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 ...
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‘Illegal miners’ set to return to sites for reclamation efforts
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 ...
Read More »NDC 2020: Mahama is my brother, Haruna is my friend, but let’s wait and see
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 ...
Read More »SP Kofi Sarpong honoured at UCC
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 ...
Read More »Attack in Mali: No Ghanaian soldier hurt – GAF
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 ...
Read More »Will Haruna Iddrisu bow to pressure and run for presidency in 2020?
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 ...
Read More »Arrest those engaging children in mining – Child Rights Int’l
Child Rights International is calling for the arrest and prosecution of parents who engage their children in illegal mining. According to the organisation, its latest findings on child exploitation in mining communities point to an alarming increase in the engagement of children as labourers on mining concession sites with at least four in every five homes within the designated areas ...
Read More »Cocaine business back in Ghana
The Editor of the Finder Newspaper, Elvis Darko, has rubbished claims discounting the discovery of cocaine at the Tema Port that reportedly went missing. The Sector Commander of the Customs Excise and Preventive Service (CEPS), of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), at the Tema Port, Confidence Nyadzi, had earlier dismissed claims that 500 kilogrammes of cocaine worth about $30 million ...
Read More »Water Research Institute calls for legalization of galamsey
The Water Research Institute (WRI) of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) says government will be effective at monitoring activities of small scale miners if it legalizes galamsey. The Institute said the degeneration of illegal mining in the country is a function of the absence of effective monitoring by the relevant state institutions. At a media encounter on ...
Read More »India breaks into FIFA top 100 after 21 years
The Indian men’s football team on Thursday climbed to the 100th spot in the latest FIFA world rankings — their best rating in more than two decades. Despite having a population of well over one billion, India languishes as a footballing minnow, ranked equally alongside Nicaragua, Lithuania and Estonia in a global table headed by Brazil. India — where the ...
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