GENERAL NEWS

  As part of its road safety measures, the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA), Bloomberg Initiative for Global Road Safety (BIGRS) and National Road Safety Authority (NRSA) have embarked on a two-day speed awareness campaign in Kumasi. The campaign was adopted to reduce road crashes which have been identified as a …

A commercial vehicle driver has allegedly killed his wife at Oyoko a suburb of Koforidua, Eastern Regional capital. The suspect identified as Abeiku inflicted multiple machete wounds on the victim killing her instantly Friday dawn. He has since gone into hiding. Starr News has gathered that the couple were married …

A man believed to be in his late 50’s has allegedly committed suicide at Aburi Botanical Gardens on Friday in the Akuapem South Municipality of the Eastern region. The deceased whose name is yet to be identified, was found by hanging with a rope tied to a tree. However, the …

A Jasikan Circuit Court has sentenced Sampson Kwame Asong, a 40-year-old man, to five years imprisonment for threatening to kill a drinking spot owner with a locally manufactured pistol. Asong pleaded guilty to the charge and was convicted on his own plea. Prosecuting, Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Vincent Seth …

The Dormaa-Ahenkro Circuit Court in the Bono Region has sentenced a-24-year-old farmer to four years imprisonment for abetment of crime. The convict, Asampana Akumbire, also a tricycle rider, aided two other suspects, Nana Kofi and Akwasi Boakye, who are at large, to damage an unregistered Apsonic Jaguar motor bike, a …

Two suspected robbers have been put before an Accra Circuit Court for conspiring with two others to rob a businessman of his GH¢ 900,000 at Maamobi in Accra. George Ayitey Mensah, 32, and Hakim Seini, 27, pleaded not guilty to the charge of conspiracy and robbery when they appeared before …

President Akufo Addo has intervened in the disciplinary action taken against the 8 China SHS Students by the Ghana Education Service. In a press release dated 13th January, 2023, President Akufo Addo revealed that he has directed the Minister of Education, Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum to tell GES to look …

According to a post by Mr. John Destino Charwey, an executive member of the NPP, on Facebook, a female high school student who left home for school but allegedly visited her boyfriend’s house has passed away. The cause of her death is currently unknown as the autopsy report has not …

Seven people have perished in an accident in Gomoa Antseadze on the Cape Coast to Accra highway in the Central Region. The sprinter which was travelling from Mankessim towards Accra veered off the road into the bush resulting in the immediate death of seven passengers. Eight others, including an infant, …

Some families have suffered as a result of the betting craze, with some committing suicide as a result. It has also resulted in family breakdowns. Kisumu police have launched an investigation into the death of a University student. Papa Obote’s body was discovered dangling from the roof of his Kisumu …