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, …
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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 …
Read More »Save me and I will help you find my gang members – Armed robber shot by police
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 …
Read More »Murder of Dagbon State SHS teacher triggered reprisal killings of 8 – Report
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 …
Read More »“Patient detention” room uncovered at St. Joseph Hospital
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. …
Read More »Armed robbers attack gas station in Koforidua; bolt with over ¢40,000
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 …
Read More »CENTSAG suspends strike
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 …
Read More »Police officer in gun battle with suspected robbers at gas station; one shot
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 …
Read More »Young man narrowly escapes death in cable theft electrocution
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 …
Read More »NLC orders CENTSAG to call off illegal strike
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 …
Read More »Cable thief electrocuted to death at Aflao
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 …
Read More »‘Horny’ Prestea man shoots prostitute for refusing to take GHC 10 for bonking
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 …
Read More »Lead NSMQ stars for Prempeh, PRESEC and Keta get admission into world’s top universities
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 …
Read More »One-month-old baby abandoned in a porch at Akatsi
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 …
Read More »Two men jailed 65 years for robbing and attacking businesswoman
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 …
Read More »University of Ghana owes GH¢33m in power debts, ECG threatens to cut supply
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 …
Read More »64-year-old woman gains admission to SHS
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 …
Read More »UG faces disconnection from power grid over GH¢33M debt it owes ECG
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 …
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