NPP will expand economy, create jobs - Akufo-Addo to TUC
The 2016 presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, says the growth of the national economy and the creation of the jobs will be the ‘twin goals’ of his government if he wins this year’s elections...
I'm not stockpiling guns - Dep. Chief of Staff
Ghana’s Deputy Chief of Staff, Johnny Osei Kofi, has rubbished allegations that he is stockpiling guns and ammunition to cause mayhem during this year’s presidential and parliamentary elections on December 7...
Boko Haram: Nigerian officials 'sexually abusing' victims
Women and girls in several camps in the Nigerian town of Maiduguri are being sexually abused by officials, a rights group says.
Human Rights Watch (HRW) said it had spoken to 43 victims who had been raped or sexually exploited by vigilante groups and security officials...
National Household Registry resumes work
After taking a break to resolve some problems confronting the exercise, the Ghana National Household Registry (GNHR) has resumed work in the Upper West region...
EC appeals ruling to admit Nduom in presidential race
The Electoral Commission has filed an appeal to challenge the High Court ruling asking it to allow the Progressive People’s Party to correct their nomination form errors that accounted for the disqualification of the party's candidate from the presidential race...
Nyantakyi’s $2m suit adjourned to Nov. 9
The President of Ghana Football Association’s $2 million dollar defamatory suit against Multimedia group and two other journalists has been adjourned to Wednesday November 9, 2016...
Scrap new taxes and lose GHC1bn - Terkper warns
The Finance Minister Seth Terkper has warned against popular calls for the scrapping of some new taxes introduced by the government, saying the country will lose about GHS1billion if those taxes are scrapped...
Cholera outbreak: 3 dead, 15 hospitalized
Three persons have reportedly died as a result of a cholera outbreak in the Central regional capital Cape Coast.
Checks by Starr News’ Central regional correspondent Kwaku Baah-Acheamfour revealed that the cases were recorded at the Ewim Polyclinic and Cape Coast metro hospital...
Iyanya joins Mavin Records
Nigerian recording artist and performer, Iyanya has joined record label, Mavin Records, after months of speculation about his future...
Terkper: We’ll use oil revenue to pay gov't borrowing
The Minister of Finance, Seth Terkper has indicated that government will continue to use revenue from the country’s oil and gas resources to pay its borrowing.
“We are going to continue to set aside the oil revenues to pay down some of the borrowing...
Emirates offers special fare to Dubai
Emirates, voted the World’s Best Airline in the 2016 Skytrax World Airline Awards, is offering Ghanaian customers return airfares of up to 50 percent off for a limited time period to Dubai, one of the world’s most iconic cities...
GTBank Ghana grabs two top awards
Guaranty Trust Bank (Ghana) Limited’s strength in “Innovation” and the use of technology to making banking simple and more convenient for customers wherever they may be in the world, has been recognized in an unprecedented double award at the “Banker Africa - West Africa Awards - 2016”...
Greenstreet: Vote CPP for restored dignity
The flag bearer of the Convention People’s Party (CPP), Ivor Kobina Greenstreet, has blamed both the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the New Patriotic Party (NPP) for the challenges being witnessed in the Ghanaian economy...
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