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President Akufo-Addo on Wednesday, 4th November 2020, officially inaugurated the Obuasi Campus of the Kwame Nkrumah University (KNUST), at a brief ceremony in Obuasi. It will be recalled that the idea of starting the Obuasi Campus of KNUST came up on 22nd January 2019, when President Akufo-Addo launched the Obuasi Mine Redevelopment Project, in Obuasi. Recounting the process leading to ...

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has issued a stern warning to the general public especially investors against the operations of an entity called PBAY Limited. According to the commission, the said entity is “purporting to be able to facilitate the payment of customers locked-up funds with some SEC regulated market operators whose licenses have been revoked in return for ...

The opposition National Democratic Congress has sacked 18 of its members who have decided to go independent in the upcoming elections. According to the party, the individuals have forfeited their membership by their decision. In a statement signed by its General Secretary Johnson Asiedu Nketia, supporters of the party who also endorsed the nomination of the candidates are also in ...

Some last-minute changes in the spiritual realm have swung the United States of American elections in favor of Donald Trump, Reverend Isaac Owusu Bempah, the founder and leader of Glorious Word Power Ministries has prophesied. In what can be described as conflicting prophecies on the US elections, Owusu Bempah who on September 17 predicted victory for Democrat candidate, Joe Biden, ...

The National Concerned Small-Scale Miners Association of Ghana (NCSSMAG) has released 1,200 pickups to support the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and its flagbearer, John Dramani Mahama’s 2020 elections campaign. “We have committed one thousand two hundred (1,200) pickup vehicles at the full expense of the NCSSMAG to touch base with at least one million non-member small scale miners at their ...

The case in which the Chief Executive officer (CEO) of Menzgold Ghana Limited Nana Appiah Mensah (NAM1) has been arraigned in court has been adjourned to December 16, 2020. This was because the sitting judge Her Honour Evelyn Asamoah, according to the Court Clerk, has “taken her leave,” Starr News’ Court Correspondent Murtala Inusah reports. Even though NAM1 was in ...

The flagbearer for the National Democratic Congress (NDC) John Dramani Mahama has exposed the lies of Communications Director of his party Sammy Gyamfi on as regards payment of MenzGold customers. Sammy Gyamfi is on record to have said that if John Mahama wins power, his administration will pay all monies owed by financial institutions which have been made defunct by the Akufo-Addo led administration. “MenzGold customers, this ...

Progressive Intellectuals (PI) is a registered non-profit organization focused on advancing the ideals of social democracy for national development. Membership is drawn from all tertiary institutions in Ghana. PI periodically analyses national policies to draw the attention of duty bearers to gaps in policy and alternatives for solving specific national development challenges. It is in this vein that PI instituted ...

Majority leader Osei Kyei Mensah-Bonsu has called for the engagement of experts and consultants in various fields in specific parliamentary duties. This he says will augment the work of the House to deal with pertinent technical arrangements that need independent assessment. His call comes on the back of the renewed controversies surrounding the Agyapa minerals royalties deal. He also lashed ...

Access to quality primary health care is a fundamental human right and central in the performance of health care systems, however children in Agotikope, Kokoma and Sabahman in the Ga West Municipality in Accra are experiencing greater barriers in accessing quality Health Care, with some parents having to go through toils to get their children immunised. This problem is however ...