The installation of former Director-General of Ghana Health Service (GHS), Professor Ayemang Badu Akosa as chief of Kwahu-Abene in the Eastern Region last Friday was illegal and a flagrant violation of traditional rules, a chief has said. The Abetifi chief who also doubles as the acting Kwahumanhene, Nana Acheamfuor Asiedu Agyemang, told the media Monday, the enstoolment of the pathologist ...

Parents of the missing Chibok girls are slowly learning if their daughters are among the 82 freed by Boko Haram militants in Nigeria two days ago. The girls’ names were put on Twitter by the president’s office on Sunday. They were flown to the capital Abuja. But in Chibok, their home region in north-eastern Nigeria, not everyone has access to ...

Celebrity blogger, David Mawuli has challenged the credibility of the Forbes Africa ranking of “music money makers” which captures Ghanaian rap icon, Sarkodie. In a post on Facebook, the founder of Ghanafuo.com noted that although Sarkodie finds himself in there, Forbes Africa could not state his networth and even physical properties owned by the rapper. He posted “That Forbes Africa’s ...

Chelsea boss Antonio Conte says second-placed Tottenham “have an advantage” over the Premier League leaders because Mauricio Pochettino has been in charge at White Hart Lane since 2014. Conte is close to winning the title in his first season in English football. His side can move seven points clear with three games left if they beat Middlesbrough on Monday (20:00 ...

Iranian student Reza Parastesh looks so much like his sporting hero Lionel Messi that it almost landed him in jail for disrupting public order this week. So many people came out to take selfies with Parastesh in the western city of Hamedan over the weekend that police rushed him into a station and impounded his car to stop the chaos ...

Suspected armed robbers on a motorbike have shot and killed a man around the TOR traffic light at Tema, StarrFMonline.com has learnt. The deceased and his  colleague, who are believed to be workers of Ferro Fabric at Tema, were reportedly taking money  to the bank on a motorbike, when they were accosted by the robbers Monday afternoon. The robbers, according ...

The Ghana FA delegation at the CAF Congress in Bahrain were the first to congratulate Kwesi Nyantakyi as CAF 1st vice president. Vice President George Afriyie, Acting General Secretary Alex Asante and Executive Committee member Frank Nelson were in the Bahrain capital of Manama for CAF’s Congress. New CAF president Dr Ahamd hand-picked Nyantakyi to be second-in-command with Constant Omari ...

Ghanaian midfielder Sulley Muntari says he would walk off the pitch “again and again”, accusing Fifa and Uefa of not caring about racism in football. The Pescara player, 32, was sent off after leaving the field claiming he was racially abused during a Serie A game. In a BBC interview, the ex-Portsmouth player claims racism is “everywhere and getting worse”, ...

With Pedro in such good form at Chelsea, Willian finds himself in a situation not dissimilar to that of Juan Mata’s back in 2013-14 – and yet again it could be Manchester United who take advantage. Mata, despite being a fan favourite at Stamford Bridge, was ostracised by Jose Mourinho – now the Spaniard’s boss at Old Trafford – and ...

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s defense minister on Monday lashed back at Saudi Arabia, slamming the kingdom’s deputy crown prince over belligerent comments last week that underscored the deep rivalries between the Sunni and Shiite power. In a wide-ranging interview, Saudi Prince Mohammed bin Salman said there was no space for dialogue with rival Iran due to its Shiite ambitions ...