slit the throat of a Ghanaian on the streets of Osu, into police custody for eight days. The suspect, Osman Brustani was arrested on Wednesday, April 13, 2022, and was arraigned at the Accra Circuit Court on Thursday, …
Read More »Court remands driver and mate over murder of Kumasi city guard
Two suspects arrested in connection with the murder of a city guard with the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly have been remanded into police custody by the Asokwa Magistrate Court. The suspects; Kingsley Amoah, a driver and Festus Adu Gyamfi, a driver’s mate have been charged with murder and abetment of crime, …
Read More »56-year-old woman allegedly murdered at Kasoa
The Ghana Police Service is on a manhunt for suspects in the murder of a 56-year- old woman, Madam Velynob Wagner also called Evelyn in her apartment at Amanfrom Official Town in the Ga South Municipality, on Wednesday, April 6, 2022. The deceased was slashed in the throat and again stabbed in …
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