Government within three months after it was sworn into office has borrowed a little over three billion dollars from the international community without the knowledge of Ghanaians. “The substantial export commodity in Ghana today is dollar loans from friends and paddies abroad” Board Chairman Political and Economic Research Institute Ghana (PERI-Ghana), Mr. William Awuku Ahiadome revealed on Ultimate Fm. He ...

Accra Hearts of Oak could add Elmina Sharks to their recent victims at the Accra Sports Stadium on Sunday in week 12 of the Ghana Premier League. Both teams appear determined to collect all three points at stake and earn the bragging rights, but Sharks look a wounded side after losing 1-2 to WAFA at their home grounds last Sunday ...

Popular gospel singer and preacher Reverend Josh Laryea has been suspended by the International Central Gospel Church over an alleged immoral conduct, senior officers of the church have confirmed to StarrFMonline.com. According to the sources, the preacher is being investigated for breaching some principles connected to his calling as a pastor. A statement by the church announcing the disciplinary action ...

Chelsea’s Eden Hazard and Manchester United striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic are the leading candidates on a six-man shortlist for the 2016-17 PFA Players’ Player of the Year award. After a disappointing campaign last time out, the resurgent Hazard – the winner of the accolade in 2014-15 – has been integral to Chelsea’s return to the top of the Premier League table, ...

Lawyers of Jihad Chaaban, the embattled Ablemkpe branch manager of Marwako Restaurant, have served notice to file a submission of ‘no case’ in the assault case brought against him (Jihad). Julio Demedeiros, lawyer for Jihad who dropped the hint yesterday, believes his client has no case to answer in respect of the charges preferred against him, although the court had ...

State prosecutors have been unsuccessful in getting their next witness to testify in a court case involving hiplife artiste Eugene Ashe, aka Wisa Greid. According to Inspector Judith B. Asante, the prosecution was yet to locate their next witness to serve him with the court summons to appear before the court. This excuse compelled the Accra Domestic Violence and Gender ...

Dakar – A fire ripped through makeshift shelters at a Muslim religious retreat in Senegal, killing at least 22 people and triggering a stampede, firefighters said on Thursday. The blaze broke out on Wednesday afternoon as worshippers gathered in the town of Medina Gounass in the southeastern region of Tambacounda, a senior official with the firefighting service told AFP. The ...

A rainstorm is expected to hit the entire country on Thursday evening. Senior Meteorologist at the Ghana Meteorological Agency, Michael Padi, said in an interview, that by weather indicators, the storm is expected at about 19:00 hours. He urged the public to take all necessary precautions to ensure that no unpleasant incidents occurred during the storm. Mr Padi reminded the ...

Lucas Alcaraz has been named as the new coach of Algeria, the country’s football federation announced on Thursday in a short statement. The 50-year-old Spaniard was available after being sacked by his hometown team, La Liga strugglers Granada, on Monday. Alcaraz, who was replaced at Granada by former Arsenal and England defender Tony Adams, is charged with the task of ...

US judge Sheila Abdus-Salaam, the first black woman to serve in New York’s highest court, has been found dead in the city’s Hudson River. The 65-year-old is also widely reported to have been the country’s first female Muslim judge. New York police said they pulled her from the water and pronounced her dead on Wednesday after being alerted by an ...