The vice-presidential candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, has commended the party’s parliamentary candidate for the Essikado-Ketan constituency, Professor Dr Grace Ayensu-Danquah, for organising a free health screening exercise for the elderly in the Anoe community near Kojokrom. The event was Prof Ayensu-Danquah’s Mother’s Day gift to the elderly in the constituency, as part of ...

Nigeria’s new anti-corruption chief on Tuesday announced that $153m (£108m) had been recovered from the country’s former oil minister Diezani Alison Madueke who fled to the UK in 2015, the Vanguard news site reports. Abdulrasheed Bawa said at least 80 properties valued at $80m had also been seized. “We are looking forward to the time we will, maybe, have her ...

Ghana’s Speaker of Parliament, Alban S.K. Bagbin, has called for new leadership that can effectively deal with the threat of neo-colonialism on the African continent. According to Mr Bagbin, Africa remains at the mercy of the superpowers of the world, some of whose activities pose a serious challenge to the growth and development on the continent. Mr Bagbin made the ...

The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has described the arrest of Citi FM journalists Caleb Kudah and Zoe Abu-Baidoo as ‘unlawful and preposterous’. The biggest opposition party said: “The oppression of journalists and citizens by the despotic Akufo-Addo government must stop.” Mr Sammy Gyamfi, National Communications Officer of the NDC, said these in a social media post. The post on Facebook ...

A renowned Neurosurgeon at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital has appealed to the Akufo-Addo led government to abandon the plan to construct some 100 new hospitals and focus on investing the money in the establishment of a neuroscience centre. Speaking on the Morning Starr on Wednesday, Dr Hadi Abdallah told host Francis Abban that building a neuroscience centre which the ...

This May, the African Development Bank Group is launching a call for proposals for projects enhancing the viability and sustainability of women entrepreneurship enablers. Women’s business associations, incubators, accelerators, and cooperatives that advance women’s entrepreneurship, can apply for funding for innovative projects or programs to bolster the skills of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) owned and run by women across ...

A Neurosurgeon at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital Dr. Hadi Abdallah has expressed anger over the poor state of the country’s neurosurgeon unit at the premier hospital. The facility which serves as a referral center can only boast of four beds at its Intensive Care Unit and one operating theater. The hospital also lacks vain finders, monitors, amongst other vital ...

Ghanaian rapper Strongman is out with a new song ‘FixIt’ to add his voice to the impending social media campaign #FixTheCountry. Strongman’s ‘FixIt’ points out some of the concerns raised by the #FixTheCountry advocates and prompted government leaders to work on providing results to ease the pressure on the citizens According to lyrics from the song, he stated that although ...

The winner of the 2020 Miss Universe-Ghana Chelsea Tayui is in the USA to represent Ghana at the 2021 edition of the annual Miss Universe international beauty pageant competition scheduled to take place on Sunday, May 16. The 69th edition will be held in the city of Hollywood in Florida, USA, at 8 pm Eastern Time, airing live from the ...

The Koforidua Circuit Court “B” presided by Her Honour Mercy Addei Kotei on Tuesday, May 11, 2021 remanded into Police custody the 31 individuals who were caught mining illegally in the Eastern region under the guise of National Security. The plea of the accused persons was not taken. They are expected to reappear before the court on May 24, 2021. ...