The Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has commended the National Information Contact Centre for the role they are playing in Ghana’s fight against COVID-19. The Vice President, who is Chairman of Ghana’s COVID-19 Monitoring Team, paid a working visit to the Centre, which has been turned into the National COVID-19 Call Centre, on Thursday to be abreast with their operations. ...

The shareholders of GN Savings and Loans are praying the High Court to order the Bank of Ghana (BoG) to restore their specialised deposit-taking licence. The prayer was contained in the written address that the lawyers filed on behalf of the shareholders. “These actions were taken pursuant to Section 123 (1) of the Banks and Specialised Deposit-Taking Institutions Act, 2016 ...

The Upper West Regional Police Command has commenced a vigorous search for a Forty-six-year-old Nigerian national who tested positive of the novel Coronavirus but has left his home where he was to self-isolate. Upper West Regional Police Commander DCOP Francis Aboagye Nyarko in an interview with Starr News said the command has already dispatched police personnel to hunt for the ...

The National Youth Authority (NYA) is set to train about 2,000 young volunteers to augment the government’s efforts in the fight against the novel Coronavirus pandemic. The authority will train and equip additional thousands with entrepreneurial skills ostensibly to address the issues of job losses resulting from the pandemic. Speaking at the Ministry of Information press briefing today, April 16, ...

Public Relations Officer of the Ashanti Regional Police Command, ASP Godwin Ahianyo has labelled as false, reports concerning some 5 alleged ‘mysterious’ deaths in Kumasi. According to him, the deceased persons did not die under any strange circumstances as reported by the media. Although he did not deny that some five people have died, Mr. Ahianyo said some of these ...

The International Monetary Fund, IMF has projected that Ghana will not go into an economic recession later this year due to Covid-19 pandemic. Some developmental partners of Ghana including the World Bank have warned that the country could go into an economic recession due to the Covid-19 outbreak. IMF Country Director for Ghana, Dr Albert Touna Mama in a radio ...

Lawyers for Dr Papa Kwesi Nduom have told an Accra High Court that the Ministry of Finance maliciously lied to the Bank of Ghana that the Government only owes Groupe Nduom only GH¢ 30.33 million. “The evidence, as shown by the turn of events narrated in the previous sections of this address, suggests strongly that the patent misrepresentation by BoG ...

The CEO of the light foundation, Sheikh Ali Abubakar Napari has lauded the efforts of Individuals, Institutions and corporate bodies for their enormous supports to the vulnerable towards the fight against COVID-19 in the midst of the lockdown. He disclosed this when he interacted with a section of the press after an interfaith dialogue on Facebook organised by the light ...

The spokesperson for the national Chief Imam, sheikh Aremeyaw Shaibu has appealed to Ghanaians to desist from using the current health crisis (COVID-19) which has plunged many nations into economic difficulties and killed millions of people across the globe to enrich themselves at the detriment of the poor. He said this in an interfaith Facebook programme organised by the Light ...

West Ham United manager David Moyes has named former Chelsea midfielder Michael Essien as one of his biggest transfer regrets. During his coaching stint at Everton, Moyes followed the 37-year-old midfield star when he was playing in Ligue 1 with Bastia and Lyon. The Goodison Park outfit was unable to complete a move for him, with Essien joining Chelsea for ...