Curfew On Alavanyo and Nkonya Renewed
Mr Ambrose Derry, the Minister of the Interior, has, on the advice of the Volta Regional Security Council and by Executive Instrument, renewed the curfew hours imposed on Alavanyo and Nkonya...
Day: March 19, 2017
Iraq Premier Visits US As Forces Press Anti-IS Assault Lutte…
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi left for Washington on Sunday to meet President Donald Trump as his forces press an assault to recapture west Mosul from the Islamic State jihadist group. The...
Nana Addo Thanks Owusu Bempah For His ‘spiritual Help’
President Akufo Addo has expressed gratitude to the founder and General overseer of the Glorious Word Power Ministries International, Prophet Isaac Owusu Bempah, for the ‘spiritual’ role he...
Mourinho’s Men Move Above Arsenal With Win
The club had not found the back of the net since 31 January (509 minutes), but Rudy Gestede ended that run against Man United at the Riverside in a 3-1 defeat. Gestede’s strike with the club 2-0...
Adele Continues Romantic Tradition of Having Couples Get Engaged On Her Stage
Adele concerts are apparently the places to get engaged. The British singer invited two members of her audience up onstage at her show in Etihad Stadium in Melbourne, Australia Sunday as a...
Insurance Scheme For Homoeopathic Treatment Launched
Ghana’s first health insurance scheme for homoeopathic care has been launched in Accra. The scheme, launched by the C4C Homeopathic Hospital, is the set to promote access to alternative...
Three US Soldiers Wounded In Afghan ‘insider Attack’
Three American troops were wounded Sunday when an Afghan soldier opened fire in southern Helmand province, officials said, in the first known "insider attack" on international forces this year. No...
Damascus Sees Fierce Clashes After Rebel Attack _ Syria War
Rebel-held areas on the outskirts of Damascus have been extensively damaged in recent months Syrian security forces are engaged in fierce clashes with rebels on the eastern outskirts of the capital...
NDC MP Threatens Court Action Over Approval of 2017 Budget
The Member of Parliament (MP) for Keta has threatened to challenge the House's approval of government's 2017 budget in court on Monday. Richard Quarshigah said his action was triggered by some policy...
Niger’s Parliament To Probe Sale Scandal Involving Key Government Officials
Parliamentarians in Niger on Friday unanimously voted to put in place a parliamentary committee to probe a uranium sale scandal involving key government officials. It is alleged that president’s...
Security Situation In Mali Remains Worrying Despite Progress
The security situation in Mali “remains worrying” despite recent troop deployments and some progress on the country’s peace accord, according to the head of the UN’s peacekeeping force. The...
Bedbugs Invade School For the Deaf In Koforidua
The Koforidua School for the deaf has been hit by bedbugs infestation. Starr News sources say the pupils reported the development to the school authorities, prompting a fumigation of the compound....
Jomoro NDC Chairman Granted Bail In Fraud Case
The Half Assini Magistrate Court has granted a GHs 500,000.00 bail to Gideon Konibah, the Jomoro Constituency Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and his accomplice with two sureties...
Owusu Bempah Presents ‘horn of Strength’ To Akufo-Addo
The prophet who swore to burn down his church building if NPP’s Flagbearer Nana Akufo-Addo failed to win the 2016 elections has today honored him with some gifts following a fulfilled prophecy....
Korle-Nkwanta Residents In Fear Over Robbery Attacks
Residents of Korle-Nkwanta, a suburb of Koforidua in the New Juaben Municipality, are living in fear due to the rampant attacks of armed robbers in the community. They have therefore appealed to the...
Two Given Death Penalty For Gaza Drug Smuggling
A Hamas military court on Sunday sentenced two Palestinians to death for drug smuggling in the Gaza Strip, in the first punishment of its kind in the enclave. "The Gaza military court announced the...
‘No Evidence of Collusion’ Between Trump Campaign, Russia
The chairman of a US congressional committee on intelligence said that he has seen "no evidence" that President Donald Trump's campaign colluded with Russia during the runup to the 2016 election...
Chuck Berry, Rock ‘n’ Roll Pioneer, Dead At 90
Chuck Berry, a music pioneer often called "the Father of Rock 'n' Roll," died Saturday at his home outside St. Louis, his verified Facebook page said. He was 90. A post on the St. Charles County...
Security Forces In Congo Republic Kill 15 Rebel Fighters
Security forces in Congo Republic have killed around 15 rebel fighters during a military operation in the central African oil producer’s restive Pool region, authorities said. Police claimed that...
Ban Telenovelas From TV Stations-Martha Ankomah To Gov’t
A popular Ghanaian actress, Martha Ankomah has urged the government to implement policies and measures that will ban foreign telenovelas on the various television stations. She is therefore calling...