The remains of former UN Secretary General, Kofi Annan, will arrive in Ghana on Monday ahead of the official state burial this week. The body of the late Secretary-General will be accompanied his wife, Nane Maria, children and some UN officials. The remains will be received with a brief ceremony led by the Ghana Armed Forces and President Addo Dankwa ...

At least 430,000 students are set to start Ghana’s new Senior High School system as the Akufo-Addo government’s game-changing education policies continue. Under Ghana’s double track education system, schooling now takes the form of a traffic light. Green means go and so students with admission letters marked GREEN have begun enrolling across some 400 senior high schools selected for the ...

Reports about the Auditor-General Daniel Yaw Domelevo running a one-man-show at the Audit Service are gaining ground, as it has emerged that he has ignored a directive from President Akufo-Addo to audit the liabilities of the Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) to contractors as of December 31, 2016, for them to be paid. The Auditor-General, who has received money ...

Teachers sitting for the licensing exams in the Upper West region are stranded due to the unavailability of question papers. The teachers, according to Starr News’ Upper West Regional Correspondent Morris Banaamwone, traveled from Wa East, Sissala East and West districts and municipality as well as Sawla and Bole districts in the Northern Region. The exam which was supposed to ...

Award-winning Ghanaian dancehall artist Stonebwoy has appealed to his colleague Shatta Wale to stop discrediting other artists over accolades they receive. It comes on the back of comments made by Shatta Wale that all the awards Stonebwoy has won in his career should have been his but because he wasn’t around. Speaking on Accra-based Hitz FM, Stonebwoy said “I think ...

An armed group is reported to have stormed the headquarters of the National Oil Corporation (NOC) in Libya’s capital, Tripoli. Security forces clashed with the armed men at the landmark building in the centre of the city, and several blasts and gunfire could be heard, witnesses say. Last week, the UN announced a truce between warring militias had been agreed ...

Serena Williams was yesterday fined $17,000 for the code violations that included calling the umpire a “liar” and “thief” in her US Open final loss on Saturday. Williams, beaten by Naomi Osaka, was docked a game for verbal abuse and had a point penalty for racquet smashing and a code violation for coaching. She later said it was “sexist” to ...

The woes of commuters on the Eastern Corridor road in the Northern Region are far from over as contractors have abandoned the road over lack of funds. Motorists who use the road have had to go through lots of challenges over the years. Currently, the two main bridges left in the middle of the road at Lepusi present the biggest ...

Ghana’s Black Starlets will take on Cote d’Ivoire in the semi-finals of the ongoing WAFU U17 Championship in Niger. A massive turnaround by Cote d’ Ivoire saw them thrash Burkina Faso 3-0 to set up a clash with Ghana having lost 5-1 to Nigeria their opening match. Ghana topped Group A after defeating Togo 2-1 in their second group match. ...

NEYMAR was all-smiles as he caught up with Manchester United legend Wayne Rooney during the Brazil star’s visit to the US. Neymar has been enjoying some down-time while on international duty with Brazil, posing for a photo alongside Wayne Rooney and his son Kai. The Paris Saint-Germain forward was in the US for Brazil’s friendly clash against Dave Sarachan’s side ...