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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 ...

The President, H.E Nana Akufo Addo has sacked the President of Ghana Telecom University College, (GTUC) Prof. Nana Osei Darkwa from office. A letter communicating the termination of Prof. Nana Osei Darkwa’s appointment was signed by Minister of Communications, Mrs Ursula Owusu Ekuful dated September 25, 2017. “On behalf of H.E The President, Nana Addo Dankwah Akufo Addo, I wish ...

The Omanhene of Awutu Traditional Area, Nai Abokuadzi Agyeman Whettey Otabil III has described as ‘devils’ those against government’s free Senior High School (SHS) policy. According to him, the faceless people sabotaging and predicting failure for the policy are ‘unpatriotic’ who see nothing good in the NPP government. Nai Abokuadzi Agyeman Whettey Otabil III could not fathom why people will ...

The Chief Justice of Ghana, Justice Sophia Akufo, has described the current budgetary allocation to the Judiciary by government as woefully inadequate. According to her, the meagre amount is not even released on time by the Executive arm of government which puts a lot of pressure on the judiciary. Justice Akufo added that there must be a total re-look at ...

Miss Ruth Ama Gyan-Darkwa, a 13-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Kwadwo Gyan-Darkwa of Space Workers College, has been admitted as the youngest ever at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in Kumasi. The girl, a native of Anyimon, Berekum in the Brong-Ahafo Region, and who lives at Prempeh College, Kumasi, where her father is a Senior ...