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Five suspects in the murder of the 90-year-old-woman at Kafaba in the East Gonja Municipality of the Savanna Region have surrendered themselves to the Police, Starr News has gathered. It comes after the chief of the town was picked up by police over the gruesome killing. Madam Akua Denteh was beaten to death in public for allegedly being a witch. ...

The Supreme Court has struck out names of the Auditor-General Daniel Domelovo and acting Auditor-General Johnson Akuamoah Asiedu in a suit challenging the President’s directive for the Auditor-General to proceed on leave. CDD-fellow and US-based Ghanaian lawyer Professor Kwaku Asare sued the Attorney General and the two others over the President’s directive to the Auditor-General to proceed on leave. It ...

A seven-member panel of the Supreme Court has struck out an application by a deputy National Youth Organizer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Edem Agbana, against the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC), Dr. Kofi Koduah Sarpong. Mr Agbana’s action was demanding the resignation of Dr Sarpong for staying in office after crossing ...

The main opposition National Democratic Congress says they are ready for the comparison of achievements challenge being advanced by Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia. The Vice President in a Facebook post Tuesday published what he says are 50 achievements of President Akufo-Addo which put him ahead of former President John Mahama in the upcoming polls. The NDC in a counter ...

The Chairman of the Audit Service Board Dr Edward Duah Agyemang says the board is fed up with the decision of the Auditor General to rush to the media with developments at his office. It comes in the wake of reports that the Audit Service Board ordered the locks to his office to be changed. Speaking to Francis Abban on ...

The culture of saving and investment is still a grey area in developing countries across the world including Ghana. Due to the high unemployment rates and the meagre salaries of a lot of workers in Ghana, investments are privilege for a little few. However, in recent times, there has been an increase in education on the benefits of investments and ...

I wept as Prof. Naana Jane Opoku Agyemang screamed loudly at GENDERCIDE, in her horror at “the most despicable act of lynching of a 90-year-old-woman at Kafaba in the East Gonja Municipality of the Savanna Region.” “I condemn in the strongest terms this barbaric act which has left me, like many I can imagine, deeply sad, indeed,” Naana Jane screamed! ...

Commercial drivers are likely to reduce transport fares by 10 percent effective Saturday August 1. The decision comes after a call by by the Chamber of Petroleum Consumers Ghana (COPEC) following the President’s decision to lift the restriction placed on commercial vehicles in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. The leadership of various transport unions met in Accra on Monday, ...

An advice has been going to Ghanaians especially Pregnant women to be more conscious of the Hepatitis B virus, Western North Regional Health Promotion Officer Mr Abubakari Abudardai has said. Hepatitis B is Chronic and sometimes can be transmitted from mother to child when conceived , so pregnant women should attend hospital regular to check their status on the virus. ...

President Akufo-Addo says the killing of a 90-year-old woman at Kafaba in the Savanna Region over witchcraft accusation has dented the reputation of the country. According to him, the gruesome murder has “disfigured” Ghana. Speaking in the region where he is currently on tour, the President called on the security agencies to expedite action on the arrest of the suspects. ...