15 people have died while over one hundred people sustained injuries in road accidents in the Western Region in the month of January 2020. The Western Regional Commander for Motor, Traffic and Transport Department (MTTD) of the Ghana Police Service Chief Superintendent, Richard Appiah, told Empire FM’s Emmanuel Ohene Gyan …
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Court Issues Warrant Of Arrest For Zuma
The Pietermaritzburg High Court has issued a warrant of arrest for South Africa’s former President Jacob Zuma after be missed a scheduled court appearance. Mr Zuma, who has been charged with a string of crimes including corruption, racketeering and money-laundering was expected at the pre-trial hearing on Tuesday but was …
Read More »Voters register: US warns citizens as Parties stage 3rd demo
The Inter-Party Resistance against the New Voter Register is today holding its third demonstration Accra in opposition to plans by the electoral commission to compile new voters register for the December 7 polls. A leading member of the group Hassan Ayariga has told Morning Starr that the “EC has a …
Read More »Respect yourself and pay me – Angry Kofi Adjorlolo chases movie producers
Veteran Ghanaian actor, Kofi Adjorlolo, has angrily chastised movie producers in the country for not paying him anytime he cast in their production. According to the Actor, many of the Ghanaian producers lack the requisite attitude to properly manage both top class and upcoming performers. In an interview monitored by …
Read More »Missing excavators traced to fresh galamsey sites
It has been discovered that scores of the allegedly missing excavators seized from illegal miners are currently being used again for illegal mining by unknown persons, MyNewsGH.com reports. This comes after Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, the Minister for Environment, Science, Technology & Innovation and also Chairperson for the Inter-Ministerial Committee on …
Read More »[VIDEO]: Zoe Embassy pastor curses his colleague pastors
Kelvin Kwesi Kobiri, the embattled pastor of Zoe Outreach Embassy Church, who is struggling hard to refund locked up investments in his defunct EL Real Estates and Tikowre Capital has rained curses on his pastors in a viral video. The “man of God” who was behind his pulpit preaching later …
Read More »Kotoko counting the cost of playing in empty stadium
Asante Kotoko are counting the cost of their home ban handed to them by the Ghana Football Association (GFA) recently, saying the development had affected their performance in the 2019/2020 Ghana Premier League (GPL). “We have missed the support of the teeming Kotoko faithful,” Coach Maxwell Konadu told sports journalists …
Read More »Airbus Scandal: Martin Amidu Is Not God – Anita Desoso Jabs Gov’t
NDC’s Anita Desoso has said her party is not jolted by allegations leveled against their flagbearer, John Dramani Mahama and questioned the credibility of Mr Martin Amidu who has been tasked to investigate the former president. Anita Desoso was emphatic on NEAT FM’s morning show ‘Ghana Montie’ that Martin Amidu is not someone …
Read More »GES shuts down Buipe SHS after fire razed school
Nearly 300 students of Buipe Senior High School have been asked to go home after they lost all their personal belongings in a fire that burnt down their dormitory, Monday, February 3, 2020. Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the Ghana Education Service (GES) in the Northern Region, Kanzoni Donald, in a …
Read More »Kenya’s longest-serving leader Daniel arap Moi dies
Kenya’s longest serving President Daniel arap Moi who died on Monday rose to power in 1978 upon the death of Kenya’s first President Jomo Kenyatta. This was his first major political victory having outmaneuvered Kenyatta’s inner circle to rise to the top. This shrewdness became the hallmark of his 24-year …
Read More »GES shuts down Buipe SHS after fire razed school
Nearly 300 students of Buipe Senior High School have been asked to go home after they lost all their personal belongings in a fire that burnt down their dormitory, Monday, February 3, 2020. Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the Ghana Education Service (GES) in the Northern Region, Kanzoni Donald, in a …
Read More »Airbus Bribery Scandal: ‘Prosecute Mahama if you are man enough’ – King Zuba dares govt
A former Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) of Obuasi, Kwasi Fori Agyemang Boadi, also known as King Zuba has challenged the Akufo-Addo administration to arrest and prosecute former President John Dramani Mahama if it believes that the former President took bribes or is fully involved in the airbus scandal, and stop …
Read More »Floods, landslides kill 13 in Rwanda capital Kigali
At least 13 people died in Rwanda’s capital, Kigali, in overnight heavy rains and others were injured, government officials said Monday. The East African nation has seen dozens of deaths caused by torrential rains in recent weeks. The latest downpour began Sunday evening, causing flooding and mudslides that swept away …
Read More »[AUDIO]: Are you wiser than Crown Court which withheld names – Sammy Gyamfi barks
The National Democratic Congress stands by its posture that ex-government officials being accused of bribery in the Airbus controversies are innocent and are being wrongly accused. A London High Court found Airbus guilty and imposed a fine of three billion pounds (£3bn) as penalties. The prosecutor stated in court: “Between …
Read More »NPP Primaries: Effiduase-Asokore constituency wome’s wing pick forms for MP
The Women Wing at Effiduase-Asokore constituency in the Ashanti Region has bought Parliamentary Primaries nomination forms for the Member of Parliament (MP) in the area, Dr. Nana Ayew Afriyie to contest the position again. The women stormed the constituency office to buy the forms for the MP whom they described …
Read More »Ghana Education system defective – Catholic Priest
A Kumasi based Catholic Priest, Rev. Father Mary James Opoku Ware, has described the current educational system in Ghana as defective. According to the renowned Radio preacher, the new curriculum introduced by the Ghana Education Service (GES) will gradually take away the mutual respect between a teacher and a student. …
Read More »Buipe SHS Students Sent Home After Fire Destroys Girls’ Dormitories
About 290 students of the Buipe Senior High School in the Central Gonja District of the Savannah Region have been asked to go home after a fire outbreak on Monday morning destroyed portions of the school’s girls’ dormitories. The incident started around 7 am when the students were in classrooms. …
Read More »Malawi election: Court orders new vote after May 2019 result annulled
Malawi’s constitutional court has annulled last year’s controversial election, which saw President Peter Mutharika narrowly re-elected. The judge found there had been widespread irregularities in the 21 May vote. This is the first election to be legally challenged since Malawi’s independence in 1964. A new vote will take place within …
Read More »NPP ‘reveals’ famous Intermediary 5 involved in Airbus scandal
The NPP claims one Samuel Adams Mahama is the true face behind the “Intermediary 5” in the famous Airbus scandal. According to the party, Samuel Mahama is the long lost brother of former president Mahama who played “go-between” services between Airbus and “Government Official 1”. Airbus, apart from admitting to …
Read More »EOCO, others must partner Special Prosecutor to probe Airbus scandal – Majority Leader
The Majority Leader of Parliament, Osei Kyei Mensah-Bonsu wants the Economic and Organized Crime Office (EOCO), Attorney General’s Department, Auditor-General’s Office and other state agencies with investigatory powers to partner with the Office of the Special Prosecutor to investigate the Airbus bribery scandal. On January 31, 2020, Ghana was cited …
Read More »Coronavirus: Chinese embassy stops issuance of visas to Nigerians
Barely one week after the government of the United States of America (USA) placed a visa ban on Nigeria and some other African countries, the Chinese ambassador to Nigeria, Zhou Pingjian, says the embassy has suspended the issuance of visas to Nigerians. The Cable reports that the Ambassador said the …
Read More »Okada ban: Horses troop in their numbers as alternative means of transport
In lieu of the Federal Government’s decision to ban Okada and Keke drivers from the state, Nigerians have been forced to go on endless miles, walking. Though many have taken to lament on the current unfortunate situation which causes various discomfort as they are conformed to live their daily activities with …
Read More »NPP Vice Chair arrested over missing excavators
The Central Regional Vice Chairman of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Horace Ekow Ewusi, is in the grips of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID), according to Adomonline.com. He is being interrogated over his alleged role in some missing excavators and other equipment seized from illegal mining operators. His arrest follows a request made …
Read More »Mahama asked Nyantakyi to sack me to exonerate govt from World Cup scandal – Kwasi Appiah
Former Ghana coach Kwasi Appiah has opened up on the supposed role of former president John Mahama in his sacking as Black Stars coach in 2014. Appiah was relieved of his post as head coach of the Black Stars in 2014 after leading the team to its worst finish at …
Read More »Mahama Will Collapse Free SHS Policy- Napo Reiterates
The Minister of ’Education Minister, Dr.Matthew Opoku Prempeh aka ‘Napo’, has reiterated that the free Senior High School (SHS) policy will not survive under John Mahamah Presidency and his National Democratic Congress (NDC) government. Hon. Opoku Prempeh who also the MP for Manhyia South Constituency has therefore, admonished Ghanaians to …
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