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The Institute for Economic Affairs (IEA) says the NPP government’s source of funding for the Free SHS program is not sustainable. The government has announced that its much touted Free Senior High School policy will commence in September this year. The policy will, however, be enjoyed by only students who pass their Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE). The Minister of ...

Evelyn Boakye, the victim of the Marwako assault case, has said she is now satisfied that justice has been served. Boakye told Accra-based Kasapa FM that “I went in for justice from the beginning of the case and justice has to be served. If the nine months jail sentence is what is justice for Jihad Chaaban to pay for what ...

Scientists have found a 72 per cent decline in sperm count in African men over the past 50 years says a study. It was published in the African Health Sciences, June 2017 issue, made available to the Ghana News Agency. Dr Pallav Sengupta, the Head of Physiology Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Lincoln University College, Malaysia said: “This is a threat ...

The Founder of the Action Chapel International Archbishop Nicholas Duncan-Williams is apolitical but passionate about national leadership, one of his avowed supporters Samuel Attah Mensah has said. According to the CITI FM CEO, claims that the influential preacher has an affinity for the National Democratic Congress are baseless. “ If there is any pastor that suffered under the leadership of ...

The Chief Executive Officer of Accra-based Citi FM, Samuel Attah-Mensah, has described as phenomenal the first six-month of president Akufo-Addo. According to him, the Akufo-Addo led government has started on the right footing and in no time it will fix the challenges faced by the country’s economy. “The President has impressed me exceedingly; abundantly and more than you can wish ...

The President and Leader of the Tijaniyya Muslim Council of Ghana, Sheikh Khalifa Abul-Faidi Abdulai Ahmad Maikano, has lauded President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, for not relenting in his fight against the illegal mining phenomenon, known as ‘galamsey’. According to Sheikh Khalifa Maikano, “we hail and appreciate your efforts in combating the menace of galamsey in the country. And, if ...

Deputy Finance Minister Kweku Kwarteng has asked the Minority in parliament to be silent if they have nothing to say. Responding to the Minority’s claim that Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta doctored figures in his mid-year budget review, Mr Kwarteng said on Wednesday, 2 August that: “It isn’t the case that anytime government presents something, you must find something wrong. If ...

There is a heavy police presence at Avenor in Accra Thursday morning following bloody clashes Wednesday that left several people injured and properties destroyed. The clashes erupted between articulated truck drivers, spare parts dealers on one side, and a private land developer on the other over a parcel of land. The clashes got very fierce as vehicles were torched in ...

The minority in parliament is demanding immediate action from government to assure the safety of the public after a number of travel warnings issued by the US, UK and Canada to their citizens visiting Ghana. The countries are pointing to an increase in pick pocketing, extortion from police officers at checkpoints and fraud in the West African country. Canada for ...

The Member of Parliament for Bolgatanga Central Isaac Adongo has described the Finance minister Ken Ofori-Atta as an epitome of scandal. The attack comes on the back of claims by the minority that the finance minister cooked figures in his mid-year review budget presentation. Speaking to Starr News, Mr. Adongo said “this Minister of Finance is an epitome of scandals, ...