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Ken Ofori-Atta’s US immigration case adjourned to April 27
Posted on with No CommentThe hearing of the case involving former Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta has been adjourned to April 27, 2026. Mr Ofori-Atta appeared before a United States immigration court in Virginia on Tuesday, January 20, 2026, as proceedings continue over his immigration … Read more →
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96% of Ghanaians reject homosexuality and why children and youth are targets – Research
Posted on | CommentAn overwhelming majority – 96% of Ghanaians are opposed to homosexuality. These Ghanaians believe homosexuality should not be accepted by society. This is among key findings of a survey by the Pew Research Center, a nonpartisan American think tank based … Read more →
‘Help us resist oppressors’ rule’ – Law Students cry out in demo
Posted on | CommentClose to a thousand law students in the country and sympathizers are currently embarking on a demonstration exercise to demand reforms in the country’s legal education system. The protest dubbed #OpenUpLegalEducation, is expected to end with the protesters marching to … Read more →
Hard drives containing Opuni trial, others stolen from court
Posted on | CommentHard drives in about five High Courts located in the Law Court Complex building have been stolen from systems units of computers used for recording and storing Court records and proceedings, Starr News has learnt. The case of theft is … Read more →
Ransford Gyampo: I’ll sue BBC over ‘Sex for grades’ documentary
Posted on | CommentA Political Science lecturer at the University of Ghana (UG), Professor Ransford Gyampo has threatened to initiate a legal action against the BBC over its “Sex for grades” documentary which mentions him [Gyampo] as one of the lecturers who offer grades to students in … Read more →
Saudi Arabia: Unmarried foreign couples can now rent hotel rooms
Posted on | CommentUnmarried foreign couples will now be allowed to rent hotel rooms together in Saudi Arabia as part of a new visa regime announced by the religiously conservative kingdom. Women will also be allowed to stay in hotel rooms alone. Couples … Read more →
Take ownership and management of tourism sites – WR Minister to Stakeholders
Posted on | CommentKwabena Okyere Darko-Mensah, the Western Regional Minister, has said there is the need for tourism stakeholders to take a firm decision for the ownership and management of the various tourism destination sites in the country. This, the Minister said, would … Read more →
VIDEO: ‘Sex for grades’: Undercover in West African Universities
Posted on | CommentAcademic institutions in West Africa have increasingly been facing allegations of sexual harassment by lecturers. This type of abuse is said to be endemic, but it’s almost never proven. After gathering dozens of testimonies, BBC Africa Eye sent undercover journalists … Read more →
Missing Takoradi girls found
Posted on | CommentThree out of the five missing persons published on the Ghana Police Website have been found. The three are Fauzia Aliu, Augustina Koomson and Rosina Gyekyewaa. Fauzia Aliu, 17, returned home on the October 2, about 8 pm. Her father, … Read more →
6 Dead, 15 injured in Sege crash
Posted on | CommentA total of six passengers including a female died on the spot when two commercial vehicles collided at Sege on the Tema-Aflao Highway Friday night, October 4, 2019. Fifteen passengers onboard both vehicles also sustained various degree of injuries. The … Read more →
VIDEO: Not under my watch – Prez. Akufo- Addo speaks on Comprehensive Sexuality Education
Posted on | CommentPresident Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has debunked suggestions that his government is bent on introducing ‘alien’ practices into the Ghanaian society through the controversial Comprehensive Sexuality Education. The President was emphatic that no student in Ghana will be taught contents … Read more →
1.2 million students to benefit from free SHS this year
Posted on | CommentThe Minister of Information has said about 1.2 million students will be benefiting from the Free Senior High School (SHS) programme by the end of 2019. Kojo Oppong Nkrumah said this at the just ended Town Hall Meeting in Bolgatanga, … Read more →
Takoradi: Taxi Driver slashes mother to death at Kwesimintim
Posted on | CommentA man has fatally slashed his mother at Effia-Kwesimintim in Takoradi in the Western region. The incident happened Friday at about 8 am after the woman’s son entered the house at Sofo Zongo in Effia-Kwesimitim, JoyNews Western regional correspondent Ina-Thalia Quansah … Read more →
You can’t regulate faith – Duncan-Williams on regulating churches
Posted on | CommentFounder of the Action Chapel International Archbishop Duncan-Williams has kicked against an advocacy for laws to regulate churches. “You cannot regulate faith,” he said in an interview on Accra-based Joy FM. According to him, “the church is a spiritual movement” … Read more →
Capital Bank collapse: Ato Essien told very few truths in that interview – Sekondi MP
Posted on | CommentThe Member of Parliament for Sekondi, Andrew Mercer has slammed the founder of defunct Capital Bank, William Ato Essien, for his recent media appearance where he claimed innocence in the collapse of his bank. Speaking on The Big Issue on Citi FM/TV, … Read more →
Menzgold customers push for meeting to discuss new payment plan
Posted on | CommentCustomers of Menzgold Ghana Limited are calling on management of the company to convene a meeting for a schedule to be agreed by both parties for the payment of their locked up cash. Management of the company in September assured … Read more →
Ghanaian fraudster with details of 35,000 bank cards jailed
Posted on | CommentA fraudster from London who went on luxury holidays abroad after harvesting details from thousands of bank customers has been sentenced to two years and nine months in prison. Emanuel Poku, 24, from Enfield, London, pleaded guilty to conspiring to … Read more →
Oppong-Boanuh to be made substantive IGP, COP Tetteh Yohuno Dep. IGP
Posted on | CommentPresident Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has initiated steps to make the acting Inspector General of Ghana Police (IGP) COP James Oppong-Boanuh as the country’s substantive police chief. Sources within Police top hierarchy told 3news.com Thursday evening that Nana Akufo-Addo has … Read more →
Oil: Govt settles US$806m forex debt losses
Posted on | CommentA TOTAL amount of US$806.25 million has been settled by government for Forex losses on oil incurred between 2011 and 2015, the Chamber of Bulk Oil Distributors (CBOD) has revealed in its 2019 Annual report. According to the report, there … Read more →
42 Galamseyers grabbed
Posted on | CommentTHE EASTERN Regional Police Command, in collaboration with Operation Vanguard (anti-illegal mining taskforce), has arrested 42 people engaged in ‘galamsey’ in the Kwaebibirem municipality. The suspects are made up of 29 Ghanaians and 16 foreigners including 13 Nigeriens and one … Read more →
‘Cocaine’ turns ephedrine
Posted on | CommentIn a twist of events, the Narcotics Control Board (NACOB) has stated that the whitish powdery substance found on two Nigerians at the Kpeglo Border Post last Friday is not cocaine but ephedrine. Ephedrine is an odourless, white, powdered substance … Read more →
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