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It is turning out that the two suspected Al-Qaeda terrorists from Yemen, who were deported to Ghana from the United States Naval Base in Guantanamo Bay on the orders of former President Barack Obama, have agreed to leave the country. They reportedly reached an agreement with the government of Ghana to send them to a third unnamed country. Charles Owiredu, ...

Minority Chief Whip, Mohammed Muntaka Mubarak, is calling for the withdrawal of the Legal Profession Regulations currently before Parliament. According to him, the legislation, which has been in Parliament for over a month now, has not even been seen by some of the Members of Parliament because they do not have copies. Muntaka also alleged that, information available to him ...

The main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) and its Minority in parliament are doing everything possible by using propaganda to destroy the good works of Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta, Minister of Information Mustapha Abdul-Hamid has said. The government spokesperson told journalists at a press conference on Thursday, 1 February that despite being cleared of conflict of interest claims by the ...

The Media Coalition against galamsey has described as extreme the proposal that recalcitrant illegal miners be shot. The first Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Joe Osei Owusu, has said in an exclusive interview with Starr News’ Parliamentary Correspondent Ibrahim Alhassan that shooting illegal miners can be an effective way of dealing with the illegal mining menace. His comment comes in the ...

The Commercial High Court presided over by Justice Eric Kyei Baffour has stayed proceedings in the case against the Board Chairman of the National Communication Authority Eugene Baffoe Bonnie to allow the Supreme Court to give its interpretation to Article 19 clause (e) and (g). The decision was as a result of a motion by Defense lawyers seeking to compel ...

A Former Roads and Highways Minister says he cannot be held responsible for the ministry’s claims that some 24 contractors were, by December 2016, owed monies that had already been paid. Inusah Fuseini said he only approves vouchers that have gone through the relevant procedures before they are sent to the Finance Ministry for payment directly to the contractors. The ...

The Director of Communications at the Presidency, Eugene Arhin has stated that the Vice President, Alhaji Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia is scheduled to return to Ghana by the end of this week. He said the presidency will make public information agreed upon on Dr Bawumia’s return. “As has been said, definitely, he is due to return by the end of this ...

The Supreme Court has in a unanimous decision ordered embattled businessman, Alfred Agbesi Woyome, to submit himself to be orally examined by the state in relation to the GH¢51.2 million he received as judgement debt. The court’s order follows a ruling on a review application filed by lawyer for Woyome, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) financier, Osafo Buaben, seeking to ...

Founder and Head Pastor of Perez Chapel International, Charles Agyinasare has revealed that his Father disowned him at the age of eleven when he went rogue and went into certain vices. According to him, he started smoking cigarette at age eleven and graduated to marijuana at the age of twelve which ultimately affected his performance and behavior at school. Recounting ...

Two men have been arrested in Takoradi in the Western region for allegedly engaging in homosexuality. The suspects Amos Abuakwa, 23, and Percy Ansah, 18, were picked up after they were caught by two students of the Takoradi Technical University Benjamin Asare and Isaace Amankra who became suspicious after hearing unusual noise from the room of one of the suspects, ...