The leadership of NDC USA held a memorable virtual vigil on November 22, 2020 in honor of the founder of NDC and former President of the Republic of Ghana, H. E. Jerry John Rawlings. Rawlings passed away in Ghana on Thursday November 12, 2020 after a short illness. The program attracted participants from all over the world. Speakers included…
Four Indianapolis men were arrested in connection with a Saturday night shooting at a Remington gas station that left one person dead and another critically injured. Emmanuel Ampadu, 24, and Jonathan Thomas, 25, both children of Nana Ampadu of Chicago, were found inside a Chevrolet Impala at the Family Express at Interstate 65 and US 24 in Remington. Both…
A Delaware County community gave an 8 year old Ghanaian a homecoming she will never forget as she arrived home from the hospital after she was struck by a car after she got off the school bus. Is was a bittersweet celebration as families parked their cars cheering for their miracle classmate Jayzlyn Yeboah, 8, arriving home after…
Police in Springfield Township, Delaware County are investigating after they say a 7 year old Ghanaian was struck by a car after getting off the school bus. It happened on Wednesday afternoon around 3:39 p.m. on the 400 block of E. Woodland Avenue. The 7-year-old child, identified by family members as Jayzlin Yeboah, and a member of the…
A Penn State professor with a side job as a Pittsburgh Uber driver who was arrested this month for allegedly kidnapping two women is now accused of kidnapping a third woman that same night. The third woman spoke with police on May 16, saying that on May 11, she was outside at a nightclub when she saw a car…
The gruesome murder of Bettie Jenifer, wife of famous Ghanaian actor, Chris Attoh, last Friday has sent shivers down the spine of many Ghanaian residents in Maryland, USA. The sad incident has also attracted mixed reactions about what might have motivated the murder. While some suspect it could have been a contract killing, others allege the killing could be…
The US has imposed visa restrictions on Ghana for refusing to accept the return of 7,000 Ghanaian nationals that it wants to deport. The US embassy in Accra will limit the awarding of visas to certain applicants, such as the domestic staff of diplomats posted to America. The sanctions could be expanded to include other categories if the issue…
Rutgers University senior and a Ghanaian Adventist in New Jersey,Kwaku Agyemang was awarded first place for his entrepreneurship with a business he co-owns: BrownMill Company (BrownMillCompany.com), a Piscataway-based fashion company on a mission to reduce the amount of textile waste that ends up in landfills. Agyemang received a $1,500 cash prize and will advance to the next round of…
An Adventist Institution in Michigan – USA, Andrews University, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Ghana to grant partial scholarship to Ghanaian students and professionals, both home and abroad. In his address to the executive leadership of the university, Dr. Adjei-Barwuah, Ghana’s Ambassador to the USA who was visibly excited, reiterated the importance of the agreement; “this…
“My son is dying,” Elizabeth Solomon uttered the chilling words in a phone call and then hung up. Minutes later, her husband discovered her body and that of her 5-year-old son Emmanuel Akrong in their backyard pool in Brampton. “I tried to help my son,” a distraught Emmanuel Akrong Sr. told the Star in a telephone interview on Sunday…
