There is simmering tension at the Kwahu Pitiko traditional area in Afram Plains South District of the Eastern region following a near-deadly attack on the Chief of Pitiko Nana Frimpong Akoamire II by unknown thugs. The thugs, wielding guns, knives, sticks, and other dangerous implements invaded the house of the Chief in the evening around 9:00 pm and subjected him ...

Work on the reconstruction of the Beach Road is progressing and looks set to be completed on schedule. The 10.6-kilometre stretch, known as the Beach Road Expansion Project — Phase Two, is expected to be completed by December next year. The road, which is being constructed by China Railway Major Bridge Engineering Group Company Limited (CRMBEGCL), connects Accra from the ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo left Accra on Thursday for Brazzaville, the Capital of the Republic of Congo, to attend the swearing-in of that country’s President-elect, Denis Sassou Nguesso. He is attending the event in his capacity as Chairperson of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). The President was ...

President Akufo-Addo has picked the Member of Parliament for the Sekondi constituency, Andrew Egyapa Mercer as the deputy Energy Minister-designate, Starrfm.com.gh can confirm. The former head of the National Petroleum Authority, Alhassan Tampuli has also been nominated as the deputy Transport Minister-designate while John Kumah and Abena Osei Asare have been nominated as the Deputy Ministers designate at the Finance ...

Top executives of Betway-sponsored teams across Africa were hosted by the leading online sports betting company in a virtual session. The leadership roundtable is one of the many initiatives set up by Betway to offer support to its sponsored clubs in Africa. The country’s leader in sports betting has continuously supported its sponsored clubs through various initiatives including equipment donations ...

Actress Rosemond Brown popularly known as Akuapem Poloo has been convicted on her own plea by the Circuit Court in Accra. Akuapem Polo who has been charged with publication of nude pictures with her seven-year-old son earlier pleaded not guilty when she was first arraigned, but changed her plea on Wednesday. In Court today, the accused person pleaded guilty to ...

Chinese tech giant Alibaba said on Monday that it accepted a record penalty imposed by the country’s anti-monopoly regulator. Regulators slapped a $2.8bn fine after a probe determined that it had abused its market position for years. The fine amounts to about 4% of the company’s 2019 domestic revenue. Alibaba Group’s executive vice-chairman Joe Tsai indicated that regulators have taken ...

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has ordered a speedy investigation after a veteran crime journalist was shot dead on Friday. Giorgos Karaivaz was shot at least six times with a silenced weapon by two men on a moped outside his home in Athens. His death “shocked us all,” said a government spokeswoman. Media freedom organisations said it must be established ...

People in Chad have been voting in a presidential election that is expected to give one of Africa’s longest-serving leaders a sixth term. President Idriss Déby, who seized power in a military coup in 1990, has been accused of stifling dissent in the lead-up to the vote. Most prominent opposition leaders withdrew from the race, alleging attacks by the security ...

As the holy month of Ramadan sets in, the Member of Parliament (MP) for Yendi Constituency in the Northern Region, Alhaji Farouk Aliu-Mahama has visited and presented some assorted items to his constituents living in Agbogboloshie and Ashaiman in the Greater Accra region. He also presented items to his constituents at Kasoa in the Central Region. The items included 50 ...