The apex court is expected to resume hearing the 2020 Election Petition case today, February 1, 2021. The cross-examination of the Petitioner’s chief witness, NDC General Secretary, Johnson Asiedu Nketia will continue today. The last sitting saw the counsel of the 1st Respondent question Mr Asiedu Nketia on specific matters. Although Mr Asiedu Nketiah declined …

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has announced plans to secure laptops for all teachers in the country. The GES Director General, Prof. Kwasi Opoku-Amankwa who announced this in a letter to teacher groups said the development is in consultation with all the teacher unions and each teacher must compulsorily have …

A group of mourners claiming to be supporters of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) have been involved in an accident at the Odweanoma Mountains on the Nkawkaw to Atibie road in the Eastern Region. According to an eyewitness report, the 24 mourners were in a Hyundai Super roof vehicle with …

Despite the surge in the cases of COVID-19 in the country, and government’s subsequent reintroduction of restrictions on funerals, weddings, concerts, theatrical performances and parties until further notice, schools have still not been closed. According to President Nana Alufo-Addo, the situation in the various schools is being monitored for an …

The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) has said seven doctors have so far died of COVID-19 since it emerged in the country. Five of the doctors died last year with two passed this year, President of the Association Dr. Frank Ankobea told Morning Starr Monday. “The number of doctors who are …

Kwaku Agyemang-Manu, President Akufo-Addo’s nominee for Minister for Health, has hinted that President Nana Akufo-Addo has instructed that the fee for COVID-19 tests at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) be reduced. The price of the test at KIA is currently at US$150, but per the government’s new directive, the fee …

The World Bank is preparing emergency vaccine financing projects in 21 countries in Africa, including Ghana, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Niger, Mozambique, Tunisia, Eswatini and Cabo Verde. This follows authorization of up to $12 billion to support countries in their vaccination efforts, which has paved way for individual vaccination …

Friday, January 29, 2021, witnessed, amidst the heat, some moments of laughter in the Supreme Court, when witness for the petitioner, Johnson Asiedu Nketia, took his turn in a cross-examination exercise. Mr. Nketia was one of two witnesses presented by John Dramani Mahama in the Election Petition Hearing, contesting the …

The race for National Youth Organizer Position of the New Patriotic Party is taking shape ahead of the National Delegates Conference likely to be held come 2022.    As vital as the National Youth Organizer position is, so many vibrant, energetic and enterprising young patriots have been mentioned to fill …

The Holy Child Private Basic School at Nzema Aiyinasi in the Ellembelle District of the Western Region was gutted by fire on Friday afternoon. The cause of the fire is yet to be known but some eyewitnesses attribute it to flames from the school’s refuse dump. According to eyewitnesses, some …

The Head of Community Health at University of Ghana Medical School, Prof. Alfred Yawson is urging the government to urgently begin processes to recruit and train unemployed nurses to provide care and treatment for the increasing number of COVID-19 patients. According to him, the few health workers available are getting …

The NDC General-Secretary, Johnson Asiedu Nketia, has set a new course for the election petition that has been filed by his party’s 2020 flagbearer, John Mahama. Testifying on behalf of the petitioner on Friday, the man popularly known as General Mosquito during cross-examination said the NDC is in court to …

Some temporary officers who worked as Exhibition and Verification Officers, as well as Covid-19 Ambassadors for the Electoral Commission (EC) in the 2020 voter register compilation process, have accused Upper Manya Krobo EC staffers of harassing and forcing them to pay ‘appreciation’ fee. According to the temporary officers the Upper Manya Krobo …

The Supreme Court on Friday, January 29, 2022, struck out portions of the statement submitted in court on behalf of the General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr. Johnson Asiedu Nketia. The action followed an objection raised by the lead Counsel for President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, Akoto Ampaw. He asked the …

A private health facility, the Advanced Bodysculpt Centre popularly known as the Obengfo Hospital has been closed down again after suffering similar ordeal in the past. This time, the facility was closed down by the Health Facilities Regulatory Authority (HFRA) for allegedly practising without a license. This was after a …

Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin has confirmed that some Members of Parliament have tested positive for Covid-19. Although Mr Bagbin did not disclose the names of the MPs affected, he admonished members of the House to take the Covid-19 safety protocols seriously and strictly adhere to them. “Even in the …

A former secretary to the then Provisional National Defence Council (PNDC), Dr. Joyce Aryee has refuted claims she left the party after she was asked to work in another ministry– the Ministry of Local Government. In his book, Working with Rawlings, NDC stalwart and former Local Government Minister, Prof. Kwamena …

The only son and last born of the late former president, Flt. Lt. Jerry John Rawlings, has described one moment in the life of his father where he made reference to a near-death situation, calling him ‘stupid.’ Kimathi Agyeman-Rawlings, in his tribute to his father, narrated a story about a visit …

Dr Sekou Nkrumah, one of the sons of Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah, has in plain language chastised the late Jerry John Rawlings (Rtd.) over some of his dealings as a head of state and President of Ghana. According to Sekou Nkrumah, Rawlings betrayed the idea of the June 4, 1979, …

A day after the Ghana Medical Association (GMA)’s Vice President, Dr Frank Serebour, revealed that erectile dysfunction in males forms part of many health complications faced by persons who have fully recovered from COVID-19, The General Secretary of the Association has added that the virus does not just end there, …

The Economic Community for West African States has made a resolve to set a US$50 amount to be paid by citizens of member countries in order to gain access to COVID-19 testing. This is according to a communique issued following the 58th Ordinary Session of Authority of Heads of State and Government …

Chief Executive Officer of the Atta-Mills Institute, Koku Anyidoho has sued a member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Dzifa Gunu for defamation. He posited that Dzifa Gunu accused him of killing his 8-year-old daughter who died in November last year. He also said Dzifa Gunu stated that he (Anyidoho) made several attempts to …

The Apex Court is expected to commence the substantive hearing of the 2020 election petition today, January 28, 2020. The court was supposed to sit on the substantive case on January 26 but former president John Dramani Mahama had not filed his witness statements though they were due on January 21. Mr. …

The Health Ministry has directed public laboratories in the country to drop all charges for Ghanaians who walk in for COVID-19 tests. A circular by the ministry to labs, however, noted charges for foreigners should still be in place. “The Ministry has decided that public COVID-19 testing laboratories providing walk-in …

Minister for Education-designate, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, has issued a disclaimer against news making rounds that he said that there will be an increment in salaries of workers including teachers. The Member of Parliament for Bosomtwe, in a Facebook post, stated that he never granted any such interview and has …

Deputy General Secretary of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) Nana Obiri Boahen has said that the former President of Ghana Jerry John Rawlings should have at least confessed his sins before dying. According to him, Rawlings was involved in several atrocities and it was imperative that he confessed and …

The President of Ghana Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has announced that the University for Development Studies, Tamale will be named after Jerry John Rawlings to honour his memory as Mrs Rawlings clapped. Rawlings while alive rejected an offer for the University which he supported to establish be named after him because he had a …

Some male victims of COVID-19 who have fully recovered from the disease are struggling to have penis erection for sexual pleasure, the Ghana Medical Association (GMA) has disclosed. According to the Vice President of the Association, Dr. Frank Serebour, a number of complaints have come to the attention of physicians …

The petitioner in the ongoing election petition hearing at the Supreme Court, Mr John Dramani Mahama will not be in the witness box to be cross-examined, spokesperson for his lawyers in the case, Dr Dominic Ayine, has said. He said, another official of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) will be the one to be …