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The European Union (EU) says there is no evidence of money laundering in Ghana following the blacklisting of Ghana by the Union in May 2020. Head of Delegation of the EU to Ghana, Ambassador Diana Acconcia to has explained that Ghana has been blacklisted because it failed to put some checks in place to forestall money laundering. “There is no evidence ...

The Minister for Information Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has dismissed reports that an official of the Akufo-Addo government been arrested with 26 million pounds in the United Kingdom. He also said it is untrue that the UK authorities have intercepted a haul of cash being moved from Ghana to the UK. Speaking on Takoradi-based Skyy Power FM on Monday, the minister ...

Two out of the three accomplices of Bishop Daniel Obinim, the Head Pastor of the International God’s Way Church who has been slapped with fresh criminal charges in the ongoing forgery trial at the Kaneshie District Court have been identified. The prosecution and the defence team are therefore co-operating with the police to have the remaining one arrested and put ...

The Ashanti Regional head of the Electoral Commission Benjamin Bannor has reportedly been robbed at gunpoint on the Anwiankwanta-Obuasi highway. Starr News sources say the regional boss of the Electoral Commission was attacked while returning to Kumasi from an official trip to the Western region. The robbers reportedly seized his personal belongings and that of other occupants of the Nissan ...

The Circuit Court in Accra presided over by Her Honour Mrs Sussana Eduful has threatened to discharged Anderson Ofoshene Anim, the administrator of Empress Leak should prosecution fail to complete investigations into his case in the next one month. The administrator of Empress Leak, the man at the centre of electronic child pornography in the country is on charges of ...

The Suame Magazine branch chairman of the ruling New Patriotic Party Alhaji Dramani says residents of the Ashanti region will vote ‘overwhelmingly’ to retain President Akufo-Addo in the December polls. According to Mr. Dramani, popularly known as Alhaji Pounds, the President has outperformed former President John Mahama and the NDC in every aspect of the economy. “I have no doubt ...

The Member of Parliament for the Akatsi North Constituency, Peter Nortsu-Kotoe has described the Nana Akufo-Addo led administration as a complete waste, noting that his district [Akatsi North] in the last four years has not seen a single development. Mr. Nortsu Kotoe who filed his nomination for a third term bid on Friday, told Starr News’ Faisel Abdul-Iddrisu that the ...

Central Regional Minister, Kwamena Duncan has given a detailed account of how the Member of Parliament for Mfantseman Constituency, Ekow Quansah Hayford was gruesomely murdered by armed robbers. Ghanaians were awakened by the disturbing news of the death of the MP who was returning from a campaign trip in his constituency. In an interview with Peace FM, Kwamena Duncan who ...

Former First Vice Chairperson of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Madam Anita De-Soso, has christened a section of the leadership of the opposition party as ‘Judas Iscariots’ working against their progress towards victory in this year’s elections. De-Soso, who stopped short of naming those individuals, revealed that while some have simply become observers by taking a back seat, allowing a ...

The Inspector-General of Police James Oppong-Boanuh has placed a GHC20,000 bounty on the alleged robbers who shot and killed the Mfantseman lawmaker Friday dawn. According to reports, the MP was shot by armed robbers when he was returning from a campaign at Nkusukum on the Mankessim-Abeadze Duadze road on Friday 9th October, 2020 around 1:00am. In a statement the Police ...