Tricycle operators on Wednesday August 2, 2023 protested and blocked some roads in the Kumasi Metropolis of the Ashanti Region leading to a gridlock in parts of the Central Business District. The tricycle operators said they were protesting against the directive by the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly KMA, to ban them …
Read More »This is sad; Mahama is due for ‘sainthood’ – Franklin Cudjoe reacts to viral video of man ‘crying’ over hardship
The President and Founder of IMANI Africa, Franklin Cudjoe, was saddened by a man in a viral video complaining about the hardship he and his family go through under the Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo government. In a Facebook post shared on July 30, 2023, Cudjoe agreed with the suggestion of the man in …
Read More »Boeing 777 flight forced to make U-turn to Accra over ‘technical issues’
Many passengers, including Ghanaians, were stranded at Kotoka International Airport (KIA) after their KLM Boeing 777 flight #KL590 was forced to make a U-turn to Accra over “technical issues”. According to a news report by airlive.net, the Boeing 777, which was heading to the capital town of the Netherlands, Amsterdam, …
Read More »Your face has never been on a ballot paper – Mahama blasts Bawumia over ‘I’ve beaten him twice’ comment
Former President John Dramani Mahama has clapped back at Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia over his claims that he has beaten him twice in elections. Speaking on the KSM show, Mr Mahama said Dr Bawumia was wrong in his assertion. “He says he knows how to beat me and that he’s beaten me before. …
Read More »Police officer, two others remanded over robbing Indian nationals of over GH¢595,000, $45,000
A Police officer stationed at the Nima Police Station, Inspector Abednego Bortier and two others including a tutor have been remanded into police custody for one week by the Circuit Court in Accra. They are said to have succeeded in robbing their Indian victims of huge sums of monies but …
Read More »Dormaahene hauled before Judicial Council over comment on Quayson trial
The Paramount Chief of the Dormaa Traditional Area, Osagyefo Oseadeeyo Agyeman Badu II who doubles as a High Court judge has been hauled before the Judicial Council over recent comments he made on a case before the courts. His appearance according to reports is on the back of his comment …
Read More »Adisadel dismisses student over viral video of violent assault on junior
Adisadel College has announced the outright dismissal of a student captured in a viral tape violently assaulting a junior in a dormitory. A statement posted on the school’s Twitter account stated that the culprit, a final year student, will be outrightly dismissed and will only write his final exams with …
Read More »Man butchers girlfriend over misunderstanding at Dunkwa-Offin
A man known to be in his late 30s has butchered his girlfriend, Gifty, a 28-year-old over a misunderstanding. Sources claim that although neither of them is from Dunkwa-on-Offin, they had fallen out and came to the town, where the man killed the woman. The man has since been arrested …
Read More »Scandalous! – Mahama reacts to over $1m, €300k stolen from the home of Sanitation Minister
Former President John Dramani Mahama has reacted to news of the Minister for Sanitation and Water Resources, Cecilia Dapaah, being robbed of over US$1 million, €300,000, and millions of Ghana Cedis in cash from her home. In a tweet shared on Friday, the former president wondered why the minister and her family were …
Read More »Gunshot fired, suspect lynched over motorbike theft
A suspect motorbike thief has been lynched at Obuotumpan a community near Nyamekrom in Eastern Region. Information gathered by Starr News indicates that, somewhere in May 2023, an unregistered motorbike belonging to Samuel Awuku alias Nana Yaw Abodee was stolen but he failed to report to police. However, came across …
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