Bank of Ghana has closed down 23 Savings and Loans companies, Starrfm.com.gh can reveal. Documents available to Starrfm.com.gh contain some heavy weights in the savings and loans sector such as Midland, Ideal, uniCredit and Global Access whose licenses have been revoked after a review exercise in the past months. According …
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No pupil will be sacked for not wearing new uniforms – GES
The Ghana Education Service (GES) says no pupil will be sacked for not wearing the new school uniforms for Junior High School students when the academic year starts in September. Commenting on its implementation, the Director-General of GES, Professor Kwasi Opoku Amankwa said the old uniform will be phased out …
Read More »GES shifts reopening for SHS 3 students to August 25
The Ghana Education Service (GES) has shifted the reopening of school for third-year Senior High School (SHS) students from Monday, August 19 to Sunday, August 25, 2019. A statement issued on Friday and signed by the Director-General of the GES, Prof Kwasi Opoku Amankwa, said the new date was arrived …
Read More »Security beefed up at the Airport over El-zakzaky, wife landing at noon
Security has been beefed up within and outside the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja as the embattled leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN), Ibrahim El-zakzaky and his wife, Zeenat are expected to land at the terminal by noon today from India after a botched medical outing in New …
Read More »Policeman arrested for insulting IGP, President Buhari on facebook
The Yobe State Command of the Nigerian Police Force has arrested one of its personnel identified as Sunday Japhet for allegedly insulting President Buhari, Vice President Osinbajo and the Inspector General of Police on his Facebook page. The State Commissioner of Police, Sunmonu Adeyemi Abdulmaliki on Wednesday, confirmed the arrest …
Read More »R Kelly misses court hearing in Chicago after ‘refusing transport’
Singer R. Kelly has missed a court hearing, with prosecutors claiming he “refused transport” from jail. The R&B star was due at a pre-trial hearing for his sex abuse case in Chicago, Illinois, on Thursday. Kelly’s lawyer said it was “not 100% true” that the singer had refused transport, but …
Read More »Revealed: How Huawei helped Museveni spy on Bobi Wine
An investigation by Wall Street Journal claims Huawei technicians helped authorities in Uganda to intercept encrypted messages to penetrate a WhatsApp chat group in which musician and politician Bobi Wine is a member. Bobi Wine is a fierce critic of President Yoweri Museveni. Ugandan authorities supposedly used messages in the …
Read More »Coffin makers WEEP over poor sales
Coffin makers in the Ashanti Regional capital of Kumasi, have complained that their businesses are grinding to the halt as a result of poor sales coupled with their inability to access wood to construct them. According to them, Burkinabes are buying all the wood used in producing their coffins at …
Read More »Agyemang Badu better after being hospitalised
Ghana midfielder, Emmanuel Agyemang Badu, says he is feeling a lot better in the hospital in Negrar. The midfielder was rushed to the hospital Wednesday night and was diagnosed with pulmonary microembolism – a blood clot in the lungs. A statement confirmed the 28-year-old Ghana international is being kept in …
Read More »[VIDEO]: Slay Queen in Tamale leaked tape SHAVED publicly
This week has not been a very good one for the ‘Slay Queen’ in the infamous Tamale leaked bonking tape as she was shaved publicly prior to being subjected to 12 strokes of canes by palace guards of the Dakpema of Tamale, Naa Bawa Fuseini. According to snippets of information …
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