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President of Policy think tank IMANI Africa, Franklin Cudjoe is convinced the posture and utterances of the Electoral Commission (EC) as regards this year’s electoral process are indications that the body is under a spell. “The more one listens to the EC commissioners on this horribly managed electoral process, it becomes obvious immediately, that they have been possessed by some ...

Bishop Daniel Obinim has dismissed reports that he has been ordered by court to pay GHC1.5 million in tax liability. According to him, the Commercial High Court presided over by Justice Doreen Boakye-Agyei, did not order any such payment against him urging the public to dismiss the reports. The case against the popular preacher did not bother on tax liability, ...

Renault is cutting 15,000 jobs worldwide as part of a €2bn (£1.8bn) cost-cutting plan after seeing sales plunge because of the virus pandemic. “This plan is essential,” said chief executive Clotilde Delbos, who announced cuts in production to focus on more profitable car models. Some 4,600 job cuts will be in France, and the firm said on Friday that it ...

The Asesewa District Police Command in the Eastern Region have arrested two (2) out of six (6) fishermen for allegedly drowning a suspected fishing net thief in the Volta Lake. The suspects arrested are Teye Joseph, 43, and Kwaku Narh, 38. Other accomplices now on the run are Gatorgbor, Kennedy, Shortee and Kwasi Pepe. The incident occurred at Kwabea Teye ...

The woes of embattled pastor Daniel Obinim, founder and leader of International God’s Way Church (IGWC), do not appear to be over as the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) chases him to pay about GH¢1.6 million in taxes to the state. As if that is not enough, the Member of Parliament (MP) for Assin Central, Kennedy Ohene Agyapong, who has launched ...

Kwame Baffoe (Abronye DC), the Bono regional chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has stated that the brother of the late President John Evans Atta-Mills, is someone who always speaks under the influence of alcohol. Previously, a furious Samuel Atta Mills, a relative of President Atta-Mills cum MP for Komenda-Edina-Eguaafo-Abirem (KEEA), sounded a stern warning to politicians, especially those ...

Former President and flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress, John Dramani Mahama has donated some Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to the South Tongu and Ketu South District/Municipal hospitals in Sogakope and Aflao respectively, on Thursday 28 May 2020 in support of the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic. Each of the two facilities received 2000 nose masks, 2000 pieces of hand ...

Banks have rescheduled over GH¢1.6bn in existing loans in addition to significant reductions in interest rates to cushion the impact of the coronavirus shock on the private sector, president of the Ghana Association of Bankers Alhassan Andani has said. The loans were rescheduled to periods ranging from three months to one year, especially for clients in the services sector, Mr. ...

The Criminal Investigations Department of the Police Service has invited National chairman of the PNC Bernard Mornah over an alleged threat to resist attempts by the Electoral Commission to compile a new register for the December elections. A Police invitation sighted by Starrfm.com.gh asked Mr Mornah to report to the CID boss on Tuesday, June 2, 2020. The statement also ...

A survey by the Centre for Social Science Research (CSSR) at the Kumasi Technical University has revealed that 93 per cent of final year university students want schools to reopen. President Akufo-Addo in March this year directed the shutdown of all schools including universities due to the Coronavirus pandemic. Several academics have called on the government to allow final year ...