The Energy Ministry has said President Akufo-Addo was not misled into approving the controversial Novation and Amendment Ameri deal as being claimed by some people. The novation and amendment agreement, seeking to buy out the $510million deal Ameri Energy has with the government and be handed over to a third party Mytilineos for 15 years, received an executive approval from ...

A US-based Ghanaian law professor, Kwaku Asare, has waded into the controversies surrounding the Ameri deal renegotiation. In a Facebook post on Monday, 6 August 2018, Prof Asare wrote: “I want to know what happened in the renegotiated AMERI. Who was on our team? Did our team lack the knowledge, preparation, expertise? Did AMERI mislead or bribe our team? Was ...

The Tamale Technical University has been plunged into confusion after two staff of the school are indicted by the institution’s interim management body for supervising illegal abortions by students. The two staff; Mohammmed Alhassan Kamaldeen, the payroll officer and Yakubu Abdul Jalel, Manager of the school’s hospital, were indicted after two separate committees found them culpable of multiple allegations including ...

Head of Communication and Public Affairs at the Ministry of Energy, Nana Kofi Oppong Damoah has alleged a presidential staffer is plotting to kill him. His only crime, he explained is defending the Minister of Energy, Boakye Agyarko over the revised AMERI deal. Nana Damoah who revealed this on Adom News Monday, said the suspect is government’s spokesperson on Governance ...

The Ghana Society of Radiographers (GSR), has served notice it will take legal action against health facilities using unqualified radiographers in delivering what they call substandard services to unsuspecting clients. Speaking to Starr News in Koforidua at the sidelines of the National Scientific Conference and 6th Biennial Congress of the Society, President of the GRS, Prince Rockson, explained that the ...

A former Vice-Chancellor of the University for Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA), Professor Joshua Alabi has officially written to the leadership of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to announce his intention to run for president on the party’s ticket. Some party stalwarts have already thrown their weight behind Prof Alabi. Ambassador James Victor Gbeho, former Deputy Speaker Ken Dzirasah and Keta ...

Energy Minister Boakye Agyarko has been sacked from office by President Akufo-Addo with immediate effect. A statement from the Presidency announcing the action said the President has directed Mr. Agyarko to hand over to the lands and natural resources minister John Peter Amewu. The dismisal of Mr. Agyarko comes after the President was allegedly misled into approving the new AMERI ...

The Energy Minister Boakye Agyarko has been asked to resign by President Nana Akufo-Addo over the controversial Novation and amendment AMERI deal, Starrfmonline.com has gathered. Sources within the Jubilee House have told Starrfmonline.com that the Energy Minister has been given a week to quit his post or will be forced out. However, indications are that he is likely to resign ...

The Nursing and Midwifery Council has released the list of admission quota that is permissible for the various nursing training schools in the country. The move is to ensure that the nursing schools do not admit more than allowed in the 2018/19 academic year. A statement signed by the registrar of the council Felix Nyante said: “I would want to ...

The National Petroleum Authority (NPA) in collaboration with the National Security and the Ghana Armed Forces have arrested 13 persons suspected to be part of a cartel dealing in smuggling of petroleum products. The suspects, who were arrested following a tip-off, were transferring fuel from a ship to drums and gallons around the shores of Aflao in the Volta Region. ...