Author Archives: larryehu

‘Your wife and kids must eat first’; I said no wrong – Ayisi Boateng

The embattled Ghanaian High Commissioner to South Africa, George Ayisi Boateng, has said he still stands by his pledge to prioritize members of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) and its tertiary education wing, Tertiary Students’ Confederacy Network (TESCON) in his dealings with Ghanaians as a High Commissioner. In justifying his comment, he gave the analogy of how a husband ...

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North Korea Could Drop Nuclear Bombs on Europe, NATO Warns

North Korea could attack Europe or the U.S. with a nuclear missile, the leader of the military alliance said Monday. North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said North Korean Kim Jong Un had developed the weapons to put Western nations in danger. “We recognize that Europe has also entered the [North Korean] missile range, and NATO member ...

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Protests erupt after Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta declared winner of disputed elections with 98 per cent of votes

Renewed protests erupted in parts of Kenya on Monday night after Uhuru Kenyatta was declared president of a bitterly divided nation for the second time in three months. Claiming a resounding mandate to serve a second five-year term, Mr Kenyatta accepted victory after securing 98 per cent of the vote in an election boycotted by his rival Raila Odinga. But ...

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U/E: Doctor Eats Scraps After “Wrongful Dismissal”

A medical doctor who was “wrongfully dismissed” from the Ghana Health Service (GHS) and his salary arrears withheld since 2012 has told Starr News he now lives as a single-room squatter who begs for table scraps to survive. Described by many as Ghana’s Ben Carson for his rare pair of ‘healing hands’, Dr. Francis Ibrahim Betonsi was reportedly handed indefinite ...

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Stop attacks or face the law – Blay warns NPP hooligans

Acting National Chairman of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Freddie Blay, has warned vigilante groups aligned to the party to desist from violent acts or face the full rigorous of the law. “Law is law, and it must be enforced in this country. So I will ask that if they [vigilante groups] are our members they should stop doing ...

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Odinga says Kenya election ‘must not stand’

Nairobi – Kenya’s opposition leader Raila Odinga vowed on Tuesday not to accept a “sham” election, declaring he would push for a fresh vote through a campaign of civil disobedience and peaceful protest. He did not indicate whether he would file suit again at the country’s paramount court to have the election annulled. In his first reaction since his rival ...

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‘We’re proud of Ayisi-Boateng’ – Ex-TESCON leaders

Past leaders of the governing New Patriotic Party’s tertiary wing TESCON have come out through a statement to praise Ghana’s High Commissioner to South Africa George Ayisi-Boateng saying they are “proud” of him for saying NPP members are more Ghanaian than others, thus, he would make them his topmost priority before any other Ghanaians. “We wish to state emphatically that ...

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NPP risks losing 2020 election – Ken Agyapong

Member of Parliament (MP) for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong has predicted that the New Patriotic Party (NPP) risk losing elections 2020 if it fails to deal with the widespread lawlessness caused by pro-New Patriotic Party (NPP) vigilante groups. According to him, he supports President Akufo-Addo’s call on the police to crack the whip on political party vigilante groups affiliated to ...

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