COVID-19: FDA approves Moderna, Pfizer vaccines for use in Ghana

The Food and Drug Authority (FDA) has approved two more Covid-19 vaccines for use in Ghana. The approval will allow Modena (Spikevax) and Pfizer-BioNtech (Comirnaty) to be imported and distributed in the country. The two new...

Tension at Achimota Hospital as policemen clash with angry Nima youth

Soldiers have been dispatched to the Achimota Government Hospital in Accra following a standoff between Policemen and some youth from Nima sparked by the death of a commercial motor rider. According to Starr News sources,...

I won’t hesitate to withdraw your licenses – Mustapha Hamid warns OMCs

The Chief Executive of the National Petroleum Authority (NPA), Dr. Mustapha Abdul-Hamid has said that the NPA will not hesitate to revoke the licenses of industry players who continually flout the rules. Dr. Abdul-Hamid said...

Agyeman Manu signed Sputnik vaccine contract before seeking AG’s advice

It has emerged that Health Minister Kwaku Agyemang Manu signed the contract for the purchase of the Sputnik V Vaccine before seeking the advice of the Attorney General (AG) as required by law. The AG,...

I’ve not bought Holiday Inn Hotel – Asante Bediatuo

The Secretary to the President, Nana Asante Bediatuo, has refuted claims that he has purchased the Holiday Inn hotel for his wife. According to a statement from the lawyers of Mr. Asante Bediatuo, rumours of...
Ahmed Hussein-Suale

A-G yet to receive docket on Ahmed Suale

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service has still not built and presented any docket on the case involving the murder of Ahmed Hussein-Suale to the Office of the Attorney-General (AG)...

Lands Commission staff angry over reported reappointment of their Executive Secretary

Workers of the Lands Commission are fuming over the reported renewal of the contract of the Executive Secretary of the Commission by President Akufo-Addo. Alhaji Daud Sulemana Mahama was appointed as the Executive Secretary of...

Police impound 394 motorbikes in latest operation

The Greater Accra regional Police command has seized 394 motorbikes as part of measures to clamp down on crime in the capital. The five-day operation which started on July 22 and is still underway is...

Akufo-Addo leaves for Global Education Summit in UK

President Akufo-Addo has left Accra for an official visit to the United Kingdom. At the invitation of Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta, Boris Johnson, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, President Akufo-Addo will be leading Ghana’s...

C/R: Fetish Priest guns down over 100 dogs to prevent calamities

A Fetish Priest has incurred the wrath of his community and the youth of Awutu Bereku who have threatened to deal with him for gunning down dogs in the town. Over 100 dogs have been...