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The Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has stated that it will, in the ensuing months, ensure the full integration of the risk management of Ghana Single Window. According to the Acting Commissioner of the Division, Isaac Crentsil, another area of priority to the division would be the automation of the Ghana Maritime Internal Operation as well as ...

One of my biggest disappointments, in life, has been when I dropped out of law school. I had, in 2011, enrolled as a law student at GIMPA, to pursue LLB, with the aim of becoming a lawyer, to use the courts to force irresponsible fathers to become responsible. But I had to suspend the course, due to circumstances beyond me. ...

A diplomat in the Mahama administration and a failed parliamentary candidate for Abuakwa North, Victor Smith, believes that an overhaul of the NDC’s executive structure is non-negotiable following the party’s overwhelming defeat in the 2016 elections. Everyone from the General Secretary, Johnson Nketia to the NDC’s Chairman, Kofi Poturphy, must be kicked out at the party’s next congress in favour ...

The 2016 HIV sentinel survey report has revealed that Volta and Brong Ahafo Regions jointly top the list of prevalence rate. According to the report, the two regions recorded the highest prevalence rate of 2.7 per cent for 2016 which is above the national HIV prevalence of 2.4 per cent. The Northern Region registered the lowest prevalence rate, recording 0.7 ...

Members of the Council of State will today embark on a working visit to some mining sites in the Eastern region to assess the destruction of lands and water bodies as a result of illegal mining popularly known as galamsey. The advisory body wants to obtain firsthand information in order to better counsel the President on the menace. The campaign ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has settled on Justice Sophia Akuffo as the new Chief Justice of Ghana, Starrfmonline.com can confirm. An official announcement is expected today after consultation with the Council of State and approval by Parliament. According to Article 144 (1) of Ghana’s 1992 Constitution: “The Chief Justice shall be appointed by the President acting in consultation with ...

President Akufo-Addo has appointed the acting national chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Freddie Blay as the board chairman of the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC). The appointment which was announced by the chief of staff Fremah Osei-Opare was addressed to the Minister of Energy Boakye Agyarko and was instructed to fix a date to swear the new board ...

President Akufo-Addo has true to prediction, ignored the most senior jurist on the Supreme Court of Ghana, Justice William Atuguba, by short listing three others, including his cousin; Justice Sophia Akuffo, to be considered as the new Chief Justice, the fourth most powerful person in Ghana. The same Justice Sophia Akuffo, who was elevated to the Supreme Court by ex-President ...

The governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) has vehemently rejected the Minority’s condemnation of President Akufo-Addo’s handling of the feud between Gender, Children and Social Protection Minister, Otiko Djaba and the Northern regional chairman of the NPP, Daniel Bugri Naabu. The two clashed on Friday after Naabu scuttled a meeting being held by Otiko in the Northern region of Ghana. Since ...

The Minority in Parliament has slammed President Akufo-Addo for being weak in sanctioning Gender, Children and Social Protection Minister Otiko Djaba and the Northern Regional chairman, Daniel Bugri Naabu, after their embarrassing public feud. According to the Minority, the president’s failure to order the Inspector General of Police to arrest Otiko and the Upper East regional minister for questioning after ...