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Three separate swoops by the Pokuase District Police have resulted in the arrest of 30 suspected robbers, made up of five women and 25 Nigerians. Those arrested were between the ages of 18 and 34, and the police found suspected narcotics, a suspected stolen car, as well as items believed to be used for their robbery operations. During the intelligence-led ...

In our series of letters from African journalists, writer Elizabeth Ohene considers why bodies are not buried for months, sometimes years, in Ghana. This past week there was another one of those typically Ghanaian funeral stories in the news. The body of a chief who had died six years ago was still in the morgue as the family bickered over ...

About 968 robbery cases were recorded in the first quarter of 2018 across the country, that’s according to the Director General at the Criminal Investigation Department of the Ghana Police Service, ACP Joseph Oklu Gyamera. Out of the number, robbery took 484 cases, street robbery recorded 172, residential robbery 124 cases, workplace robbery recorded 95, while highway robbery recorded 49 cases. ...

Victims of the 2015 June 3 flood and fire disaster  will today gather at the site of the incident, near the Kwame Nkrumah Interchange, where over 150 people died. They are massing up to demand compensation they feel they have been denied. Some of the victims have complained of economic hardships and have accused the government of neglecting them. One ...

The Mallam Junction section of the Accra-Kasoa road that was closed to vehicular traffic, to make way for work on the Mallam Junction drainage project, will be opened to traffic by Saturday, June 2. This will bring great relief to motorists who ply the road who have been under intense stress since their routes were diverted for the GAMA Sanitation ...

One person has been confirmed dead by the police following a swoop in a town called Hain in Tumu of the Upper West region. Confirming the incident to Starrfmonline.com, the regional commander DCOP Otchere Boapea said the deceased, Kanwei Hanidu, 21, was part of a wee-smoking gang escaping arrest Thursday, May 17, 2018 after a SWAT patrol team spotted them smoking ...

The Accra Metropolitan Authority (AMA) may demolish all structures in the capital that are in waterways. This will be in addition to constructing and desilting major drains in a bid to deal with the annual struggles with flooding during the rainy season. Speaking to Citi News the AMA Metropolitan Chief Executive, Mohammed Adjei Sowah, said his outfit would also embark on ...

The Association of LPG retailers will embark on a strike across the nation on Monday over the government’s plan to implement the cylinder re-circulation policy. This means consumers will not be able to buy the product at various retail outlets from Monday. The Operators, who are opposed to the policy, say their businesses will collapse if the government goes ahead ...

Mr David Asante-Apeatu, the Inspector General of Police, Thursday, called for calm following the tension arising from Wednesday’s clashes between some Police and military officers in Tamale. He said Military-Police cooperation engendered better national security, citing operations Vanguard and Calm Life as positive examples. Addressing the opening ceremony of the Cadet Officers’ Course 48, at the Police Academy, in Accra, ...

Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) in partnership with Narcotics Control Board and Pharmacy Council on Tuesday engaged stakeholders in a six-hour forum on combating Tramadol abuse and illicit drugs in Upper West Regional capital, Wa. The Agencies entrusted to fight illegal drugs and drug abuse in the country decried the growing abuse of Tramadol, the medicine meant for relieving moderate ...