Ghanaian Dancehall artiste Stonebwoy, known in real life as Livingstone Etse Satekla has been adjudged Artiste of the Year at the maiden edition of Ghana Music Awards South Africa. The artiste won against his strong contender’s controversial ‘Gringo’ hitmaker Shatta Wale, late Dancehall songstress Ebony Reigns, Patapaa Amisty, young sensation Kuami Eugene and others. Apart from Stonebwoy who won the ...

The US unleashed its “toughest ever” sanctions against Iran on Monday, a move that has already sparked mass protests in the oil-rich nation. The Trump administration reinstated all sanctions removed under the 2015 nuclear deal, targeting both Iran and states that trade with it. They will hit oil exports, shipping and banks – all core parts of the economy. Thousands ...

Ghanaian reggae/dancehall artiste, Abdul Razak Issahaku, popularly known as Iwan, lost his temper during a live radio interview with Tactical Shifo on Cheers FM in Sunyani. The host of Cheers Entertainment Power, Tactical Shifo asked Iwan his relationship with Stonebwoy and Shatta Wale–and also when he will stage his own concert like what Stonebwoy and Shatta Wale did, but the ...

Police in the Northern Region have begun investigations into an alleged attack on some National Democratic Congress (NDC) executives, by an affiliated youth group in the area. The attack resulted in the regional Secretary, Sualisu Be-Awuribe and Treasurer, Kassim Bakari, sustaining injuries. Although details of what triggered the incident remain sketchy, the Regional Secretary has accused the Chairman, Alhaji Ibrahim ...

Former president John Dramani Mahama is urging the rank and file of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Northern region to remain calm and resort to dialogue to resolve any misunderstanding. There is a standoff between the regional chairman Alhaji Ibrahim Mobila and secretary Sualisu Be-Awuribe, a development which led to an assault on some executives on Saturday. During ...

It was a veritable show of culture, power and royalty at Manhyia, Sunday, when the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall visited the Ashanti Kingdom to pay their respects to the Ashanti king. For a relationship built on sweat and blood, sealed by mutual respect and solidarity, nothing was more admirable than the sight of two monarchs-House of ...

Captain of Ghana Black Stars, Asamoah Gyan believes he cannot please everybody in life and therefore he will do what pleases him. This comment by the footballer comes while he is seeking to annul his marriage and have requested for a paternity test. Asamoah made this known through his Instagram page where he shared a photo illustrating what people expect ...

The Economic and Organized Crime Office, (EOCO), has opined that for the fight against corruption to be successful, ruling governments must be willing to prosecute their own corrupt officials before they prosecute their political opponents The Eastern regional Director of EOCO, Fred Dzeny said this in Koforidua in an interview with Starr News on the side-lines of a roundtable discussion ...

The impasse at the Kumasi-based Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) may linger a while longer as a process to reconstitute the University’s Governing Council hits a snag. The government had announced an interim governing council after students revolted against the University’s authority, but a widespread rejection of that interim body forced the government to request the Chancellor, ...

Popular pastor, Mensa Otabil, and his church International Central Gospel Church are among 15 shareholders and directors of defunct Capital Bank sued over the collapse of the bank. The Plaintiffs Messrs Vish Ashiagbor and Eric Nana Nipah from PricewaterhouseCoopers say the bank’s collapse was a “direct result’ of defendants’” “‘misgovernance” and “willful” breaches of banking regulations. The writ of summons ...