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Alban Bagbin has officially introduced himself as the Speaker of the 8th Parliament of the Fourth Republic, to the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II. Credible sources at the Manhyia Palace said Speaker Bagbin was at the palace to seek Otumfuo’s blessings and support to help him succeed. According to them, …

Three persons in the custody of the Walewale district police command have tested positive for Coronavirus. The three were in a group of 10 being prepared for transfer to the Tamale prisons when a pre-departure COVID-19 test was conducted on them and the result confirmed the three as positive cases. …

New Patriotic Party (NPP) stalwart, Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko, has flayed former president John Mahama for employing “delay tactics” in the 2020 election petition hearing. Mahama has, through his legal team, filed for stay of proceedings of the Election Petition at the Supreme Court. The NDC flagbearer in the 2020 polls wants the …

Ghana Premier League side Kumasi Asante Kotoko have confirmed that they have come to terms with former Midfielder Sulley Muniru to terminate his contract. The former CFR Cluj Midfielder joined the Porcupine Warriors three months ago ahead of the start of the 2020-2021 Ghana Premier League season. Both Muniru Sulley …

Following the announcement of new nominees for ministerial positions under the second administration of the Akufo-Addo government, Ken Ofori-Atta who has been retained as the Finance Minister becomes the first to hold that portfolio twice in a row under the fourth republic. President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on January 21, 2021 submitted to Parliament, names …

Ghanaian celebrity actress Shatta Michy has spark conversations online about being pregnant after an alleged baby bump photo of hers surfaces online. The photo shared by Michy herself captures the actress rocking a baby bump. ‘Is Shatta Wale‘s baby mama, Shatta Michy pregnant?’ This is what everyone who saw the picture reacted to …

A 13-year-old boy was burnt beyond recognition in a fire outbreak at the Buipe toll bridge in the Central Gonja District of the Savannah Region. The victim Ibrahim Musah, the victim of Thursday evening’s fire is believed to be the son of one of the traders selling at the area. …

The Ghana Health Service has announced that 3 new COVID-19 deaths have been recorded, bringing the death toll to 361. The total number of cases has also risen to 2,413 after 658 new cases were confirmed. So far, a total of 59,480 cases have been confirmed in Ghana since mid-March …

A thirty (30) year-old man met his untimely death after he was knocked down by a sprinter bus at Awutu Breku. The young man was crossing the highway along the Kasoa-Cape Coast road. Rainbow Radio’s Nana Yaw Asare reported that the bus with the registration number GW 5640-50 overtook another …

The funeral rites of the late former president, Jerry John Rawlings is set to begin this weekend from Sunday, January 24. The Laying-In-State of the remains of the ex-military leader will begin January, 24 to January, 26,2021 from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm daily at the Foyer of the Accra …

President Cyril Ramaphosa has signed the Political Party Funding Act into operation with effect from April 1. This was announced by the presidency in a statement on Friday morning. Ramaphosa signed the Political Party Funding Bill into law early last year but no date of commencement was promulgated at the …

Republicans in the US Senate are asking Democrats to delay the start of former President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial until February. They argue that this will give Mr Trump time to prepare a defence. The House of Representatives last week charged Mr Trump with inciting a deadly riot at the …

A member of the communications team of the National Democratic Congress, Benjamin Essuman, says the only achievement of the Zongo and the Inner City Development Ministry was the beautification of the residence of the President’s house at Nima in Accra. Speaking on the Morning Starr, Mr Essuman said there was …

The 27 year old daughter of Dr Kwaku Oteng, CEO of Angel Group of Companies, Honourable Francisca Oteng Mensah has opened up on her struggles before her father became a rich man, finding the right lover and how she became the Member of parliament of Kwabre East Constituency in Ashanti Region.   On January 21, 2021 the Member of Parliament for people in Kwabre East Constituency in Ashanti Region, …

The Bono East Regional Youth Wing of the opposition National Democratic Congress has petitioned the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, to expel the First Deputy Speaker and Member of Parliament for Bekwai, Joseph Osei-Owusu, from the lawmaking house. The call by the opposition party membership comes at the back of a …

A senior law lecturer and anti-gay rights convener, Moses Foh-Amoaning has urged President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to strongly stand his grounds against any attempt by the international community to re-ignite the issue of homosexuality in the Ghanaian space. He was emphatic that American’s President-elect, Mr. Joe Biden, and his vice may …

The Police in Dunkwa-on-Offin in the Upper Denkyira East District of the Central Region on Thursday arrested 52 persons for failing to wear nose mask. The offenders including 10 women, were given nose masks immediately after the arrest. In a telephone interview with the Ghana News Agency, Deputy Superintendent of …

Cheetah Football Club CEO, Abdul Hayye-Yartey has donated some football equipment to top Ghanaian musician Martin King Arthur popularly known As Kofi Kinaata, who is also the owner and bankroller of Team Move FC, a Juvenile Football club based in Takoradi.   The three-time VGMA songwriter of the year received …

“You may wonder that this counter insurgency operation has lingered for too long. We all know globally that counter-terrorism is very complex. There are some countries that have fought counter terrorism for close to 50years. But, we’re not going to leave it to linger that long. We will have to …

The Ghana Police Service has exhumed a body partly buried in Kpaguri, a suburb of the Wa Municipality. “The body revealed was a male adult aged about 30 years, stands at about 6 feet tall and was seen wearing a pair of jeans trousers and a T-shirt”, the Inspector Gideon …

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has earned praise for acknowledging persons living with disabilities with the inclusion of one Mr Joshua Makuba in his list of nominees for ministerial appointments. President Akufo-Addo on Thursday, January 21, 2021, sent to parliament a total of 46 nominees for consideration to be appointed as sector …

News coming in from Koforidua suggest that an emergency meeting held on Tuesday, 19th January 2021 under the auspices of the Eastern Regional Chairman of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) Kiston Kissi, at the residency of the Regional Coordinating Council on the modalities for the selection of MDCEs did not go …

Entertainment critic and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Remedi Entertainment, Dan Lartey has refuted widely perceived statement mostly made on social media that rapper, Sarkodie born Michael Owusu Addo is stingy. He fumed “Sarkodie isn’t stingy because mostly when I hear people talking about someone and I haven’t had any personal encounter with …

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Thursday, January 21, 2020, released a full list of his Regional Ministers pending vetting and approval from parliament’s vetting committee. Conspicuously missing from the list of 16 Regional Minister Designates was the former Central Regional Minister Kwamena Duncan who is considered a darling boy of the …

Some former ministers of state will not be part of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s new administration. This was confirmed by the list of minister-nominees released by the presidency on Thursday, January 21. After the president was sworn into office for his second term, he decided to reduce the number …