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The Supreme Court has granted NDC Flagbearer Dramani Mahama leave to amend the errors in his Election Petition. Lawyers for both the President and Electoral Commission of Ghana (EC) opposed the motion for the amendment. The Apex Court, however, held that the amendment will not in any way affect the Election Petition and accordingly granted it. The Supreme Court ordered ...

The strike by the members of the Teachers and Education Workers Union (TEWU) has entered a second day as a meeting convened by the government ended inconclusively. The meeting was convened by the employment minister and the fair wages and salaries Commission as TEWU members abandoned their post to demand revised conditions of service. Starr News has learned the TEWU ...

Students at Boadukrom, a suburb of Nkawkaw in the Kwahu West Municipal Assembly of Eastern Region cannot go to school on 15th January over the poor state of their school building. Classes 5 and 6 have been collapsed due to the poor structure. The number of classrooms is supposed to be Six (6) but the building has five (5) classrooms ...

Ghana has recorded 175 new COVID-19 cases, pushing the number of active cases to 1,404. The total cumulative case count as of January 11 stands at 56,982 with 55, 236 recoveries. However, the total number of deaths have increased to 341 from 338 after three more people succumbed to the deadly virus. On Thursday the Ghana Health Service has called ...

Your most trusted news website MyNewsGh.com has authoritatively confirmed that the next Minister for Youth and Sports in the Akufo-Addo-Bawumia administration goes to Member of Parliament for Yagaba Kubore, Mustapha Yussif while former Deputy Attorney General, Godfred Yeboah Dame has been elevated to full minister. Until his ministerial appointment, Mustapha Yussif was the Executive Secretary of the National Service Scheme. ...

The NPP Member of Parliament for Suame and the Majority Leader for the 7th Parliament has outrightly dismissed suggestions that he conspired with Tema West MP Carlos Ahenkorah to snatch ballot papers during the election of the Speaker of Parliament. During the election of the Speaker of Parliament on January 7, Mr Ahenkorah marred the process by snatching uncounted ballot ...

Prestige Links Security Limited has sued Ghana Oil Company (GOC) to the tune of US$15,000,000 million for damages accruing over an eight-year period. In the proposed statement of claim made by Prestige Links Security Limited (herein as Plaintiff) versus Ghana Oil Company (Defendant), the aforementioned is seeking a declaration by the High Court that the Defendant breached a duty of ...

The hearing on the presidential election petition filed by Flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) John Dramani Mahama begins today. The petitioner, Mr. Mahama, is seeking a rerun of the December 7, 2020 elections between himself and Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) because he believes both leading candidates did not obtain 50 percent of ...

The United Nations Children’s Fund says the closure of schools due to the COVID-19 pandemic will impact negatively on the development, safety, and wellbeing of children globally, noting that schools are not drivers of the viral disease. UNICEF also warned that the effects of closing school for another year will be felt for generations to come. The agency in a ...

Dr. Henry Herbert Lartey, leader of the Great Consolidated Popular Party (GCPP), on Monday described the ‘balanced’ nature of Ghana’s 8th Parliament as good for the nation’s growing democracy. He said it would ensure that Parliament function effectively and independently, adding that, this clearly shows Ghana is gradually but steadily growing in democratic governance. Dr. Lartey in an interview with ...