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NSS ‘side chick’ case: High Court to give ruling today

The High Court is set to deliver its judgment on a captivating case involving Deborah Seyram Adablah, the plaintiff, who has sued the chief...

NPP will lose 2024 election if… – Amansie South DCE

District Chief Executive (DCE) of Amansie South, Clement Opoku Gyamfi, has stated the utterances of some supporters of the presidential aspirants of the New Patriotic...

Mortal remains of soilder who died in India arrive in Ghana [Photos]

The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) has received the mortal remains of a soldier who died in India, Warrant Officer Class One (WOI), Sani Victor...

Aflao SHS: Transformer dismantled, underground cables stolen

Some unknown persons have broken into the premises of the Aflao Senior High School (SHS) and dismantled the electricity transformer that feeds the school...

Five arrested over lynching of 2 persons accused of witchcraft

Police in the Northern Region have arrested five suspects in connection with the murder of two persons accused of witchcraft at Zakpalsi in the Mion...

Commuters stranded after cargo truck overturns on Accra-Kumasi Highway

Scores of commuters from Accra to Kumasi and those from the opposite direction were stranded after a cargo truck overturned at the Duampompo stretch...

Lifeless body retrieved from manhole in Upper West

A team of rescuers from the Wa Municipal Fire Station in the Upper West Region has retrieved the lifeless body of a 13-year-old girl...

UCC to honour Energy Minister

Dr Matthew Opoku-Prempeh, the former Education Minister and current Energy Minister, who is also the Member of Parliament for Manhyia South, has continued to...

One dead, 7 injured after gunmen shoot into bus at Walewale

The Police are on a manhunt for a group of people who shot into a Kumasi-Bawku bound bus on the outskirt of Walewale. The incident,...

Stop flooding the courts with political cases – EC and political parties told

Veteran politician, Kwame Pianim, has asked the Electoral Commission (EC) and political parties to work in ways that reduce the possibility of electoral cases...

Taking BOST margin away will be suicidal – MD

https://youtu.be/q7cUFZp4MUE Managing Director (MD) of the Bulk Oil, Storage and Transportation Company (BOST), Edwin Alfred Provencal, has been making a case for the increment of...

Ghana Post records GH¢6.173m loss in 2020

Ghana Post recorded a loss of GH¢6.173 million in 2020, as against a profit of GH¢995,000 the company made the previous year. The loss was...

Two in court for allegedly defrauding pastor of GH¢35K

Two persons who allegedly swindled a pastor of GHC35,000 under the pretext of selling two parcels of land to him, but failed have appeared before...

Gunshot fired, suspect lynched over motorbike theft

A suspect motorbike thief has been lynched at Obuotumpan, a community near Nyamekrom in the Eastern Region. Information gathered by Starr News indicates that, somewhere...

Dambai IRECOP to create jobs -Oti Regional Minister

Oti Regional Minister, Joshua Makubu, has said that the Integrated Recycling and Composting Plant (IRECOP) in the region will directly and indirectly generate about...

Reinstate WASS headmistress – NAGRAT tells GES

The National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) has urgently appealed to the Ghana Education Service (GES) to reinstate the headmistress of West Africa Secondary...

Two injured in violent clash between tricycle operators and task force officials in Tamale

Two people have received machete wounds following a clash between Tricycle operators and staff of Mahas Global Company Ltd Task Force in the Tamale Metropolis. There...

Latest on interdiction of West Africa SHS headmistress

The interdiction of Shine Agatha Ofori, the headmistress of West Africa Senior High School (SHS), by the Ghana Education Service (GES) has caused quite...

Full text: Human Rights Court dismisses Rev. Kusi Boateng’s case against Ablakwa

The Human Rights Court on Thursday, July 13, dismissed an application by the Founder and General Overseer of the Power Chapel Worldwide, Reverend Victor...

It is wrong to withdraw MTTD officers from highways – Ashanti NRSA boss to IGP  

The Ashanti Regional Director of the National Road Safety Authority says it is a wrong directive by the Inspector-General of Police to withdraw officers...

Tamale High court registrar’s misconduct referred to CJ

The Tamale High Court has directed the Regional Administrative Officer of the Judicial Service to refer the conduct of Mohammed Musah, a Registrar of...

15 passengers injured as Metro Mass bus collides with articulator truck on Kasoa-Cape Coast Highway

A collision between a Metro Mass bus and an articulator cargo car loaded with onions has resulted in serious injuries to 15 passengers at...

High port charges: Vehicle importers now going into farming

Chamber of Automobile Dealership Ghana has revealed that people who import vehicles into the country have now decided to invest in farming. This decision,...

Residents, travellers stranded as road linking Suaman-Juaboso floods

The heavy rainfall in the Western North Region has caused flooding that has led to the bridge connecting Juaboso and Suaman Dadieso to be...

British Columbia College holds 7th Graduation and Achievers’ Awards in Accra

The British Columbia College (BCC) has held its 7th Graduation and Achievers’ awards ceremony at the Madina campus with a passionate call on the...

Dumping of dead bodies in front of Nkwanta South Assembly: Regional Minister demands sanctions

Regional Minister for Oti, Joshua Makubu, has taken decisive action following an unfortunate incident in which six decayed bodies were found dumped in front...

The People’s Forum: Residents of New Legon at risk as bridge turns death trap

Residents of Adentan New Legon in the Greater Accra region are appealing for an expansion of their main bridge with immediate effect to avoid...

Nduom secures Supreme Court ruling in quest to reclaim GN Bank

The Supreme Court on Wednesday, July 19, 2023, affirmed the decision of the High Court that it has jurisdiction over the lawsuit filed against...

EC has been ineffective in ensuring parties declare sources of funding – Asah-Asante

A Political Science Lecturer at the University of Ghana, Dr Kwame Asah-Asante, has said that the Electoral Commission (EC) has not been active in...

Local Govt Ministry to embark on household travel survey

The Ministry of Local Government, Decentralisation and Rural Development says it will be embarking on a Household Travel Survey within 29 Metropolitan, Municipal and...

Support our quest to transform economy – Akufo-Addo to Portugal

President Nana Akufo-Addo has called on the developed world, especially Portugal, to assist Ghana to turn back on its old economy which is dependent...

GES interdicts West Africa SHS headmistress

The headmistress of West Africa Senior High School (WASS), Dr Mrs Shine Agatha Ofori, has been interdicted for an unauthorised collection of money from...

Abesim Murder: Footballer to stand trial at High Court

Richard Appiah, a footballer, who allegedly murdered two minors and kept their body parts in a refrigerator at Abesim in the Bono Region, has...

Death penalty mostly a weaponised tool for political vindictiveness – Francis-Xavier Sosu

Proponent of the bill seeking to repeal the death penalty, Francis-Xavier Sosu, says the death penalty is mostly weaponised for political vindictiveness, thus, its...

Man jailed for stealing 32-inch television

An Accra Circuit Court has sentenced an unemployed man to nine months imprisonment in hard labour for stealing. Joshua Alarbi stole a-32-inch LG television set,...

Land guards brouhaha: Lands Ministry’s Chief Director makes u-turn

The Chief Director of the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources, Professor Patrick Agbesinyale, has refuted claims that he had said that government engages...

Trade war: Asaki clashes with GUTA President for pampering govt

Executive Secretary of the Importers and Exporters Association of Ghana has launched a salvo at the Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA) for being...

Ahafo Regional Minister Commissions Goaso Integrated Recycling and Composting Plant

The Ahafo Regional Minister, Hon. George Boakye, has commissioned the Goaso Integrated Recycling and Composting Plant in Ahafo. Located at Akrodie in the Asunafo North...

Anti-LGBTQ bill: UCC researcher withdraws contempt suit against Bagbin

A researcher from the University of Cape Coast (UCC), Dr Amanda Odoi, has withdrawn her contempt application filed against Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin,...

High inflation pushed 850,000 Ghanaians into poverty in 2022 – World Bank report

A report released by the World Bank has revealed that high inflation rates in 2022 pushed an overwhelming 850,000 Ghanaians into poverty. The report indicated...