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About 100.10 grams of a whitish substance suspected to be high value cocaine which was confiscated by the Customs Division of Ghana Revenue Authority at the Kpoglu Border Post in the Ketu South Municipality is missing. According to the Narcotics Control Board [NACOB], the substance, together with an undisclosed amount of money went missing between Friday and Sunday, 5 -7 ...

COVID-19 Private Sector Fund Launches Anti-Stigmatization Campaign The COVID-19 Private Sector Fund in partnership with the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC), The National Commission on Civic Education (NCCE), Ghana Psychological Association, Ghana Medical Association and Global Media Alliance have joined forces to launch an awareness campaign titled “Let Love Lead. End The Stigma”. The campaign plans to fight the stigma ...

Godfred Yeboah Dame, the Deputy Attorney General (AG), has indicated in his legal submissions to the Supreme Court of Ghana in the case of NDC v AG & EC, that the “current voter register is flawed and undermines the right to vote.” In a 32-page document, the AG who is also the first defendant in the case noted that the ...

The Ghana Bar Association has donated Personal Protective Equipment ( PPEs) to the Judicial Service of Ghana to help the third arm of Government as it plays its part in the collective effort of the country aimed at stopping the spread of the novel Coronavirus, Covid-19. President of the Ghana Bar Association (GBA), Anthony Forson, in a brief statement before ...

The Senior Minister, Yaw Osafo-Marfo, has recognized the relevance of the Ghana Beyond Aid agenda in shaping the country’s progress in a post-COVID-19 era. He gave the remarks at a COVID-19 and Ghana Beyond Aid forum held at the Ministry of Information on Thursday, June 11, 2020. Speaking on the theme “COVID-19 and our match towards Ghana Beyond Aid: Turning ...

The Circuit Court in Accra presided over by Evelyn Asamoah has granted bail in the sum of GHc100,000 to leader of the Economic Fighters League, Ernesto Yeboah, who was arrested during a George Floyd protest march in Accra. In addition to the bail sum, he is to produce three sureties, two of whom to be public servants. He has pleaded ...

The Director of Legal Affairs of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr Abraham Amaliba, has said the party was compelled by the Supreme Court to let go its first relief in its two-pronged suit against the Electoral Commission rather than a voluntary withdrawal of same by the party. “If your correspondent was in court, he would have told you that ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akuffo Addo has upon the recommendation of the Police Council promoted Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Mr. David Agyemang Adjem, Deputy Ashanti Regional Police Commander to the rank of Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCOP) effective 1st January 2020, according to an announcement by the Ghana Police Service on Friday. Three Doctors -Desmond M. Addo, Christiana A ...

Apostle Kwabena Owusu Adjei, the self-styled preacher who was arrested for threatening President Akufo-Addo and Jean Mensa, the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission has tested positive for tramadol and cannabis. A test result seen by Starrfm.com.gh revealed that after tests were conducted for banned substances from samples from his urine, Mr Owusu Adjei tested negative for six of the drugs, ...

The Spokesperson of the King of Dagbon, Yaa-Naa Abukari Mahama II, says the eminent king did not support outright calls for the inclusion of the existing voters’ ID cards for the upcoming registration. Baba Issifu told Stephen Anti on TV3’s Midday Live on Tuesday, June 11 that what the Yaa-Naa said was that the Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC) must ensure that ...