President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has extended the tenure of the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr David Asante Apeatu, by two years. Mr. Apeatu is expected to reach the retirement age of 60, next week. Starr News has gathered. Mr. Apeatu was appointed as the Acting IGP on January 25, 2017, and was confirmed a few months later. Mr. ...

Renowned journalist and lawyer Egbert Faibille has been appointed Chief Executive officer of the National Petroleum Commission by President Akufo-Addo, StarrFMonline.com has learnt. The appointment is expected to be announced soon by the Presidency. Egbert is the publisher of the Ghanaian Observer Newspaper. He had previously worked for the Independent Newspaper. After graduating from law school, he worked with lawyer ...

Christian Atsu insists he always knew he wanted to return to Newcastle United permanently this summer. The 25-year-old initially joined the Magpies on a season-long loan from Chelsea 12 months ago, scoring five league goals as he helped United lift the Championship title. Rafa Benitez subsequently opted to activate the permanent-purchase clause in his contract and Atsu signed for £6.5million ...

JOSE MOURINHO suffered a double blow in the Super Cup in Macedonia. Manchester United were beaten by Real Madrid in the UEFA Super cup final before Mourinho admitted it was “game over” in his pursuit of Gareth Bale. Goals from Casemiro and Isco put Real in charge before Romelu Lukaku made amends for an earlier bad miss by pulling a ...

Former Confederation of African Football president Issa Hayatou on Tuesday slammed his successor Ahmad Ahmad over claims that Cameroon is not ready to host the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations. Malagasy Ahmad, who ended Hayatou’s 29-year reign as CAF president last March, had said that the country’s infrastructure “wasn’t ready” to host the 2019 CAN and even suggested he may ...

Nigeria’s Jay Jay Okocha is arguably one of the most talented African footballers of all time. Blessed with sublime footwork and a mesmerizing dribbler, he was one of the golden generation of Nigeria players and a pillar of the Eagles side that won gold at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics and graced three successive FIFA World Cups between 1994 and 2002. ...

Real Madrid beat Manchester United 2-1 on Tuesday to lift the European Super Cup for the fourth time as they became the first team to retain the trophy since AC Milan in 1990. Brazilian midfielder Casemiro struck the opener with a left-foot strike midway through the first half while Spain midfielder Isco consolidated Real’s advantage with a slick finish in ...

South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma has survived the eighth vote of no confidence – despite the ballot being held in secret. Opposition parties had hoped the secret vote would mean MPs from the governing African National Congress (ANC) might side with them against the president. But the motion, called amid repeated allegations of corruption, was defeated by 198 votes to ...

The National Executive Committee of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has been petitioned to take disciplinary action against former Attorney General Martin Amidu. Mr. Amidu has resorted to the media since he was sacked from government to tongue lash former government appointees, describing a lot of them as corrupt. The petition was filed by two party members Lawyer Evans Amankwah ...

BARCELONA are reportedly set to sign Liverpool playmaker Philippe Coutinho. Barcelona have been in talks with Liverpool for Coutinho following the sale of Neymar to Paris Saint-Germain in a £200million deal. And now ESPN claim Coutinho is set to be announced as Neymar’s replacement. The Catalan giants are said to have agreed an initial £81.6m fee with Liverpool, which could ...