NEWS

Somanya residents clash with ECG staff over ‘shocking’ bills

Some residents of Somanya in the Eastern region have clashed with  staff of the ECG in the area over billing disagreements. The angry residents have reportedly caused damages to a pickup truck belonging to the state power distributor. According to Starr News sources, the angry residents are protesting exorbitant bills submitted to them by the ECG this month. The ECG ...

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GIMPA, ACIJC honour ICC prosecutor

The Executive Chairman of the McDan Group Dr. Daniel McKorley has, on behalf of the Ghana Institute of Managament and Public Administration (GIMPA) presented a giant plaque to honour Ms. Fatou Bensouda, the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC). The presentation was done during the launch of the African Center on International Criminal Justice (ACIJC) under Law Faculty of the ...

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$2bn bond: I’ve no details – Attorney General to Adawudu

Attorney General and Minister of Justice Gloria Akuffo has responded to a request by private legal practitioner Victor Kojoga Adawudu for details regarding the $2.25 billion bond issued by the Government of Ghana about two months ago. “I acknowledge receipt of your letter bearing reference number LL/17/26 and dated 4th May, 2017 on the above subject matter. Please be informed ...

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COCOBOD to support local cocoa processing firms

Government and Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) have pledged to support local cocoa processing companies in an effort to ensure that at least 50% of the country’s cocoa is processed. Hackman Owusu-Agyeman, the board chairman of COCOBOD disclosed this during a familiarization tour of some cocoa processing companies at the Free Zones Enclave in Tema. The entourage interacted with management of ...

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Help fight galamsey – Akufo-Addo to soldiers

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said Ghanaians are looking up to the Ghana Armed Forces to be at the forefront in the fight against illegal mining, otherwise referred to as ‘galamsey’. According to Akufo-Addo, as his government intensifies its efforts to curb ‘galamsey’, which is polluting the country’s waters, destroying farmlands and forests, and threatening the very survival of ...

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More than 1,300 football fields of maize destroyed by armyworms

More than 1,350 hectares of maize farms in the Central Region have been destroyed by army worms, the Finder newspaper has reported. The Central Regional Director of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) Mr Gershon Wodzrah has revealed, the devastation at the Regional Co-coordinating Council meeting with Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) and Heads of Department in Cape ...

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What you need to know about the one-district, one-factory

The One-District-One Factory initiative was instituted by President Nana Dankwa Akufo-Addo, to address the challenge of slow economic growth at the district level. The initiative aims to achieve this through a massive private sector led nationwide industrialization drive, which will equip and empower communities to utilise their local resources in manufacturing products that are in high demand both locally and ...

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Leaked sex tape involving two SHS students goes viral

A leaked sex tape involving some two Senior High Schools (SHS) students in the West Gonja District of the Northern Region has gone viral. The video believed to have been recorded by a third party after the lady in the act was deceived and blind folded, the girl and boy involved are heard speaking Gonja. The video was first posted ...

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Delta 8 release political – Ackumey

A member of the legal team of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Chris Ackumey, has criticized the decision by a Kumasi Circuit Court to release the eight members of the Delta Force. The court presided by Patricia Amposah on May 17, 2017 struck out the case against the eight who raided a court sitting to free 13 of their ...

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