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Foreign Affairs Minister, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, has disclosed that some of the Ghanaian detainees in Libya were forced to pay various amounts before they were released. According to her, some of them paid as much as GHc5, 000 before they were discharged. “Some family members of the Ghanaian detainees have had to pay ransoms, sometimes as much as GHc5, 000 ...

An international relations expert has said that the 127 Libyan returnees would become security threats to the country if the government fails to integrate them well into society. The 127 persons of Ghanaian origin who were detained in Libya for illegal migration arrived in Ghana after government facilitated their release from the Libyan authorities. The returnees landed at the Kotoka ...

Educating the public on the different dimensions of corruption would empower citizens to eschew corruption in all its forms as well as constructively support to fight the canker. Citizens also need to be educated on how to demand accountability from their district assemblies and other public institutions, a research conducted by the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) said. The ...

Former President John Agyekum Kufuor, a Freemason and Senior Grand Warden of the United Grand Lodge of England, says the Craft of Freemasonry is about charity, transparency and accountability in advancing the cause of humanity. Therefore, he said, those who desired to promote these tenets and principles must acquire knowledge and understanding in order to espouse them well. He said ...

The Police CID has arrested the leader of a massive social media fraud syndicate after two months of Investigations by Starr News. The suspect popularly known as Joshua Torkor, but in real life called Joshua Ekow Sagoe,  was arrested by the Police after he turned himself in at the Police Headquarters after his key accomplice, Adwoa  Akumia, a National Service ...

The Minister of Education, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, has described as inaccurate reports that the increased enrollment under the Free Senior High School policy, is solely to blame for cases of congestion and infrastructure deficit being experienced in some schools. Speaking during a Meet the Press session on Thursday, the Minister buttressed his point by indicating that, some of the ...

A retired Soldier has gunned down a suspected notorious ringleader of some suspected land guards at Akwamu near Nsawam in the Eastern region. The deceased has been identified as Kwaku Asare, 45, whose body has been deposited at the morgue. Confirming the incident to Starr News, the Public Relations Officer of the Eastern Regional Police Command, ASP Ebenezer Tetteh said ...

Anti-corruption campaigner Martin Amidu says embattled businessman Alfred Woyome deliberately avoided dragging him to the African Human Rights Court in the 51.2million cedis judgment debt saga. In a two-paged statement, Martin Amidu suggested Woyome chose to sue the state because it is the easier target if he wants a favourable judgment. “Woyome chose to bring his application at the Africa ...

The Member of Parliament for Ledzokuku Constituency in the Greater Accra Region, Dr. Bernard Okoe Boye, has blamed African leaders for what is currently happening in Libya, where illegal migrants are being sold cheaply. The MP said leaders of African countries who have abundant resources have either failed to utilize the natural resources for the benefit of the people or ...

A three-year-old boy was among the 168 Ghanaian migrants who embarked on a perilous journey to North African country, Libya. The young boy was said to have embarked on the journey with his father who was determined to make a transit from the ‘war torn’ country to Italy for a better life. Chairman of the Ghana Community Association in Libya, ...