The Education Ministry has challenged claims by some head teachers that new teachers being posted to schools to handle the gold track under the Free senior High school policy are not fit for purpose. Some headmasters have told Starr News the new teachers are not experienced and competent enough for the courses they have been posted to teach in their ...

The Swiss city of Zurich is finally set to get a purpose-built football stadium after voters gave the green light to the project in a local referendum on Sunday. The Zurich city government said that 54 percent of voters were in favour of building an 18,000-capacity stadium. It will be built on the site of the old Hardturm ground which ...

Young Kumawood actress, Maame Yaa Konadu Jackson, has stated that she cannot date someone who is poor. According to her, as a lady, she has needs and wants like owning a brand new (tear rubber) car which a poor man cannot provide. Speaking in an interview on the Delay Show, Yaa Jackson emphasised that it will not be in the ...

Ukraine’s parliament is to decide whether to bring in martial law as anger over the capture of three of its naval vessels by Russia spilled into the streets overnight. Protesters gathered outside the Russian embassy in the capital Kiev and an embassy car was set on fire. The incident in waters off the Crimean Peninsula marks a major escalation of ...

TV3’s Bridget Otoo has added her voice to the current issue facing gold trading firm Menzgold. According to the newscaster, the embattled firm owned by Nana Appiah Mensah has been a scam from day one. She made this known when she shared a screenshot of YEN.com.gh’s report which indicate that the BNI will be investigating the activities of Menzgold. Bridget ...

Ghanaian musician, Obomofor has revealed he swallowed a ring out of desperation for riches and fame to succeed in the Ghanaian music industry. He also stated that he consistently consulted fetish priest and Mallams for protection. “I was so desperate that I even went to Togo just for protection and fame I was also part of an occult because of ...

A court in Milan is considering charges of corruption against Eni and Shell in a controversial oil deal that led to Nigeria losing an estimated $6bn. The campaign group Global Witness has calculated the OPL 245 deal in 2011 deprived Nigeria of double its annual education and healthcare budget. Eni and Shell are accused of knowing the money they paid ...

A female customer of GN Bank has assaulted a police officer on guard duty at the bank’s Mampong branch in the Ashanti Region. The lady, ClassFMonline.com gathered, has been frequenting the bank for her savings but to no avail. On her last visit, the customer lost her cool when she was asked to go and come back another day, she ...

The Eastern regional branch of the NDC has dismissed reports that former President John Mahama traveled to the Afram Plains by helicopter. It comes after the Kwahu Tafo Chief, Nana Kwasi Minta, commended President Akufo-Addo over the weekend for traveling to the area by road and not by air as it was by other presidents. In a statement, the NDC ...

President  Akufo-Addo has stated emphatically that the controversial National Cathedral will be “built to the Glory of God”. The President addressing Catholic faithful at a ceremony to climax the 125th anniversary of the Catholic Archdiocese of Accra at the Black Star Square, in a joyful mood and quoting from Philippians 4:13 (KJV), which states “I can do all things through ...