POLITICS

The General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party has confirmed that the compilation of the new voters’ register is scheduled to take off by June ending to July. He reiterated that the Electoral Commission, other political parties agreed on using passport and Ghana card for registration adding that guarantors will be used for people who do not have the above ...

The General Secretary of the governing New Patriotic Party John Boadu says the party will resist any attempt by the National Identification Authority to do a mop-up in areas they had challenges during the initial Ghana Card registration. Speaking to the media on the sidelines of an Inter-Party Advisory Committee meeting held at the Electoral Commission on Wednesday, John Boadu ...

The Speaker of Parliament, Professor Mike Oquaye, has cautioned members of the House not to be in a hurry to name MPs who have contracted the COVID-19. According to the Speaker, Parliamentarians should allow MPs who have contracted the deadly virus to put their status out themselves. “You cannot unilaterally put into the public realm that a person is positive, ...

The Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has donated food items to the Christ the King Soup Kitchen and Leprosariums. The Vice President, who regularly supports both the Christ the King Soup Kitchen and Weija Leprosarium, made the donation as part of his humanitarian gestures towards the needy and less privileged. Dr. Bawumia donated 300 bags of rice to the Christ ...

Family of the late President John Atta Mills has asked politicians and the general public to respect the family and the late Professor and allow him to Rest In Peace. According to them, they are worried about the way some politicians are taking advantage of the death of their brother for their own parochial self- interest. Speaking on Okay FM’s ...

Members of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) are emitting confusing signals about their position on the new voters’ register, with their two recent actions pointing palpably at their befuddlement. The lull in their demonstrations among other forms of resistance to the compilation of a new voters’ register gave way to an unusual action when they fired a correspondence to ...

Renowned pollster Ben Epshon has said if he is asked to suggest a running mate to John Dramani Mahama in this year’s elections, he will choose Dr Kwesi Botchwey. While speaking on the Sunrise morning show on hosted by Alfred Ocansey on the 3FM 92.7 on Tuesday, May 26, Mr Ephson listed four potential running mates to Mr Mahama. These ...

The Dean of the School of Performing Arts of the University of Ghana, Legon, Professor Kofi Agyekum is calling on President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to extend the closure of schools in the country. According to Professor Kofi Agyekum, popularly known as Opanyin Agyekum, it will be a hasty decision on the part of the government to allow schools to resume while ...

Kennedy Agyapong says as part of his dream of living big, he is building a 45-bedroom house with about 10 living rooms as his 60th birthday present to himself. According to the Assin Central legislator, he is building this mansion to prove to Ghanaians that “a black man can also do it.” The huge edifice Ken Agyapong indicated is not ...

Two members of Ghana’s Parliament and 13 staff of the lawmaking chamber have tested positive for COVID-19 after results of voluntary testing requested by the Speaker trickled in, Starr News has learnt. It is unclear the identities of the affected MPs. Starr News sources say the results started coming in from last week. Following the development, the Speaker has ordered ...