Professor Ansu D. Sonii Sr., the Education Minister of Liberia who has tested positive for COVID-19, has been flown into Accra for treatment. The 70-year-old minister was flown in over the weekend after his condition deteriorated. In a Joy News report, the minister was said to be in a stable condition and responding to treatment at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital. ...
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Voter’s register: EC suffers another suit
The Electoral Commission has been hit with a third suit as it prepares to embark on a mass voter’s registration exercise for the December polls. The suit, filed by the NDC MP for Ashaiman, Ernest Norgbey, was filed at the High Court Tuesday. The opposition lawmaker is asking the court to rule that the election management body does not have ...
Read More »Kufuor sacked me from his house over Alan’s candidature – Kennedy Agyapong recounts
Kennedy Ohene Agyapong, the Assin Central Member of Parliament, has recounted a bitter experience he had with former President John Agyekum Kufuor during which the latter sacked him from his house over an alleged lie told by a young man called Ato Eshun Kufuor. According to him, President Kufuor was not patient to listen to his side of the story. ...
Read More »GES top official tests positive for COVID-19
A Staff at the Okere District Education Directorate in the Eastern Region has tested positive for COVID-19. The Staff reportedly contracted the virus from a close relation who tested positive in Accra. Starr News has gathered that a medical team from Ghana Health Service was at the Education Office to take samples of other staff in the congested education office ...
Read More »GHC1.5b petroleum revenue not accounted for since 2017 – PIAC
An amount of GHC1.5 billion petroleum revenue cannot be accounted for in the 2019 fiscal year, the Public Interest and Accountability Committee (PIAC) has disclosed. According to the committee, out of the 2.7 billion cedis accrued into the annual budget funding amount, the state only used 1.2 billion cedis with the remaining 1.5 billion not utilized and not accounted for. ...
Read More »Collapse of local banks cruel, criminal – ASEPA
The Executive Director of policy think tank, Alliance for Social Equity and Public Accountability(ASEPA), Mensah Thompson has described as cruel, reasons adduced for the collapse of several institutions by the Central Bank under the guise of financial sector clean-up. Presenting what he describes as fresh evidence after careful scrutiny of reasons adduced, Mr Thomson said the decisions by the government ...
Read More »Attack on Kelvynboy was a planned thing – Blakk Cedi
Blakk Cedi, the former manager of BHIM Nation star, Stonebwoy, has waded into the foiled attack launched at former BHIM signee, Kelvynboy in Ashaiman. According to Blakk Cedi, it was totally wrong for anyone to want to hurt another artiste just because they are trying to make a living. He went on to debunk claims that Kelvynboy was slapped during the ...
Read More »‘I had Drogba, Ronaldo and Zlatan, so Kane has no problem!’ – Mourinho defends striker record
The Portuguese boss has responded to Arsenal legend Paul Merson’s suggestion that he doesn’t get the best out of his centre-forwards Jose Mourinho has defended his record with strikers ahead of Tottenham’s clash with West Ham on Tuesday, insisting “Harry Kane has no problem” given his previous experience with the likes of Didier Drogba, Cristiano Ronaldo and Zlatan Ibrahimovic. Arsenal ...
Read More »‘Pulisic won’t play just because he sells shirts’ – Lampard under pressure to deliver at Chelsea, says Burley
The former Blues midfielder believes Roman Abramovich will be expecting big things after spending again, with every player having to earn their place Frank Lampard is under pressure to deliver on Roman Abramovich’s expectations at Chelsea and that means the likes of Christian Pulisic will need to offer more than shirt sale value, says Craig Burley. The Blues have assembled ...
Read More »Kouassi gone and Aouchiche next: Why do PSG keep losing their wonderkids?
The French champions are set to lose two of the world’s top teenage talents this summer in what has become a familiar occurence over the past decade Even with Paris Saint-Germain not scheduled to play football for six months, drama is never too far away. The Ligue 1 champions returned to their training ground for the first time since March ...
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