• Nelson Maxwell Acquah has not been arrested by Interpol • His name was placed on a “stop list” but has since been removed • He is currently home with his family Nelson Maxwell Acquah, a Ghanaian PhD student, has denied allegations that he has been arrested by Interpol at …

Ashanti Smith, from West Sussex, has died weeks after her 18th birthday  Suffered from ‘Benjamin Button’ disease which left her with body of 100-year-old Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome saw her age eight years for every year  Teenager told her mother Phoebe: ‘You’ve got to let me go’ before dying   A teenager …

• Maxwell Nelson Acquah has been arrested by Interpol • He was withdrawn from his PhD studies following allegations of fraud • He was forced to resign from his student leadership position Maxwell Nelson Acquah, a Ghanaian student leader at Stirling University in the UK, has been arrested by Interpol …

PBaba (not his real name), a patient at the Tamale Teaching hospital has accused two staff of the X-ray department of pulling a fast one on the hospital by receiving payments from patients instead of allowing them to do so at the official designated paying points dotted across the facility. …

Mr Mathias Tulasi, the Chief Executive Officer of Literacy Ambassadors Ghana (LAG), a non governmental literacy organisation, has lamented over the huge amount spent on printing new sets of ‘Pasco’ for SHS candidates and that the shambles bedeviling Free SHS will not be solved by ‘pasco’ for candidates.   Mr …

In the US state of Oregon, the nation’s largest active wildfire has burned through more than 300,000 acres, prompting thousands of evacuations. The Bootleg Fire, already among the biggest in the state’s recent history, is one of more than 80 major blazes raging across 11 western states. Fed by hot …

• Deputy Minister for Education, Rev. John Ntim Fordjour has responded to some allegations regarding the purchase of past exam questions • He was reacting to suggestions made by Dr. Clement Apaak, MP for Builsa • He also provided documents to back his claims Deputy Education Minister, Rev. John Ntim Fordjour has responded …

The Department of Agro-Enterprise Development of the Ho Technical University (HTU) has broken new grounds in the re-engineering of baobab seedlings domestically for multiplication in a stress-free manner. Dr Kenneth Fafa Egbadzor, the Principal Investigator of the research, said the team had broken fresh grounds towards making the cultivation of …

For 20-year-old Emmanuel Oduro doing odd jobs to fund his education is the best alternative. He started paying tuition after passing the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE), worked as a labourer at a brick kiln and as a cleaner at a bank in Kumasi, the Ashanti Regional capital. …

Drone footage has revealed the extent of destruction in the town of Erfstadt-Blessem in western Germany after record rainfall.   At least 120 people have died, and hundreds more are unaccounted for, after some of the worst flooding in decades in parts of Europe.  

Ills at the Taifa Polyclinic in Accra have been exposed in a follow-up story after the Pay or Die documentary that uncovered rot in service delivery to pregnant women in Ghana’s public hospitals. It has emerged that expectant mothers, who are supposed to benefit from the government’s free Maternal Healthcare Programme under …

A convicted murderer nicknamed the “Hollywood Ripper” has been sentenced to death for the killings of two women in the 2000s. Relatives of his victims wept as a judge gave Michael Gargiulo the sentence in Los Angeles on Friday. In 2019 Gargiulo, 45, was convicted of two counts of murder …

Most of us want to feel sexy and confident, especially when it comes to our performance in the bedroom. A tight vagina could heighten pleasure for both man and woman during sex. For men, it’s the sensation of feeling those soft, cushiony walls gripping their penis. And for women, it’s …

The Ghana Infectious Disease Centre has warned Ghanaians against the seeming non-adherence to the Covid-19 safety protocols as it notes that government can not be of help should anyone fall severely ill. The Ga East Municipal Hospital has disclosed that the facility lacks adequate nurses needed to take care of …

COVID-19 cases are rising steadily in the country, with the number of new cases recorded a day going up from 85 to 143, data from the Ghana Health Service (GHS) has shown. Active cases have increased from 1,674 to 2,314 from June 30 to July 13, 2021. The GHS Covid-19 …

Men who perform sex within 6 minutes and above are considered normal   • Men who perform sex within 6 minutes and above are considered normal • Those who perform below 6 minutes are either stressed out, smoked or have had too much alcohol • This was made known by …

You showered before you left the house. You even used soap, the clever girl that you are. You put on deodorant and gave yourself a mist of your favorite perfume. Now you’ve been outside all of five minutes and you sweat, you can smell onions. You sniff your underwear. Nope, …

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) in its latest update has announced that a total of 1,982 active cases have been recorded in thirteen regions as of July 6. Out of 97,130 confirmed cases, 94,349 patients have recovered and have been discharged from various health facilities. The three regions that have …

Men are usually concerned about their penis and think a lot about its size and erection. As your body requires nutrients to grow and stay healthy, your penis also requires food that will improve its health. Consuming certain food items will not only improve the health of the penis but …

Following is a abstract of present leisure information briefs. U.S. rapper Lil Baby arrested in Paris for carrying hashish – supply French police arrested U.S. rapper Dominique Jones, who goes by the identify Lil Baby, for allegedly carrying hashish, a judicial supply stated on Friday, confirming an earlier report by AFP. Lil Baby was arrested on Thursday afternoon and …

Supporters of Biafra, a southeastern Nigeria separatist movement, have staged a protest at the British Embassy in Berlin, against the arrest of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) leader, Nnamdi Kanu. Kanu is currently being detained by the Federal Government of Nigeria after being abducted in Kenya. Hundreds of people …

A group of 28 foreign mercenaries, including retired Colombian soldiers, assassinated Haiti’s President Jovenel Moïse earlier this week, police say. Most were detained after a gun battle at a house in the capital Port-au-Prince where they were holed up. Bloodied and bruised, suspects were paraded in front of media on …

The celebrity US-based plastic Ghanaian surgeon, Dr Michael Obeng, says he is ready to help in the impending surgery to separate the conjoined twins at Ridge Hospital in Accra. The popular surgeon told Francis Abban on Morning Starr Thursday that even though he has never handled conjoined situations, he is …

An Accounts Officer with the Pediatric Department of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital has been caught on video negotiating and taking bribes from patients in order to slash their bills after treatment. A video secretly recorded by a parent of a toddler who was admitted at the hospital shows the …

There is an outbreak of a human coronavirus (hCoVs) and Swine flu (H1N1) at Akuse Methodist Senior High Technical School in Lower Manya Krobo Municipality of the Eastern Region. Starr News has gathered that the cases were recorded from last week. Out of 34 samples taken for testing, 13 students …

Haiti’s President Jovenel Moïse has been killed in an attack on his private residence, according to a statement by interim Prime Minister Claude Joseph. Mr Joseph said the president’s residence in Port-au-Prince was stormed by unidentified armed men at 01:00 local time (05:00 GMT). The First Lady was reportedly also …

The Minister for Energy, Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh has been invited by the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) to serve on its Mission 4.7 High-Level Advisory Group as an Honourary and Meritorious Member. In the letter of invitation dated 23 June 2021 and co-signed by Dr Jeffrey D. Sachs, …

Specialists at the Greater Accra Regional Hospital at Ridge in Accra have offered to perform the medical procedure to separate a set of Siamese twins delivered at the hospital recently. The Siamese twins are conjoined at the head, and the procedure to separate them would be the first of its kind …

The government has decided to take up the cost for the surgery to separate the conjoined twins at the Greater Accra Regional Hospital (Ridge). The Chief of staff, Mrs Akosua Frema Osei-Opare announced this Monday morning on behalf of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. The total cost of the surgery is …

Management of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has suspended the 2021 Students Representative Council (SRC) election-related activities following a clash between two halls of residence on campus. Supporters of two SRC presidential aspirants, believed to be affiliated to University Hall (Katanga) and the Unity Hall (Conti), …