More than 200 students at the Osei Kyeretwie Senior High School (OKESS) in the Ashanti regional capital Kumasi, on Saturday benefitted from an anti-suicide workshop dubbed #DepressionLetsTalk. The programme was organized by the Global Shapers Community – Kumasi Hub, in partnership with the Girls Education Initiative – Ghana (GEIG) and the Campaign for Female Education […] The post K’si:

The Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) has deployed a sanitation enforcement team made up of national service personnel to educate the public and ensure that people who litter are reported and put before sanitation courts for prosecution. It forms part of a “Keep Kumasi Clean and Green campaign,” launched by the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly to rid […] The post KMA

The Gas Fuel Station Operators Association is threatening to sue government if the planned Cylinder Re-circulation Model is not suspended. Leaders of the gas fuel stations last month met the energy ministry, the National Petroleum Authority (NPA) and the cylinder re-distribution implementation committee. At that meeting, a number of proposals including the shutting down of […] The post Gas

President Nana Akufo-Addo has disclosed that his net salary is GHS29, 000. He made this known during an address at a meeting with business leaders and entrepreneurs in Accra on Monday, 25 June 2018. After disclosing that he will be making a personal donation of GHS25,000, in addition to a package of the Business Development […] The post I take home GHS29,000 as pay – Akufo-Addo

Care International in collaboration with Oxfam Ghana and the Integrated Social Development Centre (ISODEC) has organised a two-day forum to educate Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and District Assemblies on the effective use of social media platforms. The two day event which took place in the capital of the Brong Ahafo Region, Sunyani brought together 50 […] The post Sunyani:

Sagnarigu MP Alhaji A.B.A Fuseini has dismissed reports that he was pelted with water by his constituents during the NDC constituency elections over the weekend. There are reports that the MP, who is famous for his proverbs, was hooted at by his constituents as he toured the communities. The indigenes are reported to have demanded […] The post NDC Polls: Nobody

The World Boxing Council (WBC) will honour Africa’s greatest boxer Azumah Nelson on his 60th birthday which falls on July 19. The world governing body will present the accolade to the three-time world boxing champion at the next edition of the Azumah Nelson Fight Night which takes place at the Bukom Boxing Arena on Saturday July […] The post WBC to honour Azumah Nelson in Accra

The President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has indicated that neither he nor his government has any interest in preventing genuine citizens from being issued with identity cards, in the ongoing National Identification Authority (NIA) registration process. According to President Akufo-Addo, it should not be in anybody’s interest that the identity of the Ghanaian is bastardized, […] The post Genuine

Nigerian celebrities are reacting to the death of Daniel Oyebanjo III, the 13-month old son of singer, D’banj. D’banj and his wife Lineo Didi Kilgrow are mourning the death of their son, who died in an apparent drowning accident on Sunday June 24, according to reports. The incident occurred at D’banj’s Ikoyi residence. Celebrities such as […] The post Celebrities

The association of Small Scale Miners has vowed to drastically deal with illegal miners in the country if government lifts the ban on ‘galamsey’. President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has assured that shortly, government will put out a statement setting out a comprehensive roadmap, including the lifting of the ban on small-scale mining, to deal […] The post Galamsey

A south London entrepreneur is set to open his first restaurant in Manchester after running a takeaway business with thousands of customers on Instagram. Prince Cofie Owusu, known as Shakka, launched Trap Kitchen in 2016 from his mum’s flat on a housing estate in Camberwell – and has since amassed more than 70,000 followers online. […] The post Meet

Krachiwura Nana Mprah Besemuna II has noted that the Oti enclave fighting for the creation of the Oti Region hold no grudge against Ewes in the Volta Region over the creation of the new region. Nana Mprah Besemuna II said the creation of the region would go a long way to develop the area which […] The post We bear no grudge against Ewes over creation of

Three months after New Patriotic Party vigilante group in Tamale, The Kandahar Boys, caused the Director General of Ghana Health Service to sanction the newly posted Northern Regional Health Director, Dr. Samuel Quarshie, conditions at the health facility are rapidly declining. From the disconnection of water supply to offices of the directorate by the Ghana […] The post N/R:

The Chief Executive Officer of BEIGE, Mike Nyinaku, is optimistic that The BEIGE Bank, its universal banking subsidiary, is on course to meeting the Bank of Ghana’s (BOG) GH¢400 million minimum capital requirement for universal banks by the end of December 2018. “We have a gap of less than GHc100million of the expected stated capital […] The post BEIGE will meet GhS400m

Two private security personnel have been murdered by unknown assailants in the Western region. The deceased persons were said to be at post at a rice distributor shop known as ‘Be Kind Enterprise’ when they were killed in the early hours of Sunday, June 25. Personnel from the Kwesimintsim police command said the two, identified […] The post W/R: Two Private Security officers

Black girl magic was in full effect earlier this month when Mareena Robinson Snowden, became the first black woman to earn a Ph.D. from MIT in Nuclear Engineering. Snowden’s dissertation focused on the development of radiation detectors for future nuclear arms control treaties. According to her personal website, she is a native of Miami and earned a […] The post First

The parents of a Sudanese teenager who was sentenced to death after killing her husband – whom she accuses of raping her – have denied reports that they’ve disowned her. In an exclusive interview with the BBC, her father also says he never imagined that making her marry her cousin would have such terrible consequences. […] The post ‘Hoping

The President, Nana Addo Dankwa-Akufo-Addo has banned all his ministers, deputy ministers, MMDCEs and all government appointees from embarking on foreign trips. A strict memo sent to all government appointees by the Chief of Staff, Akosua Frema Osei-Opare stated that only the Foreign Affairs Minister Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey is exempted from the directive. The memo […] The post Government

Turkey’s long-standing leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan has won a new five-year term after securing outright victory in the first round of a presidential poll. Election authority chief Sadi Guven said the president “received the absolute majority of all valid votes”. State media reports put Mr Erdogan on 53% with 99% of votes counted, and his […] The post Turkey

The Health Minister Kwaku Agyeman-Manu has disclosed to Starr News that the Ofankor Health facility has still not been opened because the design for the hospital is faulty. According to him, there are no equipment in the facility adding that health centre was not included in the handing over notes given to him by the […] The post Ofankor Health Centre design faulty