POLITICS

Education minister Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh aka Napo, has stated emphatically that people who are praying for the Free Senior High School (SHS) policy to fail will forever remain in a state of despondency. According to him, the policy, initiated by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s New Patriotic Party (NPP) administration to properly educate the youth of the country and ...

The Ministry of Finance has released the salary arrears for validated teachers engaged between 2013 and 2016, Vice President Alhaji Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has revealed. Addressing delegates at the 5th Quadrennial and 52nd National Delegates Conference of the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) at Cape Coast on Thursday January 4, 2018, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia said the Akufo-Addo government places ...

It has emerged that the Second Deputy Speaker of Parliament and MP for Nadowli/Kaleo, Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin and 27 others from the minority side failed to append their signatures to the 77 MPs from the minority side that reportedly called for emergency sitting of the House to consider the cash for seat saga. In the said motion, it was ...

The Managing editor of the Al-Hajj newspaper Alhaji Bature has died, StarrFMonline.com has gathered. He reportedly died at a medical facility Friday morning. It is unclear what caused the demise of the outspoken journalist and avid supporter of the opposition National Democratic Congress but StarrFmonline.com sources say he has been unwell for some time now. Bature was a regular panel ...

Vice President Mahamadu Bawumia is optimistic the Special Prosecutor Act will be an active instrument in fighting corruption and ensuring the prudent use of state resources. Parliament passed the Office of the Special Prosecutor Bill a few weeks ago, and it has since been assented to by the President. Speaking at the 86th Annual National Convention of the Ahmadiyya Muslims ...

The Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has dismissed claims that the Free Senior High School (SHS) Programme could collapse due to lack of finances and gave the assurance that there was enough money for its long term implementation. He said the over GHC 1.2 billion allocated to the implementation of the free programme this year, was a clear indication of ...

Former Chief of Defence Staff Brigadier General Joseph Nunoo-Mensah (rtd) has said he is not a member of the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) for him to have endorsed the flagbearer bid of former Minister of Trade and Industry, Ekwow Spio-Garbrah as reported by some media. Mr Spio-Garbrah launched his ‘Forward Agenda’ on Wednesday which he intends to use ...

Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has dropped a hint of the attributes of the one to be appointed as the Special Prosecutor, a day after President Akufo-Addo had signed the bill into law. Although his description fell short of pinpointing who would actually receive the presidential nod for the top anti-graft post, conjectures among Ghanaians have gone overdrive. The Special ...

The National Chairman of the Convention Peoples Party (CPP), Professor Edmund Delle, has described the decision by President Akufo-Addo to involve leaders of the various political parties in certain policy decisions as “quality leadership”. Prof Delle said it is a good thing to bring all the good people of Ghana onboard to ensure the development of the nation. President Nana ...

Functionaries of the current New Patriotic Party (NPP) government have been reminded that the office of the Independent Special Prosecutor that has been established and assented by the President will be the same outfit they will use to haul them before the courts for their alleged involvement in shady deals and jail them if possible. “After four years when we ...