Former president John Mahama has reacted to allegation that his government diverted funds intended for the construction of the Pwalugu Dam in the Upper East region, describing it as false. The dam project, he said, did not reach the stage where government could access funds, before his government left office in January 2017. Mr Mahama […] The post We didn’t divert Pwalugu Dam
The minority in parliament has accused President Akufo-Addo of deception in claiming that Ghana under his aegis is now a net exporter of power. President Akufo-Addo claimed in an address at the Financial Times Africa Summit earlier this week that in just 21 months of his governance he ensured stability and adequate power supply in […] The post Akufo-Addo lied in net
The Ghana Standards Authority (GSA) has said names of companies importing substandard goods unto the Ghanaian market will only be published after it has satisfied itself of being on the right side of the law. The Consumer Protection Agency (CPA) on Wednesday gave the Authority a seven-day ultimatum to publish names of all companies flooding […] The post We’ll
The CEO of Vodafone Ghana Yolanda Cuba has commended Sarkodie’s creativity in his latest diss song to Shatta Wale. She said Ghana’s self-acclaimed rap king “nailed” it. “Let me be honest, I listened to Sarkodie’s beat and he nailed it. Let’s give credit where credit is due,” she said. Yolanda made the comment on Starr […] The post Shatta diss: Sarkodie ‘nailed’
The Chief Executive Officer of Vodafone Ghana Yolanda Cuba has revealed that she is currently in a relationship with a Ghanaian, after she ended her first marriage some years ago. The South African further indicated that she would want to get married again, although the timing is not solely dependent on her. “ I’m currently […] The post I’m dating a Ghanaian –
Fear has gripped shoppers and workers of one of Ghana’s biggest shopping malls after the roof of the popular GAME shop at the Accra Mall at the Tetteh Quarshie roundabout caved in. The incident area has been barricaded An eyewitness who spoke to Starr News said the roof of the popular shop caved in Thursday […] The post One injured as Accra Mall roof caves in appeared first
Staff of the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission are on a sit down strike to protest their migration onto the single spine salary structure. The staff of the agency are not happy with the little engagement leading to their migration unto the payment scheme. A source told Starr Business’ Osei Owusu Amankwaah that the current […] The post Staff of Fair Wages
An Accra High Court has dismissed an application by controversial Assin Central Member of Parliament, Kennedy Agyapong, seeking to dismiss the 25 million defamation suit against him by investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas. The court also held that the writ filed by the ace investigative journalist does not in any way violate the constitutional right […] The post Number
Veteran broadcaster Kwame Sefa Kayi is yet to receive his house-award after emerging the 2016 GJA journalist of the year. The famous journalist is to receive a three-bedroom apartment for emerging the best journalist at the 2016 edition of the annual awards but after one year, the promise yet to be fuilfilled by the Ghana […] The post Sefa Kayi yet to receive GJA house-award
Human Rights Watch on Wednesday said that hundreds of Ghanaians with “real” or “perceived” mental health conditions remain shackled in prayer camps across the country. Government pledged last year to ban the practice, but nothing has happened the rights groups said. Human Right Watch’s recent visit to Mount Horeb Prayer Camp in a town called […] The post Mental
The Ghana health service says it has covered 70% of all houses in the Ashanti region since it begun taking data for the pending bed net distribution exercise About four thousand volunteers are currently on the ground visiting homes and distributing unique codes which will qualify households to receive free bed nets in November. The […] The post A/R
Dr. Clement Apaak has called on the Vice President to jutsify to Ghanaians the reasoning behind the 16-member delegation that followed him to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) last year. It has emerged that Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia who was an invited special guest to the programe traveled to the conference with […] The post UNCTAD trip:
Former president John Mahama has expressed shock over a claim by the Akufo-Addo government that the 2017 allocation of the one million dollars per constituency per year expired with the budget of December 2017. Responding to a question posed by the Member of Parliament for Mion, Mohammed Abdul-Aziz, when government would release the Cedi equivalent […] The post NPP’s $1m
Former President John Dramani Mahama says considering the abysmal performance of the Akufo-Addo led government in the last two years, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has a bright chance of winning the 2020 elections. “We have a good chance to win 2020 elections because of the method in which the NPP came into power. They […] The post 2020: NPP’s poor performance
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