Supreme Court judge, Justice Vida Akoto-Bamfo, will on Thursday, February 14, 2019, deliver her valedictory (farewell) judgment as she retires from active service. The valedictory judgment will be delivered in the Civil Appeal case between Kwadwo Dankwa & Others vrs Anglogold Ashanti. Justice Akoto-Bamfo was nominated to the Supreme Court along side Justices Benjamin Teiko […] The post Justice

President Akufo-Addo has requested of the newly inaugurated Financial Stability Advisory Council to assist government in ensuring that the banking sector does not return to crisis again. Addressing members of the Council at the Jubilee House after administering the Official Oath and the Oath of Secrecy to them, Akufo-Addo said weakness in the banking system […] The post Help

Former president John Mahama on Wednesday met diplomats in Ghana to register his displeasure about how the government is handling the Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election violence. The government has set up a three-member Commission of Inquiry to investigate circumstances leading to at least six persons sustaining gunshot wounds and other infractions. Speaking to the diplomatic […] The post AWW

The Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) has set up a committee to probe an attack on some of its men by some Nigerian nationals at Budumburam at Kasoa. Some Nigerians in a video which has since gone viral are seen preventing officers of the Immigration Service on duty to check on the resident permits of the […] The post Attack on our officers by Nigerians won’t

President Akufo-Addo has settled on Goaso as the capital city of the Ahafo Region. Earlier in the day, President Akufo-Addo chose Techiman as the capital city of the Bono East region. Damongo and Nalerigu were on Tuesday outdoored as the capital city for Savannah and North East regions respectively. President Akufo-Addo will tomorrow complete the […] The post Akufo-Addo

The much-awaited Right to Information Bill, when passed, will take effect only in the 2020 financial year. This follows an amendment proposed by the majority leader and Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu on Wednesday. Financial provision for the implementation of an RTI law had not been made in the 2019 budget. That, […] The post RTI law will take

Minister for the Interior, Ambrose Dery, has said that a grant of 2.73 million dollars by the Japanese government that would result in the supply of Japanese vehicles and communication gadgets will greatly boost the Police Service’s mandate of maintaining the peace of the interior. Addressing a ceremony for the signing and exchange of notes […] The post Police

Deputy General Secretary of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) Nana Obiri Boahen on Wednesday laughed off a report that former President John Mahama will beat incumbent President Akufo-Addo if elections were held today. The report of a survey which was conducted by the Alliance for Social Equity and Public Accountability observed President Akufo-Addo stands […] The post Ignore

President Akufo-Addo has selected Techiman as the capital town of the newly created Bono East region. This is despite agitations by some chiefs in the Nkoranza area that their town deserved to be chosen as capital. The chiefs have accused the deputy Minister of Regional Reorganisation and Development Martin Adjei  Korsah of manipulating the selection […] The post Techiman is Bono East

Education Minister Dr Mathew Opoku Prempeh has disputed the Mahama administration’s claim that 46 out of the 200 planned community day Senior High School buildings were completed before exiting office. According to the erstwhile administration, 46 community SHSs were completed with some 123 of the schools under various stages of construction. But speaking Wednesday on […] The post Mahama

A man was nearly lynched at Takoradi Wednesday morning after his estranged wife accused him of kidnapping his own children. The Ghanaian man who had expressed his intention to walk out of the marriage with his Sierra Leonean wife, had gone to pick his children from their mother, when an alarm was raised by the […] The post Takoradi: Man nearly lynched after

The Minority in Parliament has announced their decision not to work with the Commission established to probe the violence that characterised the Ayawaso West-Wuogon by election. In a statement, the Minority said it will not be part of any attempt to create immunity protection for criminals. “We wish to make clear that regardless of the […] The post We won’t

Information Minister Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has said the decision over which town is chosen as capital for the respective newly created regions is the prerogative of the President. According to him, the decision is not dependent on the land size, history or resources of a town, but the perspective of the President. “The choice of […] The post Regional capital

At least seven persons have been arrested by the police in the Northern region in connection with violence in Salaga resulting in the burning down of the NPP constituency office and some party billboards Tuesday. The suspects were picked up Wednesday dawn at Salaga to assist in further investigations, the police said. Police in the […] The post Salaga riot: Police arrest seven appeared

The three-member presidential commission of inquiry tasked with the responsibility to investigate the Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election violence starts public hearings from February 14, 2019. The Commission has served notice it is “inviting the submission of relevant memoranda to aid” in its work. The Commission chaired by Justice Emile Short in a statement said: “The […] The post Short

Some youth members of the New Patriotic Party have set ablaze the party’s constituency office following the announcement of Damongo as the capital of the Savannah Region. The angry rampaging have also chased out the constituency chairman claiming that they are disappointed by the President’s decision to name Damongo as the capital of the newly […] The post Salaga:

President Akufo-Addo has settled on Damongo as the capital for the newly created Savannah region, Starr News’ presidential correspondent Wilberforce Asare has reported from the Jubilee House. Earlier in the day, Nalerigu was chosen by the President as capital for the North East region. The creation of the six regions was a major campaign promise […] The post Damongo emerges

President Akufo-Addo has challenged members of the Presidential Fiscal Responsibility Advisory Council to assist government with their rich experience in economic and financial management in order to maintain “fiscal rectitude” in the management of the country’s economy. Addressing members of the Presidential Fiscal Responsibility Advisory Council at the Jubilee House after administering the Official Oath […] The post Assist

A survey conducted by the Alliance for Social Equity and Public Accountability (ASEPA) has said former President John Mahama will beat incumbent President Akufo-Addo if elections were held today. According to the survey, which sampled some 16,000 Ghanaians out of a population size of 800,000 also noted that Mr. Mahama is more popular among floating voters […] The post Mahama

Effective Friday February 15, 2019, Ghana’s alternative to cheaper and comfortable domestic air travels operator, PassionAir will begin its unique service dubbed the “Early Bird” flights from Kumasi to Accra. The Early Bird flights which has been scheduled for Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays only, is designed specially to cater for potential and existing passengers in […] The post PassionAir