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The most controversial Ghanaians are well-known individuals who have attained notoriety for engaging in acts that sometimes outrage, shock, disappoint or divide members of the public. Here are 11 of the most controversial people in Ghana: 11. Asamoah Gyan  The 30-year-old, who plies his trade with Shanghai SIPG, has courted one controversy after another in the last five years. The ...

More than 20 students of the St. Martins Senior High School at Nsawam in the Eastern region have collapsed on campus. According to a student, who spoke to StarrFMonline.com, 13 of her colleagues collapsed Sunday night during Prep while the other seven experienced the attack Monday morning during assembly. Three of the victims, she said, are boys while the 13 ...

There is fear and panic among students of Koforidua Secondary Technical School (SECTEC) following the death of a form two student identified as Yaw Dennis. The student died Friday morning at the Regional Government Hospital, Koforidua of meningitis. Sources in the school indicate that, the deceased continued to complain to his friends of severe fever and body weakness about a ...

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has observed that one may need some special grace and mercy to be able to do the kind of work that President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo does. According to him, the president hardly sleeps at night when everybody, including some of his own appointees, may be snoring in beds. Dr Bawumia claims that sometimes people, ...

This week President Akufo Addo trended on social media for a while, both in Ghana and in many parts of the world, for boldly declaring his ambition to create a Ghana Beyond Aid. As he stood beside the French President, Emmanuel Macron, he did not mince words. He spoke about Ghana being economically independent and dependent on others to support her. ...

Former Chief of Staff, Julius Debrah, is expected to appear before Financial Forensic Unit of the Criminal Investigations Department Friday to answer questions on the $74 million waste bins contract. Joy News investigations established that Julius Debrah was the one who initiated the contract, which was found to have been inflated by at least 31 million dollars or 130 million ...

The Health Minister Kwaku Agyemang-Manu has given the assurance that health authorities in the country are working assiduously to determine the cause of the recent outbreak at the Kumasi Academy which has caused the death of some 10 students since the beginning of the year. According to him, initial findings of the tests conducted on blood samples and cerebral spinal ...

Authorities of Kumasi Academy in the Ashanti region has began intercessory prayer sessions following the death of four students last week. On Wednesday morning, December 6, 2017, school authorities including teachers, students and parents converged at the school’s Assembly Hall to seek God’s intervention. Four students have died and at least 18 others hospitalized for an unknown diseases in less ...

It has now been exactly 11 months since Nana Akufo-Addo was elected as Ghana President. In these 11 months, the president has undoubtedly had both highs and lows. The enrollment of the Free Senior High School (Free SHS) programme would certainly go down as this government’s biggest achievement so far. There have also been certain grounds being laid to ensure ...

The Minority Spokesperson on Mines and Energy, Adam Mutawakilu, has alleged that there is an attempt to cover up the premix diversion scandal. According to him, government’s failure to make any arrests, indicates a lack of willingness to ensure that the perpetrators are brought to book. Speaking on Eyewitness News on Tuesday, Adam Mutawakilu suggested that, persons who signed off ...