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Kidnappers demand 130,000 ransom from Fulani families

  Two Fulani cattle owners whose names were given as Alhaji Nyandiya and Marchu have been allegedly kidnapped by unknown persons believed to be of the same Fulani extraction at Daboya in the North Gonja District of the Savannah Region. The kidnappers are demanding a ransom to the tune of …

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Abeiku Jackson wins Swimming Competition in Croatia

  Ghana’s Abeiku Jackson beat European champion Sebastian Szabo of Hungary to win the Men’s 100 Butterfly race in  53.53secs. at the Golden Orlando International Meet in Croatia. His performance saw him breaking his national record of 53.93secs. set in March 2020 at  the CANA Zone 2 Championship in Accra, Ghana. His …

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Suspected robber sustains Police gunshot wound when escaping

  Thirty-year-old Kofi Mensah, the robbery suspect, failed to escape arrest when was shot and wounded by a police patrol team. Mensah and his colleague were scaling a wall to run from the Police after a robbery spree but his colleague whose identity is not known escaped. Deputy Superintendent of …

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Ghana’s ambassador to SA supports public schools in Birim North

  Mr Charles Owiredu, Ghana’s Ambassador to South Africa, has donated 14 computers to some public schools in Birim North District to promote the teaching and learning of ICT. The support christened “One school one computer” initiative aims at ensuring public schools in the district acquire desktop computers to support …

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Gory accident at Sawla, one in critical condition

One person is said to be in critical condition after a gory accident at Sawla. According to reports, the Toyota Hilux with registration number GT 8478-16, they were traveling in from Sunyani to Wa hit a pothole, veered off the road, somersaulted and landed in a ditch. The four people …

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EPA issues conflicting permits to Yenyeya mining company

Starr News has uncovered two conflicting permits said to have been issued from the headquarters of Ghana’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to favour a Chinese mining company against a Ghanaian mining firm. Some staff at the EPA headquarters confirm that the Ghanaian company— Yenyeya Mining Enterprise— had received from the …

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Lagos ranked second worst city to live in globally – EIU report

Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial capital has been ranked the second worst capital to live in according to a global ranking report. The Economic Intelligence Unit, EIU’s, Global Liveability Index 2021 which focussed on “How the COVID-19 pandemic affected liveability worldwide.” Lagos ranked 139 out of 140 cities with the Syrian capital …

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Man arrested with 31 parcels of ‘wee’

The Akim Oda Divisional Police Command in the Eastern Region has intercepted a taxi cab transporting 31 compressed slabs of dried leaves suspected to be marijuana. The patrol team also arrested a 39-year-old man Kofi Owusu who claimed ownership of the illicit item in the taxi cab with registration number …

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Father of suspected armed robber hands him over to Police

A father of a suspected armed robber has presented his son to the Police for suspected robbery in the Ashanti Region. The suspect is part of a group of seven armed robbers arrested after embarking on a highway robbery in the Ashanti Region. Police say the suspected armed robbers attacked …

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