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The Eastern Regional Security Council will today visit the troubled Afram Plains area to access the security situation on the ground following the deadly clashes between Fulani nomads and farmers there in recent times. 10 persons have died and about 163 displaced in 12 communities in the revived conflicts between the herdsmen and locals. Schools and health facilities have been ...

Former president John Dramani Mahama has accused the media in Ghana for what he calls hard handedness during his tenure. According to him, the media linked him to every negative act of his appointees but have been charitable to President Akufo-Addo. Speaking at the NDC Unity Walk in the Central region over the weekend, Mahama averred the media are now ...

Former President John Mahama has mocked the Akufo-Addo government over the new digital address system that was launched some weeks ago. According to him, the government must hold someone accountable for paying for a service that is available on mobile phones already through google map. “….Otherwise, how can you launch a whopping GPS system that is freely available on our ...

Former Central Regional Minister Aquinas Tawiah Quansah, has revealed that the organisers of the National Democratic Congress’ unity walk held in Cape Coast on Sunday, 5 November were aware that former President Jerry John Rawlings was not going to turn up. Several stalwarts of the NDC including former president John Dramani Mahama and former Vice Chancellor of the University of ...

Officials of the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly with the support of vigilante group Delta Forces have embarked on a decongestion exercise in the Central Business District of Kumasi, the Ashanti regional capital. All traders who operate around Adum Pampaso, Suame roundabout, Komfo Anokye and Dr. Mensa are being asked to vacate the premises and relocate their shops. Starr FM’s Ashanti regional ...

The humiliating defeat of President John Mahama and his NDC seems to have had more than telling effects on the former Ghanaian leader than what can be considered to be normalcy. Much as everyone has the inalienable right to express his or her sentiments on matters of national importance, going to the extent of labeling fellow human beings as animals ...

The news of the introduction of an insurance and welfare scheme for all service personnel intended to take effect with the current crop of people has been greeted with mixed feeling. Whereas some personnel have welcomed the policy describing it as good and laudable others see it as a means of extorting money from the already meagre amount received as ...

Former Minister for Trade and Industry, Mr Ekwow Spio-Garbrah, has refuted reports suggesting that he has commended the New Patriotic Party (NPP) administration for managing the economy better than the National Democratic Congress (NDC) government. In a post on Facebook, Mr Spio-Garbrah described the report as “inaccurate.” He explained he only commended the “NPP’s performance with regards to reducing inflation ...

Professor Francis Kofi Ampenyin Allotey has passed away. He died on Thursday, November 2, around 9 pm. Speaking in an interview with host Kwami Sefa Kayi on Peace FM’s ‘Kokrokoo’ programme, a relative disclosed that Professor Francis Allotey, who was initially healthy Thursday morning; had made several complaints of ill health the same day and was rushed to the hospital. He ...

Introduction of the free Senior High School policy in Ghana was not motivated by political gains but to ensure that every Ghanaian child gets the opportunity to further their education beyond Junior High School, President Akufo Addo has said. Addressing the Bawku Naba Asigri Abugrago II and a host of other chiefs from the Bawku traditional area when they called ...