• The military high command has handed down sanctions to errant soldiers • The officers went on rampage in Wa beating residents over a missing phone • The sanctions include jail terms, demotions and transfers, Defence Minister Dominic Nitiwul told Parliament  The disciplinary board of Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) has handed down punitive …

Hon. Paul Asamoah, DCE for Akyemansa district yesterday caused the arrest of two illegal miners who tried to compromise him. The honourable DCE recently embarked on ‘operation burn all chanfans’ on river bodies in the Akyemansa district which yielded positive results in the first phase of the operation to stop …

A 34-year-old woman, Nafisah Mensah, has been found dead in a toilet of the Christ the Shepherd Prayer camp at Kasoa Opeikuma. The mother of four, according to information gathered by Adom News‘ Kofi Adjei, had been at the camp for months now over mental instability. She is said to have …

LRobbers were seen jumping out of a Neiman Marcus store in San Francisco, US carrying designer bags as they escaped They got into three awaiting cars, which drove off immediately with people watching on The incident is said to be one of many experienced in the city lately, leading some …

The celebrity US-based plastic Ghanaian surgeon, Dr Michael Obeng, says he is ready to help in the impending surgery to separate the conjoined twins at Ridge Hospital in Accra. The popular surgeon told Francis Abban on Morning Starr Thursday that even though he has never handled conjoined situations, he is …

An Accounts Officer with the Pediatric Department of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital has been caught on video negotiating and taking bribes from patients in order to slash their bills after treatment. A video secretly recorded by a parent of a toddler who was admitted at the hospital shows the …

There is an outbreak of a human coronavirus (hCoVs) and Swine flu (H1N1) at Akuse Methodist Senior High Technical School in Lower Manya Krobo Municipality of the Eastern Region. Starr News has gathered that the cases were recorded from last week. Out of 34 samples taken for testing, 13 students …

The Tongu Divisional Police Command in the Volta region is investigating one prophet, Frank Agbenyo, founder and leader of New Vision Healing Ministry International Church in Mafi-Dzogadze within the Central Tongu District for allegedly having a forced sex with his church deacon’s wife. According to the Police, although the victim, …

• 33-year-old Israel Agyei Manu was beheaded on Sunday • The suspect said he was going to use the deceased’s head for money rituals • He is yet to be arraigned before court Rashid Ibrahim, the prime suspect in the murder of Israel Agyei Manu, a headteacher of Rogel Montessori …

Chief of Staff, General Headquarters of the Ghana Armed Forces, Major General Nicholas Peter Andoh, has told an Accra High Court the involvement of the military men in the alleged coup plot amounts to selling their conscience and betraying the trust reposed in them. Mona Gucci As a second Prosecution …

A man, who robbed a taxi driver of his Toyota Vitz vehicle after slashing his arm with a broken bottle, has been sentenced to 15 years imprisonment in hard labour by an Accra Circuit Court. Brian Ibrahim Adam, aka Red, aged, 32, and Solomon Azure, a 24-year-old were said to …

The Cross River State Police Command has arrested a 45-year-old prophet and founder of “Victory is Sweet Ministries ” Micheal Morris Bassey. He was arrested for alleged possession of a human skull, a threat to life as well as possession of charms. The Nigeria-based Vanguard newspaper has reported that Bassey …

• CEO of BCM assaulted a 62-year-old employee • The CEO demanded access to some vital files of the company but the employee prevented him • The employee has reported the incident to the police The Ghana Police Service is investigating the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the mining company, …

The Ghana Police Service has reported that it has arrested the suspect in the Kuntenase murder case. A statement from the official Twitter handle of the Service added that the suspect has also confessed to the crime. “Suspect in Kuntenase Murder Arrested, Confesses to the Crime. Police in Kuntenase in …

A ‘hungry’ young man, Evans Kwadwo has been jailed at the Kumasi Central Prison by a Circuit Court in the Ashanti Region for attempting to steal cooked rice in a neighbour’s kitchen. Kwadwo told crimecheckghana, that he was so hungry that he could not bear it any longer. So, he …

The Tamale High Court in the Northern Region in July 2018, sentenced two students to death by hanging for the murder of a 65-year-old Ebenezer Ocran, head pastor of End Time Bible Believers Fellowship in Tamale. The two accused persons, Kwame Dogyi and Obio Akwasi, on November 10, 2017, broke …

Police in Kuntenase in the Ashanti Region have picked up the suspected killer of an Uber driver at Feyiase in the Ashanti Region. Israel Agyei Manu was found decapitated at Feyiase a few hours after leaving his fiancee’s house to pick some people he claimed had booked him for a …

A woman believed to be in her early 40s has been caught by officials at the Gynaecology Unit of the Tamale Teaching Hospital in the possession of a baby she allegedly stole. In a 60-second video intercepted by 3news.com, the suspect is seen confessing to some staff of the Tamale …

Specialists at the Greater Accra Regional Hospital at Ridge in Accra have offered to perform the medical procedure to separate a set of Siamese twins delivered at the hospital recently. The Siamese twins are conjoined at the head, and the procedure to separate them would be the first of its kind …

The government has decided to take up the cost for the surgery to separate the conjoined twins at the Greater Accra Regional Hospital (Ridge). The Chief of staff, Mrs Akosua Frema Osei-Opare announced this Monday morning on behalf of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. The total cost of the surgery is …

Management of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has suspended the 2021 Students Representative Council (SRC) election-related activities following a clash between two halls of residence on campus. Supporters of two SRC presidential aspirants, believed to be affiliated to University Hall (Katanga) and the Unity Hall (Conti), …

A middle aged man identified as Israel Agyei Manu has been beheaded by unknown persons who engaged his services as an Uber driver. The man who is also a headteacher of a private school at Atonsu in Kumasu is said to have visited his fiancee at Feyiase and told her …

• 46 active cases out of an initial 135 have been recorded after over 800 persons were tested in the school • 21 of the students who tested positive for the new Delta variant are day students • Director-General of the Ghana Health Service, Dr Kuma Aboagye says results of …

A suspected female mobile money fraudster, Kate Boateng has been arrested in Dabaa in the Ashanti Region. Kate Boateng allegedly defrauded a mobile money vendor to the tune of GHC5,400 The suspect was nearly lynched by an angry crowd but she was saved by the Member of Parliament for the …

• The deadly COVID-19 Delta variant has been detected among the Ghanaian populace • The variant is reported to be the most contagious of COVID-19 variants • Some students in an undisclosed Senior High School have contracted this new variant  The highly contagious COVID-19 strain, Delta has been recorded in one of the Senior …

Three suspects arrested in connection with the murder of a social media activist, Kaaka Macho at Ejura are making their maiden appearance at the Asokwa District Court in Kumasi. The suspects are Issakar Ibrahim, also known as Anyas, Fuseini Alhassan and Iddi Mohammed. They are expected to answer charges on …

• Deborah Mensah has been jailed for six years in the US • She played a role in ‘sakawa’ which targeted the elderly from about 2014 to 2018 • Deborah Mensah was extradited from Ghana to the US in August 2020 Deborah Mensah, a 34-year-old Ghanaian, has been sentenced by …

Two Junior High School pupils of Rev. Cobbah Yalley Junior High School at Newsite a suburb in the Effia-Kwesimintsim of the Western Region are in the grips of the Western Regional Police Command for assaulting their headmistress. Municipal Chief Executive for Effia-Kwesiminstim Municipal Assembly (EKMA), Kojo Acquah disclosed this during …

The Anti-Armed Robbery Taskforce of the Ghana Police Service on Tuesday seized 2,882 live ammunitions from a robbery gang at Ntoaso in the Eastern Region. The Operation based on a tip-off, also retrieved 840 rounds of M16 ammunitions, 23 BB cartridges, AK 47 Assault Riffle, M16 Riffle, Pump Action Gun, …

• Gunshots and tear gas have been fired as scrap dealers clashed with security agents in Agbogbloshie • Operatives had gone to the market to undertake a planned decongestion of onion traders • The decongestion is part of the Regional Minister’s plan to ‘Make Accra Work Again’ Scrap dealers at …