President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has dispatched a Government delegation to represent Ghana at the funeral, in Harare, Zimbabwe, on Saturday, 14th September, 2019, of the late Robert Mugabe, first President of Zimbabwe, whose first wife was a Ghanaian, the late, well-known nationalist, Sally Mugabe, neè Hayfron. The delegation is …

The Greater Accra chapter of the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) has called for the resignation of its national president, Philipa Larsen and General Secretary, David Ofori Acheampong. The vice president of the Greater Accra region of GNAT Sebastian Adamu who is also national vice president accused the two …

The Spanish Government has promised to renovate all forts and castles in the Western Region of Ghana as part of it agenda to boost tourism and enrich the cultural values of the Western Region and Ghana at large.  This initiative is a response by the Spanish government to a request …

Scores of workers of Vodafone Ghana have been asked to go home in a sudden redundancy operation by the telecom company, Starr News has learnt. Affected staff were informed of the move and given their redundancy packages on Thursday. It is believed close to 100 staff have been affected by …

A Kenyan judge has ruled that Rastafarianism is a religion that deserves to be treated like any other. The ruling is part of a case involving a minor who was banned from school for having dreadlocks. The 15-year-old student at the Olympic High School in the capital, Nairobi, was sent …

A Shari’a Court l sitting in Magajin Gari, Kaduna on Thursday, September 12th sentenced a 19-year-old girl, Zainab Abdullahi to 80 strokes of the cane for smoking marijuana in public. Delivering judgment, the Judge, Malam Muhammad Shehu-Adamu, sentenced Abdullahi after she pleaded guilty to the offence. Shehu-Adamu held that the 80 strokes of …

The Bank of Ghana has dismissed one of its staff, Mr Gilbert Addy, for allegedly engaging in bribery and corruption. “The Bank of Ghana has today dismissed an official, Mr Gilbert Addy, for gross misconduct in relation to corrupt transactions and for accepting bribes in connection with the award of …

The Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Jean Mensa, has said the Commission has abrogated a $56 million contract signed by her predecessor to manage the ICT setup of the Commission. She said the EC was paying $4 million yearly to the company to keep the commission’s data. Speaking at a …

President Nana Akufo-Addo has announced the arrival of the first batch ambulances for all 275 constituencies in the country. The first batch numbering about 48, arrived in the country yesterday, Thursday. The arrival of the ambulances is part of the fulfillment of a promise made by President Nana Akufo-Addo and …

An officer with the Motor Transport and Traffic Department (MTTD) of the Ghana Police Service has met his untimely death early Friday. Inspector Foster Ampomah was overrun by a DAF truck with registration number GE 7562-14 after the driver ignored a signal by the officer to stop. The incident occurred …