Majority of Ghanaian voters want MP aspirants to have at least tertiary education qualification, according to a survey conducted by the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA). 83.7 per cent of the respondents were of the view that the difficulty with which some MPs have expressed themselves on the floor of Parliament since the beginning of the Fourth Republic gives a ...

MANCHESTER UNITED fans have got all excited after Paul Pogba was pictured deep in discussion with Neymar prior to the Red Devils’ friendly against Barcelona. Barcelona forward Neymar is at the centre of a long-running transfer saga with Pairs Saint-Germain lining up a world-record £196million bid for the Brazilian. However, some Manchester United fans believe their club could sneak in ...

Madonna and her adopted twin daughters have accepted undisclosed damages from Associated Newspapers over a “serious invasion of privacy”. The singer adopted four-year-old twins Stella and Estere in February. At the time she asked the media to “respect our privacy during this transitional time.” Madonna brought the case at London’s High Court over a MailOnline article that caused her “considerable ...

The home of a member of the Phillip Addison Committee, has been raided by government agents, as the New Patriotic Party (NPP) desperately digs for evidence to nail appointees of the Mahama administration to prove their corruption claims against the previous administration. Francis W. K. Dzata, arguably one of Ghana’s best brains in Emergency Power Construction, and who had served ...

Education Minister Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh has said that if he had his way, he would promote rather than punish Augustine Kusi, the class six teacher of Assin Asamankese D/A Primary School in the Central Region, who was creative enough to have used stones to demonstrate how a computer mouse worked as he taught his pupils during an ICT class. ...

The government has announced its much touted Free Senior High School policy will be enjoyed by only students who pass their Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE). Outlining the master plan for the flagship Free SHS policy expected to be rolled out September 2017, the Education Minister Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh noted qualified students must also be placed under the current ...

The MP for Adansi Asokwa KT Hammond has described as “nonsense” claims that he benefited from the controversial AMERI power deal signed in 2015 between the erstwhile Mahama administration and a UAE power company. “I am saying this is nonsense. This is crap,” he stated in an interview with Starr News’s parliamentary correspondent Ibrahim Alhassan. Commentary in some circles, including ...

The demand for the resignation of the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission and her deputies is gathering momentum. The latest to call for the removal of Mrs. Charlotte Osei is the Institute for Democratic Governance (IDEG). Mrs. Osei and two of her deputies; Georgina Opoku Amankwaa and Amadu Sulley have been embroiled in a public spat with each corner throwing ...

NDC Central Regional Chairman, Allotey Jacobs has cautioned President Nana Akufo-Addo to exercise discretion on the petition filed against the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC), Mrs. Charlotte Osei. Speaking on Peace FM’s ‘Kokrokoo’, Allotey Jacobs believed there may be some forces from the NPP government pushing for the removal of the EC Chairperson. To him, if the President doesn’t ...

Actress Victoria Lebene has disclosed she prefers going out with older men than those of her age. Speaking to KOD on the Zone, the 27-year-old actress said she has a thing for older men. “I have a thing for quite older people. I think older people can really take care of women than the younger ones. I think they respect ...