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Brother of renowned journalist, political commentator and Managing Editor of the Insight newspaper, Kwesi Pratt Jnr, has been reported dead. Nanabanyin Pratt, a Public Relations expert and lecturer at the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA), is reported to have died from Coronavirus complications on Sunday, January 17, 2021. His passing adds to the country’s current death statistics ...

A political scientist with the University of Ghana Dr. Isaac Owusu Mensah has been appointed Director of Research at the Presidency by President Akufo-Addo. He replaces Victor Newman who held the position until his demise on December 10, 2020. Dr. Owusu Mensah was head of the lecturers at the University of Ghana whose polls projected victory for the president days ...

Member of Parliament for Effutu, Alexander Afenyo-Markin has handed a fully-furnished community library to the people of Winneba. The library which was commissioned on January 15 brings the total number to 14 such projects undertaken by the lawmaker in the constituency. According to the deputy majority leader, the move is to equip children in his constituency with quality education. The ...

The prizes range from a Nissan vehicle to mobile phones and plaques. An Agent at the Modern Action Ventures at Nkroful Junction, Madam Rita Kwaku was adjudged the Winner of the 2020 MTN Awards and received a Nissan vehicle for her loyalty and dedicated services to MTN. The first runner-up awardee received a motorbike and a cheque for GHc10,000 while ...

United States-based Ghanaian surgeon Dr Michael K Obeng is set to continue the construction of a multimillion-dollar pharmaceutical plant in Ghana. The project worth between 8.5 to 11 million dollars was started in 2019 to manufacture affordable and effective, superior quality medications that meet the highest international standards, for the treatment of high blood pressure, diabetes, malaria, and pain, therefore ...

As part of measures to ensure the economy has a stable local currency for the year, and especially in the first quarter when demand for forex is high, the Bank of Ghana plans to inject a whopping US$775million through its FX forward auction programme to achieve this objective. Out of this amount, US$50million will be pumped into the economy bi-weekly ...

Ghana’s National Security Coordinator Joshua Kyeremeh has died while undergoing treatment for COVID-19, Starr News has learnt. Starr News sources at the Ga East Municipal hospital in Accra, where the security capo was seeking treatment, said he died on Monday, January 18, 2020. Mr. Kyeremeh has been National Security Coordinator since 2017 when he was appointed to the position by ...

Renowned broadcaster Nana Aba Anamoah is alleging that some health practitioners in the country have been taking bribes to alter the result of coronavirus tests. In the wake of the rise in Ghana’s cases, there have been discussions on social media on why the country appears to be losing the battle against the virus. Replying to a comment by one of her ...

A youth group associated with the NPP in the Daffiama/Bussie/Issa DBI Constituency of the Upper West Region says it will oppose the re-appointment of the immediate past Regional Minister Dr Hafiz Bin Salih as the Upper West Regional Minister by President Akufo-Addo. According to the group, the re-appointment of Dr Hafiz Bin Salih as the Regional Minister will not only ...

“I haven’t stated that the NPP has a majority in Parliament, I haven’t said that,” these are the words of the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin. He was responding to a request for clarity on his earlier declaration that the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and an Independent Candidate constituted ‘the majority group’ in the House. The request came from the leader of ...