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The Apostolic Nuncio to Ghana, the Most Rev Henryk Mieczysław Jagodziński, has described the election of Mr Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin as the Speaker of Ghana’s 8th Parliament as a historic event that should guide future leaders. He said the fact that a candidate of the opposition party had been elected Speaker of Parliament should send a clear message to ...

There was chaos at St.Pauls Technical School in Akyem Kukurantumi in Abuakwa North Municipality in the Eastern Region Sunday when students in the school went on rampage and impounded a taxi cab being used by the matron of the school to transport alleged stolen food from the school’s kitchen. The students, some of whom were armed with stones and sticks, ...

The mother of former Black Stars midfielder Sulley Ali Muntari, Hajia Kande, has reportedly passed on according to reports in the Ghanaian media. Hajia Kande is said to have battled illness for some months but unfortunately succumbed to the illness. The mother of the former AC Millan and Inter Milan star reportedly died at Konongo in the Ashanti Region. Source: ...

The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) has warned that doctors in Public Health facilities across the country will be forced to reject laboratory results without authorization by qualified Laboratory physicians if the impasse in the laboratory space is not addressed immediately. Addressing the media in Koforidua Sunday, May 30, 2021, the GMA said attempts by the laboratory scientists in public health ...

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has called on the Ministry of the Interior, the Ghana Police Service, the Ghana Fire Service and the national office of the Electoral Commission (EC) to speed up the investigations into the fire outbreak at the EC office in Tano South and bring the perpetrators to book. “We hold the view that this case of ...

The destruction caused by mining activities in water bodies and forest reserves is bad enough to require “pretty tough” measures to contain the situation, a former Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), Dr Mohamed Ibn Chambas, has said. In his view, although the destruction of mining equipment by the military ...

A fuel tanker explosion at Onyina Nofo in the Ahafo Ano South West District in the Ashanti Region has led to the death of three people. The incident which took place on Monday, May 24, 2021, was said to have burnt almost half the houses of the farming community. Victims of the unfortunate accident were said to be the driver ...

The Ghana Ambulance Service needs a minimum of about five air ambulances to combat emergencies in remote areas of the country, the Public Relations Officer of the service, Simmons Yussif Kewura has said. In an interview on the Morning Starr, Mr Kewura said the Service has been requesting air ambulances for several years but the government is yet to respond ...

Some immigration officers deployed to entry points of the country are frustrated with what they say are attempts by the government to reduce their daily stipends by fifty percent. The officers are part of Operation Calm Life, which is a government effort to clamp down on criminal activities in areas such as Elubo, Akanu, Laklebi, Saboba, and Hamile. Some officers, ...

The soldier who was on secondment at the National Security and led the assault on Citi FM’s Caleb Kudah has landed a top military appointment a few days after he was released by the security outfit. Lt. Col. Frank Agyeman and three policemen were removed from the National Security after preliminary investigations established that their conduct was inappropriate and contravened ...