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Two dead, others injured as truck rams into Walewale market women

Two persons have been confirmed dead and others injured after a loaded kia truck rammed into traders in the Walewale market last night. The accident...

Denkyembour to benefit from 1D1F soon – DCE [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Denkyembour to benefit from 1D1F soon – DCE Denkyembour District in the Eastern Region has been selected to benefit from the ‘One District,...

The Big Agenda: Parties must employ virtual campaigning – CSO suggests

In the heat of the political campaign season despite COVID-19 lurking around, a Civil Society Organisation (CSO), Stranek Afrika, is calling on political parties...

John Dumelo’s all loved up ‘reunion’ with Lydia Alhassan [Photo + Video]

It was a bubbly moment when the two contenders of the Ayawaso West Wuogon parliamentary seat met face to face. The two, incumbent Member of...

Alert: 4,000-man army dragons threaten coup in 21 days in Volta Region

A group calling itself the Dragons of Western Togoland military army has sent a note of caution to Energy Minister John Peter Amewu, Volta Regional...

Akufo-Addo makes big promise to pensioners

President Nana Akufo-Addo has assured public sector workers that he will resolve the issue of ‘Past Credit’ for workers who had to retire from...

Papavi and gang ‘hit’ Mahama

The Western Togoland separatist group has called out flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) over comments made about them. According to them, the attention...

Giving bodyguards to all MPs will affect general policing- Security Analyst

Security Analyst, Colonel Festus Aboagye (Rtd), has opined that government’s decision to provide personal security for MPs will come at a cost to public...

NCCE returns vehicles donated by government for Covid-19 sensitisation

The National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) says it has been ordered to return 25 out of the 50 vehicles donated by government for...

FDA to increase regulatory measures to ensure wholesome products

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) says it will leverage the level three status it attained from the World Health Organisation (WHO) to ensure...

Government pulls down buildings on American House-Adjiringanor road

The Ministry of Roads and Highways has spearheaded the pulling down of structures on land reserved to develop an alternative road to ease the...

Senya Bereku youth scare traditional leaders

Angry youth of Senya Bereku in the Awutu Senya West District of the Central Region took to the streets to demonstrate against the encroachment...

David Asante breaks silence after escaping death

The Managing Director (MD) of Ghana Publishing Company (GPC), David Asante, has broken his silence after his accident. Mr Asante on Saturday, October 10, 2020,...

Judgment day for Ken Agyapong

A five-member panel of the Supreme Court, presided over by Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonnie, will tomorrow, October 14, 2020, rule on the application by Kennedy...

Over 1,200 seized firearms to be destroyed next month

The National Commission on Small Arms and Light Weapons says it will destroy more than 1,200 confiscated small arms in November, this year, as...

Kumawood actress reveals why she intentionally failed WASSCE [Video]

Ghanaian Kumawood actress, Ama Oduma Odum, has revealed that she intentionally failed her West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE). The beautiful showbiz lady,...

Wendy Shay takes FDA, Gaming Commission of Ghana to court

Singer Wendy Shay says she is determined to fight the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) and the Gaming Commission of Ghana for banning celebrities. According...

Three remanded for attacking NPP members

Western North Regional Crime Officer, Chief Superintendent Nana Kwaku Duah, has confirmed that three persons have been remanded by the Sefwi Wiawso Magistrate Court...

Jane Naana breaks silence on ‘Working with Rawlings’ foreword

Running mate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Prof Jane Naana Opoku- Agyemang, has expressed shock at the reactions her foreword in ‘working with...

UCC breaks silence on alleged robbery on campus [Video]

Authorities at the University of Cape Coast (UCC) have finally broken their silence on the alleged robbery on the school's campus. Videos from the...

Confusion as man slumps and dies at ‘trotro’ station

A traveler, believed to be in his 50s, who left Ho in the Volta Region to Kara in Togo for treatment, has slumped and...

Police’ shocking revelation about kidnapping in Ho

Ho Municipal Police Directorate investigations have revealed that the alleged kidnapping incident at Area 52, a suburb in the Municipality, is a hoax and...

1 dead, 2 missing in fishing disaster

One person has died and two others reportedly missing after the trawl board shackle of a fishing trawler, FV Lurong Yuanyu 930, was broken...

Murder of Mfantseman MP: Interior Minister to appear before Parliament

Minister for the Interior, Ambrose Dery, is expected to appear before Parliament today to brief the House on the killing of Mfantseman MP. This follows...

CDS, military high command console Rawlings [photos]

The Military High Command led by Chief of Defence Staff, Lieutenant General Obed Boamah Akwa, have expressed their condolences to former President Jerry John...

I planned to make slain Mfansteman MP a minister in my next gov’t – Akufo-Addo

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Add has said he had a plan of making the murdered Member of Parliament for Mfansteman, Ekow Quansah Hayford a...

Rains will continue till mid-November – Meteo Agency warns

The Ghana Meteorological Agency (GMET) says the current heavy rains, which are usually accompanied by strong winds would continue till November. The warning follows massive...

West Mamprusi MCE escapes robbery attack [Video]

Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for West Mamprusi Assembly in the North East Region, said he escaped a targeted robbery attack. Aremeyaw Somo Lucky said this...

Ghana Water Company begins Weija Dam spillage

The Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) says it has begun a minimal spillage of the Weija Dam. In an statement issued by the water supplier,...

Accident claims NPP campaign manager’s life

A Campaign Manager of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Tolon constituency of the Northern Region has died in a ghastly motorbike accident. Reports...

Akufo-Addo charges IGP to apprehend killers of late Mfantseman MP [Video]

President Akufo-Addo has charged the Inspector General of Police (IGP) to ensure that the killers of late Mfantseman MP are apprehended. He said the murder...

106-year-old man’s interesting narration on how he proposed to his 35-year-old wife [Video]

Agya Akwasi Marfo Akwaboa Gyan, the 106-year-old man, married to 35-year-old Akua Asabea Gyan, has recounted how he managed to propose to...

Adjiringarno residents fume over poor Otano roads in year of roads [Photos]

In the year of roads, residents of Adjirigarno in the Otano electoral area are reeling over what they say is the deplorable road network...

Oppong-Nkrumah reacts to reports of arrest of govt official in UK [video]

Information Minister, Kojo Oppong-Nkrumah, has dismissed reports that a government official been arrested with £26 million in the United Kingdom (UK). According to...

A/R: EC boss attacked in Highway robbery

The Ashanti Regional (A/R) head of the Electoral Commission (EC), Benjamin Bannor, has reportedly been robbed at gunpoint on the Anwiankwanta-Obuasi highway. Starr News sources...

Strange: Woman set ablaze by mysterious fire while walking

A 37-year-old woman is in grave pain after a mysterious fire set her ablaze, leaving her with severe burns on her left body. Narrating her...

John Dumelo sympathises with Ayawaso West flood victims [Video]

Actor-turned politician, John Dumelo, has sympathised with flood victims after many were displaced in his constituency due to the heavy downpour in Accra over...

Afari-Gyan speaks on crucial 2020 polls

Former Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Dr Kwadwo Afari-Djan, has urged Ghanaian youth to be responsible in their actions before, during and after the...

106-year-old man, s3xy wife of 35 storm Accra for honeymoon [Video]

It was a blissful moment when Akua Asabea Gyan, the 35-year-old woman, who is married to a 106-year-old man, Agya Akwasi Marfo...

Accra rains will continue till mid-November

The Ghana Meteorological Agency has said there will be more rains in the southern sector from now until November. The Acting Officer in Charge of...