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Trump says King will be ‘very safe’ during US visit after security talks
Posted on with No CommentDonald Trump has said King Charles III will “be very safe” during his state visit to the US, which is due to begin later on Monday. Further security talks took place between the White House and Buckingham Palace after a … Read more →
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Rains destroy Atebubu-Kwame Danso road
Posted on | CommentWith the onset of the rains, the Atebubu-Kwame Danso road in the Brong Ahafo Region has become impassable for commuters and drivers who ply the road. The late President John Evans Atta Mills cut sod for the construction of the … Read more →
Fire ravages 200-year-old Brazil musuem
Posted on | CommentA fire has gutted the National Museum of Brazil in Rio de Janeiro, the oldest scientific institution in the country. Most of the 20 million items it contained, including the oldest human remains ever found in the Americas, are believed … Read more →
Gov’t begins vetting of small-scale miners today
Posted on | CommentThe government will from today [Monday] begin the vetting of all small-scale miners in the country. This is part of efforts to sanitize the country’s mining industry and ensure that persons engaged in the commercial activity do so in a responsible, environmentally-friendly … Read more →
2.8 million Ghanaians living in extreme poverty – Report
Posted on | CommentMore than 2.8 million Ghanaians, representing about 10 percent of the population are living in extreme poverty. The vast number are said to be living below the global poverty line of a $1.9 spending a day. According to the report by … Read more →
Horror In Bole As Masked Men Slaughter Hundreds Of Pigs Over Gold
Posted on | CommentArmed men believed to be illegal gold scavengers have raided Kiape, a Dagarti village in Bole Bomboi district of the Northern Region and allegedly slaughtered drove of pigs. The mass killing of the domestic drove occurred on Friday, … Read more →
Chief Linguist And Wife Murdered At Abura Dunkwa
Posted on | CommentThe Abura Dunkwa township in the Assin South District of the Central region has been thrown into a state of shock as residents woke up to the news of the alleged killing of the Chief Linguist of the town Okyeame … Read more →
Businessman in court over theft, money laundering
Posted on | CommentAn Accra Circuit Court has granted bail of GH¢700,000.00 with five sureties to a businessman for allegedly stealing GH¢620,000.00 from the Frimps Oil Company. Two out of the five sureties should be public officers. Joshua Kofi Abusah also known as … Read more →
Cal Bank Financial Officer jailed four years for stealing
Posted on | CommentA circuit court in Accra has sentenced an Accounts Officer to four years imprisonment in hard labour for stealing cash in the sum of GH¢109,501.00, belonging to Cal Bank. This was after the court presided over by Mrs Jane Harriet … Read more →
US Military To Cancel $300m In Pakistan Aid Over Terror Groups
Posted on | CommentThe US military says it is cancelling $300m (£230m) in aid to Pakistan over what it calls Islamabad’s failure to take action against militant groups. President Donald Trump has previously accused Pakistan of deceiving the US while receiving billions of … Read more →
Fuel Prices To Stay Put In September – IES
Posted on | CommentThe Institute of Energy Securities (IES) has projected that prices of fuel at the pumps across the country will remain stable in September. Prices of fuel at the pumps experienced a 2% increment in August with Gas oil prices averaging … Read more →
VW Deal: Gov’t Has Been Unfair To Us – Kantanka
Posted on | CommentLocal automobile company Kantanka has expressed concerns over what they believe is the hasty approach government has resorted in signing the agreement for the establishment of an assembling plant of German car giant VW in Ghana. According to Katanka, government … Read more →
High Court quashes suspension of Wa Polytechnic Rector
Posted on | CommentThe Wa High Court has set aside the suspension of Professor Emmanuel Owusu-Marfo, the Rector of Wa Polytechnic, paving way for his return to office and resume official duties. Presiding Judge Justice Kwasi Boakye granted the application of the complainant … Read more →
Unemployed jailed for stealing GH¢ 930.00
Posted on | CommentA twenty-four year-old unemployed, Alhassan Wala who broke into his victim’s room and made away with items valued at GH¢ 930.00 has been jailed two months in hard labour by a Magistrate Court in Cape Coast. He pleaded guilty to … Read more →
Fetu Afahye 2018 in Cape Coast [Photos]
Posted on | CommentThis years Fetu Afahye [Festival] celebrated by the chiefs and people of the Oguaa Traditional Area came to a climax on Saturday with pomp and pageantry. A retinue of chiefs and Asafo companies processed through the principal streets of Cape Coast in their … Read more →
‘China-Ghana relations must take the lead in Africa’ – Xi Jinping to Nana Addo
Posted on | CommentThe President of China, Mr. Xi Jinping, has stressed that he is prepared to work with his Ghanaian counterpart, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, to ensure that relations between Ghana and China take the lead on the African continent. According to President Xi, … Read more →
Ghana, China sign 8 co-operation agreements, MoUs
Posted on | CommentGhana and China have signed eight (8) Co-operation Agreements and Memoranda of Understanding, in different sectors of their respective economies, aimed at deepening the ties of co-operation and the bonds of friendship that exist between the two countries. The agreements were signed … Read more →
Imposter on bail in a job recruitment fraud
Posted on | CommentAn Accra Circuit Court has granted a bail of GH¢100,000.00, with three sureties to a 43-year-oldman, who allegedly posed as the Dansoman Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to defraud 38 persons of GH¢116,400.00 under the pretext of securing them … Read more →
Group Nduom Begins Mass Dismissals
Posted on | CommentThe GN group chaired by business magnate and politician Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom has begun cutting jobs within the various units under the conglomerate. Starrfmonline.com has gathered that units being targeted by management include the GN Bank, the media unit … Read more →
Israeli Defence Force to train GAF unit on counter-terrorism
Posted on | CommentIn a one of a kind collaboration between Israeli Defence Force (IDF) and the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF), a team of 7 officers from the IDF is scheduled to arrive in Ghana to hold a 3 day Counter-Terrorism Training to … Read more →
Prof. Afful-Broni appointed UEW Vice-Chancellor
Posted on | CommentThe acting vice chancellor of the University of Education, Winneba, Rev. Fr. Prof. Afful-Broni has been appointed as substantive Vice-Chancellor. Rev. Fr. Prof. Afful-Broni’s appointment comes weeks after five principal officers of the institution were dismissed, including then Vice-Chancellor Prof. … Read more →
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