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Residents of Bremang in the Suame Municipality of Ashanti region have been thrown into a state of shock after remains of four children, between the ages of 10-12 were found in a river. According to eye-witnesses, the kids drowned while swimming inside the said river situated in the area. Meanwhile, …

It has emerged that monies paid by Ghana Consolidated Diamonds Ghana Limited (GCDGL), a subsidiary of the Jospong Group of Companies to acquire defunct Great Consolidated Diamonds (GCD) at Akwatia in the Eastern region is missing. Director-General of the State Interests and Governance Authority (SIGA), Stephen Asamoah Boateng, revealed this …

A Kumasi-based businessman has recounted how one Nana Fredua Agyemang of the Confiscated Assets Committee operating at the Tema Harbour duped him of GH¢ 20,000 right inside the Jubilee House, MyNewsGh.com reports. He says the said Fredua, who claimed to be one of the aides of the Executive Secretary to …

    President Nana Akufo-Addo has appointed Prof. Stephen Adei as the Board Chair of the Ghana Revenue Authority, revoking an earlier appointment of Kwame Owusu, the former Director-General of the Ghana Maritime Authority, to that position. The earlier appointment was met with disproval from certain sections of the public …

Former President John Dramani Mahama has suggested that loudmouth Member of Parliament (MP) Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong lied through his usual rants recently trying linking him (Mahama) to the death of J.B. Danquah Adu, a former Member of Parliament for Abuakwa North. In response to comments by the New Patriotic …

The District Chief Executive for Upper West Akyem, Eugene Sackey, has been hospitalised after he was involved in a near-fatal accident on the Suhum to Nsawam Stretch of the Accra to Kumasi Highway. The accident occurred Friday, September 20, 2019. The official vehicle of the DCE collided head-on with a …

President Nana Akufo-Addo says the government’s decision to deport Chinese national, Aisha Huang after her reported involvement in illegal mining was a mistake. “I think the decision to deport Aisha Huang in hindsight was a mistake and that is why that process and procedure is being stopped,” he said at …

The  General Secretary of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), John Boadu has backtracked his earlier claim that the party has a copy of the provisional voter register. General Secretary of the governing New Patriotic Party(NPP) John Boadu earlier disclosed on Asempa FM Thursday that the NPP has received the …

A Lawyer and Accounting Professor Stephen Kwaku has chided government over the decision to reject the key recommendations of the Emile Short Commission which investigated the violence which characterised the Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election. The White Paper primarily said the commission failed to achieve their core terms of reference. The …

The NDC Parliamentary Candidate for the Tempane Constituency in the Upper East Region David Adakurugu has died. The former MP and aspirant reportedly died in Tamale in the Northern Region on Friday after he complained of stomach pains and was rushed to a private hospital in Tamale. The body has …

The government has abrogated the contract awarded to Great Consolidated Diamonds Ghana Limited (GCDGL) in 2011 to mine diamonds at Akwatia for breach of contract. The company failed to fulfil its core mandate of paying $17 million to the Divestiture Implementation Committee (DIC), as well as rehabilitating and refurbishing facilities …

Government has rejected the recommendation of the Emile Short Commission to sanction the Minister of State in charge of National Security, Bryan Acheampong, over his role in the Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election that resulted in violence. The five-member commission chaired by Justice Emile Short and constituted by the government in …

Ghana, the world’s second largest cocoa producer, is expected to produce 850,000 tonnes of cocoa in 2019/20 season, at the lower end of average levels on account of the swollen shoot disease outbreak, COCOBOD has said. Ghana’s annual cocoa production is usually between 850,000 and 900,000 tonnes, though the country …

Ultimately, it is the wish of the parents that their child grows to become a ‘big person’. This is why some parents go the extra miles to funding their children education so that as they grow older, the children will be there for them. A pretty University of Cape Coast …

Government has directed that Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies across the country as well as their Unit Committees, should be dissolved by Monday, October 7. This is to pave way for the conduct of the upcoming district level elections, according to a circular dated September 9 and emanated from the Local …

The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has said the throne he occupies puts him miles above partisan politics. He said he would continue to contribute his quota to the peace, unity and growth of the country. Addressing a durbar during an Akwasidae festival in the United States of America (US) …

The funeral of former Ghana international Junior Manuel Agogo will take place today, September 20, 2019, in London. Agogo — who died at age 40 — will be cremated in a private cremation ceremony at St. Mark’s Church, 114 Hamilton Terrace, London NW8 9UT. There will be a private reception …

Nigeria’s army has stopped the work of international NGO Action Against Hunger accusing it of supplying a militant Islamist group with food and drugs. The army said it had warned the NGO against “aiding and abetting” Boko Haram in north-east Nigeria. Action Against Hunger, which denies the accusations, says its …

The DNA test that was conducted on the bodies of the Takoradi kidnapped girls revealed that they were killed by their abductors over nine months ago, Starrfm.com.gh has gathered. The scientific tests on the bones noted specifically that they had been dead between nine months and a year. The DNA test which …

Residents of Sreso-Timpom, Kyekyewere, Wansamere and other surrounding communities in the Atwima Mponua District of the Ashanti region are calling on the government as a matter of urgency to fix bad roads which are having toll on their economic activities. They explained the bad nature of the roads has forced …

Residents of Tafo Nhyiaeso a suburb of Kumasi in the Ashanti Region have expressed their displeasure over the poor state of roads in the area linking them to other communities. According to them several road accidents involving motorists and pedestrians have been recorded in the area due to the bad …

The body of the six-year-old boy, Augustine Antwi, who was washed away by torrential floods at Kokoso, a suburb of Bantama in the Kumasi metropolis while returning home from school, was found on Thursday, 19 September 2019. The little boy slipped into an uncovered drain on Wednesday, 18 September 2019 …

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Thursday, 19 September 2019, led Ghana’s delegation to to the 74th Session of the United Nations General Assembly. While there, the President, as co-Chair of the Advocacy Group of Eminent Persons for the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), will participate in a series of …

Former Ghana captain Asamoah Gyan is heading to the India Super League after joining NorthEast United on a free transfer. Gyan will travel to Guwahati this weekend to begin the latest leg of a career that has spanned ten clubs and three continents already and he says he is looking …

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has sued the Electoral Commission over the failure of the commission to provide the party a copy of the 2019 voters register. The voter’s exhibition exercise started on September 10, 2019 and was expected to end on September 17, 2019 but it was extended to …