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Prof Joshua Alabi, a leading member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has said the party is in a “difficult stage.” He was speaking in the wake of rapid escalation of tension within the party. The seeming deepening of the cracks within the NDC was triggered by a strongly worded letter addressed to the NDC founder JJ Rawlings by the ...

Former President John Mahama has confessed it is not easy to lose an election, but has urged Kenyans to protect the peace ahead of the declaration of the official results. “It is not easy to lose an election [because] it can be very disappointing,” Mahama told the Kenyan media. Mahama is part of international observers in the Eastern African country ...

The National Service Secretariat is pushing for every graduate to undergo six-months military training after completing a one-year national service. Defence Minister, Dominic Nitiwul revealed, the National Service Secretariat had written to his office to allow the military training meant to instill discipline in the youth. The National Service Act of 1980, Act 426, which established the NSS, states in ...

Communications Director of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Solomon Nkansah says inasmuch as some NDC members dislike and do not agree with their party founder, John Jerry Rawlings, on some of his utterances, he is very instrumental in the party. According to him, their ‘no nonsense leader’ must be tolerated by all if indeed the NDC wants to regain power ...

Illegal miners in the Gbani community of the upper East region have reportedly clashed with workers of a Chinese mining firm called Shaanxi Mining Limited. The illegal miners reportedly attacked three workers of the mining firm inflicting severe cutlass wounds on them, Starr News has gathered. The incident is happening months after government ordered the Chinese mining firm to suspend ...

Government is to renegotiate existing Fifth Freedom Traffic Rights as it firms up plans to establish a new national airline to serve the West African market. Large European, American and Gulf carriers, by virtue of the Fifth Freedom, are able to operate flights directly from their respective bases into Accra and then fly into a neighboring West Africa country before ...

Former Presidential Staffer and member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) communication team, Agbesi Nutsu, has accused a former chairman of the party, Obed Asamoah of acting like a “political vulture”. Agbesi Nutsu was reacting to Mr Asamoah’s assertion that former President Jerry John Rawlings is not the founder of the opposition party and that there are many founding fathers. ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has served notice that public officials will be held accountable for their decisions, actions and inaction in the management of public resources. He gave an assurance that the government would ensure the strict implementation of the Public Financial Management (PFM) Act to bring sanity into public financial administration. That, he said, would enhance the fight ...

A doctor at the Tema General Hospital Lawrence Hoedoafia has allegedly battered an Anesthetic on duty Regina Efia Biama.Mrs. Biama has been complaining of body pains, swollen forehead and mouth after Dr. Hoedoafia allegedly slapped her and she eventually sank into a sofa in the process.“He then grabbed my legs and pulled them forcing me off the sofa to hit ...

Ashesi University College has awarded a scholarship worth $50,000 to Tubare Kolah to undertake a four-year engineering programme at the university. The scholarship covers his full tuition and any other amenities needed to successfully undertake the degree programme. On Monday, Joy News broke the touching story of 20-year old Tubare whose mother was driven out of marriage when he was ...