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One of the most common form of crimes in Ghana is fraud, with unsuspecting individuals and organizations swindled by perpetrators, causing them to lose millions of cedis. The Ghana Police Service and other security agencies are working to control crime, but it is the collective responsibility of every individual to always be alert in crime inducing situations. GhanaWeb has compiled ...

The Ministry of Communications has announced that all mobile phone users will have to re-register their SIM numbers (Subscriber Identity Module) from 1st January 2020 to 30th June 2020 or lose the numbers as they will be deactivated. The measure, according to Mrs Ursula Owusu Ekuful, Minister of Communications, will help monitor and track down persons who use their phones ...

An Accra High Court has dismissed an application for an injunction filed by disqualified Central Regional Football Association aspirant Roy Arthur, Monday. The application sought to restrain the Ghana Football Association (GFA) Normalisation Committee acting as the Elections Committee from going ahead with the electoral process of getting new leaders for the Federation. Mr Arthur filed a suit against the Committee ...

Four prominent NDC members have joined the ruling NPP in the Karaga constituency. The members are Mba Yamba, former Communications Officer  of the party in the Karaga , Mr. Ayaro, a former Deputy Constituency Organizer of NDC, Afa Suhununu a prominent farmer in the area and Yakubu Jina, a member. The defectors have since joined the campaign of deputy Energy ...

Former best friend of Reverend Obofour, Prophet Benjamin Opoku Agyemang has dropped some wild allegations against him. According to the “Arch Prophet”, the popular belief that Queen Ciara Obofowaa is the first and only wife of Reverend Obofour is false. “His first wife was called Rita and their wedding was attended by less than 10 people. The entire marriage ceremony ...

The Eastern Regional Minister Eric Kwakye Darfuor has asserted the Free Senior High School Policy will increase women participation in future District Level elections. Available statistics indicate since 1994 the participation of women in local governance has been less than 10% at the national level in spite of women constituting 51% of Ghana’s population. Currently, out of 9000 Assembly Members ...

Ghana is likely to return to the IMF, economist Dr. Lord Mensah has said. According to the University of Ghana Business School Lecturer, if the country continues to dwindling in its revenue, and debt continues to go up, it may be forced to subscribe to the IMF programme in the coming years. Speaking to Starr News Naa Dede Tetteh, Mr. ...

A middle-aged man, Nana Owusu, who claims to be a registered member of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) is alleging that the party tasked him to mobilise young men for a vigilante group but has since been neglected. He is also alleging that one Coach, contracted him to mobilise young men to be used as observers and bodyguards for ...

An Industrial vessel Lu Tong Yuang Yu 956 (AF756) has been fined one million dollars for illegal unreported unregulated fishing. The vessel was discovered by the Western Naval Command of the Ghana Navy whilst on sea patrol on Sunday June 16, 2019 to be dabbling in IUU and was arrested. The vessel was heading to Cote D’Ivoire for fishing. A ...

President Akufo-Addo has opened Ghana’s newest medical drone delivery base in the city of Mampong during a tour of the Ashanti region Thursday. This marks the second of what will be four medical drone delivery bases that have been commissioned to help expand access to critical and life-saving medicines for people across Ghana. Zipline, a California-based robotics company, operates the ...