The University of Education Winneba (UEW) has advised its former Vice-Chancellor Professor Mawutor Avoke to petition the University’s Council if he feels he has a genuine case for his reinstatement. Professor Avoke who broke his silence earlier this week was pronounced guilty of financial malfeasance alongside the Finance Officer of the University by a Winneba […] The post Petition

INFORMATION GATHERED from the corridors of the Accra Psychiatric Hospital indicates that a number of suspects who have been referred for mental examination in the course of their trial for various offences have been abandoned at the hospital for years, with some of them having been there for over 30 years. Asked how many suspects […] The post Accra

The Member of Parliament for New Juaben South Dr. Mark Asibe Yeboah has said the number of Ministers in the Akufo-Addo government is high, adding a lesser number could have been enough to run the affairs of the country. He was however quick to add that the performance of the government after the 4-year tenure […] The post Number of Akufo-Addo’s ministers high – NPP MP

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) is considering filing a suit to stop the electoral commission from embarking on a limited registeration for the 2020 elections, a member of the NDC’s legal team Abraham Amaliba has revealed. The Electoral Commission has served notice a new voters’ register will be compiled ahead of the 2020 presidential and […] The post NDC

Families of the kidnapped Takoradi girls have intensified pressure on the Ghana Police Service to rescue them, following claims by the CID that it knows their whereabouts. The family have expressed outrage over failure by the Police to rescue the girls two weeks after the CID revealed that it knows where they are. According to […] The post Takoradi

Police in Kintampo have arrested 10 suspects in connection with the renewed violence that occurred in the area Tuesday. The violence was triggered by a misunderstanding at the Kintampo Waterfall. An eyewitness, Mustapha Ganui, who spoke to Starr News said police reinforcement who invaded the town shot dead the individual. The casualties occurred when angry […] The post Kintampo

The Institute for Energy Security (IES) has forecasted a “slight increment” in the price of fuel on the Ghanaian market. “This is irrespective of the 2.5% appreciation of the Cedi against the dollar,” the IES said in a statement. “While some OMCs could keep prices unchanged in order to maintain market share as part of […] The post Fuel prices to go up “marginally” –

Thirteen individuals have been arrested Tuesday night in Bole for violating emergency curfew laws imposed on the town since December 2018 after chieftaincy violence resulted into killings. The men were rounded up on the street and other locations after the mandatory curfew went into effect.  The Interior Ministry declared a round-the-clock curfew after clashes broke […] The post Police

The National Council for Curriculum & Assessment (NaCCA) has denied reports on social media that newly developed curriculum projects the achievement of Stateman JB Danquah over Ghana’s first President Dr. Kwame Nkrumah. According to NaCCA, the curriculum is structured to enable pupils learn the history of the country from the beginning and then progress with […] The post JB

A Member of the Economic Management team of government and Chairman of Finance Committee in Parliament Dr.Mark Asibe Yeboah has described as an “error” aspect of the 2019 budget statement which stated that an interchange will be Constructed in Koforidua, the Eastern Regional Capital. The Finance Minister Ken Ofori Atta stated in the 2019 budget […] The post Koforidua

President Akufo-Addo has charged the newly sworn in Regional Minister for the Bono Region, Evelyn Ama Kumi Richardson, to work very hard in her position in order to put to shame those who opposed her appointment, particularly, the Minority caucus in Parliament. Parliament on Friday, the 12th of April, 2019, approved by a majority secret […] The post Work

The National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) has resolved to expose kingpins behind galamsey operations in the Ashanti region as it admits the menace is creeping back into the region. Security services on Monday, retrieved the bodies of three people who were trapped to death under a galamsey pit in the Amansie Central District with two […] The post We’ll expose galamsey

Five suspects have been remanded over the murder of a Chinese national undertaking a One District – One Factory project at Asuboi in the Ayensuano district of the Eastern region. They are Dennis Atta Kwabena Senior and Daniel Atta Kwabena Junior – twins both 34-year-old – Saviour Yegbe,22, Richard Offei alias Kwadjo Asuboi,26, and Kwaku […] The post Court remands

The minority in parliament is outraged over government’s abandoning of over a thousand housing units at Saglemi in the Ningo Prampram constituency. The houses form part of a 5,000 affordable housing project started by the Mahama administration in 2012 at a cost of $200 million. The project has, however, stalled for the past three years […] The post Minority

The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology chapter of the university teachers association of Ghana UTAG have indicated that admissions into public universities will be froth with political manipulations if the new draft public universities bill, goes ahead to make university admissions centralized. The contentious bill proposes a central admissions system where an external […] The post “Centralized

The head of the linguistics department of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology Professor Charles Marfo has questioned the logic behind the proposed renaming of some four Public Universities as contained in the draft Public Universities Bill. Speaking to host Julius Caesar Anadem on the Ultimate Breakfast Show, he insisted that the naming […] The post Prof.

The European Union has indicated that technical and vocational training will form the bedrock of creating sustainable jobs for Ghana’s youth. The Head of the European Union Delegation to Ghana, Diana Acconcia, made the disclosure when she visited the No Business As Usual Hub in the Asokore Mampong Municipality of the Ashanti region. The visit […] The post “Vocational

A consultant to the National Council for Curriculum Assessment has indicated that the use of the mother tongue as a medium of instruction for teaching children at the Kindergarten and lower primary school, will not necessarily work if it takes a blanket approach. Speaking to host Julius Caesar Anadem on the Ultimate Breakfast, Dr. Martey […] The post Consultant

The national Disaster Management Organisation in the Ashanti region has resolved to expose kingpins behind galamsey operations in the region as it admits the menace is creeping back into the region. Security services on Monday, retrieved the bodies of three people who were trapped to death under a galamsey pit in the Amansie Central District […] The post A/R

Aviation Minister Kofi Adda has denied media reports that the government plans to privatise airports in the country. TAV Airport Holding Company Limited per a  cabinet memo in possession of Starrfm.com.gh will be in charge of the “day to day operations, including facility maintenance and fees collections.” The aim of the proposal, according to the […] The post Gov’t