New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong says the Net 2 cameraman who died during last Saturday’s gas explosion at atomic junction was destined to die. He believes it was the late Mohammed Ashley Yakubu’s destiny to die because they were cautioned to tread cautiously. According to him, when news of the explosion trickled in, ...

The restored monthly allowances of nurse-trainees will cost the government Gh¢232 million this academic year, according to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. Restoring the allowance was an integral campaign message of Akufo-Addo going into the 2016 polls after the Mahama administration cancelled it in 2014. Speaking during the launch of the restored allowance Tuesday, President Akufo-Addo said about 58, 000 ...

The 72-year-old returns to management four years after Bayern sacked him, but the former sporting director is sure the club will not regret it Bayern Munich have made the right decision in bringing Jupp Heynckes back to replace Carlo Ancelotti as head coach according to Matthias Sammer. Heynckes made a shock return for a third spell in charge of the ...

Two school-children, aged between two and five, on Saturday afternoon met their untimely deaths when they were electrocuted by a metal television pole at Agona Duakwa Zongo in the Central Region. They were Bright Kwesi Nyanful, a Nursery Two kid and Kelvin Boakye, in Kindergarten Two, of Agona Duakwa Islamic Primary School. The kids were playing together at the back ...

It turns out the Chinese have a problem with fake news too. From Facebook’s Alex Stamos to Steve Ballmer, American tech executives have sought in recent days to dispel the notion there’s a swift solution to the proliferation of spurious or insidious information on the internet, a phenomenon critics say wields an outsized and unhealthy influence on public discourse and ...

Energy Minister, Boakye Agyarko, has disclosed that government has given the National Petroleum Authority (NPA) the clearance to hire 200 auditors to make sure that safety standards are complied with at all gas stations across the country. Speaking after the inauguration of the governing board of the Ghana Gas on Monday, Mr. Agyarko stated that incidents of gas explosions are ...

The operation of the Boankra Inland Port project meant to boost transit trade – serve importers in the Northern sector of Ghana and landlocked countries of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger – will not to start anytime soon. The fate of the port, the building of which began in year 2008, has now been tied to the reconstruction of the ...

The Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) has dismissed claims that Saturday’s gas explosion at the Atomic junction on the Madina road in Accra was triggered by a Khebab seller. The Public Relations Officer of the GNFS, Billy Anaglatey in an interview on Starr Midday News said preliminary investigations have revealed that the khebab seller was yet to even set up ...

There’s no doubt in our minds that the minister for power, Boakye Agyarko, remains one of the most forceful and popular ministers in the Akufo-Addo administration but the recent gas explosion at the Atomic Junction in Accra just revealed some subtle issues between the president and the minister. Taking a closer look at that very picture where Nana Addo was ...

Davido, Nigerian music superstar has lost another friend, DJ Olu. He broke the news on his Instagram handle Saturday night. Olu was reportedly found dead in his car. The deceased was billionaire Dapo Abiodun’s son. His passing occurred just days after the death of another crew member, Tagbo. Davido had on his snapchat page denied involvement in Tagbo’s demise. His ...