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The cause of the National Democratic Congress’ (NDC) defeat at the 2016 polls must be blamed on ‘con groups’ whose primary interest was to prosecute a personal agenda at variance with the overall objective of the party, Communications Officer Solomon Nkansah has said. According to him, his office cannot absolve itself of the blame because the party lacked good communicators ...

The Chief Justice Sophia Akuffo has bemoaned the growing indiscipline at the BAR of Ghana as she charges newly enrolled lawyers to be of good behavior. According to Justice Akuffo, the high level of indiscipline amongst lawyers in Ghana is alarming and disappointing. Addressing 208 newly enrolled lawyers to the Ghana BAR at the enrollment ceremony held at the Banquet ...

Ghana’s President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, says his life has been about having big dreams for the poor but his attempts to actualise those aspirations have been met with sharp criticisms every step of the way. “I have always been criticised in whatever I do in Ghana,” he told a cheering crowd in Bolgatanga, the Upper East regional capital, when ...

Former President Jerry John Rawlings has denied authoring several posts on Facebook attributed to him on social media. The office of the former president in a statement said Mr. Rawlings has only one official Facebook account: https://web.facebook.com/President.J.J.Rawlings/, rejecting several publications by fraudulent persons on some Facebook pages attributed to him. “All other Facebook accounts or pages purporting to be official ...

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has revealed how the Mahama-led National Democratic Congress (NDC) government’s contract worth about GH¢4.6 billion ($1.2 billion) is going to be executed by President Akufo-Addo’s New Patriotic Party (NPP) administration for less than $4 million. The multi-billion dollar project involved the establishment of a national switch to make mobile money payments and other transfers interoperable ...

A gas explosion at the Tulip Inn Hotel at Shiashie in Accra has claimed the lives of four employees after all attempts to save their lives at the hospital proved unsuccessful. The incident, which occurred around 1 p.m. on September 26, 2017 in the hotel’s kitchen, affected the four hospitality staff – Francis Dzigbor, electrician; Emmanuel Baffoe Gyan, gas technician; ...

Former President John Mahama appears to have taken a swipe at his critics following the flak he received over the botched Kenya elections after arriving in Liberia, where he leads the ECOWAS observer mission to monitor the country’s election. Upon arrival in Monrovia Thursday, Mahama told the Liberian media that he and the team will do everything in their power ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has pledged the commitment of his government towards ensuring universal coverage and access to electricity to all parts of Ghana by the end of his term in office. Addressing the Lawra Traditional Council, on day 2 of his 7-day tour of the three Northern Regions, President Akufo-Addo bemoaned the fact that “the Upper West Region, ...

The Council of Imams and Zongo Chiefs in the Ashanti Region has condemned a video that went viral on social media showing female students of the Islamic Senior High School (ISSEC) twerking to the ‘One Corner’ song. The council has however called for considerate punishment to be meted out to the students to serve as a deterrent to their colleagues. ...

Communications minister Ursula Owusu-Ekuful has claimed that sexual harassment is rife in media houses across the country. She said the media does not talk about the issue even though they appear aware of the situation. “Sexual harassment is rife in most media houses but many do not talk about it,” she told Francis Abban on the Morning Starr Wednesday. This ...