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SCREENSHOT:Medikal confirms Fella Makafui’s pregnancy

Actress and entrepreneur, Fella Makafui dropped a cryptic tweet which generated a lot of speculations yesterday. Many people suggested that Yolo TV series star was probably pregnant after she tweeted: “God bless my man @Amgmedikal… More blessings Daddy… We love you.” Well Medical has just replied. In a tweet, Medikal …

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No Fraud Established” – Court ONlb Auditor-General’s Report

The management of Zoomlion Ghana Limited, has noted with interest, the decision of the High Court in Accra-dismissing an appeal, initiated at the instance of the leading waste management firm challenging the validity of surcharges imposed on it by the Auditor General. Though Zoomlion is yet to receive a certified …

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Buipe SHS closed for one week following fire outbreak

About 290 students of the Buipe Senior High School (SHS) in the Central Gonja District of the Savannah Region have been asked to go home and report back to school in a week’s time. This follows a fire outbreak that occurred in the school last Monday that destroyed their dormitory …

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Getfund Directed To Address Shortage Of Dormitories, Classrooms In SHSs

Government has directed the Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund) to undertake educational infrastructure projects in all public senior high schools (SHSs) for successful implementation and sustenance of the Free SHS Policy. Madam Gifty Twum-Ampofo, the Deputy Minister of Education in-charge of Technical, Vocational Education and Training (TVET), who announced this …

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GES Revises Promotion Process

Two teacher unions and some teachers have hailed the decision of the Ghana Education Service (GES) to revise its promotion process. The National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT), the Coalition of Concerned Teachers, Ghana (CCT-G) and some teachers have expressed their satisfaction with the decision to switch from interviewing teachers …

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Court orders arrest of four property fraudsters

A Circuit Court presided over by her honour, Mrs Ellen Ofei Ayeh, has issued a bench warrant for the arrest of four persons charged with Conspiracy, Contrary to Section 23(1) of the Criminal Offences Act 1960 (Act 29), Forgery of Official Documents, Contrary to Section 158 of Act 1960 (Act …

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5 Reasons to Watch the Ghanaian Premier League

Most people talk about the Premier League of Ghana as a new league season is here again and … And you wonder why you should join your friends or colleagues to watch and follow the League too. Don’t worry, we gotcha! Accra Hearts of Oak present 5 reasons why the …

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NPP ‘big men’ involved in galamsey to support the party

It has emerged that the government quest to fight the galamsey menace is gradually becoming difficult as some ‘big men’ from the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) are involved in destroying the natural environment all in the name of finding gold. This revelation happens to be in a video circulating …

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Suspected fake lawyer nabbed by Techiman Police

A 34-year-old man has been arrested on the orders of the presiding judge of the Techiman Circuit court, Justice Alexander Graham, during Court proceedings Wednesday, February 5, 2020. The suspected fake lawyer named Iddrisu Yahaya was in court to represent some four accused persons standing trial in a robbery and kidnapping …

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Korle Bu records 2 suspected coronavirus cases

Two foreign nationals on Wednesday reported at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital having developed some symptoms suspected to be coronavirus. The patients, a Chinese and an Argentine who have been living together in the country for some days, have been isolated at the facility while blood samples taken have been sent …

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Man, 29, defiles 13-year-old twins at Apam

A 29-year-old man has brutally defiled 13-year-old girls who are twins at Apam in the Central Region. The victims had reportedly been sent on an errand by their mother when the suspect beckoned them. The girls who were a bit hesitant decided to heed to the call. The suspect then …

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Seven persons to contest presidential election in Togo

Seven persons including President Faure Gnassingbe, leader of the Union for the Republic (UNIR), have been cleared by Togo’s Independent National Electoral Commission (CENI) to contest the country’s upcoming presidential election. This is Mr Gnassingbe’s fourth bid since coming into office in 2005, following the death of his father, Gnassingbe …

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Shop selling expired drinks to school kids uncovered

Starr News has uncovered a provision shop in Koforidua selling expired soft drinks to innocent School Children. The Shop is located close to a Private School at Two–Streams, a suburb of the New Juaben Municipality, Eastern Region, therefore highly patronized by the pupils. A label on the product -“Dada New …

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