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Education Minister, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh has tasked the National Council for Curriculum Assessment to revise the closing time for basic schools. “School closes too early in this county…. why can’t schools close at 4pm”, he said, at the National Education Sector Review Forum in Accra Tuesday on the theme ‘Strengthening accountability for results.’ He says the current closing time ...

The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) is set to launch its political training institute aimed at ensuring that members are grounded in the ideals of the party. Ghana Institute of Social Democracy will be launched on Thursday, August 10, 2017, said NDC’s Director of Research, Dr William Ahadzie. Mr Ahadzie told Graphic Online that the school will focus mainly on ...

Residents at Timeabu in the Ejisu-Juabeng Municipality of the Ashanti Region have been hit with an acute water crisis as result of illegal mining activities in the area. The only source of drinking water, ‘Banko’ Stream, has been polluted while the two bore-holes in the community are also faulty. The two boreholes, when they are functioning, pump contaminated water through ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has extended the tenure of the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr David Asante Apeatu, by two years. Mr. Apeatu is expected to reach the retirement age of 60, next week. Starr News has gathered. Mr. Apeatu was appointed as the Acting IGP on January 25, 2017, and was confirmed a few months later. Mr. ...

Renowned journalist and lawyer Egbert Faibille has been appointed Chief Executive officer of the National Petroleum Commission by President Akufo-Addo, StarrFMonline.com has learnt. The appointment is expected to be announced soon by the Presidency. Egbert is the publisher of the Ghanaian Observer Newspaper. He had previously worked for the Independent Newspaper. After graduating from law school, he worked with lawyer ...

The National Executive Committee of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has been petitioned to take disciplinary action against former Attorney General Martin Amidu. Mr. Amidu has resorted to the media since he was sacked from government to tongue lash former government appointees, describing a lot of them as corrupt. The petition was filed by two party members Lawyer Evans Amankwah ...

The KMA Circuit Court presided by Mary Nsenkyire has adjourned the case involving the 13 members of the Delta Force, a vigilante group within the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), to September 5, 2017. The prosecution prayed the Court on Tuesday, August 8, to give the Attorney General’s Department some time to study the docket it submitted for advice. The ...

Former deputy Chief of Staff Valerie Sawyerr has called on President Akufo-Addo not to be deceived by the pampering he appears to be receiving from former President JJ Rawlings. In a statement targeted at the founder of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mrs. Sawyerr urged the President to be proactive and rid his government of corruption. “President Akufo-Addo … where ...

The Minister for Information, Mustapha Abdul-Hamid has stated that the current government is not interested in who emerges victorious in today’s polls at Kenya. “We wish to make it clear that the Government of Ghana has no interest whatsoever in who emerges winner in Tuesday’s poll. The decision as to who leads Kenya for the next 4 years as president ...

Grilling continues as the Public Accounts Committee questions Managers of some state institutions on the second day of its sitting in Parliament. The committee is scrutinizing the Auditor General’s report on some state institutions. Officials from the Bank of Ghana are currently responding to questions from members of the commmittee. The Petroleum Ministry, GNPC, and the Petroleum commission is also ...