‘Black Stool’ Kills 25 In Ashanti Region
About 25 people have reportedly died under strange circumstances over a period of time at Ejuratia, a community in the Ashanti Region. Odikro of Ejuratia, Nana Antwi Boasiako Kwakye Piagyi II,...
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Complete Biography & Profile of Czar,
C-zar is a unique hiplife artist who takes the use of metaphors and rhymes very seriously. His songs rely heavily on these elements and Ghanaians have accepted his style quite well. The native of...
Complete Biography & Profile of Patrick Thomas, Highlife Artist
Pat Thomas, a native of Agona, in the Ashanti Region was born to a father who was a music teacher and a mother who was a band leader. Pat has always been in love with music from an early age, and he...
Complete Biography & Profile of Batman,
Biography of Batman Samini Emmanuel Samini Aka Batman who hails from Wa in the upper West Region was born in 1982 to Mr G. A Samini and Theresa Nusala. He had his basic and primary education at Holy...
Nigeria’s Not Yet Ready to Make ‘A Devil’s Bargain’
Nigeria announced on Monday it resumed payments to former militants in its oil-rich Niger Delta region, according to a Bloomberg report.
The payments of 65,000 naira per month (about $204) to about...
Tanzania Starts Manufacturing Two-Seater Helicopters – to Be Ready by 2018
Tanzania has begun building its own helicopters that will be taking to the skies soon. A Tanzanian-made two-seater chopper is in its final stages of production and will start flying trials once it is...
Central Region Floods Kills 10
The Central region has recorded ten rain-related deaths since the rains began in June this year. Two women and an eight year old girl died last week at Kissi Kwahekrom in the Komenda Edina Eguafo...
Strange Dwarfs Invade the Northern Region of Ghana
Strange creatures, believed to be dwarfs, have invaded about three communities in the Yunyoo constituency of the Northern region and are causing fear among residents of the area, according to reports...
24-Year-Old IGP Imposter Arrested in the Brong Ahafo Region
The Brong Ahafo Regional Police has arrested a man who is suspected to have posed as the Inspector General of Police (IGP) to extort money from some people with the promise of getting them into the...
Confirmed – Bird Flu Outbreak Hits Niger
Niger has reported an outbreak of the highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu virus among poultry.
The disease, which continues to spread across the country, is gradually gaining foothold across West...
Students in the Volta Region Abandon Schools for Gambling
There is a growing phenomenon of children indulging in gambling in Ho in the Volta region following the emergence of the ‘Slot coin’ jackpot machines within the regional capital, Starr News has...
NDC Won’t Repeat past Mistakes – Mahama Promises
President John Dramani Mahama said the expansion of the National Democratic Congress electoral college is to purge the party of the past mistakes that dwindled their votes.
He said the NDC lost a...
President Mahama Tours Upper East Region
President Mahama has assured the people of the Upper East Region of his resolve to see to the construction and rehabilitation of the road networks in the region.
According to him, his attention has...
Brong-Ahafo Region Records 919 Adolescent Pregnancies in Six Months over 200 Girls between 10 and 14 Years
The Brong-Ahafo Region recorded 919 adolescent pregnancies from January to June 2015, according to statistics from the Regional Health Directorate.
The figure comprised 235 girls aged between 10 and...
Brong-Ahafo Region Ranks among the Highest in in-School Teenage Pregnancy
The Brong-Ahafo Region ranks third in in-school teenage pregnancy in the country, Ms Mary Gyimah, Sunyani Municipal Director of Education has disclosed in Sunyani.
She said research indicates that...
Two policemen and a Nigerian Arrested In The Volta Region for Transporting Indian hemp
Two policemen and a Nigerian have been nabbed by the Volta Regional Police Command for allegedly attempting to transport a large quantity of Indian hemp in a police van to Togo.
The suspects were...
The Cholera Outbreak in Accra Is Far from Over, More Than 300 Cholera Cases Are Recorded Each Day in Greater Accra Region Alone
Greater Accra Regional Director of the Ghana Health Service has indicated that the fast killing cholera is far from over in the region and so the public should take extra precautions.
Linda Van-Otoo...
Air Algerie Plane Disappears an Hour after Takeoff
Air Algerie’s Flight AH 5017, which took off from Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso en route to Algeria’s Houari Boumedene Airport has disappeared. The flight that had 116 people on board comprising 110...
GRUESOME: Man chops off Son’s head in the Volta Region of Ghana
Reports from joy fm radio, Accra indicate that a middle aged man has been arrested by the police in Kpedze in the Volta Region for killing his own son.
At this point it's not entirely clear what may...