TOP STORIES

Dangerous Bortianor Hills, Weija Illegal Quarry Sites Shut Down

May 24, 2022

Deputy Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, George Mireku Duker, has cracked the whip on operators of illegal stone quarry, sand winning and construction activities around the Bortianor-Hills, Tuba, Oblogo and Weija enclave under Ga-South and Weija-Gbawe municipalities of the Greater Accra Region, areas even though described as earthquake prone zone and risky to human Continue Reading

EDUCATION

Tolon SHS shut down following fire

May 19, 2022

Authorities at Tolon Senior High School have temporarily closed down the school following a fire outbreak earlier Thursday, May 19. The fire razed down the entire girls’ dormitory block. According to the headmaster of the school, Amadu Issifu, the decision to close down the school is to allow them put together a temporary accommodation for […]Continue Reading

Foreign

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine could soon cause a global food crisis that may last for years, the UN has warned

May 19, 2022

Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said the war had worsened food insecurity in poorer nations due to rising prices. Some countries could face long-term famines if Ukraine’s exports are not restored to pre-war levels, he added. The conflict has cut-off supplies from Ukraine’s ports, which once exported vast amounts of cooking oil as well as cereals such […]Continue Reading

Crime

Contracts for Sale: SP slaps former PPA boss, brother-in-law with 18 counts of offences

May 18, 2022

The Office of the Special Prosecutor (SP) has charged the former Chief Executive Officer(CEO) of the Public Procurement Authority (PPA), Adjenim Boateng Adjei, and his brother-in-law, Francis Kwaku Arhin, with 18 counts of offences for their various roles in “The Contracts for Sale” saga. This was disclosed in a statement issued by the office of […]Continue Reading

Crime

Nkoranza youth attack Police station; free suspects in custody

May 17, 2022

Some irate youth in Nkoranza in the Bono East region have attacked the Police station in the area freeing at least three suspects in custody. The youth who are protesting the death of  28-year-old trader, Alber Akwasi Donkor reportedly attacked some officers before setting the inmates free, Starr News has gathered. Meanwhile, the Inspector General […]Continue Reading

Crime NEWS

C/R: Boyfriend slashes girlfriend, 56, with machete for denying him sex

May 17, 2022

A 56-year-old woman, Akua Baduwa, has allegedly been slashed with machete multiple times by her boyfriend, Bob, aged 45, for refusing him sex. The woman is currently receiving treatment at the Abura Dunkwa government hospital in the Central Region after the incident which happened at Abakrampa on Sunday May 15, 2022 around 1:30 PM. According […]Continue Reading

Opinion

Editorial: Playing Water and Power Mind-game with Ghanaians Cruel

May 17, 2022

Humanity remains highly-indebted – thanks to God the Omniscient who gives out for free; absolutely free, for not placing the atmospheric oxygen that we breathe for living, into the creative hands of fellow human, let alone a tax-happy authority of men. We could have been extinct by now. The entire nation of Ghana seemed to […]Continue Reading

NEWS POLITICS

Gov’t Used Borrowed $3.5Bn To Pay Mahama’s Salaries– Razak Opoku

May 17, 2022

New Patriotic Party (NPP) activist and founder of Concerned Voters Movement (CVM), Razak Kojo Opoku has responded to former President John Dramani Mahama, by explaining how the US$ 3.5billion government had borrowed was spent. According to him, there are evidence of what the money was used for, as parts of it has been used by […]Continue Reading

Crime NEWS

Brave Husband, Two Wives Pound Assailant To Death

May 17, 2022

Luck eluded an unidentified gunman suspected to be an armed robber, as he was beaten to death by a man and his two wives at Sekyere Afram Plains in the Ashanti Region. The deceased is said to have attacked a house where a man married to two wives lived and succeeded shooting the husband. According […]Continue Reading

NEWS Uncategorized

18-Year-Old SHS Student Manufactures Car; Mother Appeals For Support

May 17, 2022

By:  Gifty Arthur An 18-year-old student has taken his knowledge in automobile engineering to another level to the astonishment of many in his community in the Western Region. Master Obed Obeng Dansoof of the Community Vocational Development Institute in the Tarkwa Tamso enclave of the Western Region has single-handedly manufactured a vehicle that is not […]Continue Reading