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A former Radio Gold journalist and Member of Parliament for Tamale North, has lashed out at founder and leader of International Central Gospel Church (ICGC), Pastor Mensah Otabil for responding to critics using his pulpit. According to Alhassan Suhuhini, Dr. Mensah Otabil’s jab at his critics about the bankruptcy of Capital Bank recently whiles preaching is ungodly. The ICGC leader ...

Managing Editor for the Insight Newspaper, Kwesi Pratt Jnr, says Ghana is likely to be affected by the ongoing demonstrations against the Gnassingbe family dynasty in Togo. President Faure Gnassingbe has been in power in the West African country since the death in 2005 of his father, Gnassingbe Eyadema, who had been in control for 38 years. Protesters on Saturday ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will on Friday, August 25, 2017 launch government’s flagship policy known as ‘One District One Factory’ at Ekumfi in the Central region. The launch will include a sod-cutting to begin the construction of the Ekumfi Fruit Processing Company which will process pineapples for the local and international markets. Currently, the company cultivates the fruit and ...

Tourist sites in all regions across Ghana have been earmarked for renovation, according to the acting CEO of the Ghana Tourism Authority, Akwasi Agyeman. He said the move is to boost tourism in Ghana. “The issue is partly because we are not taking the things God has given us seriously…We have 11 regions under our authority; Tema is one region ...

West African Examination Council (WAEC) has released over 100 personal contacts of persons who promised to change results of candidates who failed their examination. Social media has been awashed with rumours that WAEC’s system had been hacked. However, the Head of WAEC’s office in Ghana, Rev. Sam Nii Ollenu, denied the reports, adding that some fraudsters have been arrested and ...

The Ankaful Psychiatric Hospital in the Central Region has threatened to discharge over one hundred patients, due to the lack of funds to run the facility. The Acting Clinical Coordinator of the Ankaful Psychiatric Hospital, Dr Emefa Dzide spoke about the distressing situation when members of the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints made a donation to ...

The Majority in Parliament has charged the Ministry of Interior to as a matter of urgency institute measures to retrieve unlicensed weapons from individuals in the country. The call comes at a time when the country is witnessing a surge in gun violence which has resulted in the death of at least two police men in the last two months. ...

The Chief Executive Officer of the Minerals Commission, Dr. Toni Aubynn has been directed to proceed on leave by government, Starr News has gathered. It is, however, not clear who is likely to replace Dr. Aubynn at the commission. Mr. Aubynn broke the news to staff of the commission in a brief meeting Monday, August 21, 2017. Starr News has ...

The Danquah Institute says teachers should embrace the teaching license policy as it will add to best practices which will inure to the benefit of teachers and schools. A press release signed by the Executive Director, Dr Kingsley Nyarkoh, Monday said, The policy when implemented will give legitimacy to teachers, enhance their competencies and capabilities, and make the profession a ...

Medical doctors will from this year, apply for postings after their housemanship. That is according to the Director General of the Ghana Health Service, Dr Anthony Nsiah Asare. He described as worrying, doctors’ reluctance to accept postings to deprived areas after training. “If you want to work, you apply to the Region you would want to work. This year we’ve ...