GENERAL NEWS

President Akufo-Addo and the Paramount Chief of the Asogli State, Togbe Afede XIV, appear to be in an open warfare to the extent that the respected traditional ruler last Friday, boycotted this year’s National Farmers’ Day celebration, which incidentally was held in his home, Ho –Volta Region. The 35th National …

Members of parliament are pushing for a fresh probe into the execution of some 56 West African migrants including 44 Ghanaians in The Gambia back in 2005. The renewed calls come on the back of confessions by two Gambian soldiers who admitted to participating in the execution of the Ghanaian …

Any Member of Parliament (MP) who comes to Parliament without entering the chamber will be deemed absent from parliamentary duties, Speaker of Parliament, Professor Aaron Mike Oquaye, has ruled. By the ruling, MPs who come to the premises of Parliament House and conduct other businesses without entering the chamber would …

A student of the University of Ghana on Tuesday met his untimely death after he was electrocuted while checking up water level in the polytank at the top of his home at Adenta Ashiyie in Accra. An eyewitness told Starr News, the deceased, identified as Michael went up to check …

Founder and Chief Executive Officer of the Willing Ways foundation Ghana, a Kumasi based rehabilitation centre for drug addicts and alcoholics Madam Lydia Abena Manu and her outfit have been honored by the Ghana Philanthropy Forum for their humanitarian works. Madam Abena Manu, a 2018 BBC heroes award nominee was …

The Electoral Commission has canceled its arrangement to get media personnel vote early on December 10, ahead of the district assemblies and local level elections. Media personnel are usually added to the lists of groups of people who partake in the special voting to enable them monitor elections on main …

Appeals Court judge Justice Gertrude Torkornoo has backed calls for reforms in the dress code of the judiciary to reflect values and conditions in the country. Answering a question regarding the weather conditions in the country and doing away with colonial relics, she told Parliament’s Appointment Committee, Tuesday that she thinks …

Messaging service WhatsApp will stop working on millions of phones in the next few months, as the company withdraws support from older devices. From February 1, any iPhone running iOS 8 will no longer be supported (and users are already unable to create or verify their accounts on these devices). On the …

Staff of Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCo) have announced a sit-down strike beginning Wednesday, December 10, until further notice. The sit down strike would be followed by a picket at the GRIDCo Head Office at a date to be announced later by the Staff Group Leadership, the Senior Staff Association of …

The setting is parliament where there is a vetting of Justice Gertrude Torkonoo, a nominee for Ghana’s Supreme court. And one thing you are not likely to expect is a question on entertainment. But a self-confessed fan of highlife artiste Kofi Kinaata and Effia MP Mr. Joseph Cudjoe put in …