Labour Consultant Austin Gamey has dismissed calls by Bawku Central lawmaker for the extension of the retirement age for public sector workers. The opposition lawmaker who is also lawyer says he will sponsor a private member’s bill to effect a change in the age requirement in the public sector from 60 to 65. “Many people start family life late and ...

Robert Nii Arday Clegg, the Harvard Law School educated lawyer who garnered almost two decades of media experience in the past, launched his newest book, “My Media Journey” via Zoom and YouTube on Thursday, 11th February 2021. With a print length of 300 pages, the book has eleven chapters spanning a 19-year period from the days of the Presidency of ...

Richard Dombo, the Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Railway Development Authority has died after suffering COVID-19 complications, Starr News has learnt. He died on Wednesday, February 17, 2021. Reports say Mr Dombo has struggled with his health lately especially after contracting COVID-19. He was healing from the virus. Before being appointed to head the Railway Authority, Mr Dombo served ...

The Minister-designate for Gender, Children and Social Protection, Sarah Adwoa Safo, says the criminality of the practice of homosexuality in Ghana is non-negotiable. Answering questions during her vetting on Wednesday, the former deputy Majority Leader said the country’s laws and culture frown on the practice and she is in support of those positions. “The issue of LGBT is an issue ...

A spokesperson of the Petitioner in the ongoing election petition case, Dr Dominic Ayine, has asked one of the spokespersons of the second respondent, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, to desist from inciting the courts against him. The former deputy Attorney General in an interview with Starr FM expressed his disappointment in the stance taken by Oppong Nkrumah in his “predetermined agenda” comment ...

The man portrayed as a hero in a Hollywood movie about the Rwandan genocide, Hotel Rwanda, Paul Rusesabagina has appeared in court for the start of his trial. He is facing terrorism charges with 20 others and his lawyers have in the past denied the charges. Mr Rusesabagina, a critic of President Paul Kagame, is accused of supporting the activities ...

The daughter of Dubai’s ruler who tried to flee the country in 2018 later sent secret video messages to friends accusing her father of holding her “hostage” as she feared for her life. In footage shared with BBC Panorama, Princess Latifa Al Maktoum says commandos drugged her as she fled by boat and flew her back to detention. The secret ...

Some residents of Bolgatanga say armed robbers have worked out a new way of stealing from motorists on the roads of the Upper East regional capital. The gangsters, according to them, stand well-dressed by the roadside and, with pistols concealed under their clothes, draw closer in a friendly manner to any motorcyclist as road users are being held at an ...

Professor Stephen Kwaku Asare, known popularly as Kwaku Azar, has charged the public to stop saying that “the Court cannot compel a witness to give evidence”. According to him, the Supreme Court can get away with that but people should desist from repeating that statement, which has become popular in the ongoing Election Petition hearing at the Supreme Court. Prof. Asare in ...

Former Deputy Attorney General Dominic Ayine says the Supreme Court’s basis for dismissing former President John Mahama’s motion to reopen his case smacks of a predetermined agenda to rule against the petitioner. The Supreme Court on Tuesday, February 16, dismissed an application filed by former President John Mahama to have his case re-opened. The apex court panel of seven Chaired ...