An Israeli fighter jet has crashed amid Syrian anti-aircraft fire after an offensive against Iranian targets in Syria, the Israeli military says. The two pilots ejected and parachuted to safety after the crash in northern Israel. They were taken to hospital. Israel said its aircraft, an F-16 jet, was carrying out strikes in response to … Read more
The Inner Cities and Zongo Development Minister Alhaji Abu-Bakar Saddique Boniface has stated that the Ministry has begun needs assessment of zongo communities across the country as it readies to hit the ground running. “We are in the process of engaging the services of experts within that area,” he told Starr News’ Parliamentary correspondent Ibrahim … Read more
One of the world’s leading investigators into the illegal trade in ivory and rhino horn has been killed in Kenya. Esmond Bradley Martin, 75, was found with a stab wound to his neck at home in the capital Nairobi on Sunday. The former UN special envoy for rhino conservation was known for his undercover work … Read more
Police in Ashanti Region have arrested seven people in connection with Saturday’s violent clash at Ahwiaa in the Kwabre East District that left people injured and properties destroyed. Two of the persons were found with pistols and quantities of ammunition, Deputy Ashanti Regional Police Commander DCOP Fred Adu Annim told TV3’s Benjamin Aidoo. “So far … Read more
The four juveniles arrested over the gang-raping of a teenager in a widely circulated video have been remanded in juvenile cells. They are expected to re-appear in court on Wednesday, January 10, 2018. The four were picked up by the police after a search was mounted when the video went viral and stirred public outrage. … Read more
It was a traumatic scene early Sunday when a man believed to be in his twenties, butchered her pregnant girlfriend to death and attempted suicide at Asankragua Newtown in the Western Region. It’s unclear what provoked Felix Kwabena, a galamsey operator, to murder her girlfriend, Abena Nafisatu, who is four-month pregnant but neighbours say the … Read more
At least three people are dead and scores of injured passengers in critical condition following a Tuesday dawn head-on collision between a bus and cargo truck at Kubease on the Accra-Kumasi highway. Some passengers of the bus were trapped for minutes in the mangled frontage of the Kia Grandbird bus with the registration GT 3335-16, … Read more
The Supreme Court of Ghana has given State Attorneys the green light to continue all processes to retrieve the GHC51.2 million illegally paid to businessman Alfred Agbesi Woyome, despite an earlier order by the African Court to Ghana to suspend the move. Tuesday’s ruling by the Supreme Court comes on the back of last Friday’s … Read more
Nurses at the Ankaful Psychiatric Hospital have escalated the demand for the removal of the hospital’s medical director among other concerns as they stage a sit-down strike from Thursday morning. According to Onua FM’s Central regional correspondent Kwame Kakraba, the Nurses have reported to work but indications are that they are not going to work. One … Read more
The Supreme Court will on November 28 decide whether to suspend the Attorney General from proceeding to orally examine embattled businessman, Alfred Agbesi Woyome, on the GHC51.2 million he owes the state. The Attorney General has since July this year tried without success to examine Mr. Woyome on the amount, which was wrongfully paid to … Read more
A late evening fire outbreak at the premises of the Ghana Grid Company (GridCo) in Tamale in the Northern Region has left one of the company’s 11.5KV power feeders destroyed. The incident caused a total blackout within the entire Tamale Metropolis for about an hour Monday, TV3’s Zubaida Ismail reported. Power has since been restored. … Read more
Nurses of the Ankaful Psychiatric Hospital in the Central Region have threatened to withdraw their services and release all psychiatric patients on admission if the Ministry of Health fails to remove the Hospital’s medical director, Dr Eugene Dordoye, within a week. They have accused the medical director, who they say they cannot work with anymore, … Read more
Scores of students, traders and shop owners in and around a sinking commercial building near the Asafo Market in Kumasi have been evacuated Wednesday morning. Eyewitnesses say the building owned by one Daniel Fiifi and constructed five years ago started sinking Tuesday night and immediately prompted officials of the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO). When … Read more
The speeding truck was said to have veered off its lane, and crashed the driver side of the MMT causing that side of the metal build of the bus to rip off from the driver side to the back tire area. Driver of the truck, who refused to stop and attempted to run away, has … Read more
One person is reportedly injured in a latest attack on the Sagnarigu District Assembly by a pro-New Patriotic Party vigilante group in the Northern Region, the Kandahar Boys. Some members of the group stormed the District Assembly Wednesday evening to demand why the District Chief Executive, Mariam Iddrisu, overlooked their preferred candidate, Hajia Mama Haruna, … Read more
Three persons died on the spot Wednesday night in a road accident at Kikam in the Ellembele District of the Western Region.w Two vehicles, a private and commercial, were said to have collided head on when driver of the private car lost control, a local journalist, Michael Adomako reported. Three of the four persons who … Read more
A 28-year-old woman has sustained gunshot wounds following an attack on her by unknown men in Nkonya Monday morning. She is said to have gone to her farm when the men attacked and shot her. Her name given only as Mercy, the woman is receiving treatment at a hospital in Ho. TV3’s Peter Quao Adattor … Read more
The first batch of over 500 Muslims who were to fly out of Ghana last night to perform this year’s hajj are currently stranded at the Hajj Village in Tamale in the Northern Region. A total of 506 Muslims from the northern sector of Ghana were to have left the Tamale International Airport at 8:30pm … Read more
India’s Supreme Court has refused to allow an abortion for a 10-year-old girl, allegedly raped by her uncle, on the grounds that she is too far into her pregnancy. A doctors’ panel told the court that, at 32 weeks, termination of the pregnancy would be “too risky”. Her pregnancy was discovered two weeks ago when … Read more
India’s Supreme Court has refused to allow an abortion for a 10-year-old girl, allegedly raped by her uncle, on the grounds that she is too far into her pregnancy. A doctors’ panel told the court that, at 32 weeks, termination of the pregnancy would be “too risky”. Her pregnancy was discovered two weeks ago when … Read more