A police officer foiled a robbery attack on the Yokwa gas filling station located at Larteh-junction within the Akropong enclave in the Eastern Region. Inspector Albert Kuntu Blankson of the Akropong-Akuapem Police Divisional Command, who was on night guard duty in the area, engaged the robbers in a shoot-out around …

Latest reports emerging suggest that the murder of a Teacher of Dagbon State Senior High School (SHS) in Yendi is believed to have triggered reprisal attacks resulting in the murder of 8 persons on Wednesday. MyNewsGh.com has gathered that one Jacob Quwalah was accosted and killed on the Yendi-Zabzugu road …

Starr News has uncovered a Patient “detention room” at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Koforidua in the Eastern Region. The room has been designated to detain patients who have been discharged but are unable to pay their medical bills. The room has obsolete medical beds where the affected patients sleep on. …

Armed robbers have attacked a gas station, Bance Gas located at Koforidua, the Eastern Regional capital. The robbers bolted with over ¢40,000. The robbers assaulted one pump attendant and also the security officer on duty at the time of the robbery. This occurred on Monday April 11. The matter was …

The Non-Teaching Staff Association of the Colleges of Education, Ghana, (CENTSAG) has called off its strike. This comes on the back of a meeting with the National Labour Commission (NLC) on Wednesday, 13 April 2022. The strike has been suspended pending a meeting with the Fair Wages Commission and the …

A Police inspector on night guard duty at Akuapem Larteh junction in Akropong has been hailed for overpowering three armed robbers in a shootout Wednesday night. Inspector Albert Kuntu Blankson who was on night duty at Yokwa gas filling station at Larteh-junction came under attack by three suspected armed robbers …

The entire electricity Bulk Power Station (BPS) serving electricity to Denu, Agbozume, parts of Nogokpo, Aflao, Dzodze, parts of Keta, and parts of Akatsi, Dzodze, Adina, and Ave Towns went offline after a thief got electrocuted attempting to steel cables. The young thief who was later identified to be 32-year-old …

The National Labour Commission (NLC) has ordered the leadership of Colleges of Education Non-Teaching Staff Association of Ghana (CENTSAG) to call off their strike and return to engage with their employer, Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) on their concerns. The NLC ruled that CENTSAG did not follow due process before …

A 32-year-old man has been reported dead at Aflao, in the Ketu South Municipality of the Volta region, after he was electrocuted early Wednesday morning. Eric Kofi Quaye, now deceased, was found with severe burns covering almost every part of his body when he allegedly attempted to steal the incomer …

The magistrate court in Prestea in the Western region has remanded a 28-year-old man into police custody for allegedly shooting a Nigerian commercial sex worker for refusing to offer her service at a fee of GHC 10. The suspect, Hakeem Mumumi allegedly shot Promise, a Nigerian commercial sex worker in …

The flag of Ghana has been raised high in the top educational echelons in the U.S. as the star performers of the three competing schools in the 2021 National Science and Maths Quiz (NSMQ), gear up for their next challenges. Eden Nana Obeng Kyei of team Prempeh College, Prince Debrah …

The police at Akatsi in the Volta Region have received a month-old baby girl who was abandoned in the porch of a building near the Mighty Destiny Glorified Ministry Church at Akatsi Tatorme. The baby was found at about 0530 hours Monday in the building believed to be a shop …

Two men who robbed a businesswoman of her bag and inflicted cutlass wounds on her right hand in Cape Coast have been sentenced to a total of 65 years in prison by a Cape Coast circuit court. The convicts, Daniel Bentum, a 33-year-old driver, who had already served a 15-year …

The Electricity Company of Ghana has issued a disconnection notice to Ghana’s premier university, the University of Ghana, UG, over power debts to the tune of GH¢33 million. The power distributor issued a 72-hour ultimatum for the university to settle the bill or face disconnection from the national grid. Reports …

Rita Offin, a 64-year-old mother of seven, is among hundreds of pupils who have gained admission to various Senior High Schools (SHS) across Ghana. The sexagenarian, who has secured admission at Christ The King Senior High School (CKC) at Obuasi, commenced her studies on Monday, April 11, 2022. Madam Offin sat …

The University of Ghana, risks being disconnected from the national power grid if it fails to pay a GH¢33 million debt it owes the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) within the next 72 hours. A disconnection notice has been served on the university, and any further delay will leave the …

A commercial driver and his mate are in the grips of the Kumasi Police over the death of a security guard. Thomas Amakye Yankey popularly known as Congo Soldier is said to have been stabbed three times with a knife during an altercation with the said driver. As confirmed by …

The Chief Executive Officer of the Awareness Healthcare Centre in Ghana, Dr. Samuel Ato Duncan, has revealed that some influential people in the country and some Scientists want him dead for discovering a cure for HIV/AIDS. According to him, people are hunting him to stop him from making public the …

The Students’ Representative Council of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) says it would engage management of the university to seek an extension of the deadline for students who are yet to pay their fees. This comes after management announced that students, who could not pay 70% …

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has dismissed claims on some social media that it has prescribed uniforms for teachers in the country. Social media especially Facebook is replete with pictures of people posing as teachers wearing what appears as a new uniform for staff of the service. But speaking to …

Two notorious poachers from the Larabanga Community of the West Gonja Municipality identified as Mumin Baharu and Osman Ibrahim alias Vuga have been arrested by gallant and hardworking rangers of the Mole National Park on 9th April, 2022. Bole-based Nkilgi Fm’s source say the rangers on a normal patrol in …

The Bawjiase Police have arrested a 35-year old man who allegedly drugged and sexually assaulted a married woman. Narrating her ordeal, the victim, who sells sausages said the suspect bought some sausages on credit for which reason she went to him for her money. She indicated that the suspect asked …

Two persons have allegedly been shot to death by gunmen suspected to be armed robbers at Mamadukoraa, a farming community in the Chache Electoral area in the Bole District of the Savannah Region. The deceased are Mr. Yaw and madam Dibuone Akua age 60 and 40 respectively. The armed men …

More than a thousand students at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology will likely have to defer their courses due to their inability to pay their tuition fees by the stipulated deadline. The deadline for the payment of fees was extended from March 24, 2022, to April 7, …

The Northern Regional Police Command has arrested suspect Mohammed Iddi alias “Water” for unlawful possession of firearms. The suspect was arrested at the Pigu police barrier, on the Tamale-Bolgata Highway during routine police intelligence operations. The operation on Thursday, 7th April 2022 led to the retrieval of six (6) new …

School feeding caterers in the Eastern region are demanding increment in the school feeding grants following skyrocketing prices of food items. According to the caterers, food prices have increased multiple times but the government still pays Ghc1 per plate of meal making it extremely difficult to improve the quality of …

It seems the recent comments of the former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ghana on educational matters, most especially the Free SHS, is becoming one too many recipes to satisfy his disenchantment with the program. Not only that, but he has also taken contentment in factoid submissions, even in the …

And also education is a backbone of any country that aims at achieving greater things in the future with its youths, by giving them proper educational background and the needed tools that will aid them in learning. But Kobeda No 1, a farming community under the Kintampo North Municipality is …

Three Junior High School (JHS) final year students and one teacher of Abbey Kopey DA Basic School in the Ningo-Prampram District of Greater Accra Region have sustained injuries as a result of a heavy rainfall that collapsed part of a poor structure school building on the students and the teacher …

A physically challenged man, 32, almost lost one of his eyes after a police officer named Frederick who’s stationed at Agona Odoben Police station in the Central Region beat him mercilessly. Information gathered indicates that the victim had a misunderstanding with a woman who sells drugs after which she reported …