A 58-year-old farmer has been murdered in Somanya over land litigation. The deceased, Kudjo Dakudzi, was reportedly hit with sticks multiple times in the rib and later butchered by his assailants while working on the litigated farmland with his teen children. The incident occurred Wednesday, June 16, 2020. A 32-year-old Martey Joshua, son of the deceased told Starr News that ...

Ghana’s Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) Lieutenant General OB Akwa is due for retirement on Saturday, June 20, 2020, but will stay in office until January 2021. Lt. Gen. Akwa, who will be 65 years – the mandatory retirement age – over the weekend, has been given a six-month contract by President Akufo-Addo, which will elapse at the end of ...

Former Asante Kotoko defender Gabriel Issah Ahmed has disclosed that he lost his starting spot in the senior national male football team of Ghana because a teammate whom he alluded to be a foreign-based player at the time used juju on him. He formed a centre-pair with John Mensah during the 2006 Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt, but he ...

The Electoral Commission (EC) is denying certain claims made by the Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu. The Minority Leader at a hurriedly organised press conference had sought to suggest that the EC didn’t understand data synchronization because the Commission had indicated during a meeting that it was not going to rely on the biometric data of citizens captured by the NIA. ...

The Dynamic Youth Movement Of Dormaa and the Young Professionals Group of Dormaa (YPGD) have expressed their dismay at what they described as the unprovoked attacks and “naked” insults on Osegyefo Oseadieyo Agyemang Badu (Aduana Piesie), the Paramount Chief of the Dormaa Traditional Area. They pointed out that John Boadu, the General Secretary of the ruling New Patriotic Party, is ...

The Commercial Division of the Accra High Court has struck out the 68 charges against Dr Kwabena Duffuor and eight others in the ongoing unibank case. This was after the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) Yvonne Atakorah Obuobisah has prayed the court for the old charges filed in March to be dropped. According to the DPP, the prosecution is amending ...

Persons with Albinism in Ghana say they are living in fear as the December 7 Presidential and Parliamentary elections draw nearer. According to the albinos, their safety is not guaranteed in many areas of the country where primitive customs and beliefs make people tend to perform rituals with the blood of an Albino for power. “The fear is that as ...

Abdul Malik Kweku Baako, the Editor-in-Chief of the New Crusading Guide newspaper, has indicated that the NDC under the presidency of John Dramani Mahama, failed to deliver on their promised 200 E-block schools. Baako stated that the NDC administration, could not even build 50 of those school blocks according to the Handing Over Notes available to the Presidential Transition Team. “They ...

Self-styled anti-corruption campaigner and Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong says in less than 48 hours, Ghana’s Security operatives will arrest Ibrahim Dauda popularly known as Ibrah One. Speaking on “The Seat” show on Net 2 TV, the MP hinted that Ibrah One has been using cars which he has not paid Customs duty on and uses his forex bureau ...

The Nima police station has been robbed by thieves, Starr News can confirm. The thieves reportedly made away with valuable items including laptops, printers, television sets and other stationery in the Thursday dawn raid. According to Starr News’ Michael Nsiah Otchere who has visited the scene, some officers also say their shirts which were hanging in the offices have been ...