POLITICS

President Akufo-Addo has appealed to Ghanaians not to use educational institutions in the country to fight ideological battles. The call comes in the wake of the impasse between the Methodist Church and Wesley Girls SHS on one hand and Muslims over the right of Muslim students to fast at the school during Ramadan. Addressing Muslims at this Eid ul-Fitr celebration ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is expected to leave Ghana on Sunday, 16 May 2021, for a nine-day official working visit to France, Belgium, and South Africa. These working visits are part of the efforts the President is making to re-engage with the rest of the world, following the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic to highlight Ghana, once again, as ...

Member of Parliament for Ningo Prampram Sam George has revealed he contributes financial to Arsenal as he is staunch fan but not willing to do same for Hearts of Oak the team he supports in Ghana. He said he pays close to $1000 in dues to support the progress of the English club, Arsenal but cites accountability as the reason ...

The Member of Parliament for Ningo Prampram Sam George has described players in Ghana’s creative arts industry as hypocrites who play politics with their craft. Speaking to Nana Aba Anamoah on Starr Chat Wednesday, the lawmaker said members of the industry were critical of the Mahama administration but have mostly gone quiet despite the failure of the Akufo-Addo government to ...

The vice-presidential candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, has commended the party’s parliamentary candidate for the Essikado-Ketan constituency, Professor Dr Grace Ayensu-Danquah, for organising a free health screening exercise for the elderly in the Anoe community near Kojokrom. The event was Prof Ayensu-Danquah’s Mother’s Day gift to the elderly in the constituency, as part of ...

Ghana’s Speaker of Parliament, Alban S.K. Bagbin, has called for new leadership that can effectively deal with the threat of neo-colonialism on the African continent. According to Mr Bagbin, Africa remains at the mercy of the superpowers of the world, some of whose activities pose a serious challenge to the growth and development on the continent. Mr Bagbin made the ...

The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has described the arrest of Citi FM journalists Caleb Kudah and Zoe Abu-Baidoo as ‘unlawful and preposterous’. The biggest opposition party said: “The oppression of journalists and citizens by the despotic Akufo-Addo government must stop.” Mr Sammy Gyamfi, National Communications Officer of the NDC, said these in a social media post. The post on Facebook ...

The President of the Ghana Olympic Committee (GOC) Mr.Ben Nunoo Mensah, led a high level delegation of the GOC board to meet His Excellency President Akufo-Addo. The meeting came off at the Jubilee House on Wednesday 5th May 2021 with a number of key issues discussed. Key amongst them, was the assurance by President Akufo-Addo that the government will support ...

The Member of Parliament for Upper Manya Krobo in the Eastern Region Bismark Tetteh Nyarko has organized communal labour to fix some portions of the deteriorated Koforidua Asesewa highway. Residents used manpower to clear heaps of sand on the road, weed the narrow portions and filled some portholes to reduce accidents. The MP Bismark Tetteh told Starr news “I am ...

Former Finance Minister Seth Terkper has said the Mahama administration changed all the take-or-pay contracts signed between the government and some independent power producers (IPPs) before exiting office. In a discussion with Deputy Finance Minister-designate John Kumah on Class91.3FM’s current affairs programme ‘The watchdog’ on Saturday, 8 May 2021, about the newly-introduced taxes that came into effect a week ago, ...