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17-year-old boy killed a day before his 18th birthday

A rugby player was mowed down and killed the day before his 18th birthday – and a man has been arrested in connection with the...

Yoruba community in Ashanti Region installs new chief

Alhaji Mohammed Ali Aliyu Alao Ibidunni has been installed as the new Yoruba Chief in the Ashanti Region following the demise of his predecessor,...

Galamsey operator jailed 18 years for robbing 2 students

A galamsey operator, who robbed two students of Mabang Senior High Technical School of their mobile phones and money, has been sentenced to 18...

Ghanaians pay tribute to former Aviation Minister, Kofi Adda

Ghanaians on social media are mourning the death of late former Aviation Minister, Joseph Kofi Adda. The former Navrongo Central Member of Parliament (MP)...

Admit 499 students who passed entrance exam – GLC told

Education think tank, Africa Education Watch, has asked the General Legal Council (GLC) to admit some 499 candidates who were denied entry into the...

Baby dies as tipper truck driver offloads sand on him [Video]

https://youtu.be/--5413rW6Bo A one-and-half-year-old baby has died after a tipper truck driver mistakenly offloaded sand on him at Awutu Ahuntem near Bawjiase in the Central Region....

Fire officer who drowned while on rescue mission promoted

The officer of the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) who died after rescuing two people from a well, ASO Joseph Baidoo has been promoted...

Commercial drivers must at least pass BECE mathematics – Akpaloo

A pass in mathematics at the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) level should be part of the requirements for acquisition of driver’s license, Kofi...

Man murdered at Suame -Anomangye in Kumasi [Audio]

A young man in his early twenties has met his untimely death after he was attacked at Suame-Anomangye, a suburb of Kumasi. Information reaching...

NDC official accused of incest, abortion remanded

A Cape Coast Circuit Court has remanded into police custody, Central Regional Communications Officer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Kwesi Dawood. This was...

Election 2020: EC saved country $90m

The Electoral Commission (EC) saved the country $90 million in the conduct of the 2020 Election, the Chairperson of the commission, Mrs Jean Mensa,...

Bono Region: Road traffic accidents kill 26; injures 55 in 3rd quarter alone

Twenty-six people have died in road traffic crashes during the third quarter of this year in the Bono region. Out of the 26 deaths,...

Woman caught on camera stealing phone [Video]

The image of a yet-to-identified woman is all over the internet after a Closed-Circuit Television exposed her. The footage was of the mid-adult skillfully stealing...

NPP’s Asamoah Boateng gives new twist to ‘break the 8’ mantra

New Patriotic Party (NPP) National Chairman hopeful, Stephen Asamoah Boateng, says that breaking the 8 mantra is a national agenda. The NPP, following its...

42-year-old hairdresser pours hot water on son in his sleep

A 42-year-old hairdresser who allegedly poured hot water on his 19-year-old son for being stubborn has appeared before an Accra Circuit Court charged with...

Court orders arrest of banker over stolen $550,000

An Accra Circuit Court has issued a bench warrant for the arrest of a bank official who allegedly abetted with a businessman to steal...

Majority Leader expresses concern threats against MPs to pass bill

Majority Leader in Parliament, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, has condemned the use of threats by some members of the general public to influence Members of Parliament...

AMA Health Inspectors shut public urinals at ‘circle station’ [Photos]

The Accra Metropolitan Assembly’s (AMA) Public Health Inspectors on Wednesday closed down public urinals at the Kwame Nkrumah interchange-Kaneshie-Ordorkor lorry park in Accra, for...

Minority in Parliament initiates move for review of 1992 constitution

Minority in Parliament has put together a motion demanding immediate steps to review the 1992 constitution. The motion, expected to be moved when the...

How Ghana Navy foiled attempted pirate attack on fishing vessel

The Ghana Navy on Monday, October 11, 2021, successfully foiled a piracy attempt on a Tuna Fishing Vessel, AFKO 805. They did so by warding...

Shiashie-Tetteh Quarshie road to be closed for repair works

The Shiashie-Tetteh Quarshie Interchange is expected to be closed to the general public from midnight on Friday, October 15 to Sunday, October 17, 2021....

Former Aviation Minister, Kofi Adda passes on

Former Aviation Minister, Kofi Adda, has died, Starr News has reported. The former lawmaker reportedly died Thursday dawn at a hospital in Accra after...

Prestea underground mine workers chase Management over unpaid compensation

Over one thousand workers of Prestea Gold Resources are up in arms with their Management over their unpaid compensation. The workers say said they have...

New Kejetia market plunged into darkness due to unpaid bills

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has disconnected power supply to the state-of-art Kejetia Market over accumulated debt. Commercial activities have been disrupted as the...

Man commits suicide after setting house on fire [Video]

https://youtu.be/g_-De_Fo8Rs A man, believed to be in his 30’s, has committed suicide after setting his family house on fire at Kpone in the Kpone-Katamanso Municipality...

Saglemi Housing saga: New judge to takeover case

A new judge is to take over the case involving Alhaji Collins Dauda, a former Minister of Works and Housing and four others. This is...

Terrified woman flees home after finding 4ft python trapped in toilet

A woman was shocked after she went to use her toilet in the early hours of the morning only to find a snake in...

Wilmar Africa Limited rewards winners with cars, ‘aboboyaas’ in ‘Akyedee Soronko’ promo [Video]

Wilmar Africa Limited, producers of Frytol & Fortune rice among others, has honoured its promise by giving out cars, tricycles (Aboboyaa) and presents among...

16-year-old motor rider, one other crashed to death at Agona Gyasi

Two persons on an unregistered motorbike have been crushed to death in an accident at Agona Gyasi on the Bawjiase to Agona Swedru Road...

Police impound 344 motorbikes in Tamale

The Northern Regional Police Command has impounded about 344 unregistered and uninsured motorbikes as part of efforts to clamp down on criminal activities and...

Robbers attack students, passengers on Akatiso-Bonsu Nkwanta road

Three armed suspected robbers have attacked students, passengers, and drivers on the Akatiso-Bonsu Nkwanta road. The attack, according to reports, took place in the early...

MFWA slams ‘discriminatory NCA’ over 133 approved licenses [Audio]

Executive Director of the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA), Suleiman Braimah, has said a statement by the National Communications Authority (NCA) on the...

Govt to freeze salaries of Govt Workers without Ghana Card

Government workers without the Ghana Card by December 1, 2021, will be denied their salaries, the Controller and Accountant Generals Department has announced. According...

Sierra Leone’s IGP pays courtesy call on Dr Dampare [Photos]

Dr Ambrose Michael Sovula, the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) of Sierra Leone, has paid a courtesy call on the IGP, Dr George Akuffo Dampare....

Ofosu-Ampofo leaked tape trial back in court

The case of an alleged leaked audio recording of the National Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo, is back in court...

Man hires hoodlums to attack teacher for beating daughter

A 35-year-old man, Abidemi Oluwaseun, has been arrested by men of the Ogun State Police Command for allegedly hiring hoodlums to attack a teacher...

Mother jumps to her death with two kids in her arms

A mother allegedly jumped almost 200ft to her death with her newborn baby and toddler son in her arms, killing both children, say police. Olga...

Check out number of inmates on Ghana’s death row

By the end of the year 2020, there were 160 inmates including five females on Ghana's death row, Amnesty International (AI) Ghana Office has...

Police officer narrates how defendant sent naked pictures to his 16-year-old niece

An Investigating Police Officer, DSP Offiong Nsa has told an FCT High Court, Kubwa that one Yusuf Yahaya sent naked pictures and pornographic videos to...

Kumasi: 1 arrested, 9 vehicles impounded over fuel adulteration at BOST

The Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation Company Limited (BOST) has arrested a driver and impounded nine vehicles in connection with fuel adulteration at the Kumasi...