Musician Sarkodie has broken his silence on the arrest of his friend and business partner, Prince Kofi Amoabeng. On January 13, 2020, the co-founder of the defunct UT Bank, was arrested alongside Michael Nyinaku, the founder of the defunct BEIGE Bank, in connection with the collapse of their banks. Amoabeng was accused of stealing about GH¢51.33 million and $8.6 million ...

Ex-Big Brother housemate, Mimi Adani Michaels, has advised Ghanaians to stop tagging female celebrities as prostitutes. She wondered why Ghanaians label hardworking female celebrities as pimps and prostitutes when there are genuine ones working hard to build empires. The Director of Golden Movie Awards called on Ghanaians to respect celebrities and stop calling them names. In an Instagram post, Mimi said: ...

As a coronavirus continues to spread around the world, The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation have announced that it is contributing US$10 million toward the fight to contain the outbreak. Of that total, the foundation is giving $5 million to support the response in China, while the other $5 million is going to the Africa Centres for Disease Control and ...

Ghanaians across the country will finally heave a sigh of relief as the much-anticipated ambulances promised to be procured by government for the 275 constituencies is finally coming to fruition. The Akufo-Addo led administration as part of their 2016 manifesto promised to acquire an ambulance each for constituencies in all regions in the country. The promise was stemmed from the ...

The ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), has opened nominations for its upcoming parliamentary primaries slated for April 25, 2020. Mr. Joseph Aninkora Kuntin has picked form to contest Incumbent Member of Parliament for Assin Central Constituency Hon. Kennedy Ohene Agyapong for Assin Central seat. Hon. Kennedy Ohene Agyapong is a Ghanaian politician and businessman who represents Assin Central in parliament ...

The regional Communication Officer for NDC W/North Region Sam Jerome has personally condemn the decision by the NPP hierarchy to charge new aspirants a whopping sum of Ghc52,000 as their total filing fees. With elucidation, this includes a nomination form fee of Ghc2000, filing fee of Ghc20,000 and a tiger fee of Ghc30,000 as a developmental fee. This is indeed ...

Powerful people with military protection are those behind the resurgence of illegal mining in Ghana’s forests, the Bekwai District Manager of the Forestry Commission, Mr Rexford Twum-Damoah has revealed to journalists. The Bekwai forest reserve in the Amansie Central District of the Ashanti Region is one of the areas bearing the brunt of the return of galamsey as some seven ...

The Assin Central Member of Parliament (MP), Kennedy Ohene Agyapong, has said the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) is hatching diabolic plans to disorganise the activities of the Electoral Commission (EC) ahead of the 2020 general election. The NDC’s main objective, according to him, is to work in secret and destroy the vital information of the EC, especially when the ...

Senior High Schools in the country risk closure over lack of funds and shortage of food. Funds have not been disbursed to the schools since the beginning of the 2019/2020 academic year affecting the smooth running of the schools. Starr News checks in the Eastern region reveal most schools have run out of food. Some headmasters who spoke to Starr ...

If it is about the question of how life is after retirement, then the expected answers from majority of workers who have retired from the public sector will not be pleasant. It stems from delayed payment of benefits to part payment of benefits or even none of the above. But the story of Mr. William Azure Akologo, a retired teacher ...