Communications Director of Ghana Gas Company Limited, Ernest Owusu Bempah has responded to a court order to garnishee his National Investment Bank account. The court has ordered that an amount of GHC 310,000 should be paid from Owusu Bempah’s account to Ibrahim Mahama. The order follows an application filed in …
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Three injured in accident near Nsawam
Three persons have been injured when Mazda Urban buss ran into a tipper truck at Asuaba-Adu Kwadwo Valley in the Upper West Akyem District of the Eastern Region. The victims were rushed to the Nsawam Government Hospital for medical attention. Adeiso Police were at the scene to convey the victims …
Read More »Universities senior staff declare nationwide strike
The Senior Staff Association of Universities of Ghana, (SSA-UoG) has declared a nationwide industrial action. They announced the withdrawal of their services with immediate effect on Thursday, January 21. According to the First Vice Chairman of the Senior Staff Association, this has become necessary following the non-payment of their tier-two …
Read More »VIDEO: JHS leaver builds paddle car out of wood
Joseph Korley Tetteh is originally a draftsman but began manufacturing bicycles in 2009. He has created few bicycles and quite recently a ‘paddle car’, as he calls it. Speaking to SVTV Africa, CEO of Seek Ye Bikes, Joseph explained what a paddle car is and why he created it. “I …
Read More »2021 BECE for private candidates to begin in April
This year’s private Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) for private candidates will begin on Monday, 12 to Friday, 16 April, 2021. This was announced by the West African Examination Council (WAEC). Candidates who wish to take part in the examination will therefore have to register via its portal. “Registration for …
Read More »Defeated Assemblyman ‘fights’ over toilet facility he invested in
A former student leader of the University of Ghana, who was voted out as Assemblyman in the Tema New Town community, Christian Yaw Amoah, has written an official letter to be allowed control of the public toilet of the area in order to recoup his investment. The Assemblyman, who represented …
Read More »Biden to sign 10 executive orders to tackle Covid
President Joe Biden is set to sign 10 executive orders to boost the fight against Covid which has ravaged the US. Vaccination will be accelerated and testing increased. Emergency legislation will be used to increase production of essentials like masks. In a break with former President Donald Trump, the policy …
Read More »Alleged coup plot: State to call 19 witnesses as jury empanels
A seven member team of jurors have been empaneled to assist the Commercial Division of the Accra High Court to conduct the trial of the case in which Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Benjamin Agodzor, Dr Frederick Yaw Mac-Palm and eight others are standing trial for alleged treason. In open …
Read More »Suhum: Fire ravages storeroom of Islamic Girls SHS
Some students of Islamic Girls Senior High School in the Eastern Region have lost their personal belongings to a fire outbreak last night. Fire gutted a section of the dormitory room converted into storeroom for the students to keep items including chop boxes,trunks, uniforms and provisions. The fire consumed mattresses, …
Read More »NPP founding member Amoako Tuffuor passes away
A founding member of the ruling New Patriotic Party and Presidential Advisor Dr. Amoako Tuffuor has died, Starr News has learnt. He reportedly died at the 37 Military Hospital in Accra Thursday. Dr. Tuffuor is the initiator and former National Coordinator of the Ghana School Feeding Programme under the Kufuor …
Read More »I’m not coming back to play football at Asante Kotoko–Agyemang-Badu
Ex-Ghana Black Stars midfielder, Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu, says he would not be coming back to play football at Asante Kotoko but on a managerial or administrative role. The 30-year-old is making this clarification on the back of an earlier statement he made of having an unfinished business with the Porcupine Warriors. …
Read More »I campaigned for NPP out of frustration – Waakye
Popular and veteran actor Prince Yawson known to many as Waakye has called on Ghanaians to forgive him for campaigning for Nana Akufo Addo and the New Patriotic Party prior to the 2020 elections. According to him, he is a private person who doesn’t want to indulge himself in politics but circumstances …
Read More »VIDEO: Young Man Hires His Friends To Beat Cheating Girlfriend Mercilessly
An unfortunate incident of a young man beating his girlfriend for cheating has hit the internet. In a video that has gone viral and at the disposal of mynewsghana, a young man and his five friends were seen caning a young lady after he caught her with another man in a …
Read More »Manhyia Palace Museum closed down
Manhyia Palace Museum in Kumasi, in the Ashanti region, has been temporary closed down from the public for upgrading and renovation works to take place. The Manhyia Palace Museum, located inside the Manhyia Palace, the seat of Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, will be closed from February 1, 2021 …
Read More »Le Chateau CEO Nina Atalah Drops Stunning Photos On Her Birthday
Philanthropist and CEO of Le Chateau group of Companies, a Ghanaian fashion brand, Miss N.A.K, has dropped some eye-catching photos as she turns a year older today, January 20, 2021. The award winning beauty queen known in real life as Nina Atalah is the former wife of Jamaica Music star, …
Read More »‘Railway University’ Begins Operations
The Ghana School of Railways and Infrastructure Development has finally started operations. The School of Railways and Infrastructure Development is part of the University of Mines and Technology, Tarkwa. All programmes being offered by the School are engineering courses. On January 15, 2021, the first batch of students reported to …
Read More »Ban weddings, funerals, parties with immediate effect – GMA
The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) has advised the government to with immediate effect reintroduce the restrictions on all forms of gatherings. General Secretary of the GMA, Dr. Justice Yankson said restrictions on funerals, parties, weddings, and all other events should be reintroduced. He said the restrictions are long overdue and …
Read More »Two remanded in police custody for allegedly lynching 90-year-old woman
Two suspects in the alleged lynching of an elderly woman in Kafaba, a community in Salaga in the Savanah region, have been remanded into police custody by the Tamale High court. On July 30, 2020, viral videos emerged of the horrific lynching of an elderly woman, Akua Denteh, alleged to …
Read More »I have requested Prempeh College to put my certificate in the museum – Chairman Wontumi
Chairman for the New Patriotic Party in the Ashanti Region, Benard Antwi Boasiako known in the political circles as Chairman Wontumi says he’s asked the Headmaster of his school to keep his Certificate. According to him, he has asked for it to be put in a museum to serve as an inspiration …
Read More »VIDEO: I’m not the cause of her death – Musician who offered Ama Broni $100 to twerk naked speaks
A lot of accounts have been given following the death of Ama Broni, a Ghanaian Slay Queen who passed on at an event venue in Kasoa. Earlier reports said she was unrulily fondled after she went naked on the stage to twerk. In the wake of this, a musician who …
Read More »Asantehene ‘worried’ over slow pace of Kejetia Phase II project
The Overlord of the Ashanti Kingdom, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has expressed worry over the snail pace of work on Phase 2 of the Kejetia Redevelopment Project. This development was revealed by officials of the construction firm in charge of the project, Contracta Construction Limited, UK. Speaking on Akoma FM‘s morning …
Read More »Paul Pogba fires United back to top with stunning winner against Fulham
Paul Pogba scored a superb winner as Manchester United reclaimed top spot in the Premier League by coming from behind for a club-record equalling away win at Fulham. In what is becoming a familiar pattern for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side outside Manchester this season, they fell behind early in the …
Read More »We don’t sell babies – Social Welfare Department
Deputy Director at the Social Welfare Department Fred Boafo says there is a perception that the department sells babies. According to him, a woman who had undergone three miscarriages visited his office and offered to buy a baby following public perception that babies could be bought from the department. The …
Read More »31-Year-Old Woman Beats 3-Year Old Girl To Death Over Poop
A 31-year-old woman is in the grips of the Dansoman police for beating her lover’s daughter to death. The suspect, Evelyn Oduro, lived with her boyfriend’s three-year-old daughter, Emmanuella Maame Yaa Adjei, in Wiaboman, a neighbourhood near Dansoman. The incident, according to a police source at Dansoman Police Station, happened …
Read More »Election Petition: Mahama expected to file witness statements today
The Petitioner in the 2020 Election Petition, John Dramani Mahama, is expected to file witness statements and the accompanying affidavits on his petition at the Supreme Court registry today, Thursday, January 21, 2021. The Supreme court on Wednesday ordered the petitioner to do so by 12 noon on January 21, …
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