POLITICS

The Chief Executive Officer of Citi 97.3FM, Samuel Attah-Mensah popularly known as Sammens has scored former President John Dramani Mahama 4 out of 10 for his performance in government. According to Mr. Attah-Mensah, it is obvious that the former President performed poorly in office. Despite rating the former president high for being easily accessible during his tenure, he thinks Mr. ...

Ahead of the 70th anniversary of the founding of the United Gold Coast Convention (UGCC) on August 4, two renowned journalists, Paul Adom-Otchere and Kwesi Pratt Jr cut to the layers of the Founder’s Day versus Founders’ Day debate. This longstanding debate was brought to the fore earlier in 2017 when President Nana Akufo-Addo’s speech delivered at Ghana’s 60th independence ...

The Managing Director of Citi FM Samuel Attah-Mensah has said he has no doubt Starr 103.5 FM “has delivered” in its three years of existence. Starr 103.5 FM, the flagship station of the Excellence in Broadcasting (EIB) Network, will be celebrating its third anniversary August 4, 2017. Appearing on Starr FM’s personality profile show – Starr Chat – on Wednesday, Sammens, as ...

General Secretary of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia has lambasted the Speaker of Parliament, Prof Mike Oquaye turning the August House into his palace. Earlier, the minority National Democratic Congress (NDC) in Parliament sent a strong signal to the speaker of the house, Prof Mike Oquaye, that it would start an impeachment process against him if ...

Isn’t the brouhaha at Ghana’s Electoral Commission (EC) simply shameful? It exposes sheer pettiness on the surface but deeper interrogation points to not just the malaise that has plagued this country since independence, but also greed, disdain and envy towards progressives in the public space. Charlotte Osei isn’t someone I know personally, however, from observation since her days at the ...

NDC Member of Parliament for Bodi, Sampson Ahi has said the Minority in Parliament will resist any attempt by Speaker of Parliament, Prof. Mike Oquaye’s to throw his weight about and remote-control Parliament thinking he’s dealing with some small boys. According to him, Rt. Hon. Prof Oquaye is yet to wake up to the reality that Parliament is not an ...

Acting General Secretary of the governing New Patriotic Party has called the bluff of angry supporters of the party and members of the invisible forces who are demanding jobs. While he sympathises with the situation and pledges the commitment of the government to creating jobs for the youth, John Boadu was quick to add that government will not be threatened. ...

Builsa South MP, Dr. Clement Apaak, has threatened to sue the Daily Statesman Newspaper over a publication that he benefitted from Amadu Sulley’s alleged illegal vote transfer. Dr. Apaak told Starr News on August 2 that he is innocent of whatever the publication accused him of. “I have been told of a publication in the said paper but I’m yet ...

Only members of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) will be flown to Russia to support the Black Stars if the team qualifies for the 2018 World Cup, according to the National youth organizer Sammy Awuku. For Awuku, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) did same during their eight-year term in office and they will also satisfy their supporters by flying ...

The Acting General Secretary of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) has described threats by the party’s vigilante group Invincible Forces to abandon the NPP for lack of jobs as uncalled-for. At the maiden town hall meeting organized by the Information Ministry in Tema Tuesday August 2,2017, members of the group showed up to question why they had been side ...