GENERAL NEWS

Following the announcement of new nominees for ministerial positions under the second administration of the Akufo-Addo government, Ken Ofori-Atta who has been retained as the Finance Minister becomes the first to hold that portfolio twice in a row under the fourth republic. President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on January 21, 2021 submitted to Parliament, names …

A 13-year-old boy was burnt beyond recognition in a fire outbreak at the Buipe toll bridge in the Central Gonja District of the Savannah Region. The victim Ibrahim Musah, the victim of Thursday evening’s fire is believed to be the son of one of the traders selling at the area. …

The Ghana Health Service has announced that 3 new COVID-19 deaths have been recorded, bringing the death toll to 361. The total number of cases has also risen to 2,413 after 658 new cases were confirmed. So far, a total of 59,480 cases have been confirmed in Ghana since mid-March …

A thirty (30) year-old man met his untimely death after he was knocked down by a sprinter bus at Awutu Breku. The young man was crossing the highway along the Kasoa-Cape Coast road. Rainbow Radio’s Nana Yaw Asare reported that the bus with the registration number GW 5640-50 overtook another …

The funeral rites of the late former president, Jerry John Rawlings is set to begin this weekend from Sunday, January 24. The Laying-In-State of the remains of the ex-military leader will begin January, 24 to January, 26,2021 from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm daily at the Foyer of the Accra …

A member of the communications team of the National Democratic Congress, Benjamin Essuman, says the only achievement of the Zongo and the Inner City Development Ministry was the beautification of the residence of the President’s house at Nima in Accra. Speaking on the Morning Starr, Mr Essuman said there was …

The 27 year old daughter of Dr Kwaku Oteng, CEO of Angel Group of Companies, Honourable Francisca Oteng Mensah has opened up on her struggles before her father became a rich man, finding the right lover and how she became the Member of parliament of Kwabre East Constituency in Ashanti Region.   On January 21, 2021 the Member of Parliament for people in Kwabre East Constituency in Ashanti Region, …

A senior law lecturer and anti-gay rights convener, Moses Foh-Amoaning has urged President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to strongly stand his grounds against any attempt by the international community to re-ignite the issue of homosexuality in the Ghanaian space. He was emphatic that American’s President-elect, Mr. Joe Biden, and his vice may …

The Ghana Police Service has exhumed a body partly buried in Kpaguri, a suburb of the Wa Municipality. “The body revealed was a male adult aged about 30 years, stands at about 6 feet tall and was seen wearing a pair of jeans trousers and a T-shirt”, the Inspector Gideon …

The Electoral Commission has opened nomination for the election of regional representatives of the Council of State. According to a statement by the EC, every nomination must be seconded by two registered voters and supported by twenty registered voters in the region. “Every Nomination must be proposed and seconded by …