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Dr. Ekwow Spio-Gabrah has revealed he was on an $18,000 international job when former President John Mahama called him to come and serve in his administration. According to him, he was willing to make the sacrifice because of the love he has for the country. The former education minister told Bola Ray on Starr Chat on Starr FM that God ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has charged the Bawku Naba Asigri Abugrago II and a host of other Chiefs from the Bawku traditional area in the Upper East area to do everything possible to maintain the current peace that the area is enjoying. Addressing the Bawku Naba Asigri Abugrago II and several other Chiefs from the Bawku traditional area when ...

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has expressed worry over the high expenditure programs being pursued by the government. According to the fund, even though the Akufo-Addo government promised to save money, the nature of the projects it is embarking on makes it difficult to leave up to the promise. The Fund is, therefore, suggesting that government is not allowed to ...

The Manager in Charge of the Ghana Cocoa Board CEO’s office, Fiifi Boafo, has stated that GHc 5 million was spent by the Mahama government, not only to refurbish the guest house at Bole, but also construct additional facilities. This comes after the office of John Mahama refuted claims that the former President influenced the construction of the Cocoa Research ...

A former Deputy Chief of Staff, Dr. Valarie Sawyerr, has suggested that the Minister for Information, Mustapha Hamid, is struggling to clean the mess caused by the Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s elephant-sized government. Madam Valarie in her recent epistle opined that, Akufo-Addo’s ten-month reign has been fraught with the “Bond saga, the MacDan saga, the BOST saga, the AMERI saga, ...

The Central regional Police command has expressed concerns over the increasing number of defilement cases in the region. According to the command, by the second quarter of the year, it had recorded some 114 cases of defilement. Public Relations Officer of the command, ASP Irene Oppong who disclosed this to Starr News’ Central regional correspondent Kwaku Baah-Acheamfour, said though the ...

The Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana COCOBOD, Joseph Boahene Aidoo, says government is investigating the withdrawal of $400 million cedis out of the $1.8 billion cocoa syndicated loan secured for the 2016/2017 crop season, between December 20th and January 2017, when the National Democratic Congress (NDC) administration, had already lost the 2016 elections and were on their way out ...

Renowned Dancehall Artiste, Charles Nii Armah Mensah popularly known as Shatta Wale has called on various media houses to stop referring to him as ‘self-acclaimed Dancehall King’. Speaking on Adom FM’s Drive Time Show ‘Ofie Kwanso’ which is hosted by Jerry Justice, the ‘Ayoo’ hit maker expressed his dissatisfaction with the ‘self-acclaimed’ title journalists and bloggers use in referring to ...

It is alleged in portions of the ‘leaked’ Kwesi Botchwey report that Ashanti Regional Executives of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the run-up to the 2016 elections had to resort to unconventional means to make the party appear it was indeed poised for its one million votes target. One of the measures it adopted was staging defections from ...

A former Minister for Trade and Industry, Ekwow Spio-Garbrah has disclosed that he will file his nomination to contest for the presidential slot of the opposition National Democratic Congress. Dr. Spio-Grabrah told host of Starr Chat Bola Ray that he has what it takes to win the presidential slot of the NDC ahead of the 2020 general elections. “I’m going ...