Global coronavirus cases pass five million

Global Coronavirus cases have passed five million, according to the latest figures by Worldometer, a monitoring website. The total number of deaths from the deadly virus is 325,156, however, 1,970,979 people have recovered from the...

Ghana: COVID-19 cases now 6,096 as recoveries hit 1,773

COVID-19 cases in Ghana have now moved to 6,096 after 178 new cases were recorded barely 24 hours after the country recorded an increase of 183 cases. 19 more recoveries have also been confirmed, according...

Businessman in court for sharing nude videos of teenage ex-girlfriend

A 54-year-old Businessman has been put before a Koforidua District Magistrate Court for filming and circulating nude videos of his 18-year-old ex-girlfriend. The accused, Nana Yaw Mante, has been charged for obscenity contrary to section...

Pilot donates cash to homeless ex-convict after Starr FM report

A pilot moved by a recent Starr News story about a homeless ex-convict who grew acres of palm trees and some uncommon crops in the Upper East Region has donated Gh¢3,500 to help the...

Deal with COVID-19 and stop self-adulation – Minority to gov’t

Minority MPs have admonished the government to stop engaging in self-glorification and rather put in place stringent measures to halt the spread of the deadly COVID-19. The Health Minister Kwaku Agyemang Manu who was in...

African Union and the Covid-19 Pandemic: GIMPA proposes direct AU resourcing of Member States

Mr Edmund Amarkwei Foley, the Director of Programmes of Institute for Human Rights and Development in Africa (IHRDA) in The Gambia, has called on the African Union (AU) to take steps to offer direct...

COVID-19: I’m determined to protect jobs – Akufo-Addo

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has assured Medium, Small and Micro Enterprises that he is determined to protect the means of livelihood of the people of Ghana that has been negatively impacted by the...

Court dismisses 92 headteachers’ demotion suit against GES

The Commercial Division of the Accra High Court presided over by Justice Jennifer A. Dodoo has dismissed a suit filed by 92 headteachers of public basic schools who were demoted by the Ghana Education...

Okyenhene orders closure of ‘alien’ shrines in Akyem Abuakwa

The Okyenhene has ordered the closure of all shrines in the Akyem Abuakwa area which he says are alien to the social customs of the people. The overload of the Akyem Abuakwa kingdom has also...

COVID-19 cases in Ghana now 5,918 as death toll hits 31

Ghana has recorded 183 more cases of COVID-19 taking the country's case count to 5,918, according to latest figures released by the Ghana Health Service. Two more people have been confirmed dead from the deadly...