E/R : Tension as Ntronang farmers threaten open fight with herdsmen
There is heightened tension between farmers and Fulani herders at -Ntronang near Obourtabiri in Koforidua in the Eastern region.
Furious farmers in the community have accused the herders of destroying their farms, polluting the only...
Bimbila curfew tightened after Thursday tensions
The Interior ministry acting upon the advice of the Northern Regional Security Council has reviewed a night to dawn curfew in Bimbila after a shooting incident deepened tensions and left the state of security...
Amidu’s appointment will end corruption – iWatch Africa
iWatch Africa, an anti-corruption civil society organisation believes the appointment of Martin Amidu as the Special Prosecutor will restore hope in the government’s pledge to clamp down on corruption in the public sector.
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3 killed, 7 wounded in Bimbilla shooting
Gunmen at Bimbilla in the Northern Region Thursday night killed three and injured at least seven more in what is widely suspected to be renewal of a raging violence linked to chieftaincy dispute.
Police confirmed...
Pictures: AMA flattens Circle Railway Lines slum
The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) on Thursday embarked on a massive decongestion exercise along the Circle Railway lines, flattening several structures belonging to alleged prostitutes and criminals.
Monitoring the exercise for Starr News, Daniel Nii...
“Fearless” Amidu as Special Prosecutor apt – Rawlings
Former President Jerry John Rawlings has described as apt the appointment of former Attorney General Martin Amidu as the country’s first head of the office of the Special Prosecutor.
“The President couldn’t have made...
Martin Amidu Is Special Prosecutor
Former Attorney General Martin Amidu has been named Special Prosecutor by President Akufo-Addo.
The anti-corruption campaigner and avid critic of the opposition National Democratic Congress was being considered with prominent lawyers such as Akoto Ampaw.
Parliament ...
SP: Amidu has “independence of character” – Akufo-Addo
President Akufo-Addo has said former Attorney General Martin Amidu has the requisite “integrity, courage and independence of character” to effectively discharge his duties as the Special Prosecutor.
Earlier this month, President Akufo-Addo signed into law...
Two arrested for stealing corpse at Tarkwa
Two men who allegedly stole the dead body of an old man at the Tarkwa Municipal hospital mortuary have been granted bail in the sum of GHC30,000 each with two sureties by the Tarkwa...