The Ghana Railway Company Limited (GRCL) has successfully completed its reformation exercise on the Takoradi-Tarkwa Railway line and urged the public to patronize its services for free on the stretch beginning today, Tuesday January 28. The GRCL said it was fully prepared to begin passenger services after a concurrent test …

Senior High Schools in the country risk closure over lack of funds and shortage of food. Funds have not been disbursed to the schools since the beginning of the 2019/2020 academic year affecting the smooth running of the schools. Starr News checks in the Eastern region reveal most schools have …

Five people have died from Sunday’s attack at a mosque in Nigeria’s town of Gwoza in the north-eastern Borno state. Two suicide bombers and two victims died on the spot, while a fifth victim died while receiving treatment. Nine other people are being treated for injuries, according to an aid …

A four-year-old boy, Hamod Adeniran, has been rescued from three men, who allegedly lured him out of his mother’s shop and abducted him in the Arepo area of Ogun State. PUNCH Metro gathered that the kidnappers were about to board a bus with Hamod at the Arepo bus stop on …

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered air strikes against bandits, kidnappers and cattle rustlers in forested areas bordering three major states in the north and centre of the country. On Saturday gunmen killed 11 people and kidnapped four women during door-to-door attacks in Niger state, reported Sahara Reporters and The …

Residents of Abakeleke street in Anambra State, Nigeria, are in a state of shock as an unidentified man lost his life when he was slapped by another man. The deceased is said to have been slapped by a resident nicknamed Tallest after an argument broke out in a night club …

An unidentified lady was said to have collapsed somewhere in Asaba, Delta State, Nigeria. A Twitter user name Mazi Ogemdi who shared the post on his tweeter handle, call the attention of UchePOkoye. He tweeted; “Nwanne, @UchePOkoye This lady collapsed somewhere in Asaba. Could this be the Coronavirus?” The popular …

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has called for a forensic probe into the conduct of the Director, Internal Audit Division of the GHS, Mr Kwabena Hemeng-Ntiamoah, who is alleged to have misappropriated millions of cedis meant for audit assignments. A document sighted by the Ghanaian Times suggested that the forensic …

Health officials in Ghana have tightened surveillance at Ghana’s border with Cote d’Ivoire after a suspected case of coronavirus was reported. Ever since the disease surfaced in China, many countries are on the alert to ensure it does not find its way to their setting. The Director-General of the Ghana …

The death toll in Sunday’s attack on Sokolo Army camp in central Mali has risen to 24. The operation has been claimed by Al-Qaeda affiliate Nusrat al-Islam (JNIM), a group active in the Maghreb and West Africa regions. The attackers reportedly took the servicemen by surprise. Militants stormed the base …

There was a tragedy on Sunday as an operative of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps shot the 2019 senatorial candidate of the Action Alliance in Imo North Senatorial District, Ndubuisi Emenike. The incident took place around 5 pm during a victory party for the All Progressives Congress candidate at …

A POLICE car carrying one of the suspects accused of setting fire to the body of a 10-year-old girl overturned this afternoon at Otjiwarongo. Deputy commissioner Kauna Shikwambi today said soon after the arrest the officers had decided to refuel at Otjiwarongo Police Station. However, 10km before Otjiwarongo, the driver …

Emergency healthcare services in Ghana are to receive a major boost from this week, following the dispatch of over 300 Ambulances, over 300 EMT Drivers and support staff and 30 Dispatchers to 275 constituencies nationwide from Tuesday. The ambulances were procured under the government Infrastructure for Poverty Eradication Programme (IPEP) …

An clash between two nationals in Hong Kong, southeastern China on Sunday has left several people injured. The fight, which broke out between Nigerians and Pakistanis, was caused by a misunderstandings over money issues, FoxMeek has reported. The fight caused serious panic as many, including businessmen, scampered for safety. An …

Nineteen soldiers were killed and five wounded in an attack on an army camp in central Mali before dawn on Sunday, an army spokesman and a local official told Reuters. The identity of the attackers was not immediately clear. They entered the camp near the village of Sokolo at about …

Twin suicide bombers linked to the Boko Haram sect attacked a mosque in Gwoza, Borno state, on Sunday, killing a 12-year-old child and leaving many people injured. A security source, said the suicide bombers forced their way into the mosque while prayer was ongoing. The source said before some persons …

The same names keep recurring — Dangote, Sawiris, Rabiu, Rebrab — but the rankings shift. In the 2020 Forbes magazine’s ranking of Africa’s billionaires, Aliko Dangote ($10.1bn) remains number one. Overall, two big winners stand out, while several others see their fortunes — and rankings — seriously reduced. The cumulative …

The Gambaga Girls Senior High School (SHS) in the East Mumprusi Municipality of the North East Region has reverted from the ‘Double Track System’ to Single Track owing to massive infrastructural development in the school. The ‘Double Track System,’ under the Free SHS policy was in two sessions; the Green …

A woman, Priscilla Kwange, is presently in a dilemma after being impregnated by her son-in-law during the period she spent in their home babysitting their newborn child. Christopher Chori, son-in-law to Silvanus Kwange is also in a very serious dilemma right now after impregnating his father-in-law’s second wife, Priscilla Kwange. …

Fifteen people have gone on trial in Morocco over the theft of dozens of luxury watches and other pieces of jewellery from one of King Mohammed VI’s royal palaces. The 15 suspects, who appeared in a court in the capital Rabat on Friday, are believed to be the members of …

Wife of Ondo State Governor, Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu, has been involved in grassroots tennis development through her clinic for children between ages four and 14 in the state. She speaks with ’TOSIN OLUWALOWO on her interest in sports What inspired your interest in tennis development in Ondo State? My family is …

Ugandan health minister Ruth Aceng on Friday confirmed that three people have been killed in a yellow fever outbreak in the midwestern and northwestern parts of the country. Two adult men, who were 18 and 21 and dealing in cutting and trading timber between Uganda and neighboring South Sudan, succumbed …

Striking junior doctors at Zimbabwe’s state hospitals will end a four-month strike after accepting an offer from a telecoms billionaire to pay them a monthly allowance of about $300 for six months, their union said on Thursday. The doctors went on strike on September 3 to protest against poor wages …

The Commissioner of Police FCT, CP Bala Ciroma, has condemned the killing of one of the officers in his command. DSP Anjuguri Manzah, Police Public Relations Officer, in a statement Friday night said the action was carried out by a mob. Some unknown person while trying to obstruct the police …

Five young men have reportedly gone insane after drinking mixed herbs with gin fondly called ‘Kaikai’ at Omuakwuru community in Igboo-Etche, Etche Local Government Area of Rivers State. The victims, who are young men from the community, committed the act of drugging themselves when they went for the burial of …

A South African pastor, Reverend Bassie Jackals, died while delivering a hot sermon at African Methodist Episcopal Church in Kuruman, Northern Cape on Sunday January 19th. A video circulating online, showed the moment the pastor slumped while preaching in his church. He was rushed to the hospital where he was certified dead. A …

Suspected bandits have killed 28 while several others have sustained different degrees of injuries on Tuesday and Wednesday nights in recent attacks in Babban Rafi village of Gummi Local Government Area of Zamfara State. The killing is coming on the heels of concrete steps taken by the state government towards …

Thirteen suspected cultists have been killed in the ongoing clash between members of the Eiye and Aiye confraternities in the Ijede Local Council Development Area of Lagos State. Residents lamented that they were unsafe as the cultists freely use sophisticated weapons in the Luwasa, Igbe and Ijede areas of Ikorodu. …

The telecoms group MTN Uganda and the telecoms technology solutions provider ZTE Corporation have joined forces to roll out the very first fifth-generation (5G) service in Uganda. The partnership showcased a high-speed 5G network in the 60 MHz spectrum bandwidth with an actual rate of above 1.494 GB/s. East Africa’s …

Young Nigerians make up the largest population of the growing flow of migrants from Africa to developed countries. In 2016, over 20,000 involved in the Mediterranean Sea crossing were reported to be from Nigeria. In addition, from 2017 until late 2019, hundreds of Nigerian migrants were deported from various destinations …