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BREAKING: BNI Director Sacked After Koku Anyidoho saga

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Interesting development. The director of Bureau of National Investigations William Akwasi Appiah has been sacked, the Minister of National Security Albert Kan Dapaah has confirmed to Starrfmonline.com. He has been replaced by Musah who is the head of Research. “Yes, there has been some changes. We’re issuing a statement to that effect soon,” said Mr. Kan Dapaah

CID arrest NDC's Koku Anyidoho over coup comments

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Remember Mr Koku Anyidoho? Yeah, The man who went viral after claiming John Mahama was in a comfortable lead in the 2016 elections. He's also the  Deputy General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress and has been arrested by the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service after he predicted a civilian coup d’etat to unseat President Akufo-Addo. Mr Koku Anyidoho was picked up by armed policemen at the Press Centre on Tuesday in Accra moments after a press briefing on an intended demonstration over the Ghana-US military defence cooperation agreement. About 16 officers besieged the Press Center to effect the arrest. Koku Anyidoho was escorted on foot to the CID headquarters a few metres away from the press centre. He was accompanied into the facility by the NDC General Secretary Asiedu Nketiah, NDC National Chairman Kofi Portuphy and PNC Chairman Bernard Mornah. Meanwhile, a crowd of NDC sympathisers are currently massing up outside the CID h...

Photos: Bill Gates, Nana Addo attend Dangote’s daughter's grand white wedding

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Money talks!! When you're the daughter of African's richest man, you definitely shall not want. Fatima Dangote and Jamil Abubakar had the grand finale of their 6 part wedding which was held in Abuja, Kano and Lagos. Fatima who is the daughter of the Aliko Dangote looked so beautiful in her white wedding dress while the groom who is the son of the former Inspector General of police looked dapper in his Tuxedo. Wife of President Buhari, Aisha Buhari, her daughter Zahra Buhari, son in-law Mohammed, Ghanaian president Nana Akufo-Addo, former Vice President Namadi Sambo, Genevieve Nnaji, Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde were among the guests at the grand wedding finale of Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote’s daughter Fatima to her husband, Jamil Abubakar, son of former IGP M.D Abubakar which held at the Eko Hotel and Suites in Lagos last night.

PHOTO: Meet Patapaa's girlfriend ‘Pata Pichy’

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"Why not Matamaa?" A fan commented. Well.. One Corner and Akwaaba hitmaker, Patapaa Amisty has been spotted taking a selfie with a very pretty fair lady, rumored to be his sweetheart. Well, Patapaa, since he hit the mainstream with his single One Corner, has been tagged as a physically unpleasant guy by many but it seems, someone’s poison is another man’s taste. The photo of Patapaa and his alleged darling was Posted on social media and after some few hours a twitter user informed tagged the photo and indicated that the name of Patapaa’s Girlfriend is ‘Pata Pichy’. However, after the comment by the user, many people are wondering whether the ‘one corner’ Hitmaker is taking his inspiration from Shatta Wale whose baby mama is called ‘Shatta Michy’. -newsgh

Parliament approves US ‘military base’ deal

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Parliament has approved the Ghana-US defence cooperation agreement which seeks to provide a space in the country to host some US military troops. The approval was done by only Majority Members of Parliament because the Minority staged a walkout during the debate on the Floor of the House on Friday night. “This House adopts the report from the joint committee on defense and interior,” the Speaker of Parliament, Professor Mike Oquaye said after the approval. Prior to staging the walkout, the Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu spoke for close to 17 minutes giving a litany of reasons why they believe the agreement should not be ratified by Parliament. He however urged Majority to approve the agreement without them saying “you [the Majority] can cowardly approve the agreement” without the Minority. -citi

WATCH: CEO of Zylofon Media gives Ebony's family 50,000GHC for her funeral

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CEO of Zylofon Media, Nana Appiah Mensah just gave the family of Ebony 50,000GHC to support them with funeral arrangements. WATCH HERE

UniBank abandons plan to challenge Bank of Ghana

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After the Central Bank took over UniBank, Unibank   wanted to look at the option of seeking arbitration. But they have  abandoned plans to consider the option of arbitration over the management takeover of the institution   because the new administrators for the Bank have been very corporati According to a lawyer for Unibank, Dr Dominic Ayine said they are no longer going that way  He, however, insist they still have issues with how the whole process was carried out. “Well, it is not about not having a case to be made, because a case could definitely be made in terms of the way the Bank of Ghana served the notice and the manner in which it conducted its affairs.”

VGMA 2018: List of nominees

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 19th Vodafone Ghana Music Awards. HIPLIFE SONG OF THE YEAR Total Cheat – Fancy Gadam ft. Sarkodie Boys Boys – Nacee ft. Guru Pain Killer – Sarkodie ft. Runtown Obi Agyi Obi Girl – Captain Planet ft. Kofi Kinaata Ayoo – Shatta Wale One Corner – Patapaa ft. Ras Cann GOSPEL SONG OF THE YEAR Boot 4 Boot – Joyce Blessing Obi Nyanime – Patience Nyarko Bo Noo Ni – Joe Mettle Efatawo – Nacee Adom – Gifty Osei Jehovah – Ceccy Twum HIGHLIFE SONG OF THE YEAR Dream – Kumi Guitar Bronya – Wutah Odo – KiDi Angela – Kuami Eugene Ladder – LilWin Over – R2Bees Hustle – Ebony AFRO POP SONG OF THE YEAR • Makoma – Adina • Oh Yeah – King Promise • Say You Love Me – KiDi • Sing My Name – MzVee • Jennifer Lomotey – Kurl Songx • Sponsor – Ebony • My Baby – Magnom • Come From Far – Stonebwoy REGGAE/DANCEHALL SONG OF THE YEAR • Until The Dawn –Efya • My Own – Samini • My Name – Stonebwoy • Faya Burn Dem – Article Wan • Rewind – MzVee • Dem Confuse HIP HOP SONG OF THE YEAR • State Of The Art –Teephlow • Li...

Shatta Wale signs million-dollar deal with Zylofon Media

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It’s now official that Shatta Wale has been signed under Zylofon Media’s record label, Zylofon Music as the artiste has now being unveiled as the new addition to their brand.

Genevieve Nnaji replaces Funke Akindele in Marvel’s Avengers: “Infinity War”

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Last week, the internet was buzzing because beautiful and talented actress Funke Akindele, known for her role on the Nigerian TV show Jenifa was selected to be part of the cast of Marvel’s action superhero movie- Avengers: “Infinity War” . The movie has Marvel superheroes such as Black Panther, Captain America, Black Widow in it. She did not make any public response to the news so no one knew for sure if she did play the part as one of the members of Dora Milaje in the movie. Noone knew till today, that is. IMDb updated the cast details on the website and it looks like Funke has been replaced Genevieve Nnaji for that particular role. Some say it is because Funke is pregant. We're still trying to get a response for Funke and her team.

Yvonne Nelson to showcase her pregnancy journey on ‘Waiting For Ryn’ TV show

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Yvonne Nelson is getting ready to show the world her life during pregnancy.  The show on the actress’s pregnancy is titled ‘Waiting for Ryn’ She tweeted “Watch out for #waitingforRYN a show I shot when I was pregnant.” Ryn is the name Yvonne Nelson and Jamie Roberts gave their daughter.

2017 Sarkodie’s Rapperholic Concert in Pictures

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Sarkodie’s annual Christmas concert, the Rapperholic Concert 5 happened live at the Accra International Conference Centre on Monday. It was sold out and everyone had mad fun! Performances were from Korede Bello, Article Wan, Captain Planet, Yaa pono, Magnom, Joey B, Jayso, Worlasi, Obrafour, Efya, Becca, Akwaboah, Donzy, Strongman, Adina, TeePhlow etc.  Here are some of the pictures from the event