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A German national, who is on voluntary service to Ghana, has allegedly stabbed a suspected pick-pocket to death at a street carnival at Akropong in the Eastern region. The incident occurred Friday night. The body of the deceased has been deposited at Tetteh Quarshie Memorial Hospital. Information gathered by Starr News indicates that the German, a Student, accompanied by three ...

Former President John Mahama has urged the Akufo-Addo government to arrest the owner of the now-defunct DKM Microfinance Limited and pay its aggrieved customers all their locked-up deposits as he said was promised by the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the lead-up to the 2016 elections. According to Mr. Mahama, the NPP, in the run-up to the 2016 elections, accused ...

The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) is expected to hold its national executive elections on November 17, 2018 at the Fantasy Dome of the Trade Fair Centre in the Greater Accra Region. The National Organiser of the NDC, Kofi Adams made this known on the Point Blank segment of Eyewitness News. “The party’s National Congress is on the 17th of ...

Some parents and guardians have massed up at the KNUST Police station to demand the release of their wards who have been arrested by the police. The students, according to parents were arrested by the internal security of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology and handed over to the police for holding a vigil in the school. The ...

Government has announced yet another postponement of the start of the Nation Builder Corps (NaBCO) programme. This follows concerns that the 100 thousand recruits have not been assigned to their duty posts less than 48 hours for them to start work. According to the NABCO Coordinator, Dr. Ibrahim Anyars beneficiaries will commence work by November 1, blaming the delay on ...

The member of parliament for Assin Central has stated emphatically that Civilians should kill robbers who pursue them. Although the 1992 constitution of Ghana frowns on instant Justice where people take the law into their own hands in retaliation of crimes committed, Assin Central Member of Parliament Kennedy Agyapong wants his constituents to kill criminals. The comment of the legislator ...

Government has said postings for graduates of the Nation Builder Corps (NABCO) programme will start from November 1. This follows concerns that the 100,000 recruits have not been assigned to their duty posts less than 48 hours for them to start work. According to the NABCO Coordinator, Dr. Ibrahim Anyars beneficiaries will commence work by November 1, blaming the delay ...

The member of parliament for Assin Central has stated emphatically that Civilians should kill robbers who pursue them. Although the 1992 constitution of Ghana frowns on instant Justice where people take the law into their own hands in retaliation of crimes committed, Assin Central Member of Parliament Kennedy Agyapong wants his constituents to kill criminals. The comment of the legislator ...

The National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO) is warning consumers of tilapia to be cautious following the destruction of some 18 kilograms of unwholesome tilapia at Asutsuare in the Shai Osudoku District of the Greater Accra region. Several tons of the fish began to die early this week, sparking fears of poisoning among residents who contacted NADMO and the Food and ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said his government is poised to resource the Ghana Armed Forces to enable them deliver on their mandate. He said last year more resources including Pickups were supplied to the GAF. While speaking at the Military Academy in Accra on Friday, 19 October at the graduation ceremony of new army personnel, the president said ...