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The President of the Ghana Journalists Association, Affail Monney has called for an independent probe of the torture allegations against the National Security by the editor of news website Modern Ghana. Speaking on Radio Ghana, Mr. Monney said the association was monitoring the progress of the case. He added that “we believe that the time has come to move it ...

A former Pro-Vice Chancellor of the University for Development Studies (UDS), Professor David Millar has argued that some public universities in Ghana including the Navrongo campus of the UDS are not growing as expected because they have been fixated on undergraduate programs for far too long period. The growth of a university according to him, goes beyond merely running undergraduate ...

Chief of Aboadze in the Shama District of the Western Region, Nana Kwabena Atom, has lauded President Akufo-Addo and the NPP government for its effective handling of premix fuel-related issues in several communities in the country since it took over the reigns of government in January 2019. The management of premix fuel has been an issue several governments have had ...

‘Say it as it is’ politician, Kennedy Agyapong has reiterated his resolved to die for the truth in his home country Ghana irrespective of the persons who may be offended by his utterances. The maverick lawmaker for Assin Central insists he is not afraid to die for speaking the truth, revealing how he has risked the fortunes of his businesses ...

Menzgold customers may heave a sigh of relief following the victory of Nana Appiah Mensah in the appeal case brought against him by Horison in Dubai Tuesday. The Appeal court in Dubai affirmed the May victory of NAM 1, as the Menzgold CEO is popularly known, in its ruling. The court, according to Starrfm.com.gh sources, also ordered the company to ...

The Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) says it is starting a regularisation process to document all non-Ghanaians in July. This has become necessary following series of criminal activities which the Service says have been mostly linked to undocumented foreign nationals. PRO for the Service, Supt. Michael Amoako Attah, disclosed on ‘The Pulse’ on JoyNews TV that they have set aside July ...

The government has announced plans to commence registration of both new and used mobile phones in the country in a bid to reduce cyber-crime and related illegal activities. According to Communication Minister, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, a proposal to that effect has been presented to cabinet for approval by end of the year. Speaking to Class News, Mrs Owusu-Ekuful said the measures ...

The Governing Council of the University of Energy and Natural Resources (UENR), has beseech Government to provide them with a seed fund of 50 million Ghana Cedis for rapid development of their infrastructure deficit. Addressing the President at the Jubilee House when they paid a courtesy call on him, the Governing Council, led by its Chairman, Professor A. K. Tuah, ...

The Chinese woman who is standing trial for allegedly transporting a large quantity of Rosewood to Tema for export to China illegally has been deported. Officials of the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS), who made this known in Accra on Tuesday, said Huang Yanfeng, aka Helena Huang, was deported for engaging in illicit business while in the country and subsequently revoked ...

The Chief Executive Officer of the Nation Builders Corps is on a nationwide monitoring tour to ascertain for himself first-hand how the implementation of the programme has been. He is scheduled to interact with some of the trainees to see how they are doing at their various workplaces, interact with module implementing partners, the media and staff of the Nation ...