Watch the video below A video sighted by Ghwatchdog.com captures a fully grown man having s*xual intercourse with a little girl in an uncompleted building. Per the information we have gathered, the young man is said to have lured the school children into the uncompleted building to have sex with them. Some …
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Check out the breakdown of $4.5m AFCON 2019 budget that has got many angry
The Minister for Youth and Sports, Isaac Kwame Asiamah on Wednesday July 24, 2019 presented to Parliament the breakdown of Ghana’s expenditure at the 2019 African Cup of Nations in Egypt. According to the Minister, the State spent $4,564,532.00 during the competition. Below is the breakdown: The budget
Read More »#WAI: Former Black Stars goalkeeper ‘Olele’ arrested at East Legon tunnel
A former Black Stars goalkeeper and current goalkeeper trainer Richard Kingston also know as Olele has been arrested together with 21 errant drivers at the East Legon tunnel as part of CITI TV’s war against indiscipline campaign. One would have expected that since the Police has already held operations in …
Read More »Police arrest suspected railway metal thief (Photos)
A 33-year-old man, identified as Abdul Dramani, suspected to be part of a gang that stole railway metals from the Ohene Nkwanta Railway near Odumasi in the Ashanti region has been arrested by a police taskforce in the Asante Akyem Central District. According to the Konongo District Commander, Supt. Shaibu …
Read More »Guesthouse owner arrested for producing ‘pineapple- wee’ juice
The Eastern Regional Drug Law Enforcement Unit of the Ghana Police Service has arrested a Guesthouse owner at Akateng near Assesewa in the Eastern Region for allegedly producing pineapple juice mixed with marijuana. Starr News has gathered that the Police arrested the suspect identified as Ackah Saibi, 50, Friday, July …
Read More »VIDEO: Young rapper Bra Alex reacts to song theft allegations
New internet discovered rapper Bra Alex has refuted claims and rumours that he stole his “confession” freestyle from a colleague rapper by name Everlasting Tiki. Bra Alex who came into the limelight after his video went viral on social media where the rapper was seen in a heated freestyle session …
Read More »I’m not interested in the Black Stars job – Kim Grant
Hearts of Oak head coach Kim Grant has poured water on rumours that he would take the Black Stars job. Speaking to Citi Sports, the Hearts of Oak Trainer was very clear about where his priorities lay. After an impressive season where Hearts of Oak reached the semifinals of the …
Read More »Watch Jordan Ayew’s first interview after making a permanent switch to Crystal Palace
Ghana forward Jordan Ayew has inked a permanent deal with English Premier League side Crystal Palace on a three-year deal. The 27-year-old joins the Eagles from Championship side Swansea City, after excelling on loan at the London club last season. “I am very happy [to have returned]. I really enjoyed …
Read More »Tema Oil Refinery chokes on huge debts, officials plot cover up
While indications are clear that West Africa’s first refinery, the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) is in a deep debt hole burden, officials employed to turn things around have rather resorted to a denial syndrome. The company lost a staggering GHS186 million in the first four months of operations this year. …
Read More »SEC to revoke licences of more investment banks
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will soon shut down some investment firms operating in the country after it completes an ongoing forensic audit of some 21 investment companies, the Deputy Director-General of SEC has disclosed. According to Paul Ababio, who refused to give further information on these firms, SEC …
Read More »Arrest attackers of Lower Dixcove Chief – Akufo-Addo
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has tasked the Western Regional Police Command to bring to book all perpetrators involved in the attack and abduction of the Paramount Chief of Lower Dixcove, Nana Akwasi Agyemang. According to President Akufo-Addo, “I have told the police that all those who carried out the …
Read More »Seven JHS students caught using charm ‘for girls’
Seven Junior High School students have been caught using love charms to woe girls in their class. Pictures of a cream akin to the famous Mama Gee attraction creams and concoctions, have been sighted in a Facebook post by a teacher, Jay Song believed to hail from Tamale but his …
Read More »COCOBOD CEO jabs Mahama over ‘dirty’ cocoa politics
A claim of mismanagement of the cocoa sector by former President John Mahama has incurred the wrath of the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Ghana COCOBOD. Hon Joseph Boahen Aidoo said someone who supervised the total collapse of the cocoa sector under his regime has no moral right to …
Read More »WAEC withholds WASSCE results of 26,434 students
The West African Examination Council (WAEC) has withheld the entire results of some 26,434 candidates pending the conclusion of investigations into various cases of examination malpractice detected during and after the conduct of the examination. The Council in a statement signed by Mrs. Agnes Teye-Cudjoe, Head of Public Affairs for …
Read More »5 Immigration officers get cash-prize for intercepting smuggled fuel
The Immigration Service has honoured five Officers whose vigilance prevented the smuggling of fuel through unapproved routes along the country’s borders. The officers include the Akanu Sector Commander, Chief Superintendent Godson Attobrah and Officer-In-Charge of Grounds, Assistant Superintendent Augustus Okyere. The rest are Inspector Samuel Ampofo, Assistant Inspector Kofi Asante and …
Read More »Kenya returns stolen Tanzanian gold
Top Kenyan officials led by Foreign Minister Monica Juma have handed back 35.4kg of gold smuggled from Tanzania. The value of the gold – which the team handed to President John Magufuli – has not been declared but a Kenyan news site is reporting that it is worth at least …
Read More »Boris Johnson’s new-look cabinet meets for first time
The new prime minister is due to make a statement to the House of Commons having addressed his new cabinet ministers for the first time. Boris Johnson told the cabinet they had “a momentous task ahead”, as he repeated his commitment for the UK to leave the EU on 31 …
Read More »Woman arrested for inflicting cutlass wounds on son
A 26-year-old woman, who inflicted cutlass wounds on her 10-year-old biological son, is in the grips of the Obuasi Divisional Domestic Violence and Victim Support Unit (DOVVSU) of the Ghana Police Service. Mariam Issah, a resident of Boete, a suburb of Obuasi, was arrested following a report by a neighbour …
Read More »Parliament to withdraw Vigilantism Act
Parliament is to rescind the third reading and passage of the Vigilantism and Related Offences Bill, 2019 following the detection of an anomaly in the bill. Barely three days after the passage of the bill into law, the Chairman of the Committee on Constitutional, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs, Mr Ben …
Read More »‘My documentary wasn’t misleading, NMC’s report unfortunate’ – Manasseh Azure
Joy News journalist, Manasseh Azure Awuni is unhappy with the National Media Commission‘s (NMC) ruling on his documentary dubbed: ‘Militia in the heart of the nation.’ According to him, the ruling was unfortunate and inappropriate. While expressing worry, the journalist argued that although he provided the NMC with all facts regarding …
Read More »Martin Amidu writes: Asiedu Nketia, stop the hallucination and political lies
I read in the Ghana Web a publication on 17th July 2019 attributed to Mr. Asiedu Nketia, in which he was alleged to have said that he “personally warned” me, Martin Amidu, “against taking up the job of Special Prosecutor because the laws that established the office does not give him …
Read More »“All efforts being made to bring back T’di girls” – Akufo-Addo
President Nana Akufo-Addo has said his government and the security agencies are doing everything possible to rescue the three young women believed to have been kidnapped in Takoradi between August and December last year.Speaking on the matter on the second day of his tour of the Western Region, the President …
Read More »Build Film Village in Kumasi not Kyebi – Kumawood Stars petition parliament
Scores of actors and actresses from the Ashanti Region, led by Nana Ama McBrown, on Wednesday, 24 July 2019 petitioned Ghana’s parliament to ensure that a Film Village is built in Kumasi, the hub of Ghanaian movies (Kumawood) rather the Kyebi, Eastern Region. McBrown told Majority Leader, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu during …
Read More »GUTA threatens civil disobedience if gov’t fails to enforce retail trade laws
The Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA) is planning a mammoth demonstration against government in three months, if it fails to enforce laws governing retail trade. President of the Association, Dr Joseph Obeng, at a press conference held at the Central Business District (Opera Square) said, if government does not …
Read More »NMC ruling on ‘Militia in the Heart of the Nation’ confusing – MFWA
The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) says the National Media Commission’s ruling on the government’s dispute with Joy News over the airing of a documentary which exposed the existence of a militia group at the Christiansborg Castle in Osu is confusing. The NMC ruled that the Joy News documentary …
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