The United Nations’ top human rights official has hailed Pescara’s Ghanaian midfielder Sulley Muntari as an ‘inspiration’ for leaving the pitch in protest after the player said he was booked for complaining about racist chanting. U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein said FIFA needed to pay greater attention to the persistent problem of racism at games – ...

As part of efforts to decongest the prisons, three judges Friday sat at the Nsawam Prison and heard the cases of some inmates who have been on remand for years. The Chief Justice (CJ), Mrs Georgina Theodora Wood, the Danish Ambassador and the Director of Public Prosecutions were also in the prisons as the CJ witnessed her last Justice For All ...

Lionel Messi has seen his appeal against a FIFA ban upheld, meaning the remaining three matches of his suspension have been scrapped. Argentina will have Lionel Messi available again with immediate effect after the remaining three matches of his four-game suspension were wiped by FIFA as his appeal against the sanction succeeded. Messi was handed the sanction after abusing a ...

Rapper Medikal’s failure to win even one award out of seven nominations at the 2017 Ghana Music Awards generated a lot of media attention. His loss raised lots of eyebrows with many calling the awards suspicious. Kofi Kinaata on the other hand went home smiling that night, winning three awards, including Highlife Artiste of the Year at the same event. Interestingly, ...

Former Member of Parliament (MP) for Asante Akim North, Kwadwo Baah Agyemang has shown that he is a force to reckon with in the area of dance in Ghana. The former member of the Youth and Sports Committee in parliament in a video displayed his dancing skills when he danced to Davido’s ‘If’ hit track at a gathering. At a ...

Illegal galamsey miners are set to return to site not to deplete and pollute the environment  but to work towards reclaiming areas devastated by the illegal mining activity. According to the Lands and Natural Resources Minister John Peter Amewu, his outfit will vigorously engage the illegal miners in a desperate bid to repair the lands destroyed by galamsey. The illegal ...

NDC Minority Chief Whip, Alhaji Mohammed Mubarak Muntaka has refused to throw support for names mentioned in the race for the 2020 NDC presidential candidate. Adopting a ‘wait-and-see’ posture towards growing interest for the position, the Asawase MP wants to see party energy concentrated on re-organising the party following its worst defeat since it was founded in 1992. In a ...

The Students Representative Council (SRC) of University of Cape Coast (UCC) has honoured gospel musician SP Kofi Sarpong. The King of Africa Borborbor received “Life Changing Award” at the 2017 SRC Choice Awards held at the institution on Saturday, April29. The award was given to the superintendent for his good works that has been affecting the lives of many Ghanaians ...

The Ghana Armed Forces has denied reports that Ghanaian soldiers in peacekeeping operation in Mali have been attacked. The supposed bloody attack on the Ghanaian contingent has gone viral on social media platforms, especially whatsApp. The bloody images circulating on social media has a soldier being treated of multiple injuries from the supposed attack. But Speaking to StarrFMonline.com Friday, the ...

Minority Leader Haruna Iddrisu appears to be under some pressure from some persons within the party to run as flagbearer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) ahead of the 2020 general elections or make his stance of who he will support public. Whereas many including former ministers and diplomats are still yearning a return of former President John Dramani ...