Dumsor Hits Major Parts of Ghana
Ghana is likely to fall on Ivory Coast for emergency power Major cities in Ghana have been plunged into darkness due to a shortfall in power generation, Starr FM has gathered. A deep throat source...
Day: June 12, 2017
Late Football Star Tiote’s Body Flown Back To Ivory Coast
Cheick Tiote's body will arrive back in the Ivory Coast on Thursday where tributes will be paid to the international by his former teammates, the Ivorian Football Federation (IFF) said on Monday....
NHIA Card To ‘work’ Again In 2019
Ghanaians hoping to benefit from free healthcare under the National Health Insurance Scheme would have to wait for at least two more years in anticipation of President Akufo-Addo’s promised to save...
Kwaku Baako Exposes Minority On Controversial $2.25 Billion Bond
Contrary to information from Government of Ghana (GOG) only five investors showed interest in the controversial $2.25 bond transaction, it now been established that the number was more than what had...
$1m, One Constituency Money Ready For Disbursement – Minister
The Ministry for Special Development Initiatives has disclosed that the $275 million to be disbursed to all constituencies across the country is ready. The sector, Minister Hawa Koomson, explained...
New Zealand Book America’s Cup Rematch With USA
Emirates Team New Zealand booked an America's Cup rematch with Oracle Team USA on Monday, beating Sweden's Artemis Racing in the lone race of the day to win the challenger final 5-2. The Kiwis came...
I Will Follow Bature’s Example
Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Hon Kennedy Ohene Agyapong has for the first time openly revealed his admiration for Alhaji Bature Iddrisu’s courage and frankness in criticizing members of...
One-Village, One-Dam To Start After Rainy Season – Veep
Vice-President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has assured the people of northern Ghana that the government’s 'One-village, one-dam’ programme will commence after the current rainy season. He explained that...
Tanzania Says 19 Years of Mining Fraud Cost 75 Billion Euros
Fraud in the mining sector since 1998 has cost Tanzania 75 billion euros ($84 billion), an investigating commission said Monday, blaming foreign companies failing to declare revenues. The conclusions...
Assume Responsibility For Your Nation’s Transformation – Akufo-Addo To African Leaders
The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has admonished African leaders to assume responsibility for the transformation of their economies, and depart from the mindset of aid,...
Police Donate To Widow of Officer Mistakenly Shot
Police in the Northern region have donated GHC5,000 to the wife of the Policeman who was reportedly shot by his colleagues who mistook him for an armed robber. Lance Corporal Robert Ackah was...
US Congressman-Elect Avoids Jail For Assaulting Reporter
A Montana judge Monday sentenced congressman-elect Greg Gianforte to community service, 20 hours of anger management and a fine, but no jail time, after pleading guilty to assaulting a reporter on...
Justice Will Definitely Be Served -Karbo
The Deputy Minister of Roads and Highways and Member of Parliament (MP) for Lawra Constituency, Anthony N-yoh Abayifaa Karbo is optimistic Justice will be served in the gruesome murder of late Major...
Trump’s First Cabinet Meeting Becomes Festival of Praise
A first full meeting of Donald Trump's cabinet featured effusive praise of the embattled president Monday, a bid to project success that prompted ridicule and criticism from some quarters. Trump...
Zongo Fund Not Meant To Be Used To Marry Multiple Wives – Minister
The Minister of Inner City and Zongo Development, Boniface Abubakar Saddiq, has said that the Zongo Development Fund (ZoDF) is meant for developmental projects and not for personal use by the people...
Rawlings Reconciles With Party
The biggest opposition National Democratic Congress has for the first time in many years demonstrated its sense of camaraderie at its 25th anniversary rally at Ashaiman Mandale Park last Saturday,...
US Orders GE To Offload Unit To Win Approval For Oil Deal
US antitrust regulators on Monday ordered General Electric to divest one of its units in order to win approval for the merger of its oil services business with Baker Hughes. Without the sale, the...
ECOWAS Regional Integration Key To Ghana’s Development – Prof. SKB Asante
Executive Director at the Centre for Regional Integration in Africa, Professor S. K.B Asante has underscored the critical role regional integration plays in fostering economic development of Ghana....
I’m Ready To Join NDC’s Flagbearership Race
General Secretary of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has hinted that he might join the flagbearership race of the party. Johnson Asiedu Nketia revealed that he will be ready to...
Nana Konadu Loses Case Against Aggrieved 31st December Colleagues
Former first lady and founder of the National Democratic Party, Nana Konadu, was last Friday dealt a heavy blow following a ruling by an Accra High Court (Commercial Division) reinstating Caridem...