POLITICS

Deputy Minister of Education, Mr Osei Yaw Adutwum says the implementation of the free senior high school was a deliberate policy by the government to improve the literacy level amongst the citizenry. He said the nation had no choice but to move on that tangent to train and build the kind of skilled human resources needed to speed up her ...

The Northern regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Daniel Bugri Naabu has alleged that some of the aspirants for the chairmanship slot of the party in the upcoming regional elections have been planted by the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC). This, he said, is to use those aspirants to sow a seed of discord in the party ...

Justice Clement Honyenuga, the High Court judge hearing the case involving former Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), has put the case on hold. This follows a disagreement between lawyers of Dr Opuni and Deputy Attorney General Godfred Dame regarding a request made by the ex-CEO’s lawyers that they be furnished with documents the state intends relying ...

The president of Accra Business School and the presiding of the Pleasant Place church, Bishop Gideon Titi-Ofei, has urged government to continue in its efforts at creating an enabling environment for business growth. According to the renowned bishop and academician, there is a direct correlation between business growth and democratic stability. He said unemployment and poverty are the main threats ...

Former President John Dramani Mahama has gone silent on the Defence Cooperation Agreement (DCA) between the governments of Ghana and the United States of America, which has sparked heated political debate between the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government and the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC). He was in Wa in the Upper West Region at the weekend, pontificating how effective ...

Ras Mubarak has been denied entry into the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT) by Israel. The National Democratic Congress MP for Kumbungu was traveling under the aegis of the Palestinian Authority to present a paper in Ramallah. “It is true and very unfortunate,” Mr. Mubarak told Starr News from Jordan. The Ghanaian MP who had permit from Israel to carry out ...

The Vice Chairman of the Public Interest and Accountability Committee (PIAC) is lamenting the continues failure by successive Finance Ministers to provide an update on how they allocate projects funded by oil cash. Dr Thomas Kojo Stephens is worried the failure of the current Finance Ministry and the previous ones to account for their allocation of oil funds could stifle ...

“I think the President is too powerful, he is very much an appointing authority in places where he could have left it alone”, Former Minister and Member of Parliament for Abuakwa South, Fritz Baffour has said. Much as he believes in the President’s powers, he equally believes that government institutions are established for purposes of addressing key societal issues in ...

The embattled former chief executive officer of COCOBOD Dr. Stephen Opuni has sued the Daily Guide newspaper over a publication that suggested that he gambled with the finances of the state firm while he was in charge. The Monday April 10, 2018 edition of the pro-government newspaper had said Mr. Opuni directed the investment of COCBOD money into non-core areas ...

The Northern regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party, Alhaji Bugri Naabu has confirmed that he sanctioned the attack on a local contractor Tuesday afternoon and warned that equipment of the contractor will be seized if he returns to the site. An NPP vigilante youth group in Tamale on Tuesday chased away workers of a local construction firm contracted to ...