The Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) has seized three land cruisers belonging to the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament for Bawku Central Mahama Ayariga, Starrfmonline.com can confirm. The three vehicles were impounded on suspicion that the lawmaker may have abused his office to import them into the country, raising an element of corruption among others. The Special […]

Members of staff of the Electoral Commission (EC), who caused the removal of Charlotte Osei from office, have officially filed a fresh petition at the Office of the Special Prosecutor to investigate her. The EC staff, led by two of their members, Forson Ampofo and Godsway Dadjoe, want the Martin Amidu-led team to charge her for causing financial loss to […]

The Turkish lira on Monday hit new record lows against the dollar and euro as strains caused by a diplomatic spat with the United States compounded concerns over domestic economic policy. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday said Ankara would sanction two American officials in response to a similar move by the United States against Turkish ministers over the detention […]

Mrs Mary Chinery-Hesse will be sworn-in Wednesday, 1 August 2018, to begin work as the first female Chancellor of the University of Ghana. She replaces former UN boss Kofi Annan. Mrs Chinery-Hesse is a distinguished national and international public servant. She is the Vice-Chairman of the National Development Planning Commission essay. She has served as: a member of the country’s […]

The head of Egypt’s railway authority has been removed from office following a series of train accidents, the transport ministry said Sunday. The statement announcing Sayed Salem’s sacking came just hours after a train came off the rails on the Cairo-Aswan line, injuring a number of passengers and delaying trips. Transport Minister Hisham Arafat appointed Ashran Mohammed Raslan as the […]

FIFA should investigate allegations that the Qatar 2022 World Cup bid team ran a campaign to undermine rivals, a British Member of Parliament has said. The Sunday Times reported that leaked documents revealed that the Qatar bid team used former CIA agents and a public relations company to sabotage other bidders by suggesting they did not have the domestic backing […]

An Accra Circuit Court on Wednesday convicted a self-styled mechanic who used forged documents to apply for internship at the 37 Military Hospital. Denis Yalhaness Kwaku Ray was charged with forging documents of the University of Cape Coast (UCC), possessing as well as altering of the forged documents. He denied forging the documents but admitted possessing and altering them. Denis […]

Executive Director of the Cocoa Research Institute of Ghana (CRIG) casted doubts on himself at the ongoing trial of the former Chief Executive Officer of COCOBOD, Dr. Stephen Opuni, under cross examination on Monday at an Accra Fast Track High Court. The counter between Dr. Franklin Manu Amoah and Dr. Opuni’s lead lawyer, Samuel Cudjoe, drew several bouts of laughter […]

Second Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has said his warning and advice to Mrs Charlotte Osei against accepting the Electoral Commission Chairperson appointment, has been vindicated by her dismissal by President Nana Akufo-Addo. According to the Nadowli-Kaleo lawmaker, the EC chair job “is a turf too rough” for a woman. Mrs Osei was sacked along with her two deputies […]

Daniel Asiedu, the self-confessed killer of the late Member of Parliament (MP) for Abuakwa North Constituency Joseph Boakye Dankwa-Adu, has challenged deputy General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party, Nana Obiri Boahen to come clean over the death of the lawmaker. At a very dramatic day in court Thursday, the accused person, who was not allowed to speak in court […]