A few days ago Joy News’ Israel Laryea took a walk around the London location of Menzgold’s office, filmed a couple of shots and called it a report. The entire ‘report’ was more of a ‘hit piece’ than an objective news story and to no one’s shock Ghanaians widely derided the video and Laryea became the butt of jokes online. ...

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has noted that Ghana’s “growth prospects remain strong” following its seventh review of the country’s economic programme. The IMF team which visited Ghana between September 17 to 27 to conduct the seventh review of Ghana’s Extended Credit Facility has published its preliminary findings on Ghana’s economic prospects. In a statement, the IMF team observed that ...

The beleaguered gold trading firm, Menzgold Ghana Limited, says the shape and projection of its business have been dislodged following the suspension of its operations over regulatory issues. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) earlier this month ordered the gold trading firm, to suspend its operations with the public with immediate effect. In a September 7 letter, SEC said after ...

Host of Kokrokoo on Peace FM, Kwame Sefa-Kayi has said the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) has so far been lousy at communicating their ideas and achievements. In a tell it as it is interview with Lexis Bill on Personality Profile on Joy FM Thursday, he said there is more room for improvement for government to articulate its policies and ...

“Special Prosecutor, Martin A.B.K Amidu needs a little time to go after persons who have wreaked havoc to the national purse”. These are the exact words of the Deputy General Secretary of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Obiri Boahen. Speaking in an interview with Nana Yaa Boamponsem Ameyaw on Homebase TV MyNewGh.com monitored, he indicated that Ghanaians are ...

FIFA/CAF Normalisation Committee and the Ghana League Clubs Association(GHALCA) met for the first time on Tuesday evening. This brainstorming meeting comes after football-related activities in Ghana came to a halt following the premiering of the Anas Aremeyaw Anas expose in June. However, in a joint statement released after the meeting, the two parties stated they “recognize the need to resume ...

Suhum Senior High Technical School (SUTESCO) has been hit with furniture shortage, with most first-year students admitted under the newly introduced double track system, struggling to get desks to sit on to learn. Starr News’ visit to the school saw some of the students standing while others lean against the classroom walls over lack of desks. The situation is affecting ...

Germany on Thursday won the race to host the 2024 European Championship as UEFA backed a bid seen as safer than the rival Turkish proposal. UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin announced the winner following a campaign that saw politics and concerns over human rights in Turkey play a central role. Germany hasn’t hosted a major international football tournament since the 2006 ...

Beleaguered gold trading firm, Menzgold has sued the Bank of Ghana and the Security Exchanges Commission (SEC) over the suspension of its operations over regulatory issues. Menzgold in its writ is demanding among other things: “A declaration that the Plaintiff’s business does not fall within the present legislated scope of the Banks and Specialized Deposit -Taking Institutions Act 2016 (Act ...

A final year student of Effiduase Senior High School in the Sekyere East District of the Ashanti Region has been stabbed to death by unknown assailants. Derrick Agyei, 18, died hours after he was rushed to the Effiduase Government Hospital’s Emergency Unit. He got stabbed in the neck after refusing to hand over whatever money he had on him to ...