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Renowned Nollywood actor and filmmaker Chief Pete Edochie has expressed his utmost sadness about the death of former president Jerry John Rawlings. Describing the late JJ Rawlings as his ‘dear friend’, the Nigerian actor on Thursday, November 12, 2020, took to social media to eulogize the former president. He described the late Rawlings as a man whose legacy will forever remain ...

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has stated that the transformational leadership being provided by the current government is aimed at lifting the north out of poverty unlike the Mahama administration. He disclosed that the development of the north and the country as a whole, remains a major priority to the Akufo-Addo’s administration which is why it has initiated various policies ...

Former President Jerry John Rawlings is dead, GhanaWeb can confirm. The former president GhanaWeb understands passed on, today, November 12, 2020 after a brief illness. Jerry John Rawlings was born in Accra on 22nd June, 1947, to a Ghanaian mother from Dzelukope, near Keta, in the Volta Region, and a Scottish father. Background of Rawlings Jerry John Rawlings was born ...

Emmanuel Reinfred Okyere, Western Regional Director of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) has said his outfit targeted the registration of about 438,340 more active members in the month of November 2020. He said the Directorate at the beginning of 2020 set the target of registering 1,107,330 members onto the Scheme but has so far registered 668,990 hence the membership ...

The Sefwi Wiawso Municipal Assembly in the Western North region joined the country to celebrate the 36th edition of the National  farmers day. The program was held at Sefwi Nkonya town Park within the Municipal. The program was under the theme:” Ensuring Agribusiness Development In Covid- 19 Challenges and Opportunities “. The Municipal Chief Executive For Sefwi Wiawso Hon. Louis ...

Founder and leader of United Progressive Party (UPP), Kwasi Addai Odike, has jumped to the defence of former President John Dramani Mahama over his recent comments made in Kumasi about the political affinity of the Ashantis. The NDC flagbearer who is on a 6-day tour of the Ashanti Region asked the electorates in the region, the stronghold of the ruling ...

Some 14 persons have sustained injuries in a gas explosion at the Mighty Gas Filling station in Ho, the Volta regional capital. The injured persons have been rushed to the Ho Teaching Hospital and are currently receiving treatment, according to information picked up by Starrfm.com.gh. Eyewitnesses reported that the swift response by personnel of the Ghana National Fire Service helped ...

Economist Dr Jerry Monfant has blamed government’s handling of the banking sector for the country’s current economic challenges. Government has attributed the economic challenges including dwindling revenue, increase in spending, and a high debt to GDP ratio to the Covid-19 pandemic. But Dr Monfant said the claim is questionable. Speaking on the Morning Starr he said “we tend to believe ...

The Public Utilities Workers Union (PUWU) has described as a cheap and lazy the approach by government in addressing challenges of the Electricity Company of Ghana. Deputy Energy Minister in charge of petroleum Dr Mohammed Amin Adam, on Tuesday, November 10 at an energy forum, announced that the government is looking for avenues to handover ECG to a private concessionaire ...

Correspondence from Ashanti Region: It was a tough time for famous traditional worshipper, Nana Kwaku Bonsam, on Tuesday morning when he appeared before the Asantehemaa Nana Ama Konadu’s traditional court at the Manhyia Palace, the seat of the Ashanti Kingdom. This was when the Akomadan-Afrancho based fetish priest appeared before the court to answer why he invoked curses on the ...