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    The impending parliamentary primaries of the governing New Patriotic Party, NPP has compelled Parliament to truncate its sitting for today and set aside that of tomorrow Friday, June, 19. This follows a near-empty chamber owing to some majority MPs fighting for their seats in various constituencies. Wa West MP Joseph Yileh …

    The World Health Organization (WHO) has for the second time stopped the use of an antimalarial drug, hydroxychloroquine on severely ill Covid-19 patients. Data from the French Discovery trial and the recently announced results from the UK’s Recovery trial both showed that hydroxychloroquine does not result in the …

    Alhaji Abdulai Anass, the President of Thunder FC is accusing Asante Kotoko of turning Imoro Ibrahim into a beggar after failing to pay his signing on fee, as well as unpaid wages and winning bonuses for some months. The former Ghana youth defender signed for the Porcupine Warriors from the …

    One of the suspects in the Takoradi kidnapping case, John Orji, claims he was tortured by police officers during his interrogation. Orji was arrested in Aflao as a witness and accomplice to the main suspect, Sam Udoetuk Wills. Appearing before the Takoradi Market Circle Magistrate court on Thursday, …

    A recent Bank of Ghana report on the real sector of Ghana’s economy says employment conditions as measured by the total number of SSNIT pension contributors (both public and private sector) declined in the first quarter of this year, compared to a similar period in 2019. It said …

    The opposition National Democratic Congress has declared a boycott of new radio station Asaase Radio owned business Gabby Asare Otchere Darko and others affiliated to the NPP. In a statement, National Communication Officer of the NDC Sammy Gyamfi said the boycott is a show of disproval on the …

      Ghana’s Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) Lieutenant General OB Akwa is due for retirement on Saturday, June 20, 2020, but will stay in office until January 2021. Lt. Gen. Akwa, who will be 65 years – the mandatory retirement age – over the weekend, has been given …

      The Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta is expected to present the mid-year budget review and supplementary estimates in July. According to the Majority Leader, Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu, the Finance Minister will use the opportunity to explain how government intends to replenish advances it took from the Contingency Fund …

    The Assin Fosu District Court has sentenced a 20-year old farmer to nine-months jail term for escaping from lawful custody at Nyankomasi Police cells in the Assin Central Municipality of the Central Region. The convict, Christopher Dadzie alias “Skiddo” pleaded guilty with explanation to the charge of escaping …

    Police in Somanya have begun investigations into circumstances leading to the alleged gruesome murder of a farmer at Akorley, a farming community in the Yilo Krobo Municipality of the Eastern Region who was hacked to death on his farm. Kudjo Dakudzi, 58, married with 5 children, was attacked …

A 13-year-old girl (name withheld) has given a horrifying account of how her step-father impregnated her. According to her, the father had sex with her on two different occasions. She explained it all started when she left her aunty’s house to follow her mother to go and live with her …

One of the four New Patriotic Party (NPP) members in the Juaben Constituency who cursed their party leaders in a river has regretted his weird action. Ransford Osei, an NPP Polling Station Executive at Juaben Anglican, and three other party members did the unthinkable by cursing their party leadership recently. The four aggrieved party …

  About three thousand (3,000) military facilities and installations in the Ashanti Region received disinfection again.   The two-ay exercise, carried out by waste management company, Zoomlion Ghana Limited, began last Tuesday and ended on Wednesday, June 17.   The exercise covered military facilities including barracks, offices, parade grounds among …

The governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) executives in the Gushegu Constituency of the Northern Region have explained reasons why they settled on the Chief Executive Officer of the National Petroleum Authority(NPA) Hassan Tampuli as their parliamentary candidate. In a release issued and copied to my NewsGh.com, the Constituency Chairman Mohammed Majeed …

To root out corrupt revenue collection officials in the country, the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) and Ministry of Finance have established a Tax Audit and Quality Assurance Unit. A bold move, according to some industry voices, the new department will deal with all complaints of corruption and ensure that the …

The Police CID is investigating a 37-year old man for parading himself as a National Security Operative. Mohammed Amidu Bonkonu is said to have collected various sums of monies from unsuspecting members of the public under the pretext of securing political positions and contracts for them. Head of Public Affairs …

Some 224 Ghanaians have arrived in Ghana from the UK as part of the government’s efforts to evacuate Ghanaians stranded abroad due to covid-19. Of the persons who arrived on Wednesday evening, 108 were men, 106 were women, nine were infants and four were babies. They were checked in by …

Ex-Ghana coach Kwesi Appiah has received part payment of US$ 70,000 for his outstanding salary and bonuses. The amount represents an accumulated two months salary out of five in addition to the winning bonus against Sao Tome and Principe in the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier. It is unknown when the …

Multiple award-winning Ghanaian rapper Sarkodie, his wife Tracy, and their daughter Titi have finally arrived in Ghana after about 6 months away from home, due to being caught up in a coronavirus induced border closure. After several calls on government by the rapper and his wife to create an opportunity for them and …

A 58-year-old farmer has been murdered in Somanya over land litigation. The deceased, Kudjo Dakudzi, was reportedly hit with sticks multiple times in the rib and later butchered by his assailants while working on the litigated farmland with his teenage children. The incident occurred Wednesday, June 16, 2020. A 32-year-old …

A small church in northeastern Oregon is the site of the state’s largest coronavirus outbreak to date. More than 230 members of the Lighthouse Pentecostal Church in Union County tested positive for the virus after the church held services in defiance of Oregon’s stay-at-home order. The cases contributed to Oregon’s …

Persons with Albinism in Ghana say they are living in fear as the December 7 Presidential and Parliamentary elections draw nearer. According to the albinos, their safety is not guaranteed in many areas of the country where primitive customs and beliefs make people tend to perform rituals with the blood …

A 25-year-old man has been stabbed to death during a brawl over a woman. The body of the deceased, Ampofo Bright, has been deposited at the Kibi Government Hospital Morgue. The incident happened Tuesday, June 16, 2020, at Akyem Akwadum, a farming Community near Kyebi in the Eastern Region. Reports …

The Nima police station has been robbed by thieves, Starr News has learnt. The thieves reportedly made away with valuable items including laptops, printers, television sets and other stationery in the Thursday dawn raid. According to Starr News’ Michael Insiah Otchere who has visited the scene, some officers also say …

Young Ghanaian millionaire Ibrahim Dauda, popularly known as Ibrah One has threatened to eliminate the Member of Parliament for Assin Central Kennedy Agyapong after he was exposed as a money launder. For some time now, Ibrah One on social media has been attacking the Member of parliament, calling him out …