The Harambee Stars captain has taken to social media to welcome his rival from the East African region to the Premier League Victor Wanyama has welcomed Tanzania captain Mbwana Samatta to the Premier League. This is after the Taifa Stars player joined Dean Smith’s side on a four-and-a-half-year deal from KRC Genk, to become the first Tanzanian player to join a Premier League ...

The General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party, John Boadu, has dared NDC members to boycott the new voter registration if they are against the compilation. According to him, elections and registration are not compulsory so the NDC can stay on the old register if they believe the new one is unnecessary and needless. Speaking on ‘Face to Face’ show ...

The District Chief Executive (DCE) of Asikuma-Odoben-Brakwa, Mr Isaac Odoom, on Tueaday told the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) sitting in Parliament that he had to use part of the common fund allocated to the district for rituals to pacify the gods. According to him, after the completion and handing over of the new Breman Benin market, the traders refused to ...

As the Member of Parliament (MP) for Navrongo Central Constituency in the Upper East Region, Joseph Kofi Adda, prepares earnestly to retain his seat, he has accused his constituency executivesof greed and ungratefulness. The governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) on Monday January 20, 2020 opened nominations for both presidential and parliamentary aspirants ahead of the 2020 general elections. For the ...

President Akufo Addo has told investors in the United Kingdom that Ghana wants to participate in the Global Market place fully with Ghanaian products in order to build a nation that will be able to provide jobs for her people. Addressing attendees of the Ghana Investment and Opportunity Summitt 2020 in London, the capital of the United Kingdom, under the ...

The Vice Chancellor of the University of Education, Winneba, Rev. Professor Anthony Afful-Broni says he will not be distracted by the war of words between the University and former President Jerry John Rawlings, who wants him to step aside. Speaking to Starr News’ Ibrahim ALhassan on the sidelines of the signing of an MoU between the millennium challenge alliance and ...

The Chamber for Local Governance (ChaLoG) has commended the Eminent Advisory Committee of the Electoral Commission (EC) to get the EC to outline their justifications for the need to procure a new Biometric Voter Management System (BVMS) and the compilation of a new Biometric Voters Register (BVR) for the 2020 general election. It, however, said the committee should have spelt ...

Government says it is considering a compensation package for Ghanaian traders whose goods have been locked up at the Nigeria-Benin border following the closure by Nigerian land borders last year. The border shut down in September 2019 by Nigerian authorities to check the smuggling of cheap goods as well as arms into Nigeria. Many Ghanaian traders were left stranded and ...

The Health Ministry says it has began implementing measures to prevent the outbreak and spread of a new virus that first broke out in China. The coronavirus virus attacks the respiratory system and has spread to China’s neighbours Thailand, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan. The US has also reported its first case of the virus. In a statement Tuesday, the Health ...

Former Legislator for La-Dade Kotopon Constituency, Nii Amasah Namoale, has described as ”useless and needless”, an FX Development Committee, set up by the government to investigate the fall of the local currency. Namoale said the institution of the Committee is a waste of time since they are not likely to proffer any better solution to the cedi’s depreciation against the ...