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CLAIM: Education Minister Matthew Opoku Prempeh claims for the four years that the NPP has been in government, there’s not been a teachers strike or demonstration against government. Do the facts support this claim? BACKGROUND On Sunday 11th October 2020 the Education Minister Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh addressed a conference of the Volta Regional NPP Teachers’ Network in Ho. At this event ...

The runningmate of the Ghana Freedom Party (GFP) Adakabre Frimpong Manso says Cocoa regions in the country are the party’s stronghold in the upcoming polls. According to him, a lot more people from those regions and other parts of the country will in the coming days declare support for his candidate. “Basically, there are people out there who wanted to ...

The mother of James Nana Womba, prime suspect in the murder of Professor Emmanuel Yaw Benneh, has expressed shock as she grieves the death of his son in Police custody. Madam Talata Nona told journalists that the last time she saw her son (Womba) was last week Monday and nothing showed that he was sick. According to Madam Nona, she ...

Kennedy Ohene Agyapong has alleged an assassination attempt on Cynthia Mamle Morrison, the Gender and Social Protection Minister by the NDC parliamentary candidate for Agona West. Speaking on Net 2 TV’s ‘The Seat’ show, Monday evening, the Assin Central MP stated that, the Agona West MP who is also the Gender and Social Protection Minister called him on phone last Saturday ...

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has reinstated the suspended parliamentary aspirant in the Nalerigu-Gambaga Constituency of the North East Region. Mr Peter Wuni Baaga was cited for misconduct for making certain utterances on live radio on May 12, 2020. The party described as breaches was indefinitely suspended after a committee recommendation. “This action has been necessitated by certain utterances you ...

The NDC Parliamentary Candidate for Ayawaso West Wuogon, John Dumelo, has taken a swipe at the incumbent Member of Parliament for the area, Madam Lydia Seyram Alhassan, over what he describes as her refusal to see to the social welfare and development of the constituents whiles harbouring a tendency to jump into action whenever he (Dumelo) makes any move to ...

Ghanaian Pollster Ben Ephson says the deep-seated cracks within New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Navrongo Central Constituency leaves no chance for the Upper East regional Minister to retain the seat. According to him, the disunity in the NPP in the Constituency as a result of the Parliamentary Primaries will be difficult to resolve and will have an adverse effect ...

James Nana Womba, the lead suspect in the alleged murder of law lecturer Professor Yaw Benneh has died at the Police Hospital in Accra. Starr News sources say the suspect died on Saturday while on oxygen. Nana Wombe who was a cleaner in the house of the deceased confessed to his involvement in the murder of the university of Ghana ...

The Member of Parliament for Ajumako-Enyan-Esiam, Mr Cassiel Ato Forson, has backed calls for a presidential debate between the presidential candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr John Dramani Mahama, and President Akufo-Addo. Former Mr Mahama has led calls for a debate with the president ahead of the December 7 elections but Mr Akufo-Addo has declined. Addressing the chiefs ...

Shocked and saddened by the cruel murder by armed robbers of the young MP from Mfantseman, and united in grief and mourning, Ghanaians have condemned the dastardly act in unison, at the same time lamented and still lamenting why, why, why?! This lament had hardly left our lips when a brazen armed robbery took place in the Garden city, at, ...