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President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo presented a full list of his ministerial nominees for his second term on Thursday, January 22, 2021. Many ministers retained their portfolios, some were reassigned, and a few others were elevated. Quite a number of Ministers, however, were dropped. In this list, some names which emerged have already sparked debates. Whereas some of the conversations are centered ...

The Koforidua District Police Command has arrested dozens of people for flouting the compulsory wearing of nose mask. The culprits were arrested Friday, January 22 during a special Covid-19 enforcement operation in New Juaben South Municipality. The operation began at about 7:00 am. Some of the suspects were not wearing nose masks at all while others had the masks in ...

The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin has said the confusion surrounding how to refer to the two sides of the august house, as well as the leaders of the two biggest parties in the lawmaking house, must be settled without confusion. The Speaker said the public deserves to have some clarity and must not be confused over the leadership of ...

A member of the communications team of the National Democratic Congress, Benjamin Essuman, says the only achievement of the Zongo and the Inner City Development Ministry was the beautification of the President house at Nima in Accra. Speaking on the Morning Starr, Mr Essuman said there was no need for the creation of the ministry in Akufo-Addo’s first term adding ...

Franklin Cudjoe, the President of IMANI Africa has delivered his verdict on adherence to the Covid-19 protocols on the first day of the reopening of schools. For the first time since March 2019, schools across the country resumed full academic work on Monday, January 18, 2021. Prior to the reopening, the Ghana Education Service and the Ghana Health Service assured ...

The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention in the United States of America (USA) says COVID-19 disease is very high in Ghana. It is therefore warning travellers to avoid all travel to Ghana as a result Extracts on its website indicate that travelling may increase one’s chances of getting and spreading COVID-19 and therefore staying home is the best ...

The former Finance Minister Seth Terkper has asked the government to focus on homegrown policies to revive the economy post Covid or the country may have no choice than to return to the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Speaking on the Morning Starr on Tuesday, Mr Terkper added that the government must not project higher growth figures to help it put ...

Local scholarship interview has started across all the 260 Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies for some 55, 000 applicants who applied for tertiary scholarships. The Students are graduates of the West Africa Secondary School Certificate Examinations (WASSCE) last year. The exercise which is in fulfilment of the promise made by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo last year, directing the Ghana ...

The immediate past Chief Justice of Ghana Sophia Akuffo says Asawase lawmaker Mohammed Muntaka Mubarak has defamed all Supreme Court justices in the country with his bribery allegation. The NDC lawmaker has claimed a Supreme Court judge made an offer through a phone conversation to a member of the NDC caucus in Parliament to vote for former Speaker Mike Oquaye ...

A senior research fellow with the West African Centre for Cell Biology of Infectious Pathogens (WACCBIP) at the University of Ghana, Dr. Peter Kojo Quashie has revealed that the different variants of SARS-CoV-2 – the virus that causes COVID 19- identified in the country are those of the UK and South Africa. President Akufo-Addo in his 22nd COVID 19 address ...