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The Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has revealed that but for his intervention, Former President John Agyekum Kufuor and Jerry John Rawlings would have still been bitter enemies till date. Addressing a gathering as part of activities commemorating 20th years of his ascension of the golden stool, the Asantehene revealed that he had to engage in a marathon meeting with ...

The minister of state in charge of national security at the Presidency Bryan Acheampong must be sanctioned for unleashing masked security operatives to police an election, the Short Commission recommended. The confidential report in possession of Starrfm.com.gh, said Mr. Acheampong must take “ultimate responsibility” for the operation which resulted in the shooting of six people, leaving several others injured during ...

The presidential commission of inquiry into the Ayawaso by-election violence has recommended the prosecution of a national security operative Mr. Ernest Akomea alias ‘Double’. During his testimony before the commission, ‘Double’ confessed using an unauthorized weapon during the SWAT team’s operation at the residence of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) parliamentary candidate. In its recommendation to President Akufo-Addo, the three-member ...

The Minority in Parliament has once again rejected President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s Bono regional Minister Nominee Evelyn Kumi-Richardson. The NDC MPs argue that the nominee is not fit for the office, given a number of controversies she’s embroiled in. Speaking on the floor ahead of her approval, North Tongu MP, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, accused Ms Richardson of perjury when ...

The Director General of the Ghana Education Service announced reforms to the current educational system including replacing the existing primary school curriculum and introducing new uniforms for Junior High School [JHS] pupils. Addressing the press Thursday, Prof. Kwasi Opoku-Amankwa said the introduction of the school uniform to pupils of JHS is a psychological strategy to make the pupils see themselves ...

The family of late Ahmed Suale has refuted claims they received any support from Anas Aremeyaw Anas and Kennedy Agyapong to finance a press conference or arrest the suspected murderers of the murdered journalist. According to the family, all events held by them were sponsored with the family resources. Speaking at the Maiden Ahmed Suale press freedom memorial lecture, the ...

Each year, countries around the world – Africa, specifically, spend huge sums of money on mosquito control programmes and mosquito bite treatment. Amid several interventions meant to eliminate the deadly insect, there are concerns about the chemicals’ toxins that are released into the environment. There are even suggestions totally getting rid of mosquitoes will create imbalance in nature. So what ...

During a two-day working visit to the Western North region, President Akufo-Addo met with the Omanhene of Sefwi Wiawso Traditional Area, who praised the President as being “courageous” and a “promise keeper” for his government’s creation of a new region there. “Many were those who did not believe in you, but you have proven to us that you are ?seade?y? ...

Two men who killed an ex-police officer and dumped his body into the Volta Lake at Old Marine, near Akosombo in 2007, were yesterday sentenced to death by an Accra High Court. Ebenezer Tei, aka Rastaman, a fetish priest and Felix Okpanye, farmer, who claimed to have powers to double money. Famous Yevugah, a deceased herbalist, beheaded the ex-police officer, ...

The latest Fiscal Monitor report by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned government it risks sliding into a debt crisis if non-concessional borrowing like Eurobonds are not invested into profitable projects that enhance repayment capacity. The report was launched yesterday in Washington, DC, and said Ghana – just like a number of countries in sub-Saharan Africa which have taken ...