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Perhaps the most audacious and insulting act to the presidency, an unidentified man was spotted taking a dump in front of the seat of government. The unidentified man, who seemed unperturbed but with the only mission to answer to nature’s demanding call made his way behind a reservoir around the edifice and handled his business. After positioning himself close to ...

Fifty-seven out of the 144 Frequency Modulation (FM) stations that were cited for various infractions in an audit exercise by the National Communications Authority (NCA) have been shut down, the Minister of Communications, Mrs Ursula Owusu Ekuful, has said. “In accordance with the decisions of the Electronic Communication Tribunal (ECT), 30 out of the 57 stations have submitted fresh applications ...

Solar panel that have been installed at the premises of the Accra Court have been broken down by the heavy downpour over the weekend. The multi-million cedis solar panel which had been placed on top of a shed at the premises could not stand the rains. Sources at the court premises told Starr News  that they resumed from the weekend ...

Thousands of customers whose millions of funds are locked up with Gold Coast Fund Management will this morning hits the streets of Accra and across the country to push for government intervention in retrieving their funds. The investment firm, which appears to be in liquidity crisis, has in the last year been struggling pay its customers’ investments and interest on ...

A 25-year-old, Alice Bonye, a second-year student of the Tamale Nurses and Midwifery Training College, was sentenced to six months in prison for stealing one thousand two hundred Ghana cedis. According to Alice, her parents do not earn enough salary to take care of her and her two siblings who are also in school. “My dad is a security man ...

The Member of Parliament for Builsa South, Dr. Clemnt Apaak, has taken Gabby Otchere Darko to the cleaners for describing former President John Dramani Mahama as a liar. The leading member of the NPP in a Facebook post slammed Mr. Mahama over his comments on the government white paper on the Ayawaso West Wuogon violence. He wrote: “When you get ...

All owners of SIM cards will from January 2020 to June 2020 be required to undergo a re-registration exercise, the Communication Ministry has announced. The directive from government is part of moves to fight sim card and mobile money fraud which has gained momentum over the past months. Addressing the press on Monday, October 14, the Communications Minister, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful ...

First Lady of the Republic of Ghana, H.E. Mrs Rebecca Akufo-Addo has identified the development of literacy skills through the provision of functional libraries across the country as critical in ensuring that the Free SHS policy by the government produces quality graduates. The First Lady made these remarks when she joined Athe good people of Kyebi on Saturday, to commission ...

General secretary of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketiah, has hinted the party will construct 100 senior high schools in the first 90 days after assuming office in 2021. He was speaking to Kwabena Agyapong on Frontline on Rainbow Radio 87.5Fm on former President John Mahama’s promise that the NDC will in its first 90 days in ...

Communications Minister, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, has revealed that all substandard mobile devices imported into the country will be banned and confiscated to reduce cyber threats which have become rampant in the country. According to her, these cheap smuggled devices are of low quality and do have health implications on persons who patronise such devices. Ursula Owusu also indicated that the sale ...