The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service has begun investigations into a case in which the ace Ghanaian rapper, Michael Addo, known in showbiz as Sarkodie, is alleged to have bought a stolen car. The police said Sarkodie assigned his agents to register his infinity saloon car at the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA), but it ...

Fear has gripped shoppers and workers of one of Ghana’s biggest shopping malls after the roof of the popular GAME shop at the Accra Mall at the Tetteh Quarshie roundabout caved in. An eyewitness who spoke to Starr News said the roof of the popular shop caved in Thursday morning forcing shoppers and workers to flee for their lives. According ...

Databank Group, Ghana’s leading investment bank is set to empower over 20,000 young people nationwide through Success Africa, an annual motivational, career and youth development conference. The conference which has been running for the past 12 years is organized by LEC Group in partnership with Databank. The conference seeks to create a platform for young people to gain knowledge from ...

Former Commissioner of CHRAJ, Dr Emile Short, has said Ghanaians who feel the Special Prosecutor is taking too long to begin prosecuting corruption expected too much too early. “I think that Ghanaians were probably expecting too much because they didn’t take into account what it takes to establish an office from scratch and so there were heightened expectations about what ...

America-born Senegalese artiste, Akon, real name Aliaume Damala Badara Akon Thiam, has scooped an award as ‘Innovator Of The Year,’ by the Black Enterprise group during its TechConNext event held recently. The songwriter, singer and producer was awarded in relation to Akoin, a crypto currency project he is undertaking in Africa. His Akon Africa lighting project is more known especially ...

Documents concerning rape allegations made against Cristiano Ronaldo have been “completely fabricated”, according to the player’s lawyer. Ronaldo, 33, denies assaulting Kathryn Mayorga at a Las Vegas hotel in 2009. Mayorga says she was attacked by the Portuguese footballer in a hotel room in the US city that year. A statement from Ronaldo’s lawyer Peter Christiansen reiterated the Juventus forward ...

Police in Tanzania have rescued Tanzanian businessman and former member of parliament for the ruling CCM party, Mohammed Dewji from abductors who was seized by unidentified men in Dar es Salaam on Thursday morning, officials said. Dar es Salaam regional commissioner Paul Makonda confirmed the rescue, adding that suspects who are all foreigners have been arrested. Dewji, the owner and ...

Former President Jerry John Rawlings has apparently become incensed by the ongoing documentary by Multimedia News Channel, Joy News, on the killing of the three High Court judges and a retired army officer in the heat of the revolution in 1982. Last week, he promised to drop a ‘bombshell’ about the killings in the coming days, but it seems he ...

Food tourism for destination marketing We talk food and travel with Nyasha K Mutizwa. You might have heard of gastronomic tourism or perhaps food/culinary tourism. This refers to trips made to destinations where the local food is the main motivating factor for touring. As the United Nations World Tourism noted in its 2017 report, Food Tourism has grown remarkably over ...

Singer Efya has said fighting for 100 per cent Ghanaian music airplay is not enough to put the country’s musicians on the world level. According to her, even though it would be a move in the right direction, streaming music of preferred artistes get them on the international market as compared to airplay. The award-winning singer said the introduction of ...