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Seventeen females, including eleven nursing mothers, have been arrested by the Nima Divisional police for allegedly practising prostitution at the Kwame Nkrumah Circle and its environs in Accra. Out of the eleven nursing mothers, one has a child who is about three months old. The others have children aged between 11 months and seven years. Nine of their male counterparts ...

White Stone Frozen Foods Limited and M&JEES Company, accused of having a cozy arrangement with the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) Customs Division at the Tema Port, has sharply responded to claims that it was being helped by the state tax collector and Presidency – Flagstaff House – to monopolized the importation of frozen poultry and other frozen products into the ...

Alhaji Mohammed Musah, a member of the Awutu-Senya Constituency Council of the New Patriotic Party has bemoaned the nonchalant attitude of the party’s disciplinary committee regarding the conduct of some members. Alhaji Musah expressed concern regarding the recent outbursts by the maverick politician and Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong. According to him, the NPP Disciplinary Committee was ...

A statesman, Vincent Cyril Richard Arthur Charles Crabbe, has pointed out Parliament as a weak link in Ghana’s governance system. While some MPs are a stand-out quality, the former Supreme Court justice observed that “if you take the overall, I am afraid there are quite a number of people in parliament who in my view, should not be there”. The ...

The Member of Parliament (MP) for North Tongu Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has said that there is nothing wrong if he owns fleets of petrol tanker vehicles and filling stations in Accra as alleged. He said that even though it is good to be described as wealthy, it is unfortunate he doesn’t own all the wealth attributed to him. He said ...

The chairman of the People’s National Convention Bernard Mornah has downplayed claims that Ghanaians hate honest people. Mr. Mornah told Francis Abban on Morning Starr in reaction to the Second Deputy Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin’s earlier submission, describing Ghanaians as people who hate “honest persons.” “So if we sow beans and we expect that we go and reap maize ...

Ashanti Regional Communications Manager for the Electricity Company of Ghana has warned residents not to use power poles to display political and other social event posters. Communications Manager issued the warning after witnessing a spike in the number of posters on electric poles going up and receiving complaints from members of the public. Erasmus Kyere Baidoo said it was illegal ...

uthorities of the Kumasi Girls Senior High School (SHS) have launched investigations into a video involving some students’ twerking while at the school’s dormitory. According close sources, the authorities have summoned the students involved and are currently interrogating them on the matter taking into the account that fact students are barred from using mobile phones on campus. A video has ...

New Patriotic Party (NPP) firebrand, Kennedy Agyepong has disclosed that he is poised to retrieve up to the last penny he invested in the party prior to the 2016 elections. “General I won’t stop talking today or tomorrow. All my money I invested in the money, I must get it back. The boys and the girls….the youth of this country ...

More than 140 radio stations out of the 354 in operation throughout the country face severe sanctions for various infractions of the Electronic Communications Act, 2008 (Act 775). The stations, most of which are bigwigs within the industry, have been notified by the National Communications Authority (NCA) to fully comply with their licence regulations within 30 days or face the ...