A twist of event in Kubwa area of Abuja, saw a policeman take home a man he thought was a female prostitute from a club in the city. Upon being busted as a cross-dresser posing as a female prostitute to lure his victims, the man was forced to strip to show some stuffed fake …
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A/R: NDC locks out Muntaka rival; police deployed to calm tensions
The Ashanti regional police command has stormed the regional office of the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) to main peace and order as tension heightens between supporters of the party’s incumbent MP for Asawase Muntaka Mubarak and a prospective competitor in the party’s forthcoming parliamentary primaries Masawudu Mubarack.The prospective …
Read More »Koforidua Murder: Third suspect arrested
A third suspect has been arrested in connection with the murder of the 24-year-old business woman in Koforidua, Rita Afia Adusei Opokua. The suspect only identified as Babule was arrested Wednesday at his hide out in Koforidua. Police is on manhunt for the arrest of the last suspect. Residents storm …
Read More »Woman, 34, murdered in Agona Swedru
A 34- year old woman was last Wednesday evening murdered in a bush at Agona Swedru in the Central Region. The deceased, a sobolo seller, who has been identified as Mariam Adu, was found dead with blood oozing from her nose in a bush at Kwesimoko, a suburb of Agona …
Read More »V/R: Woman on her way to church killed in gory accident
A woman believed to be in her 30s has died in a gory motor accident while on her way to church, two other males (passenger and motorist) sustained severe injuries. The accident occurred few metres away from Matse Township, a suburb of Ho on Thursday morning around 7:00 am as …
Read More »Gov’t moves to ensure safety of journalists
The Government of Ghana, in partnership with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) is scheduled to hold a stakeholder meeting on the proposed National Coordinating Mechanism on Safe and Responsible Journalism aimed at tackling security and other related matters regarding journalists in the country.The programme will be …
Read More »Fake nurse to spend 22 months in prison
A 33-year-old dismissed nursing trainee of the Nursing and Midwifery College Sekondi, in the Western region, Mr Francis Awine Anaafo has been slapped with a 22-month jail term for using forged documents to undergo national service as a qualified nurse at the Goaso Municipal Hospital. Mr Anaafo was sentenced on …
Read More »Kumasi Central Market traders protest ‘exorbitant’ relocation charges
Traders at the Kumasi Central Market want city authorities to reduce the amount to be charged before they are relocated to the newly constructed Kejetia terminal to allow for construction works to begin for the phase two of the Kejetia Central Market redevelopment project. They are also calling for a …
Read More »Kwesi Manni Releases New Single – Sleepless Nights
Kwasi Manni is a rising independent versatile multi genre reggae artist also known as Jahemblem A creative songwriter who is capable of incorporating reggae vibe in any genre of music he does. His unique soothing and romantic vocals makes him sound more like the “cool Ruler” Mr Gregory Isaacs, the …
Read More »NPP supporters storm party headquarters over Ekow Ewusi’s suspension
Scores of NPP supporters in the Central region are agitating in the capital Cape Coast over what they call an unfair treatment meted to the region’s 1st Vice Chairman Horace Ekow Ewusi. The demonstrators drawn from the 23 constituencies of the region accuse the party’s Regional Chairman Robert Kutin Jnr. …
Read More »Clash over land in Kumasi claims two lives
Two people have been confirmed dead after last Thursday’s renewed clash between scrap dealers and indigenes of Dagomba Line in Kumasi over a parcel of land. The two unidentified men died after sustaining gun shot and machete wounds in a feud which began last week Tuesday. The Public Relation Officer …
Read More »Prayer Warriors Allegedly Assault Family Over Property
Three members of the Church of Pentecost who double as the members of the prayer warriors team at the Sarah Donkor Prayer Center namely Joe, Elder J.K. Kyeremeh and Elder Boadi has assaulted the late Dr. Johnson Daah’s children over a clinic their father left for them. The late Dr. …
Read More »Galamsey pit swallows dozens at Akrokerri
Scores of illegal miners have been swallowed by a galamsey pit that caved in at Akrokerri in the Adansi North District of the Ashanti region Thursday morning, MyNewsGh.com reports. It is unclear the exact number of miners who were in the pit at the time it collapsed, but a lone …
Read More »GFA logo change dead on arrival – Oduro Safo
The General Manager of football club Berekum Chelsea Oduro Safo has described as unnecessary attempts to change the logo of Ghana’s football association by the Normalization committee. Leaked reports suggest the Kofi Amoah-led committee plans to change the logo and name of the football association following the Anas investigative report …
Read More »AUDIO+VIDEO: 33 Year Old Teacher Needs $30k for Surgery or He Dies
The condition of a 33 year old Teacher of the Drobo Demonstration Junior High School (JHS) in the Jaman South Municipality of the Bono Region, Mr. Kwadwo Kyere Francis who was recently diagnosed with kidney failure has turned for the worse. The Ghana National Association of Teacher (GNAT) Vice Chairman for …
Read More »Missing regional vehicle: I’ll sue NPP – Mutawakilu
Member of Parliament for Damongo constituency, Adam Mutawakilu, has said he will sue the New Patriotic Party in Damongo over accusations that he stole the Savannah regional pickup. According to him, his lawyers are preparing a suit and he will sue them for defamation as soon his lawyers are done. …
Read More »Photos+Audio: Suspected thief lynched after stabbing food seller at Kasoa
The victim A young man, believed to be in his thirties, has been lynched by angry residents at Kasoa Akweley in the Central region after he stabbed a food seller in an attempt to rob her. The sad incident occurred around 4:30am on Wednesday. The victim, identified as Martha Owusu, …
Read More »Another police officer resigns to contest NDC primaries
A 35-year-old Police officer with the Akropong District Command has resigned from the Ghana Police Service and picked nomination form to contest the upcoming Parliamentary Primaries of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) . Detective Corporal John Evans Ayerakwa-Kumordzi told Starr News he tendered in his resignation letter to the …
Read More »Exploding gas cylinder kills one Chinese, 2 others in critical condition
One Chinese national was killed Wednesday while two others left in critical condition have been hospitalized after the LPG-cylinder they were using to weld exploded at Wassa Akropong in the Amenfi East District of the Western Region. Such was the force of the explosion that it exposed the entrails of …
Read More »Ghanaian Architects protest multiple government projects awarded to Sir David Adjaye
President of the Ghana Institute of Architect has urged the government to adhere to the law in the award of key projects to Architects. Architect Nii Dadey said concerns by a consortium of Ghanaian architects against projects awarded to Sir David Adjaye, a UK-based Ghanaian Architect, are justified and called …
Read More »E/R: Fire killed 13yr old girl, 3 others injured
A 13-year-old girl has died while three other children have suffered various degrees of burns in two separate fire outbreaks in Akateng and Mpintinpi in the Upper Manya Krobo and Birim North Municipality respectively in the Eastern Region . Both fire incidents occurred on early Thursday morning. The body of …
Read More »Mass burial hits Tamale Teaching Hospital as mortuary fridges go off
The management of Tamale Teaching Hospital in the Northern region has carried out a mass burial service for unknown dead bodies at the Tamale General cemetery. This was as a result of the breakdown of five compressors of the fridges at the Hospital’s morgue due to recent power fluctuations in …
Read More »Boozing Ola students asked to go and sin no more
Six deviant students of the OLA Girls’ Senior High School, Ho, who engaged in a boozing spree on campus immediately after writing their final WASSCE papers, have apologised to the school authorities for their misconduct. This was after they appeared before a disciplinary committee of the school on July 1, …
Read More »Don’t attend a church where the pastor’s chair is different from the members – Leila Djansi advises
In a period where some Pastors are being accused of rape, movie producer, Leila Djansi has advised Ghanaians and her followers to desist from attending Churches where Pastors are given superior treatment. She made this known in a long write up she did on her Facebook wall Her post read …
Read More »Zachariassen is a good coach, Champion tells Kotoko
President of Ashanti Gold SC Dr Kweku Frimpong has praised the incoming coach of Asante Kotoko kjetil Zachariassen. Zachariassen who left Ashanti Gold after leading the team to win the tier two Competition is heading to the Porcupines Warriors according to various media report. Speaking to light FM on the …
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