NEWS

NPP to hold presidential primaries April 2020

The governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) has set April 25, 2020 to hold presidential primaries for the general elections that year. The party will also hold primaries for constituencies with NPP MPs that year, a statement from the party announced Monday. The party has already elected candidates for constituencies where the party does not have  incumbent legislators. A statement by ...

Read More »

‘No Christian should ever pay tithe’ – Renowned Pastor

A popular pastor has waded unto the ongoing debate of whether it’s compulsory for Christians to be paying their tithes or not. The preacher identified as Sam Adeyemi is the senior pastor of Day Star Christian Centre. According to him, he has conducted comprehensive and unbiased research into this controversial topic and has never come across anything that suggests that ...

Read More »

‘Don’t trust these 5 officials’ – NDC demands prosecutions over PDS deal

The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has charged the Akufo-Addo government to prosecute officials for willfully causing financial loss to the state in the PDS (Power Distribution Services) deal. NDC General Secretary Johnson Asiedu Nketia at a press conference Monday would not mention names but said a “proper” forensic audit into the deal would unearth officials to stand in the ...

Read More »

NPP gov’t cares like a mother – Chief of Staff

Chief of Staff, Akosua Frema Osei Opare, says  the NPP government is the only government that behaves like a mother to the nation when in office. According to her, a government that does not have the heart of a mother can never bring development to its people. “If you check, the only government that has helped the needy in so ...

Read More »

KTI students desert campus after row with teachers

Students of the Kumasi Technical Institute (KTI) have left the school after chaos broke out between them and teachers Sunday. A student told Starr News the chaos broke out in the school after some form three students confronted teachers after an improper attire was seized from a student during prep. Reports say the agitating students vandalised school properties including some ...

Read More »

Ofori-Atta, Amewu must resign over PDS scandal – NDC demands

The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) is demanding the resignation or dismissal of Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, Energy Minister Peter Amewu and the dissolution of ECG and MiDA boards over the PDS fiasco. Addressing the media Monday, General Secretary for the party Johnson Asiedu Nketiah accused the Nana Addo administration of attempts to reappropriate shares to cronies through the proposed ...

Read More »

‘If I want lessons in good morals, I certainly will not go to a brothel for it’ – Ursula to Ato Forson

The Minister of Communications, Mrs Ursula Owusu Ekuful has responded to the letter of the Member of Parliament for Ajumako Enyan Essiam, Mr Cassiel Ato Forson that indicated that the Minister had no power to direct telcos to hide talk tax from consumers. In a letter dated October 16, 2019, written and signed by Mrs Owusu Ekuful as a reply ...

Read More »

Vote against Akufo-Addo – Bantama NPP Chairman campaigns

Chairman of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) for the Bantama Constituency, Fiifi Mensah has mounted a spirited opposition to President Akufo-Addo and his party’s manifesto commitment of getting Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chiefs Executive (MMDCEs) elected by the end of 2020, MyNewsGh.com reports. The Electoral Commission has scheduled December 17, 2019 for Ghanaians to decide by a YES or ...

Read More »