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The National Road Safety Authority has vowed to crack down on the practice of fixing television in buses as part measures in reducing road accidents. According to the authority, television is a major distraction to both passengers and drivers and can easily trigger an accident. Speaking on Nkawkaw-based Agoo FM, the Eastern regional Road Safety Advocate of the National Road ...

President Akufo-Addo has submitted the name of acting Inspector General of Police James Oppong-Boanuh to the Council of State for consideration as substantive for the top police job, Starrfm.com.gh has learnt. The Council of State is likely to meet tomorrow Friday October 4 over the President’s nomination. If confirmed, Mr. Oppong-Boanuh will have to be given a contract extension by ...

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has accused the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) of plotting a mass transfer of votes to the Nanton and Karaga constituencies up North. A statement issued by the NDC in the Northern Region said:“the Electoral Commission in conjunction with the New Patriotic Party {NPP} is attempting to illegally transfer some NPP votes from the Tamale ...

Media Foundation for West Africa’s head, Sulemana Braimah, is advocating for Martin Amidu and Daniel Domelevo, the Special Prosecutor and Auditor General as independent presidential and vice-presidential candidates in the 2020 presidential polls. In a Facebook post, the veteran media personality posited that Ghana was a state where citizens are fed with both the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and New ...

The African Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP) is predicting that Ghana will not be able to repay its $2 billion barter agreement with China if it relies solely on revenue from the proposed Integrated Aluminum Industry. This is contained in a paper published by ACEP that analyses the plan as put out by government. Parliament in July 2017 approved the ...

An anti-graft group calling itself Crusaders Against Corruption has said rather than “persecuting” the now-embattled and suspended CEO of the Public Procurement Authority (PPA), Mr A.B. Adjei over an alleged conflict of interest exposé by investigative journalists Manasseh Azure Awuni. According to the group, Mr A.B. Adjei must be “awarded” and “celebrated” for saving Ghana some GHC2.75 billion, which would ...

Victor K. Adawudu, lawyer for senior military officer, Colonel Samuel Kojo Gameli and civilian employee of the Ghana Armed Forces, Gershon Akpa who were charged on Friday, September 27, for “plotting” to destabilize the Akufo-Addo government, has described security officer who sent his clients to court without informing him in time as miscreants who act unintelligently. The suspects were taken ...

The Managing Editor of the Insight Newspaper, Kwesi Pratt Jnr, seems not to be happy with some government officials in the wake of the controversial Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) curriculum. “Those who sit at the head of ministries and other government institutions need to understand very clearly that they are not presiding over the affairs of fools, that they are ...

The Ashanti Regional Minister, Simon Osei Mensah says he will never address the youth groups who recently protested against the government over the poor nature if their roads in the region because they did not respect his office. According to him, he has no respect for the demonstrators because most of them who were Assembly members should have contacted him ...

The acting general secretary of the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) Gifty Apambil has attributed the attempt to introduce Comprehensive Sexuality Education in Ghanaian schools on the unfettered freedoms enjoyed by Non-governmental Organisations (NGOs) in the country. In her view, the country must be able to influence and have detailed knowledge of engagements by NGOs within Ghana. It comes ...