Black Stars coach Charles Kwablan Akonnor will today, March 3 release his squad for the upcoming doubleheader against Sudan, the GFA have announced. The gaffer will be meeting the press at Accra City Hotel to name his squad for the upcoming 2021 AFCON qualifying matches against Sudan. Ghana will be …
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Abandoned bridge kills girl in Keta Municipality
An abandoned bridge, located at Anlo Afiadenyigba on Afiadenyigba-Havedzi road, in the Keta Municipality has killed a little girl and left three other persons badly injured. The girl, Ablor Shikakpe, believed to be between 6-7 years met her untimely death Saturday night, February 22, 2020 after the motorbike carrying her …
Read More »Pope Francis’ Coronavirus Test Result Is Out
Since Pope Francis was seen coughing and sweating during a visit, there have been speculations that he might have coronavirus. Pope Francis, who cancelled a Lent retreat for the first time in his papacy because he is suffering from a cold, has tested negative for coronavirus, the Italian newspaper Il Messaggero reported …
Read More »Charterhouse reveals why songs which featured Shatta Wale and Stonebwoy weren’t nominated
Charterhouse, the organizers of Vodafone Ghana Music Awards have explained why songs featuring Shatta Wale and Stonebwoy were not nominated in the 2020 edition. A list of songs featuring these two musicians which were not nominated by the organizers cogitating that it was as a result of the ban placed …
Read More »Illegal miner trapped to death in galamsey pit
An illegal miner has died after a mining pit collapsed on him at Akyem Ekorso, a community in the Atiwa West District of the Eastern Region. The incident happened Monday afternoon around 12:45 pm. Starr News has gathered that the victim identified only as Dogbeda went to the abandoned mining …
Read More »Man jailed wrongfully for 15 regains freedom
An accounts clerk of a school in Accra who was sentenced to 15 years’ imprisonment for allegedly defiling a 12-year-old pupil of the school and impregnating her in the process has been acquitted and discharged by the Court of Appeal. According to the Daily Graphic newspaper, Mr Charles Twumasi, 38, …
Read More »Watch out for deadly AMR; 700,000 people could die yearly – WHO
The National Awareness campaign geared toward educating the public about Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR), dubbed National AMR Awareness Campaign, has been launched. According to WHO, “Antimicrobial resistance is the ability of a microbe to resist the effects of medication that once could successfully treat the microbe. The term antibiotic resistance is …
Read More »Current rains in China will wipe out coronavirus — T.B Joshua reveals
There could be a possible hope for the eradication of the deadly coronavirus as Nigerian popular televangelist, Temitope Balogun Joshua, commonly referred to as T. B. Joshua, has revealed that, the current rainfall in China will end the widespread occurrences of the infectious disease. According to the founder and leader …
Read More »Shatta Wale and Yaa Pono smoke the peace pipe
Dancehall star Shatta Wale and hiplife star Yaa Pono (Ponobiom) have finally smoked the peace pipe following their historic lyrical war. Back in 2017, the two engaged in a heated beef, causing massive stir across social media. It all started when Shatta Wale’s team denied Yaa Pono from performing on the same stage …
Read More »Video: Woman ‘pregnant without baby’ on verge of death
Mary Quansah, a 45-year-old woman, is on the verge of death due to very complicated ailments that have led to unusual bulging of her stomach to make her look like nine months pregnant. The distraught woman, who is in constant pain, was admitted at the Greater Accra Regional Hospital November …
Read More »Ghana High Commission In South Africa To Organize Cocoa Trade Show On 63rd Independence Anniversary
The 63rd Independence Anniversary Celebration of the Republic of Ghana would be hosted by the Ghana High Commission in Pretoria, South Africa at the Sheraton Hotel on Friday, 6th March, 2020. The independence anniversary is being celebrated on the theme: “Consolidating our gains” and the climax would be graced by many dignitaries. …
Read More »Guinea-Bissau president resigns after one day
One of the two men who had been declared president of Guinea Bissau resigned his office on Sunday – after just one full day in office. Despite not being in the December ballot Cipriano Cassamá was appointed by parliament, the majority of whose deputies have refused to acknowledge the election …
Read More »50 killed, houses burnt as bandits wrecked havoc in fresh attack
About 50 people have been reported killed by gunmen suspected to be armed bandits in Kerawa, Rago, Marina, Zariyawa, Hashimawa, and Unguwar Barau villages, all of Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna state at the weekend. Kaduna State Police Command confirmed the incident, though no casualty figure was given as …
Read More »Ibrahim Tanko and Stephen Appiah land Hearts of Oak coaching job
Ghana Premier League giants Hearts of Oak have reached an agreement with Ibrahim Tanko and Stephen Appiah for their vacant coaching job. Kickgh.com can exclusively report that the duo met the board chairman of the club, Togbe Afedi over the weekend to finalize talks for the Hearts of Oak coaching …
Read More »Meet the five local players expected to make Akonnor’s first Black Stars squad
Ghana coach Charles Kwablan Akonnor will name a 23-man squad list for the Group C match against the senior national team of Sudan this month. Kickgh.com understand that five locally based players are likely to receive an invitation to the Black Stars for the crunch encounter. Two goalkeepers namely Eric …
Read More »Senegal confirms first coronavirus case
Senegal’s health minister on Monday announced the first case of coronavirus in the country, the second case in sub-Saharan Africa after one was confirmed in Nigeria last week. The patient is a French man who lives in Senegal and flew back from France on Feb. 26, Health Minister Abdoulaye Diouf …
Read More »Nigerians React As Nakket Video Of Actress Maryam Leaks Online
Nigerians have taken to social media to voice their opinions after the nude video of popular Kannywood actress Maryam Booth went viral earlier today. The video had shown the actress completely unclad seemingly in a hotel room of some sort. While some Nigerians have criticized her for the video others have blamed those responsible …
Read More »Osofo Kyiri Abosom banned from campaigning in Elmina because he once destroyed the chief’s gods
The Paramount Chief of Edina (Elmina) in the Central Region, Nana Kojo Kondua XI has banned the Flagbearer of the Ghana Union Movement(GUM) Rev. Christian Kwabena Andrews, popularly known as Osofo Kyiri Abosom from campaigning in his (Chiefs) jurisdiction. This decision comes after Osofo Kyiri Abosom who says he has …
Read More »Mad man caught with 5 human heads and two phones
A man, believed to be completely mad, has been arrested by residents of his community who suspected him of being a ritualist. The man was nabbed around the Oye Ekiti area of Ado Ekiti in Nigeria. Information gathered by the residents later revealed that the mad man was actually a …
Read More »Man angrily tears Holy Bible, uses it as toilet roll
A man, identified as Udummiri Nwakalu from Onitsha, Anambra State, has scattered the holy bible into pieces and used the pieces as toilet roll. The man confessed that the reason he destroyed the holy bible was because he cannot worship a God who cannot protect his own people and could …
Read More »Man kills 50-year-old woman over missing iPhone
The long arms of the law has caught up with a 27-year-old man, Ejike Okata, for allegedly hacking his neighbour, Adeyiba Oladipupo, to death. The culprit is now cooling his feet at Ogun State Police Command. It was gathered that Okata had confessed to killing the 50-year-old woman because she allegedly wrongly …
Read More »December 7 remains general elections day
December 7 will remain the statutory day for holding Presidential and Parliamentary elections across the country. Chairperson of the Electoral Commission Jean Mensa confirmed same to state publisher Graphic, ending speculations of a change in date. Earlier media reports suggested the date for the general elections could be moved to …
Read More »Update: Three Sogakope protesters hit by stray bullet
Three people have reportedly been hit by stray bullets discharged by the police to scare the rampaging crowd at Sogakope. The youth of Sogakope who are angry over the killing of a prominent businessman and assemblyman in the area Sunday have blocked the bridge over the Volta river as they …
Read More »Hot Video: Davido’s alleged S.3.X tape that has gone viral
A clip of hip hop star and DMW boss, Davido, purportedly having S.3.X with an unnamed lady in South Africa, has gone viral on the Internet. In the short video posted on TheNetNG’s Instagram page and seen after the cut, Davido can be clearly seen fondling the lady, while having …
Read More »South Tongu Assembly places ¢10,000 bounty on heads of Assemblyman’s killers
The South Tongu District Assembly in the Volta Region has placed a ¢10,000 bounty on the heads of killers of Mr Marcus Mawutor Adzahli, the Sogakope South Assemblyman who was allegedly murdered by unknown assailants Sunday morning at Toklokpo, near Sogakope. Dr Archibald Yao Letsa, the Volta Regional Minister, announced …
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