Former Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Obuasi and a member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr. Richard Ofori Agyemang says it is better for Ashantis to focus on how they can lend their full support to Otumfuo Osei Tutu II to develop their Kingdom than relying on the New …
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Demo doesn’t construct roads-Minister tells Tarkwa residents
Residents of Tarkwa in the Western region have been urged to exercise restraint as government works to get a contractor on site to fix their broken roads. Minister for Roads and Highways, Mr Kwasi Amoako-Atta said though the demonstration was a good reminder, it was not the panacea to get …
Read More »Chainsaw operators causing power outages – PURC
The Public Utility Regulatory Commission (PURC) says the illegal activities of some chainsaw operators in the night are causing power outages in some communities in Bono, Bono East and Ahafo regions. The Regional Manager of the Commission, Patrick Antwi, who spoke to DGN Online in an interview at Sunyani yesterday, …
Read More »Ghana need luck to win AFCON – Essien
Former Ghana international Michael Essien insists the Black Stars need “a bit of luck” in order to win their fifth AFCON. The Black Stars have come close in the past nine years losing the 2010 final by a lone goal to Egypt and the 2015 final to Cote D’Ivoire after …
Read More »AFCON history: How much longer must Black Stars wait for another title?
Ghana are one of the most successful teams at the Africa Cup of Nations, having won the trophy on four occasions. Those victories, though, were achieved long ago and most of the current football generation didn’t see the celebrations that followed. The first title was won in 1963, when the …
Read More »Kotoko, Hearts record victories, as Karela ends unbeaten run
Fatawu Safiu scored in a second consecutive game to cement Asante Kotoko’s lead on top of Zone A in the ongoing GFA Normalisation Special Cup after match day four. Fatawu’s brace in the regional derby against Ashgold at the Kumasi Baba Yara Stadium, was all the goals recorded in a …
Read More »Ghana records highest rabies cases in 2017
Cases of rabies had increased to 78 in 2017 from 44 recorded the previous year, making it the second highest number since 2014 which had 82 cases. Similarly, 63,283 dogs were vaccinated against rabies out of an estimated 1,302,834 dogs recorded in the country at the end of 2017. Speaking …
Read More »Stop telling stories – NDC to NPP
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has advised government to focus on improving the lives of Ghanaians as it promised and desist from “storytelling” to cover its failures. According to the NDC, the Akufo-Addo-led administration has worsened the state of the economy and collapsed businesses through its ill policies and poor …
Read More »Police foil attempted bank robbery in Tema
The Tema Community One Police is investigating the circumstances under which armed robbers allegedly broke into the National Investment Bank branch at the Meridian enclave on Sunday dawn. They, however, did not steal anything. The robbers numbering six, armed with knives and other implements entered the banking hall at about …
Read More »NDC Shooting: Produce Hawks in 14 days or face our wrath – Family to Yamin
There is mounting pressure on NDC’s Joseph Yamin to produce other accomplices, including the prime suspect, involved in the gruesome murder of a party member at the Ashanti Regional office. Family of Wasiu on Wednesday issued a 14-day ultimatum to the former Deputy Ashanti Regional Minister, accusing him of planned …
Read More »Sinohydro projects take off, as President cuts sod for construction of Tamale interchange
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo yesterday cut the sod for the commencement of the construction of an interchange here in Tamale in the Northern Region. The interchange, which is a dual carriage way is the first of its kind to be constructed in the Northern part of the country. The …
Read More »Police arrest 50 illegal courier, postal services operators in Accra
More than 50 illegal operators in the postal and courier services industry were yesterday arrested by a joint taskforce team in an exercise to sanitise the sector. The exercise, embarked on by officials of the Postal and Courier Services Regulatory Commission (PCSC) and the Greater Accra Regional Police Motor Traffic …
Read More »I was sacked from a bidding session because I defended NAM 1 – Nii Armah
The Director of Communications of defunct gold dealership firm, Menzgold, Nii Armah Amartefio has revealed that he was recently given marching orders from a bidding event after the organizer accused him of defending the embattled CEO of Menzgold, Nana Appiah Mensah aka NAM 1. According to him, he was told …
Read More »Vigilante talks: Asiedu Nketia breaching trust – NPP
The New Patriotic Party has chastised General Secretary for the National Democratic Congress Johnson Asiedu Nketia for his comments following the first vigilante mediation talks. Mr. Nketia after the first meeting Tuesday granted media interviews detailing proceedings during the meeting, a move the governing party sees as inimical to the …
Read More »MASLOC board inaugurated
Senior Minister Yaw Osafo Maafo has inaugurated the newly-constituted 10-member board of the Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC). It is chaired by Mr Seth Adjei Baah. The members include Mr Stephen Amoah, Chief Executive Officer of the Centre; Philomena Okyere, Susana Delali Akosua Kudjoe, and Dr Michael Asante. The …
Read More »Tarkwa-Nsuaem voted massively for NPP; fix their bad roads – NPP Communicator advises Akufo-Addo
The Tarkwa Nsuaem NPP Deputy Communications Officer, Gomashie Edem Wisdom is warning government over failure to fix the deplorable roads in the Tarkwa Municipality. His warning follows a protest staged by a group of residents of Tarkwa-Nsuaem known as Concerned Citizens of Tarkwa to register their displeasure after a two-week …
Read More »Interpol arrests NAM1 in Dubai
Nana Appiah Mensah, the embattled Chief Executive Officer of the now-troubled Menzgold Ghana Limited has been re-arrested in Dubai after he won a case in that country.The Public Relations Officer of Menzgold, Nii Armah Amaterfio told Accra News on Wednesday, 10 April 2019 that the re-arrest was at the behest …
Read More »I’ll DIE if I live a day without sex- Prophet Kumchacha
The founder and leader of the Heaven’s Gate Ministry, Prophet Nicholas Osei popularly known as Prophet Kumchacha has admitted he is a sex addict and can hardly live without indulging in the act even for a day. He believes it will amount to death if he decides to make such …
Read More »BOMBSHELL: Female NDC MP who recorded and leaked Ofosu Ampofo’s tape ‘NAMED’
Sources within the National Democratic Congress (NDC) have corroborated earlier reports by MyNewsGh.com that a female lawmaker is indeed behind the leaked tape which captured the voice that sounds like the National Chairman of the party, Samuel Ofosu Ampofo. The party’s security details at the headquarters and officials of the IT Department …
Read More »Sheep gives birth to human-like creature at Donkorkrom
Information reaching Nkawkaw based Agoo fm News Desk indicates that a sheep has given birth to what appears to be a human baby boy at Abotanso No.1, a suburb of Donkorkrom in the Eastern Region. According to Hon. Yaw Vidzei, the Assemblyman for Donkorkrom Electoral Area, a veterinary officer was …
Read More »VIDEO: We’ll uproot Akufo-Addo like cassava in 2020 -Angry Tarkwa residents threaten
Smoke from burning tyres are billowing into the skies as chants of war songs by angry residents clad in red takes over the Tarkwa Township in the Tarkwa Nsuaem Municipality of the Western region. Traffic has come to a standstill as demonstrators have blocked all the major roads in the …
Read More »BREAKING NEWS: Over 600 SHS students displaced by rainstorm at Sekyere East District
More than 600 Students of Ahmadiyya Girls Senior High School (Amass Girls) in Asokore in the Sekyere East District of Ashanti Region have displaced after heavy downpour ripped-off the school dormitory. The students according to report are currently stranded while others on Tuesday night were forced to sleep in classrooms …
Read More »Woman drowns son in well over father neglect in Somanya
A woman identified only as Rita has been arrested by the Somanya Police Command for dumping her five-year-old son into an abandoned well over neglect by his father. Emmanuel Tetteh, a freelance Journalist in the area told Starr News scanty information gathered indicates the mother went on a local Information …
Read More »We’ll shoot to kill power saboteurs – GRIDCo
Head of security at Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCo) Major Lawrence Appiah (rtd) has warned that persons sabotaging power supply in the country risks being shot dead. He says soldiers, officials of the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI) and the police, would not hesitate to shoot at any person who …
Read More »‘Mahama never covered up corruption while in power’- NDC replies NPP
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has rubbished claims that the party under former President John Mahama destroyed most of the good structures that were put in place by his predecessors. According to the party, the track record of the NDC over the years supersedes that of the governing NPP. The …
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