President Akufo-Addo has tasked public universities to brace for an astronomical increase in prospective students following the government’s implementation of Free Senior High School (SHS) policy. He used the occasion of the investiture of the first female chancellor of the University of Ghana, Mary Chinery-Hesse, to alert Vice-Chancellors across the country’s to prepare to absorb an expected marked increase in ...

Barring any last minute changes, President Akufo-Addo will today swear in Jean Adukwei Mensa as the new chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Graphic Online has gathered. Also to be sworn into office today is Mr. Samuel Tettey and Dr. Eric Asare Bossman as the two deputies and Ms. Adwoa Asuama Abrefa as a member of the Electoral Commission. The appointment ...

A former Diplomat, James Victor Gbeho, has rallied National Democratic Congress (NDC) to support the candidature of Prof. Joshua Alabi to become the flagbearer of the party going into the 2020 elections. “My brother (Hon Ken Dzirasah) and I sat down one afternoon by the riverside in Sogakope. We thought a lot about our party. We thought a lot about ...

Information Minister Dr Mustapha Abdul-Hamid has asked the public to ignore Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta’s opinion that the Free Senior High School (SHS) policy be reviewed to target the poor while the rich are made to pay for their children’s second-cycle education. According to him, the vision of President Nana Akufo-Addo is a free-for-all SHS programme and that is what ...

At least three local banks are likely to cease to be in operations today as the Bank of Ghana readies to announce banks that have been unable to meet its new minimum capital requirement of GHC400 million. According to Starrfmonline.com sources, the affected banks have not been in existence for long with their operations spanning between 2 and 5 years. ...

The Bank of Ghana has collapsed five banks into a Consolidated Bank of Ghana Limited. The banks are BEIGE, Sovereign, Construction, UniBank and Royal Bank. It follows the insolvency of the four banks after investigations by Bank of Ghana. The BoG Governor, Dr Ernest Addison announced this Wednesday afternoon. Graphic Online’s reporter, Maxwell Adombilla Akalaare, who was at the press ...

The Construction Bank is winding down its operations in Ghana, Starrfmonline.com can confirm. The “voluntary” move by the shareholders and board of directors is in consultation with the regulator – the Bank of Ghana. The bank is in the process of notifying all its customers of the imminent changes, but has assured that “all official business transactions will continue until ...

The Ghana Bar Association (GBA) has charged the General Legal Council (GLC) to immediately investigate the allegations of malpractices in the 2018 entrance examinations to the Ghana School of Law. Some LLB holders seeking admission to the Ghana School of Law are upset over an alleged leakage of their exams after the supposed questions together with answers and marking scheme ...

Organization is about effective and judicious management of resources to coordinate activities to achieve positive and appealing results. At this crucial moment we found ourselves in opposition, party field operator must not be synonymous to bankruptcy. Field operator for the world bank of the NDC, must be someone who is highly connected within and outside the country to be able ...

Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong has expressed worry over investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas’ constant use of beads as a way of masking himself. “We have begun the court processes and I am ever ready to meet Anas in court. The only problem I have with Anas is his constant use of hood even in the court. ...