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Anyone who has carefully listened to H.E. President Akufo-Addo throughout the 2016 campaign and after assuming office will understand that the free Senior High School (SHS) programme is intended for all Ghanaian children regardless of their academic abilities, and family backgrounds. Consistent with this view, government intends to seek constitutional amendment to redefine basic education to include secondary education so ...

The Medical Director of Ridge Hospital Dr. Thomas Anaba has served notice he will not vacate his post, despite orders from the health minister Kwaku Agyeman Manu that he should leave. Dr. Anaba, who was appointed in 2016 was given his marching orders by the Public Services Commission on Monday, May 15, 2017 three years short of the expiration of ...

Two men believed to be leaders of a syndicate allegedly using images of sexual intercourse and videos to force their victims to pay ransom, are being chased by the Cyber Crime Unit of the Ghana Police Service. The suspects are Cyrus Morrison aka Ebenezer Kwofie and Nana Kwaku Gyasi. Prominent individuals, mostly pastors, are said to be victims of this ...

The Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, will today, May 18, 2017 begin a four-day tour of the Northern region. The tour which is his first since he assumed office will afford him the opportunity to tour most parts of the region and also visit his hometown. A correspondence from government on the tour said the Vice President will first pay ...

The President of policy think tank, IMANI Ghana Franklin Cudjoe, has charged the government to immediately clarify the seeming incoherence regarding the implementation of its free SHS policy. Barely three months to the implementation of the policy, the Education Minister Mathew Opoku Prempeh disclosed to Morning Starr host, Francis Abban, that only students who passed their BECE exams will have ...

Former Health Minister Alex Segbefia has  charged  government to  be transparent on the dismissal of the Medical Director of the Ridge Hospital, Dr.Thomas Anaba. Dr. Anaba has vowed to remain at post in clear defiance of health minister Kwaku Agyeman Manu’s orders to proceed on an indefinite leave. Anaba who was appointed in 2016 has been given his marching orders ...

Minority Leader in Parliament, Haruna Idrrisu has stated that it is wrong to compare the discharge of the Delta Force Members from a Kumasi Circuit Court to that of the Montie trio whose sentences were remitted by President John Dramani Mahama. “The then president exercised his right in remitting the sentence of the three. There was nowhere he halted the ...

Eight members of the vigilante group associated with the ruling New Patriotic Party, Delta Force, freed by Kumasi Circuit Court have vowed never to sacrifice themselves for the party again following neglect from the party while they stood trial before the law. The Kumasi Circuit Court today struck out a case in which eight members of the Vigilante group, Delta ...

The director of the rebuilt Ridge Hospital, Dr. Thomas Anaba, who was reportedly sacked last Monday, has said he would not respect the directive, unless he was given the exact reason, why he is being asked to vacate his post. Dr. Anaba, who was appointed in February 1, 2016 argues, he is unable to follow the directive by the Health ...

The discharge of the eight Delta Force members by the Kumasi court is a justification of impunity, The Head of the Department of Research at the Kofi Annan International Peace Keeping Training Centre (KAIPTC) Dr. Emmanuel Kwesi Aning has said. “A culture of impunity is created when people are not dealt with accordingly because of political backing,” he stated on ...