Ras Mubarak has been denied entry into the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT) by Israel. The National Democratic Congress MP for Kumbungu was traveling under the aegis of the Palestinian Authority to present a paper in Ramallah. “It is true and very unfortunate,” Mr. Mubarak told Starr News from Jordan. The Ghanaian MP who had permit from Israel to carry out ...

The 2016 Ghana Music Awards Artiste of the Year nominee, Bisa K’dei has revealed that he submitted entries for this year’s awards but could not find his name on the list of nominees. In an interview with Joy News’ Maxwell Amoofia, the artiste was disappointed at the fact that he missed out on the nominations for the Vodafone Ghana Music ...

The National Petroleum Authority (NPA) and officials of the National Security have arrested five persons suspected to be part of a cartel dealing in illegal smuggling of petroleum products. The operation took place at Kpone landing beach near Tema around 10pm and lasted for seven hours. The ring leader Isaac Allotey, 34, with four others including the owner of one ...

The Vice Chairman of the Public Interest and Accountability Committee (PIAC) is lamenting the continues failure by successive Finance Ministers to provide an update on how they allocate projects funded by oil cash. Dr Thomas Kojo Stephens is worried the failure of the current Finance Ministry and the previous ones to account for their allocation of oil funds could stifle ...

The Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC) has yet again won the award for Best Investment Promotion Agency in West and Central Africa. The award received at this year’s Annual Investment Meeting (AIM) 2018 Awards Gala Dinner, held on Monday at the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, is the Centre’s Best Investment Award for the second time in a row at the annual event. ...

“I think the President is too powerful, he is very much an appointing authority in places where he could have left it alone”, Former Minister and Member of Parliament for Abuakwa South, Fritz Baffour has said. Much as he believes in the President’s powers, he equally believes that government institutions are established for purposes of addressing key societal issues in ...

Ghana’s liquid gold, Star Beer, has extended its on-going ‘Star Win Gold’ promotion, which was launched December 2017 to the end of April 2018. The promo, which has so far rewarded about 167 consumers with 2.5g gold bars each, is one of Star beer’s ceremonies to reward its loyal consumers with gold bars. Apart from the gold bars, the promo ...

Muslim leaders in the country are being urged to consider using text messages to call their members to worship instead of the usual megaphones. This, according to the Environment, Science, Technology and Innovations Minister, Prof Kwabena Frimpong Boateng, will help reduce noise pollution in the country. “In the house of worship, why is it that the noise will be limited ...

A top aide to Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has warned Nigerians living in London to be careful and to show restraint, following killings in the city. The killing of black people, especially those of Nigerian origin in London, was “worrisome and disturbing”, said Abike Dabiri-Erewa, the senior special assistant to Mr Buhari on foreign affairs and the diaspora. A total ...

A nine-week-old baby boy has died at the St Gregory Hospital at Kasoa in the Central Region because his parents could not afford the cost of aiding his breathing with an oxygen machine. Little Prosper’s parents tell Joy News a medical doctor on duty pulled the plug from the oxygen machine because they could not pay GHS533 to keep their ...