Liberty University President Jerry Falwell, Jr. on Saturday presented President Trump with an honorary Doctorate of Laws at the Lynchburg, Va. school’s commencement ceremony. In a speech that painted Trump as a fierce political ally of evangelical Christians, Falwell praised Trump’s early accomplishments in office and admonished the news media and academics for their “relentless” attacks on the president. “President ...

President Nana Akufo-Addo has assured students of Technical High Schools that his government will equip them with skills to cope in a fast-changing world. According to President Akufo-Addo, his government will not “turn the Free SHS into a process that simply churns out young people that would not be equipped to cope with the modern world”, stressing that “a High ...

Ghana defender Rashid Sumaila is one of the five players who have been nominated for Al Gharafa Fans Player of the Year award. The club’s supporters Player of the year awards celebrate the outstanding performer in the season gone by. Sumaila is joined on the Player of the Year award shortlist by Yusuf Hassan, Fheed Al Shammari, Othman Al Yahari ...

Artiste Manager Mel Kwasi Davis, who doubles as the boss of Event Republic, has stated emphatically that hip-life artiste Guru cannot be classified as an A-List artiste in Ghana. Explaining who an A-List artiste is, Mel Kwasi Davis said an “A-List artiste must be an artiste who has a track record and he/she must be relevant in the current dispensation. ...

Abuja – Eight-two of Nigeria’s Chibok schoolgirls are free thanks to a prisoner swap between the Nigerian government and Boko Haram. The release is the biggest since the armed group swarmed a school in northern Nigeria in April 2014, kidnapping 276 girls. But the ordeal is not over for the freed girls and their families, according to Peter Joseph, the ...

The CEO of EIB Network and Empire group of companies, Nathan Anokye-Adisi (Bola Ray) has been conferred with the title ‘Individual Philanthropist of the Year’ for his benevolent undertakings. The media mogul and philanthropist, was one of six winners announced at the National Philanthropy Forum-Ghana’s (NPF-G) awards ceremony held at the Accra International Conference Centre. A delegation from the NPF-G ...

Hiplife legend, Obrafuor, has expressed his undying support for fellow Hiplife artiste Sarkodie. The award-winning artiste made this remark in an interview on the Friday edition of GHToday with host, Eli Kharis. Asked who his favorite rapper is, the Execution Entertainment leader stated; “they all know I am biased when it comes to Sarkodie.” But he also expressed his love ...

About 60 per cent of Ghana’s water bodies are polluted, with many in critical condition, the Water Resources Commission (WRC) has said. Mr. Ben Ampomah, Executive Secretary of the Commission at a workshop in Ho, said the polluted water bodies were mostly in the south-western parts of the country, where illegal mining activities (galamsey) were widespread. He was addressing a ...

Dundo – Hundreds of people from Democratic Republic of Congo’s central Kasai region have been pouring into neighbouring Angola every day for more than a month to escape violence plaguing their homes. Some 20 000 people who have fled are now in or around three holding camps in Dundo in Angola’s far north, living in increasingly dire conditions, according to ...

Tension has engulfed the Kwame Nkrumah Circle in Accra as angry traders clash with officials of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly and police. It is unclear what triggered the chaos but Starr News’ Peter Owusu who is at the scene reports that the Police are firing warning shots to disperse the mob. Reports however suggest a trader has been brutally beaten ...