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Some senior military officers have called for security presence to be maintained in mining communities affected by illegal mining (galamsey). They expressed fear that the possible withdrawal of the military and other security members of the Operation Vanguard task force from communities plagued with illegal mining could have dire security …

The Auditor-General, Mr Daniel Yaw Domelevo, has dragged the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) to court for investigating him over certain alleged procurement infractions at the Audit Service. In an application filed Wednesday, November 20, 2019, at the Human Rights Division of the Accra High Court, the Auditor-General contends …

The Economic and Organized Crime Office (EOCO) on Wednesday detained a Council of State Member and Founder and President of Groupe Ideal, Nii Kotei Dzani, for several hours before being released on bail. The arrest is in respect of some GH¢700 million of depositors’ funds believed to be unaccounted for …

President Akufo-Addo’s removal of Otiko Afisa Djaba from the Ministry of Gender, Child and Social Protection was unjust, the ex-minister’s blood sister, Mrs Joyce Bawa Mogtari, has condemned. Ms Djaba turned down her appointment by President Akufo-Addo as Ghana’s Ambassador to Italy in his maiden reshuffle in August 2018. In …

The University of Education, Winneba(UEW), now has a Pro Vice-Chancellor to assist the current Vice-Chancellor Prof. Anthony Afful-Broni. This follows an election held in the four campuses of the University namely Winneba, Ajumako, Kumasi and Mampong. At the end of the process, Prof. Andy Ofori-Birikorang who is the Dean of …

Security agents have mounted a coordinated manhunt for the man behind the so-called breakaway from Ghana of the Volta Region and some parts of the Northern and Upper East regions otherwise called Western Togoland even as another group pops up. The emergence of the new group with a secessionist project …

The Board and Management of Student Loan Trust Fund (SLTF) has taken a decision to release the full list of defaulters of the Government of Ghana Student Loan Trust Fund scheme before going to court to retrieve the money, MyNewsGh.com has learnt. The list which captures defaulters as far back …

Security agents have mounted a coordinated manhunt for the man behind the so-called breakaway from Ghana of the Volta Region and some parts of the Northern and Upper East regions otherwise called Western Togoland even as another group pops up. The emergence of the new group with a secessionist project …

Ghana’s celebrated broadcaster, Gifty Anti, in November 2013 cleared the air with regards to her supposed relationship with Former President John Agyekum Kuffour. Speaking in an interview on Joy FM’s ‘Drive Time’ with Kwabena Anokye Adisi, the host of ‘StandPoint’ revealed that she ‘never dated’ the president adding that those …

Popular fetish priest Kwaku Bonsam says he is willing to serve as President of the proposed National Shrine if government goes ahead to construct it. The Minister of Chieftaincy and Religious AffairsSamuel Kofi Dzamesi has said government will not rule out the possibility of establishing a national shrine. According to …

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has recruited 14,500 new teachers for basic schools across the country. The teachers, from the 46 colleges of education, completed their studies in 2018 and did the one-year mandatory national service. The Director-General of the GES, Prof. Kwasi Opoku-Amankwa, who made this known in an …

Some 170 suspects have been arrested in a joint security operation code-named Koudanlgou III near the Ghana-Togo borders to stop planned terrorist activities and other criminal moves. “The exercise is aimed at preventing terrorist activities, illegal resource extraction, drug trafficking, dealing in illicit arms, smuggling, among other transnational crimes,” Ghana’s …

The Ghana Football Association has announced the 2019/20 league season will start on 21 December 2019. This comprises the top-flight, Ghana Premier League, Division One and Women’s Premier clubs. The season will end in July 2020 after 35 weeks. A statement signed by the Ghana FA acting General Secretary Alex …

There is growing Tension among members of the Health Service Workers Union (HSWU), the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) branch following the withdrawal of the appointment of Dr Baffour Awuah as the new Director-General of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), MyNewsGh.com reports. “Why should we always allow NPP and NDC …

A former Deputy Finance Minister, Fifi Fiavi Kwetey, has said the Akufo-Addo administration inherited a strong economy with two additional oil fields yet the government claims it inherited a weak economy. The MP for Ketu South Constituency also said that the opposition National Democratic Congress’ administration bequeathed an economy free …

The University of Ghana fact-finding committee set up to investigate two lecturers indicted over the BBC “sex for grades” documentary has found them guilty of misconduct. In its report, the committee recommended that the matter should be brought before the University of Ghana’s Disciplinary committee for further actions. The committee …

The CEO of defunct Ideal Finance Nii Kotei Dzani was on Wednesday arrested by the police for misappropriation of some funds in his care. Reliable sources told Starrfm.com.gh that the Council of State member was detained at the Ministries Police Station for some hours before being released on bail. Sources …

Ghanaian TV and Radio Broadcast journalist, marriage counselor, and actress, Joyce Akumaa Dongotey-Padi popularly known as Akumaa Mama Zimbi has explained why Krobo women are good in bed. According to Akumaa Mama Zimbi, Krobo women are specially taught how to give men immense pleasure during Dipo rites held for the …

A commercial vehicle driver, Mr Albert Ansah, 33, and his conductor, Francis Buabeng, who brutally assaulted a police officer at Weija, have been handed a GH1,800 fine each. The Weija High Court presided over by Justice Bernard Bentsil imposed a fine of 150 penalty units each on the two. They will …

The Government of Ghana has indicated clearly that it has no intention whatsoever to tax churches in the country. Minister of Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs, Samuel Kofi Ahiave Dzamesi, made this known in an encounter with the media on Wednesday, November 20, 2019, at the Information Ministry in Accra. He …

A top US diplomat has told an impeachment inquiry that he followed President Donald Trump’s orders to put pressure on Ukraine to investigate his Democratic rival Joe Biden. Ambassador Gordon Sondland said the instruction came from Mr Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani. The inquiry is assessing if Mr Trump withheld …

Maverick Accra based legal practitioner Lawyer Dr. Maurice Ampaw has urged Ghanaians to blame the president of the land Nana Akuffo-Addo and some Ministries of state due to their failure to accordingly deal with the leader and supporters of the secessionist movement Homeland Study Group Foundation (HSGF). According to the …

Barely a day after it was reported that winner of Atinka Media Village’s plus size women reality show, ‘Di Asa’, was kicked out of Emirates’ plane to Dubai because of her size, the airline company has responded justifying its actions. In a statement copied to Ghanaweb, the organization said it …

A woman was allegedly raped by two elderly men in Gujarat’s Banaskantha district on the pretext of saving her family from social ostracism they faced after her son married a woman from another caste, police said Tuesday. The 50-year-old survivor was raped in Thara town over a month ago by …

Five members of the Western Togoland group have been remanded for treason felony by a Ho district Court. This was after 11 members of the group were arrested following their decision to declare the Volta region independent of Ghana. Those remanded are Peter Godfriend Edem, Mkpe Tornyi Kudjo, Kofi Agbeko, …