NEWS

A new petition for impeachment has been filed against Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC), Charlotte Osei. The petition was filed on August 18 at the Presidency and is demanding that a process to remove the EC boss should be commenced over alleged breaches of public procurement practices and provisions of the Public Procurement Act 2003 (Act 663), as well ...

Campaign Coordinator at the Integrated Social Development Center (ISODEC), Dr. Steve Manteaw, says he is not impressed with the way President Nana Akufo-Addo is managing the affairs of the country. According to him, he was expecting the President to learn from the wrongs of the erstwhile NDC government and institute measures to reduce public sector corruption. “Akufo-Addo is repeating the ...

About 45,000 teacher trainees in 41 public colleges of education will, from next month, receive GH¢204 each as monthly allowance from the Students Loan Trust Fund (SLTF). Although each student is entitled to GH¢400, part of that — GH¢196 — will go directly to the colleges to pay for trainees’ utilities and feeding. The amount is, however, GH¢248 less than ...

The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) has begun a probe into corruption allegations levelled against Deputy Chiefs of Staff Samuel Abu Jinapor and Francis Asenso-Boakye, by Kwame A Plus, a staunch supporter of President Nana Akufo-Addo. Director of Communications at the Presidency, Mr Eugene Arhin, told Moro Awudu on Class91.3FM’s Executive Breakfast Show on Wednesday, 30 August that the CID spoke ...

The Minority in Parliament which demanded that President Akufo-Addo sacks deputy Agriculture minister William Quaitoo over his tribal comment has welcomed his resignation. Minority Spokesman on Communications A. B.A Fuseini told Starr News the move is a positive step. “This is a positive step, and going forward we will see what comes out but at least this points to the ...

The resigned deputy minister for food and Agriculture William Quaitoo has said he left the post in order to bring peace among those offended by his comments. “Thank you all for your kind words. In addition to the sincere apology, I resigned to bring peace among all those who were offended and to save the President and the entire party ...

The Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) has suspended trading in the shares of Cocoa Processing Company Limited (CPC) with effect from August 30, 2017. The company has failed to meet its continuing listing obligations in spite of several promptings. The obligations are failure to submit financial reports and failure to conduct Annual General Meeting. The suspension of trading in CPC will ...

Popular leisure park at Kumasi, Rattray Park, is slowly dying, as security agencies investigate theft of a USB drive containing operating software for the recreation facility’s dancing fountain. The fountain which is the park’s major attraction has ceased working for over a month, and parts of its component have begun to rust away. Two people have been arrested in connection ...

The Ghana Police service is on the heels of the leader of the People’s National Convention (PNC) Dr Edward Mahama after he failed to honour an invitation to appear before them. The case which is currently before the Kotobabi Police station was brought against the Ambassador-at-Large by the party’s suspended General Secretary Atik Mohammed. Mr Mohammed defied the National Executive ...

The under-fire deputy minister for food and Agriculture William Quaitoo has resigned, a statement from the Flagstaff Hous has said. “The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, this evening accepted the resignation from office of the Deputy Minister for Agriculture, Hon. William Quaitoo, MP, which takes immediate effect. The President wished him the very best in his future ...