African champions Nigeria risk an international ban due to government interference after a court sacked the football federation’s executive committee. Nigerian Sports Minister Tammy Danagogo, on Thursday, appointed Lawrence Katiken as sole administrator of the NFF. The move comes in the wake of Nigeria’s Soccer World Cup campain which came to an end on Monday ...

Foundation for Security and Development in Africa (FOSDA) is calling on the media and stakeholders to help develop a gender equality policy guideline at various workplaces to act as watchdogs on any violations. The Programmes Officer of FOSDA, Theodora Anti appealed to the media to give prominence to such issues as a means of empowering ...

More than 40,000 people were without power at the start of the July Fourth holiday after Hurricane Arthur scythed through North Carolina's Outer Banks early Friday. Thousands more had already fled in preparation for the Category 2 storm, which has seen ...

May Warren blogs live from Toronto as the France and Germany face off in a midday match at the World Cup. MORE ON THESTAR.COM. World Cup coverage. Top News. Filipino nanny to be deported for babysitting while awaiting paperscomments · NEW ...

President John Mahama Enter sanitary pad politics. Ghanaians yesterday woke up to a stunning news story about how government intends earmarking a portion of an education enhancement loan for the provision of sanitary pads for schoolgirls. The NDC government has doubtlessly provided for Ghanaians an interesting means of measuring how wrongly or rightly they manage […]

Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen  Two leading members of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) yesterday filed their nominations to contest in the flagebearership race of the party. They are Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen popularly known as ‘Alan Cash’ and the incumbent Member of Parliament (MP) for Mampong, Michael Addai-Nimo. Long before he arrived at the national headquarters […]

Veteran entertainer Rolf Harris, arrives at Southwark Crown Court to be sentenced, in London, Friday, July 4, 2014. Australian-born Harris, 84, was found guilty of 12 counts of indecent assault on four victims aged 19 or under between 1968 and 1986. Harris ...

GAOLED! Jacob Kuli and the victim THE ASHAIMAN Circuit Court has sentenced to jail the 25-year-old man who dipped the hands of his eight-year-old daughter into boiled water, alleging that the girl had stolen fish from soup. Jacob Kuli, a truck pusher and resident of Valco Flat, an Ashaiman suburb in the Greater Accra Region, […]

Edmund Kyei  and President John Mahama THE NEW Patriotic Party (NPP) Communications Director for Asokwa Constituency, Edmund Kyei, has stressed on the need for Ghanaians to vote out President Mahama and the NDC administration in 2016. The outspoken NPP communicator stated that due to poor management, the NDC government had plunged the country into severe […]

The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), has welcomed moves by Parliament to enact new laws to help fight corruption in the country. On Thursday, the House adopted a National Anti-Corruption Action Plan to guide national discourse on corruption. This was after the Member of Parliament (MP) for Offinso South; Ben Abdullah Bandah ...

Neymar has put himself at the risk of punishment by FIFA after wearing a pair of Beats by Dre headphones—a brand banned from the World Cup due to the governing body’s deal with Sony—during a press conference in Brazil. The Samba star, who is one goal behind upcoming opponent James Rodriguez in the battle for ...

Okyeame Kwame’s campaign against Hepatitis B is gradually reaching its pinnacle, a statement from his foundation reads. With five years of providing education campaign and free screening of Hepatitis B to the general Ghanaian populace, the Okyeame Kwame Foundation looks forward to activate the Hepatitis B project in a grand style this year. He hopes ...

Ukraine's foreign ministry sends dipolmatic protest note to Russia over 'gross, systematic violations' of Ukrainian airpsace (Reuters). Ukraine says it is ready for peace talks involving Russia, separatists and OSCE on July 5 – but is waiting for other parties to ...

Mfantsipim Boys Seconday School have been adjudged winners of the 2014 edition of the National Science and Maths Quiz after beating Ghana Secondary Technical School and St. Francis Xavier Jr. Seminary in the final round of the competition. This will be the second time the School has won the competition after winning its first in ...

A-53-year-old employee of the Ashanti Goldfields at Obuasi, has been installed the Tufuhene (sub chief) of Apam in the Gomoa West District of the Central Region, under the stool name Nana Kwame Ntoah the Fifth.

Mr Daniel Bugri Naabu, Northern Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has called on the people of Yiyamba and Bierim, two feuding communities in the Gushiegu District, to put a stop to the conflict that had stagnated the areas socio-economic development.

Brazil have not lost a competitive match at home since 1975 but that record will be put to the test in Fortaleza. Last updated: 04 Jul 2014 08:56. Email Article. Print Article. Share article. Send Feedback. Neymar has been declared fit to play but is nursing a thigh ...

General Motors has halted production at its main South African plant because of the strike by the country’s National Union of Metalworkers. The US car giant has not been able to access component parts for its cars. GM told the BBC that its production line was down, but that it has enough cars to sell ...