The Driver of the Health Minister, Kwaku Agyeman Manu has been arrested and processed for the City Campus Court for using a strobe light to drive against oncoming traffic. Mr. Agyeman Manu was in the Nissan Patrol with a police officer when his driver was arrested. Ministers of state can …
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Military dressed armed robbers kill police woman in Tamale; bolt with weapon
Lance Corporal Agartha Nana Nabin at the Northern Regional Police Headquarters in Tamale was on Tuesday evening shot to death by military dressed armed robbers at a police check point on the Kumbungu road. According to MyNewsGh.com sources, the incident occurred at about 10:45pm near Star Oil Filing Station when …
Read More »I can’t complete my time with the Black Stars without winning something – Mubarak Wakaso
Ghana midfielder Mubarak Wakaso has revealed that he will only retire from the national team if he wins a trophy with the Black Stars. The midfielder, who broke down in tears following Ghana’s elimination at the Nations Cup in Egypt says he can only stop playing for the Black Stars …
Read More »Stonebwoy hints of new song with Jamaica’s Elephant Man
Award-winning dancehall musician, Stonebwoy has, in a new Facebook video, made his fans aware of a new song he has with Jamaican star, Elephant Man. The musician, who is currently touring Europe and putting Ghana on the map, was seen with the ‘Pon De River’ hitmaker. Elephant Man, who …
Read More »COPEC petitions Speaker of Parliament over increase in ESLA
The Chamber of Petroleum Consumers (COPEC) has petitioned the Speaker of Parliament over the proposed increase in components of the Energy Sector Levies (ESLA) which will lead to increase fuel prices. COPEC in its petition said the “current fuel price increase is coming at the wrong time.” The mid-year budget …
Read More »Mahama will be a saint someday – Manasseh ‘prophesies’
Multimedia Journalist, Manasseh Azuri Awuni is predicting former President John Dramani Mahama could be made canonized someday if the current trend of happening in the country under the New Patriotic Party (NPP) administration persists. “If things continue this way, we will have to canonize John Dramani Mahama someday”, he revealed …
Read More »Asunafo South: Pastor rapes 3 Church members
29-year-old pastor has been arrested by the Asunafo south district police command for raping three of his Church members. Pastor Daniel Abisah aka OGYABOFO of the Adom Power Ministry according to the District Police Commander, ASP Lawrence Adombire reportedly arrived at Akrodie on July 22, 2019, and started a crusade …
Read More »US Speaker addresses parliament today
Speaker of the United States Congress, Nancy Pelosi is expected to deliver a historic address to Ghana’s Parliament today, Wednesday, 31 July 2019.The address is expected to touch on policy issues and bilateral agreements between the two countries.Also expected in the chamber will be members of the Congressional delegation who …
Read More »TIN requirement before filing cases unconstitutional – Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has declared as unconstitutional provisions in the Revenue Administration act restricting people without a Tax Identification Number (TIN) from filing cases in court. According to the unanimous decision of the court, the provision of the Act is inconsistent with the 1992 Constitution and has the potential to …
Read More »Tamale: Gunmen shoot dead cop; seize weapons
A female cop identified only as Corporal Agartha has been shot dead by unknown gunmen adorned in military camouflage. The incident occurred Tuesday around 10.30pm at a checkpoint at a Star Oil Filling Station near Tamale, the Northern regional crime officer Superintendent Otuo Acheampong confirmed the news to Starr News. …
Read More »FULL DETAILS: Why government suspended PDS
Government of Ghana in the late hours of Tuesday, July 30 announced the abrogation of the contract with Power Distribution Services barely six months after the company took over from the Electricity Company of Ghana. In a statement signed by Information Minister Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, it disclosed that “the decision …
Read More »We’re working hard to find missing Takoradi girls – Dery
Interior Minister, Amborsse Dery, has told Parliament that the security agencies in Ghana are working hard to find the missing Takoradi girls. The whereabouts of the three missing Takoradi girls, Ruthlove Quayson, Priscilla Blessing Bentum and Priscilla Koranchie who were kidnapped between August and December 2018 is yet to be …
Read More »ECG is back as gov’t suspends PDS agreement
Government has suspended its concession agreement with the Power Distribution Services (PDS) bringing back the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) in full control. More soon…. Source: Ghana| Myjoyonline.com
Read More »Planting for food and jobs is our future – Okyenhene
The Okyenhene, Osagyefuo Amoatia Ofori Panin has stated that government’s flagship agricultural project, Planting for Food and Jobs (PFJ) is the future for people in the Akyem Abuakwa Traditional Area. According to him, “Planting for food and jobs, I will say again and again is our future and not community …
Read More »Ebola crisis: Second case confirmed in DR Congo border city of Goma
A second case of Ebola has been detected on Democratic Republic of Congo’s border with Rwanda, raising fears the deadly illness could spread. The case was confirmed in the city of Goma, home to two million people, authorities said. More than 1,600 people have died of Ebola in DR Congo …
Read More »Sudan suspends schools after student killings
Sudan’s authorities have ordered all schools nationwide to suspend classes indefinitely amid mass student demonstrations over the shooting dead of five people at a rally. A military council directive says their doors should remain closed from Wednesday, the state news agency said. Protesters gathered in cities including the capital Khartoum …
Read More »PHOTO: Police gun down two suspected armed robbers
Police on Monday night shot dead two suspected robbers in Kilimani area after they robbed a Nigerian national. The victim, Taiwo Gbenga, reported to Kileleshwa Police Station that he had been robbed by four armed men who sped off in a white saloon car registration number KCE 567 B. He …
Read More »VIDEO: Tonardo drops names of pastors Afia Schwarzenegger deals with
Nana Tonardo is not done with Afia Schwarzenegger yet as he has released some new secret information about the social media commentator and some popular Ghanaian Prophets. The close friends have now turned foes, due to a recent scandal, in which Nana Tonardo claimed that Afia Schwarzenegger has gone to …
Read More »Court cautions Former Masloc CEO’s alleged accomplice after failure to appear for trial
The Accra High Court has cautioned Daniel Axim, an official of the Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC), who is standing trial together with a former CEO of MASLOC, Sedina Tamakloe Attionu, on allegations of causing financial loss to the state. The court, presided over by Justice Afia Serwah Asare-Botwe, …
Read More »Pastor arrested for allegedly raping three women
The Asunafo South District police command in the Ahafo Region has arrested a 29-years-old self-styled man of God for allegedly raping three women. The incident happened at Akrodie in the Asunafo North Municipal. The pastor, Daniel Abisah aka OGYABOFO of Adom Power Ministry reportedly arrived at Akrodie on 22nd July …
Read More »(VIDEO): “FAKE JESUS” Arrested And Deported From Kenya; Two Pastors Detained
The Kenyan government has allegedly moved with speed to arrest and deport a man who has been masquerading as Jesus in the country, Officials have since signed the deportation order for the fake Jesus to leave the shores of the country Two church pastors who invited him, have also been …
Read More »Ayawaso- West Wuogon by- election: ‘Victims’ sue govt
Twenty – three people who claim to have suffered various forms of injuries during the violence that rocked the Ayawaso- West Wuogon by- election on January 31,2019, have sued the government over what they describe as violations of their fundamental human rights. In a suit filed at the Human Rights …
Read More »Close Season starts August 1: Licence required to hunt grass cutter
The Wildlife Division of the Forestry Commission has announced that the annual ban on hunting, capturing and destroying of wild animals will commence from August 1, 2019, and end on December 1, 2019. The five-month ban otherwise known as “Close Season” is in conformity with the Wildlife Conservation Regulation 1971, …
Read More »Resign as director of operations for Galamstop – NDC to NPP Chair
The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Eastern Region is demanding the resignation of the Eastern Regional Chairman of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kingston Okomeng Kissi as Director of Operations for the anti-Galamsay taskforce -Galampstop constituted by the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Illegal Mining (IMCIM). In May 2019, …
Read More »GHC2m NHIS debt cripples Kwesimintsim hospital
The Kwesimintsim hospital in the Western Region is in dire need of financial support as government is unable to pay its nine months national health insurance payments amounting in excess of 2 million Ghana Cedis. The Administrator of the facility, Felix Kesse told Empire News’ Emmanuel Ohene-Gyan that the last …
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