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A Deputy National Organizer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mardi Jibril, has reiterated that any document circulating on social media and some media platforms, as the Kwesi Botchwey is fake. He said, the report which contained what led to the defeat of the NDC in 2016, is a document of the party and cannot be leaked into the ...

Government has established a trust fund in the name of the late Major Adam Mahama. The fund which will be called ‘Major Mahama Trust Fund’ will cater for his wife and children. Additionally, the government has also secured employment for his wife, Babara Mahama. Defence Minister, Dominic Nitiwul, told Starr News’ Parliamentary Correspondent, Ibrahim Alhassan in an interview that the ...

A Deputy General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), George Lawson has called on the public to ignore stories about the party which are being attributed to the Kwesi Botchwey committee. The 13-member Kwesi Botchwey Committee constituted and mandated to investigate the causes of the party’s defeat in the 2016 elections presented its report to the leadership of the ...

A member of the legal team of the National Democratic Congress, Abaraham Amaliba, wants government to merge the Ministry of Railways Development with the Ministry of Roads and Highways, arguing the establishment of the former is unjustifiable. Mr Amaliba said he did not see the justification in the establishment of the Railways Development Ministry by the Akufo-Addo-government especially so when ...

President Akufo-Addo left the country yesterday for Niger to meet colleague heads of state in the West African sub-region over the issue of a common currency, which has remained in the files of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) for some time now. He was seen off at the Kotoka International Airport, Accra, by Vice President Dr Mahamudu ...

Fifteen suspected criminals, including four persons, said to be armed robbers, have been rounded up by the Police in the Central Region in the latest effort by the Police to rid the region off criminal activities. They were arrested from their various hideouts during what the Police termed ‘strategic swoop’ in the Cape Coast metropolis and Kasoa among other places ...

The Founder and leader of Ghana Freedom Party(GFP), Madam Akua Donkor who is under police investigation for defrauding one trader, Ama Yeboah of GH¢10,500 has accused journalists of being behind her arrest. “Journalists from Otec FM in Kumasi and Dormaa Ahenkro in Brong Ahafo Region and I suspect some will come from Nhyira Fm are behind my arrest”, she alleged ...

A board member of the Ghana Hajj Board popularly known as Heavy Dee lost his cool during the Holy pilgrimage and slapped a female pilgrim in Saudi Arabia. Details of disturbing developments during the Holy voyage are emerging as Starrfmonline.com digs into the operations of the IC Quaye-led Hajj Board. After exposing acts of visa fraud which are being investigated ...

The Communications Ministry is in discussions with the Education Ministry to fashion out strategies about how senior high school students could have access to all school curricula on mobile phones in a regulated manner. Minister of Communication, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful said at the National Dialogue on Digital Transformation that: “We are currently having discussions with the Ministry of Education on the ...

Government is making strong moves to protect Ghana’s cyber eco-system from unforeseen attacks and also build its capacity against any future cyber attacks. National Cyber Security Center and re-registration of SIM cards were prominent issues at the ongoing National Cyber Security Week. The event has seen experts in Ghana’s cybersecurity converging to brainstorm over how to keep Ghana’s cyberspace safe. ...