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Energy Minister John Peter Amewu has clarified that persons who have been taken off the national grid due to indebtedness will not benefit from the absorption of electricity tariffs. The Minister responding to a question on how such persons can benefit from the benefit said only those who will pay their arrears …

Leader and founder of the House of Power ministries, Prophet Francis Kwarteng has claimed that the refusal of some pastors to obey certain God-given instructions is the reason for Ghana’s rise in coronavirus cases. He said the likes of Arch-Bishop Duncan Williams, Bishop Charles Agyin-Asare, Apostle Onyina, and other church …

The Nkawkaw Divisional Police command has arrested a 30yr old pepper seller Amoako Christiana, a nursing mother for carrying an undisclosed amount of fake new Hundred and Two hundred notes. Amoako, according to the police was arrested when buying goods from the Nkawkaw Central and Agogroshie markets upon a tip-off. …

Member of Parliament (MP) for Assin Central, Kennedy Ohene Agyapong has said the current COVID-19 pandemic has taught him a lot of lessons, even though the whole thing doesn’t make sense to him. According to him, after having sleepless nights trying to understand the pandemic, he has come to the realization that …

Government is providing a cumulative electricity tariff relief of an amount equivalent to about GHS1 billion, the Minister for Energy, John Peter Amewu has disclosed. This approximately covers a customer population of bout 4.8 million meters across the country for the three month period beginning April, May and June. He …

The International Monetary Fund, IMF has projected that Ghana will not go into an economic recession later this year due to Covid-19 pandemic. Some developmental partners of Ghana including the World Bank have warned that the country could go into an economic recession due to the Covid-19 outbreak. IMF Country …

The Institute of Energy Securities (IES) is forecasting prices of fuel on the local market remaining largely stable. However, it anticipates that competition between Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) to control and gain more market shares may culminate in fuel falling marginally within the second Pricing window of April 2020 This …

Former Asante Kotoko central defender Shilla Illiasu Alhassan says the Ghana Premier League is not financially rewarding hence players should always work hard to secure moves abroad. Shilla Illiasu joined the Porcupine Warriors from city rivals King Faisal in 2005 and played for a year before moving to Russian league …

The Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection has ‘slapped’ Member of Parliament for Klottey Korley, Zanetor Rawlings that food and other relief items are being distributed based on partisan lines to Kayayei. The Klottey Korley legislator in a post on social media accused the Ministry of being biased in …

Mr Fredrick Drah, a married man with four children and a survivor of COVID-19 says he will not wish his experience with the disease on anybody. Recounting his experience to the media on Thursday, April 16, Mr Drah said he fell ill on March 17 and decided to get tested …

A 15-year-old girl identified as Ummi Garba, has committed suicide by consuming rat poison in Gwaram Local Government Area of Jigawa in Nigeria. Confirming the incident, the spokesperson of the state police command, SP Abdu Jinjiri, said the incident happened on April 4th at Kofar Gabas quarters. Jinjiri said the …

The Deputy General Secretary of the ruling New Patriotic Party(NPP) Nana Obiri Boahen has emphasized the need for mosquito coils to be distributed to vulnerable persons in lockdown areas alongside the hot meal being served them. According to him, most of these poor persons living in slums in areas affected …

Environment Health Officials at the Accra Metropolitan Assembly have raised concerns over six Covid-19 bodies that have been left unattended to at various morgue dues to the lack of training and PPEs to handle the bodies. According to them, bodies of infectious diseases are meant to be buried within 72-hours …

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has received a notification through the World Health Organisation (WHO) Global Surveillance and Monitoring System for substandard and falsified chloroquine in the WHO region of Africa. These chloroquine products with different presentations are confirmed as falsified on the basis that they deliberately or fraudulently …

Irate students of the Ghana Institute of Journalism (GIJ) have kicked against online examination being introduced by the management of the institute. Authorities at GIJ on Wednesday, April 15, issued guidelines informing students of the online examinations scheduled for May 25. Similar directives were also issued by the University of …

The spokesperson for the national Chief Imam, sheikh Aremeyaw Shaibu has appealed to Ghanaians to desist from using the current health crisis (COVID-19) which has plunged many nations into economic difficulties and killed millions of people across the globe to enrich themselves at the detriment of the poor.   He …

Mortuaries in Ghana are congested as families shun private burials that have been necessitated by the ban on social gatherings aimed at controlling the spread of coronavirus. Bereaved members of families say they would rather wait for the ban to be lifted so that they can hold elaborate funerals, according …

Comic Ghanaian boxer, Bukom Banku, has replied a fan who asked him when he became a musician after he released his latest track on social media. A snippet of the song titled ‘Lighter’ has been making rounds on social media platforms and received fair reviews from some Ghanaians. But some …

Asante Kotoko management member Nana Kwame Dankwah reveals the club will look to its supporters to clear a Fifa fine. The Porcupine Warriors have been handed an ultimatum to pay up a fine of $240,000 [€218,915] by May 10 or face relegation to the Ghana second tier after being found …

Broadcast Journalist Afia Pokuaa affectionately called Vim Lady has taken a dig at politicians who do not want to be criticized asking them to leave the country and take the nationality of other countries. Her comments come on the back of some members of the governing New Patriotic Party(NPP) insisting …

Some seven Nigerian nationals have been arrested at Avoeme in the Ketu South Municipality of the Volta region by the Aflao Sector Command of the Ghana Immigration Service for allegedly engaging in cyberfraud. The seven persons, who were arrested upon a tip-off on Wednesday, 8 April, 2020 at about 19:30hrs …

Andrea Owusu also known as Efia Odo has taking to her Instagram stories to school her fans and followers on how to M!@sturbate properly amid lockdown. The U.S based assistant nurse who relocated to Ghana has clearly revealed what she really does to settle boredom. Apparently, most of the celebrities …

Five bodies have been found on the streets in Kumasi in the Ashanti region. It is unclear the cause of their demise. It comes in the wake of Ghana’s fight against the global pandemic covid-19. Ultimate FM’s Isaac Bediako Justice reports on the Morning Starr that mortuary men in Kumasi …

Police have been deployed to a remote area in Nigeria’s north-eastern state of Taraba following deadly ethnic clashes over a disputed fishing pond. At least 19 people were killed in the violence on Sunday, according to Taraba State’s police spokesperson. Some reports suggest the number of people killed was higher …

Actress and entrepreneur, Fella Makafui, has broken her silence regarding whether she is pregnant or not. There were reports that she was pregnant before getting married to rapper, Medikal. Some even claimed the pregnancy was a conduit to pin him down. It would be recalled that their wedding took place …