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The Government of Ghana has already received money from the Swedish government for the introduction of the controversial Comprehensive Sexuality Education programme in Ghanaian schools, North Tongu MP Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has claimed. According to him, the Swedish government doled out $22 million to Ghana and other African countries to help them curb social opposition that may arise as result ...

Former President John Mahama says the Comprehensive Sexuality Education programme is unacceptable and must be withdrawn immediately by the government. He says educational policies of government must respect the cultural values and norms of Ghanaians. In a Facebook post, Mr. Mahama said: “I fully understand the outrage of the moral society and a large majority of parents, opposing the planned ...

Ex-President Jerry John Rawlings has backed down on his call for the interdiction of the Board Chairman of the Ghana Water Company, Alexander Afenyo-Markin. Mr Rawlings in a keynote address delivered at a conference of NDC Cadres and activists of the Revolution in Kumasi over the weekend bemoaned the fact that some NPP appointees are still in office when corrupt ...

Armed Police personnel have been deployed to the Ashanti regional office of the NDC after some angry supporters besieged the place over suspicions that the party intends to disqualify Emmanuel Boahen in the Suame Parliamentary primaries after the vetting today. Mr. Boahen whose vetting ended around 11am is yet to know his fate.   The angry supporters are chanting war ...

Former Director of Political Affairs at the Presidency, Manaf Ibrahim has subtly reacted to news of his sack from the presidency as was reported by MyNewsGh.com on Tuesday, October 1, 2019. Moments after the news went viral about his dismissal, the Asawase lawmaker hopeful took to social media to reaffirm his faith in Allah indicating that he has never disappointed ...

The two Police officers captured in a viral video flogging a suspect at the Railway Police station under the Koforidua Police command have been interdicted. The interdiction was under the instruction of the acting Inspector General of Police James Oppong-Boanuh, Starr News has learnt. This was after a preliminary investigation by a fact finding team from the Regional Police Headquarters ...

Director of Communications for Ghana Gas Company Limited, Ernest Owusu Bempah has alleged that former President, John Dramani Mahama, is the faceless person behind the failed coup meant to overthrow the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) government. Making these wild allegations on Net 2 TV, Owusu Bempah averred that the former president purposely planned the attack with the sole aim ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has launched the Ghana National Plastics Action Partnership, which seeks to stop the growth of global plastic pollution, and also ensure, amongst others, that plastics do not find their way into the country’s marine bodies. Speaking at the launch of the initiative on Tuesday, 1st October, 2019, at the Labadi Beach Hotel, Akufo-Addo noted that ...

The people of Behenase in the Bekwai Municipality have dared the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bekwai, Lawyer Joseph Osei Owusu, the Municipal Chief Executive, Mr. Kyei Baffuor, Bekwai constituency party executives and the New Patriotic Party (NPP) machinery not to step in the community to campaign for votes towards the 2020 elections. They claim the party has ignored them ...

Special Prosecutor, Martin Amidu, has called on Ghanaian leaders to end the practice of freeing elites who spend short term in jail after being convicted for corrupt practices while individuals jailed for misdemeanours rot in prisons for years. Mr Amidu wants a regime where there will be tougher punishments for officials found to have engaged in corruption to make the ...