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Residents of several suburbs in Tamale in the Northern region of Ghana were living without power after an already ravaged Gridco substation in the metropolis was hit by a minor blast Thursday evening. The blast destroyed some stressed power equipment at the control room of the substation that were installed to temporary evacuate power to customers following an earlier incident ...

The Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong, has described the host of Adom TV’s Badwam, Omanhene Kwabena Asante as a dishonest person. The MP who appeared not to be happy with the host’s demeanor when he tried presenting proof of the Mahama-led administration’s involvement in the collapse of Merchant Bank, resorted to attacking his character. Honourable Agyepong presented ...

The suspected killers of Major Maxwell Mahama have rejected members selected to join the jury who will decide their fate in the murder trial. Fourteen potential members were picked by the Court out of which seven will be selected to form the jury but the suspected killers rejected eight of the 14. The suspected killers through their lawyers kept rejecting ...

It appears efforts by President Akufo-Addo and his government to curb illegal mining is being thwarted by some state security personnel for their own parochial interest. A video clip has emerged implicating a man said to be a national security personnel. Evans Kwarfo who did not know he was under investigation by Anas Aremeyaw Anas and his Tiger Eye PI ...

Former Deputy Minister of Power, John Abdulai Jinapor, has refuted claims by the Public Interest and Accountability Committee (PIAC) that 50 per cent of oil-funded projects are non-existent. “The report is not just misleading, but a clear attempt to twist facts and to serve political parochial interest,” the Member of Parliament (MP) for Yapei/Kusawgu Constituency stated on Wednesday, 11 April ...

Lawyers of former Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), Dr Stephen Opuni, have said it is only fair that the Attorney General furnishes them with documents the state is relying on in prosecuting Dr Opuni and businessman Seidu Agongo. According to the spokesperson of the legal team, Edudzi Tamakloe, the Attorney General cannot blindfold the accused persons ...

The Israeli ambassador to Ghana Ami Mehl has denied refusing Visa to Ghanaian MP Ras Mubarak who was scheduled to speak at a conference at Palestine. The National Democratic Congress MP for Kumbungu was traveling under the aegis of the Palestinian Authority to present a paper in Ramallah. “It is true and very unfortunate,” Mr. Mubarak told Starr News from ...

Deputy Minister of Education, Mr Osei Yaw Adutwum says the implementation of the free senior high school was a deliberate policy by the government to improve the literacy level amongst the citizenry. He said the nation had no choice but to move on that tangent to train and build the kind of skilled human resources needed to speed up her ...

The office of the National Chief Imam has rejected suggestions to Muslims in the country to adopt the modern ways of calling their members to prayers as against the old conservative way of using megaphones. Minister for Environment, Science, Technology and Innovations, Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng on April 10 proposed the use of mobile applications like text messages and WhatsApp in ...

Founder of Glorious Word Power Ministry, Rev. Isaac Owusu Bempah, has confirmed his appointment to serve on the Breast and Cervical Cancer Board of the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection. The news of Rev. Bempah’s appointment went viral earlier this week in both traditional and social media platforms. Many Ghanaians have raised concerns over his appointment, asking whether ...