A powerful vehicle bomb has hit the diplomatic area of the Afghan capital, Kabul, killing at least 80 people and injuring 350. It struck close to the German embassy in Zanbaq Square, with civilians said to be the main casualties. The morning rush-hour blast was so strong it blew out windows and doors hundreds of metres away. The Taliban have ...

Leicester City forward Riyad Mahrez has announced he wants to leave the club. The 26-year-old, who joined from French club Le Havre for a reported £400,000 in 2014, said he had agreed “to stay for another season” following “a good discussion with the chairman” after the Foxes won the Premier League last year. But he added he was “fiercely ambitious” ...

Ahmed Mujahid Bello known in Showbiz as Fancy Gadam has been explaining to his fans circumstances that led to his exclusion from this year’s edition of Ghana Meet Naija organized by Empire Entertainment owned by renowned broadcaster Kwabena Anokye Adisi a.k.a Bola Ray The artiste has come under criticisms on social media for reportedly turning that a glorious opportunity to ...

Controversial musician cum comedian A-Plus seems to believe that rapper M.anifest is wasting his time doing music after all the education he has acquired. According to A-Plus, M.anifest wearing what he describes as ‘Kaba’ and also choosing music as profession, is unfit for a well-educated person like the rapper. In a Facebook post, A-Plus ridiculed the Rapper of the Year ...

Former Attorney General Martin Amidu has criticised parliament for imposing punishment on Member of Parliament for Bawku Central, Mahama Ayariga, concerning bribery allegations he made against parliament’s Appointments Committee. The Ghartey Committee, which investigated the allegation made by Mr Ayariga against the leadership of parliament’s Appointments Committee, found him guilty of contempt of parliament. “I have also followed the proceedings ...

Controversial dancehall artiste Shatta Wale has paid tribute to the military officer Captain Maxwell Mahama who was murdered in cold blood at Denkyira-Obuasi in the Central region. Forty-eight hours after the news of the gruesome murder hit the airwaves, the award-winning artiste has put out an emotional song commiserating with the Mahama family while praying that the “Lord deals with ...

A resident of Denkyira-Boase who witnessed the mob attack that led to the death of Captain Maxwell Mahama has disclosed that he was afraid to help the distressed soldier, who was running for his life. According to Kwaku Manu, who plies an Okada in the mining town, the soldier while running away from the blood-thirsty mob, jumped onto his motorbike ...

The National Chairman of the People’s National Convention (PNC), Mr Bernard Mornah, has said efforts to unite the Nkrumaists party are not dead. “The assertions from some members of the society that the unification talks amongst the Nkrumaists were dead are very erroneous,” he told the Daily Graphic in an interview in Accra yesterday. According to Mr Mornah, the attainment ...

The Premier League Board has a released a six-man nominations for the NASCO player and coach of the Month of the Ghana Premier League for the month of May. For the NASCO Player of the Month, Liberty Professionals’ Samuel Sarfo, Aduana Stars’ Sam Adams and Bernard Ofori of Medeama have been nominated. For the NASCO Coach of the Month category, ...

Starr News has spotted an abandoned brand new Community Information Centre in the Bongo District of the Upper East region which is yet to be commissioned but already serves as both a massage parlour for some dating students and a looting ground for faceless criminals. The building, erected with thousands of taxpayer’s Ghana cedis on the grassy bank of a ...