Author Archives: larryehu

UG schools graduate students on thesis writing

The School of Graduate Studies has organized a two-day thesis writing workshop for Graduate Students at the Cedi Conference Centre at the University of Ghana. A total of 150 graduate students participated on the first day, while 250 participated on the second day. In his opening remarks, the Dean of the School of Graduate Studies, Prof. Kwaku Tano-Debrah, emphasized the ...

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Ghana loses GH¢19 million to fire outbreaks

The country lost about GH¢19 million to fire outbreaks between January and September this year. According to the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS), this had come about as the consequence of 4,476 fire outbreaks that were recorded within the period. From statistics made available by the service, the fire incidents also claimed 271 lives and left 1,714 persons with varying ...

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Karela United appoints Elloeny Amande as new CEO

Ghana Premier League side, Karela United FC has appointed Mr. Elloeny Amande as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO), ahead of the 2019/2020 league season. Mr. Amande, a lawyer by profession as well as an astute broadcaster and marketer, has worked with different media outfits including the Multimedia and Media General groups, as host of flagship sports programmes. As a ...

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District polls record disappointing turnout

Polls have closed in today’s district assembly elections with many of the centres recording a disappointing turnout. According to Starr News Musah Lansa most of the places he visited in the Ayawaso area recorded less than 10% of the expected numbers on the voters’ register. He also reported there is ” too much partisan politics that has taken over the ...

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Kotoka International Airport welcomes Air Senegal

The Kotoka International Airport on Monday witness the dramatic traditional water cannon salute to the return of Air Senegal to Ghana after years of withdrawal with the introduction of its maiden direct between Accra and Dakar. The Maiden flight A319 touched down on Monday, December 16, with 62 passengers. It would fly to Ghana four times in a week on ...

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Rawlings didn’t know about the killing of the judges – General Nunoo-Mensah

A former chief of defence staff under the PNDC, General Joseph Nunoo-Mensah says former president Jerry John Rawlings did not know about the killing of the three High Court judges and the ex-soldier abducted during the era of the Provisional National Defence Council (PNDC). In an interview with Citi TV, the former national security advisor opined that people know the ...

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‘A lot of fingers can’t be recognised’ – EC defends ¢400m request for new voters’ register

The Electoral Commission (EC) says its current system is outdated and weak hence the request for ¢444,846,663 to compile a new voters’ register before the 2020 general election. EC’s Director of Electoral Services, Dr Serebour Quaicoe during the PM Express show on Tuesday said the Commission is currently facing numerous challenges with the biometric verification system which need to be ...

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Menzgold to announce payment plan today

Menzgold will today announce a payment plan and schedule fo payment for its numerous customers whose investments are held up with the company. It comes after the company invited the customers to visit their respective outlets to validate their documents in November. The CEO of the company Nana Appiah Mensah, ahead of today’s planned announcement, asked customer groups to forward ...

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Judicial corruption must not happen again – Akufo-Addo to judges

President Akufo-Addo has drawn the attention of some forty-five (45) newly appointed Justices of the Superior Court of Judicature (High Court and Court of Appeal) to the fact that the people of Ghana will not in any way accept the repetition of the 2015 Judicial Corruption exposé by Anas Aremeyaw Anas, that led to the removal of several Judges from ...

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