Nigerian international Alex Iwobi has eulogized the performance of Ghanaian forward Edward Nketiah following his exploits against Norwich City in the Carabao Cup on Tuesday. The 18-year-old rose from the bench to score a brace for Arsenal to power them to a comeback 2-1 win over Norwich City to send them through to the next round of the Carabao Cup. And the manner which he scored the goal has lead to talks about his prolific nature in front of goal. "Eddie (Nketiah) just finds the goals.

The president of Phar Rangers FC, Nana Yaw Amponsah, is eyeing the presidency of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) in 2019. A leaked manifesto available to Starrfmonline.com outlined several developmental programmes to be implemented when given the nod. Mr Amponsah, who is seen to have a decent chance to lead Ghana’s football from 2019 as […] The post Phar Rangers owner eyes

MAPUTO (Reuters) - Mozambique has fired its head of intelligence and army chief of staff, two weeks after 16 people were killed in attacks in the north of the country, the presidency said on Tuesday.

It is unclear whether Betty Mould Iddrisu has a hand in the manufacturing of the posters which have flooded social media.

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley is due to travel to war-torn South Sudan on Wednesday to meet with the country's President Salva Kiir – and she is angry.

Kenya’s Supreme Court is to hold a last-minute hearing to decide whether the re-run of the presidential election can go ahead. The court will hear an urgent petition by human rights activists arguing Kenya is not ready for the vote. The election is due to take place on Thursday. The Supreme Court in September took […] The post Kenya election: Last-minute court bid

Half of British women and a fifth of men have been sexually harassed at work or a place of study, a BBC survey says. Of the women who said they had been harassed, 63% said they didn’t report it to anyone, and 79% of the male victims kept it to themselves. The ComRes poll for ...

Former WBC International Champion and trainer, Napoleon Tagoe, has died, Starr News has learnt.

Former WBC International Champion and trainer, Napoleon Tagoe, has died, Starr News has learnt.

The government of Ghana has cancelled Emergency Visa or Arrival Visa for Chinese nationals as part of the fight against illegal Mining. Emergency Visa Policy was introduced by the Ghana Immigration Service to cater for visitors/business people who travel at short notice from countries where Ghana has no mission or consulate. The policy authorizes visas […] The post Ghana cancels

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenyan police sealed off the Supreme Court building in the capital on Wednesday as judges prepared to hear a petition to delay this week's presidential election, a re-run of an August vote that was nullified by the same court.

Former President John Mahama has spoken for the first time on the damning Kwesi Botchwey report which investigated why the National Democratic Congress (NDC) lost miserably to the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP). The highly guarded report has found its way in the hands of the media and is being serialized amidst claims by some […] The post Mahama jabs journalists over damning

The Food and Drugs Authority has retrieved re-labelled corned beef being sold in some markets in Accra.

Kenya’s Supreme Court is to hold a last-minute hearing to decide whether the re-run of the presidential election can go ahead. The court will hear an urgent petition by human rights activists arguing Kenya is not ready for the vote. The election is due to take place on Thursday. The Supreme Court in September took ...

The Confederation of African Football (Caf) says it has yet to receive any official letter confirming Egypt’s intended withdrawal from the 2018 African Nations Championship (CHAN). Earlier this week, Egyptian officials said they were pulling out of the tournament for African players based in their domestic leagues because of a timing clash. “We sent an ...

She was picked on campus while attending lectures by some elders and Asafo groups from Akwamufie who stormed the University amidst chants and war songs.

In a tweet, the former president said: “It appears ‘KB report’ has been adopted by some media as the new handbook for any challenge facing GH.”

In a tweet, the former president said: “It appears ‘KB report’ has been adopted by some media as the new handbook for any challenge facing GH.”

The proliferation of petrol and gas filling stations across the country has raised safety concerns amidst the less than satisfactory compliance with minimum environmental safety requirement in the operations of these facilities. Available statistics indicate that between 2014 and 2017, Ghana has witnessed eight major gas explosions – the Kwame Nkrumah Circle (3rd June 2015), ...

Former President John Mahama appears to be amused at recent discussions over a document supposed to be the final report of the Prof. Kwesi Botchwey led committee on the cause of the National Democratic Congress’ (NDC) defeat in the December 2016 presidential elections. John Mahama in a sniggery comment on his twitter account on Tuesday night, ...