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A mobile money vendor was robbed and kidnapped by unknown assailants Sunday evening at Brigade, a suburb on the Kasoa road in the Greater Accra region. According to eyewitnesses, two armed men stormed the popular mobile money joint, started shooting sporadically and robbed the vendor of all her daily sales. One of the eyewitnesses who spoke to Starrfmonline.com said the ...

Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa is wishing Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia a speedy recovery from his ill health. “Wishing our Vice President a speedy recovery. Our fervent prayers and kind thoughts continue to be with him. Looking forward to his return home soon to carry out the onerous duties of State,” the lawmaker tweeted. Dr ...

Managing Editor of the Insight newspaper, Kwesi Pratt Jnr has shared his experience during the media encounter with President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. The President had an encounter with the media at the Flagstaff House Wednesday. After the encounter, some journalists bemoaned the fact that they didn’t get the chance to ask their questions. Contributing to a panel discussion on ...

At least ten students of the Gyaama Pensan Senior High School in the Ashanti region have been hospitalized after they sustained injuries during a demonstration against the headmaster of the school Monday. The Over 700 students who are taking part in the demonstration are demanding the removal of the head teacher Kwadwo Boakye Yiadom. The irate students have vandalized some ...

Kwabenya Police Station in the Greater Accra Region has been hit by a gang of robbers after freeing seven (7) armed robbers in the cells. The act happened on 21st January 2018 about 0200 hrs. Suspected robbers accosted those on duty, shot an inspector on the spot and later freed their colleague armed robbers in custody. Ghana Police Accra has ...

  The Vice President of Ghana, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has assured the business community in Ghana of the passage of Companies Bill and Insolvency Bill as well as the New Payment System Bills. This came as a relieve to stakeholders in the business community when the H.E Dr. Bawumia mentioned in his remarks as the Special Guest of Honour for the 69th Annual New Year School ...

First Lady, Rebecca Akufo-Addo, has expressed confidence, that Ghanaians can build a dignified, self-sustaining country and shun the tag as a beggar nation. She said the new Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) Maternity block built entirely out of fundraising efforts is an example that the President’s mantra of Ghana beyond aid is possible. Delivering a speech at the commissioning of ...

Deputy Minister of Health, Kingsley Aboagye Gyedu, has said an amount of 6 million US dollars is needed to begin operations at the University of Ghana Medical Centre. According to him, the first phase of the Medical Centre, which cost 217 million dollars to establish, is yet to be completed because of the lack of funds needed for its operationalization. ...

First Lady Mrs Rebecca Akufo-Addo has inaugurated the newly-constructed Mother & Baby unit of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in Kumasi in the Ashanti Region. The new facility has room for 130 babies, eleven children and enough facilities to accommodate 12 simultaneous births. Mrs Akufo-Addo took special interest in the facility when it was revealed that hundreds of babies ...

National Organiser of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Kofi Adams says the recent pronouncement by some two leading members of the party is rather “not helping them”. Mr Adams says Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin and Sylvester Mensah are rather destroying the good they have done for the party. Mr Bagbin, who is the country’s longest serving Member of Parliament, and ...