Burna Boy‘s award-winning track ‘Ye’ is now certified Gold in the United States of America three years after its official release. The Recording Industry Association of America, RIAA, announced the certification of the Grammy award winner’s song after it made over 500,000 sales in the States. The ‘Ye’ song released in 2018 on the ‘Outside’ album, won The Headies Award ...

On the 23rd of April, 2013, Tonaton.com made its entry into the Ghanaian online marketplace space. Before its entry, the Ghanaian online marketplace industry could be described to be under-served. Saltside which is on a mission to create leading marketplaces in under-served markets made a bold decision to bring online buying and selling to the Ghanaian people through Tonaton.com. Starting ...

The Greater Accra Regional Police Command has indicated that it cannot permit the #FixTheCountry group to embark on their intended protest. The #FixTheCountry campaigners wrote to the Ghana Police Service to notify the law enforcement body of their intention to demonstrate on 9 May 2021 against hardships in the country. The conveners of the demonstration include Oliver Mawuse Barker-Vormawor, Felicity ...

The Osafo Maafo-led 2020 Elections Review Committee that was set up by the NPP to review the party’s performance in the 2020 General Elections, on Tuesday, 4 May 2021, presented its final report to the leadership of the party at the NPP’s national secretariat, Accra. Presenting the report on behalf of the 9-member Committee, the chairman of the Committee, Mr ...

Information Minister Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has disagreed with critics of the government who say there is a culture of silence under President Nana Akufo-Addo. At the opening of the office for the Coordinated Mechanism on the Safety of Journalists at a ceremony in Accra on Tuesday, 4 May 2021, Mr Oppong Nkrumah said: “This is part of the many layers ...

Ghana’s active COVID-19 caseload has risen to 1,584 from 1,580, the latest figures from the Ghana Health Service have indicated. Of that number, six and 24 patients are in critical and severe conditions, respectively. Also, the death toll has risen from 779 to 780. Some 57 new cases were recently confirmed. Since mid-March, a total of 92,740 cases have been ...

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament for Dormaa East, Mr Paul Apraku Twum Barimah, has described the allegations made by the Minority in Parliament on load shedding as calculated to tarnish the image of the government. In an interview with the media, the communication and energy specialist said there was no nationwide load shedding and that the government ...

Speaking to Starr News, Executive Director of COPEC Duncan Amoah who commended the ministry for the initiative said work must begin immediately to further remove taxes that burden consumers. He said “we’ve had ministers of energy in the past, they’ve only paid lip service. You talk about these things, sometimes, they even come out with the posturing that says there’s ...

Justice Lydia Osei Marfo, the judge presiding over the murder trial of Daniel Asiedu, the man accused of killing J.B Dankwa-Adu, has issued a stern warning to the jurors to stop delaying the trial. The presiding judge threatened to dissolve the jury for holding the case to ransom. The prosecution was expected to call its second witness when the case ...

Eric Kojo Duah, aka Sakora, the man accused of killing two police officers at Buduburam in the Central Region on August 28, 2019, has been refused bail by the Accra High Court. Counsel for Duah, Mr Augustines Obour, made an oral application for bail at the court today(Tuesday) when his client made his first appearance. He argued that Duah had ...