The Ghana Institute of Journalism (GIJ) has reopened the school’s online registeration platform for students to pay the required amount, enabling them register and partake in the ongoing end of semester exams. This window, which is for a period of three days starting from Monday, December 3, 2018 to midnight Wednesda December 5, 2018 comes […] The post GIJ impasse: Online registration

The General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Johnson Asiedu Nketia said Monday that the party has not been served the petition calling for a relook of GH¢400,000 filling being charged flagbearer aspirants. “We have heard complaints from some of the candidates and some other concerned members of the party. We have also heard […] The post Filling fee:

Some members of the NDC from the Asawase constituency in Ashanti region have picked presidential nomination forms for former President John Mahama, Starr News’ Eric Mawuena Egbeta has reported from the NDC headquarters. It means the individuals paid the GHC20,000 non-refundable fee for the forms as announced by the party last week. It comes as […] The post Asawase

Mark Hughes has been sacked as Southampton manager after eight months in charge. The Saints, who drew with Manchester United in the Premier League on Saturday, are 18th in the table. Southampton confirmed the move in a statement, adding: “The search for a new manager to take the club forward is already under way.” First-team […] The post Mark

Former President JJ Rawlings has expressed concern about the whopping increase in the filing fee for the presidential primaries of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and called on the party’s National Executive Committee to take a second look at the decision. The Founder of the NDC cautioned that certain actions or decisions could either be […] The post NDC’s GhC420k

A short code and a mobile money number have been announced to raise funds for former president John Mahama to pick forms and file to become the flagbearer of the main opposition. The National Democratic Congress (NDC) is demanding a whopping GhC420,000 from each flagbearer hopeful to contest the internal poll in a bid to […] The post Mahama launches short code to

Nine of the aspirants seeking to lead the National Democratic Congress in the 2020 elections have written to the Council of Elders of the party to intervene in the hefty GHC400,00 being charged as filing fee by the party executives. The aspirants including Dr. Ekwow Spio-Garbrah and Alban Bagbin say the amount is unreasonable blaming […] The post Filing fee: Spio,

The Ashanti regional minister Simon Osei Mensah has sounded a word to all corrupt politicians; foretelling that their children will not be spared the full brunt of their corrupt actions. The regional minister was speaking at the launch of a Multi Stakeholder business Integrity Forum by anticorruption agency, the Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII) in Kumasi. […] The post “Corrupt

Arsenal produced a relentless attacking performance to overpower Tottenham and deservedly win a pulsating north London derby at Emirates Stadium. Unai Emery’s side extended their unbeaten run to 19 matches ,moving above Spurs into the top four, with a display that reflected the outstanding work the Spaniard has done since succeeding Arsene Wenger. Arsenal’s fast […] The post Arsenal

The Ghana Institute of Journalism (GIJ) has been shut down temporarily following students agitation over a policy demanding full payment of school fees and online registration before they will be given access to examination halls. There was pandemonium on campus Sunday as authorities deny students access to examination centers over the online registration. According to […] The post Update:

Sylvester Mensah has said if the NDC comes back to power under his leadership in 2020, all credible flagbearer contestants will be given positions in government to bring their expertise to bear on government business. The former CEO of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) who is seeking to lead the NDC into the 2020 […] The post Mahama, others will serve in my

The United States has issued a warning to governments of six African countries including Ghana of the existence of two con artists duping unsuspecting citizens in those countries under the guise of cryptocurrency investment. The other countries are Nigeria, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, and DRC Congo. The Head of the United States’ Cyber Crime Unit John […] The post US warns Ghana,

President Akufo-Addo says over the course of the last twenty-three (23) months, the period of stay of his government in office, his administration has worked on strengthening the fundamentals of the economy. According to President Akufo-Addo, an improved macroeconomy is a fundamental requirement for stimulating the investments needed for the significant expansion and growth of […] The post We’ve

Minority leader Haruna Iddrisu has given the assurance that the Right to Information bill will be passed before 2018 comes to a close. He told journalists in Parliament Friday that the bill be considered in the House on Saturday when members meet. “There is absolute and unwavering commitment by Parliament and its leadership to ensure […] The post RTI

The Confederation of Africa Football (CAF) has stripped Cameroon of the right to host the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations, Starrfmonline.com has gathered. It comes after an Extraordinary Executive Committee by CAF in Accra, Friday 30 November. The Committee took into consideration the report of inspection visits of the Confederation’s security committee from 27 October […] The post 2019

Former President John Mahama has appealed to delegates of the National Democratic Congress at Ejura sekyeredomase in the Ashanti region to vote massively for him to send a message to Ghanaians. According to Mr. Mahama, Ghanaians will be waiting to see how many NDC members support his candidature as he seeks the mandate to take […] The post I don’t want to lose any

The General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress Johnson Asiedu Nketia has defended the party’s decision to charge a staggering GHC400,000 filing fee for presidential aspirants. According to him, the amount is to cater for the cost of running the polls in all 275 constituencies across the country. Speaking to Francis Abban on the Morning […] The post GHC400K

The Northern Regional Security Council has staged a rare public display of its military and police might to show its combat readiness as an ongoing efforts by government to end the decades old Dagbon chieftaincy crisis sparked widespread renewed tensions in many part of the region. The exercise, OPERATION SHOW OF FORCE, is a physiological […] The post N/R: Security

NDC Presidential hopeful Dr. Ekwow Spio-Garbrah has said he will file his nomination as a disabled candidate since he is visually impaired. “speaking for myself, I am visually impaired and totally fall into that category. We knew how much, until recently, ministers of state and MPs were receiving by way of remuneration. After filing, I […] The post I’ll file

Stranded teacher trainees at THE Koforidua-Asokore SDA College of Education have resorted to playing cards and football on campus from morning to evening while others roam in town as the one month old strike by the Colleges of Education Teachers Association of Ghana (CETAG) disrupts academic exercise. Students have been ideal since CETAG Strike begun […] The post Trainee