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Fierce fighting erupted on Wednesday in Akropong in the Eastern Region over the performance of a ritual to mark the commencement of the Odwira Festival. The mass brawl, according to reports, took place when the Okuapemhemaa , Nana Afua Nketiaa Obuo II and the Akuapem Asonahene, Nana Kwasi Omenako II …

Government has declared Monday, August 12, a public holiday. This is in respect of Muslims celebration of the festival of sacrifice (‘Eid-ul-Adha’) which falls on Sunday, August 11 worldwide. A statement signed by the Interior Minister Thursday said in view of the fact that August, 11, 2019 falls on a …

A 68-year-old man, William Ofori, who resides at Akyem Osenase near Akwatia in the Eastern Region, was last Monday stabbed to death at his residence by an unknown assailant. The Akwatia Police in the Eastern Region have mounted a search to arrest the culprit. The body of the deceased has …

A 30-year-old man has been forced to weed for allegedly defecating in Sewfi Nyetina D/A Primary School in Bibiani Ahwiaso Bekwai in the Western North region. Koo Emma as he is popularly called is to weed the school compound and mob the classroom every Friday for three months. Unit Committee …

Graphic Communications Group Limited (GCGL) has barred its staff from sharing their opinions on social media without first publishing it on the company’s platforms. The directive was contained in a new Social Media Policy, being rolled out by the state-owned media organisation. The roll-out of the policy has sparked uproar …

The Drunkards Association of Ghana is not happy about the packaging of alcohol in plastic materials. The Association is, thus, advocating for traditional method of packaging of alcoholic products. The group is worried about the increasing number of cancer cases recorded in the country due to consumption of food in …

Hiplife artiste Okyeame Kwame has dismissed assertions that ‘old’ musicians in Ghana are using the new crop of artistes to revive their ‘dead’ brands by featuring them on their songs. In recent times, there have been collaborations between young and old artistes, many of which have been very successful. However, …

Arsenal have agreed an £8m deal with Chelsea to sign defender David Luiz on a two-year contract. The 32-year-old Brazil international, who signed a new two-year Chelsea deal in May, will have a medical at Arsenal on Thursday. On Tuesday, Arsenal sold defender Laurent Koscielny to French side Bordeaux for …

Three Congolese doctors have been arrested in the Democratic Republic of Congo over the killing of a World Health Organization (WHO) medic, a military prosecutor has said. Cameroonian doctor Richard Mouzoko was shot dead in April at a hospital in Butembo, where he was treating Ebola patients. The “passionate” medic …

Fortuna Dusseldorf have signed Ghana defender Kassim Nuhu on loan from fellow Bundesliga side Hoffenheim. The 24-year-old has completed a season-long transfer to the Flingeraner, opting for a move away from Hoffenheim just a season after signing from Swiss fold Young Boys. He links up with compatriots Bernard Tekpetey, Nana …

Kyrgyzstan’s security forces have arrested former President Almazbek Atambayev after a botched raid on his property overnight resulted in the death of one officer. Mr Atambayev reportedly surrendered and was taken to the country’s capital, Bishkek. He had earlier refused to surrender, provoking a standoff in which his supporters took …

Packages containing millions of dollars worth of cocaine have washed up on a New Zealand beach made famous in a 2015 Taylor Swift music video. Police found 19 packages containing cocaine worth an estimated $1.9 million (New Zealand $3 million) on the isolated Bethells Beach, on Auckland’s west coast, police …

The Constitutional Court in Malawi has started hearing a case challenging the results the presidential election in May. The election was narrowly won by incumbent President, Peter Mutharika, but the opposition, who are challenging the results, say the elections were fraught with irregularities and are demanding a rerun. Tension is …

The chief of Kpargu Yili, Kparigu Lana Abdul Aziz Dokurugu was attacked and nearly killed by six armed men in his palace Wednesday night. The men wielding locally manufactured guns and wearing facemasks stormed the chief’s palace at about 11 pm. Upon their arrival, the suspected armed men met a …

The police in Sokoto have arrested one Maude Salisu over attack at the residence of a district head in Sokoto State during which one person was killed and another kidnapped. The Commissioner of Police, Ibrahim Kaoje, disclosed this in Sokoto yesterday while parading suspects of various crimes. He said: “Armed …

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, left Ghana on Thursday, 8 August 2019, for a two-day official visit to the Republic of Angola, at the invitation of President João Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço. The visit, the first by a Ghanaian President, is aimed at deepening and strengthening the ties that exist between the …

A 14-year-old boy has lost an eye after a white bat attacked him at Breman Asikuma in the Central region. The victim, after the attack, started experiencing excruciating pains in his right eye. But, according to reports, his parents, instead of taking him to the hospital, sent him to a …

National security operatives made up of 12 armed personnel have reportedly picked up 4 Indians and two Ghanaians over yet to be known reasons, Starr News has learnt. The incident occurred last night at  Ahowdo in the Kumasi metropolis. The officers reportedly seized gold and an undisclosed amount of money …

Government has directed the Power Distribution Services (PDS) to provide ECG with a detailed revenue collection and expenditure report on a weekly basis. This comes as the finance ministry begins steps to unfreeze bank accounts of PDS. The financial and intelligence centre last week froze the bank accounts of PDS …

A Tamale-based Sakawa kingpin is bragging of how Nigerian businessman touted as Africa’s richest Aliko Dangote is his small boy if it is about cash. According to the diminutive young man known among his peers as Shatta Bundle because he is known to always walk around with dollar bills, he …

Commercial sex workers in Kumasi in the Ashanti Region have bared their teeth at the Ashanti Regional Security Council over attempts to get rid of them from the streets. Their reaction is a response to Ashanti Regional Security Council embarking on an exercise to clamp down on prostitutes and their …

A former Vice Chairperson of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) and two other activists of the party have defected to the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Walewale Constituency of the North East Region. Sumani Mutawakilu who is the former NDC executive who led Majeed Mahamudu and Mubinu Halidu …

A man killed four people during a stabbing rampage in Southern California before officers arrested him after finding his silver Mercedes parked outside a 7-Eleven, authorities said. In addition to the people killed, the attacker left two others wounded in multiple crime scenes in Garden Grove and Santa Ana, police …

New tax measures outlined in the supplementary budget is expected to rake in a significant amount of revenue to the state. A breakdown of revised estimates as captured in the appendix shows that the state could rake in additional GH¢513 million in additional to what has already been projected in …

The global popularity of ‘Sco pa tu manaa’, a phrase first spoken by Ghanaian musician, Patapaa, shows no signs of slowing down. The term, since it first went viral, appears to have secured a place in pop culture. While the initial use of ‘Sco pa tu manaa’ on Twitter was …