POLITICS

President, Asantehene congratulate KNUST’s first female Vice-Chancellor

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, have congratulated Professor Mrs.Rita Akosua Dickson on her investiture as the 11th Vice-Chancellor of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST). The newly-invested Vice-Chancellor is the first female to occupy that prestigious position in the history of Ghana’s foremost …

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Another protest hits EC as Registration Supervisors cry over payment

Supervisors and Deputy Supervisors of the ongoing nationwide voters registration exercise are aggrieved over some treatments being meted out to them by the Electoral Commission (EC) as regards payment for their services. According to the Supervisors who are being engaged for three months, the EC has been unfair in respect …

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Afia Schwarzenegger ‘joins’ NPP; declares #4more4Nana

Controversial comedienne, Afia Schwarzenegger has endorsed the second term of President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. According to her, the future of Ghanaian children is at stake and needs to be given the needed care and therefore there is the need for Ghanaians to add another four more years to that …

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Student Getting Ready as WASSCE starts today

This year’s West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) will commence on Monday, August 3, with a total of 375,737 candidates in over 796 examination centres across the country. According to registrations data, 187,574 of the candidates are males and 188,163, females. The Ashanti region had the highest number of …

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2020 Polls: No big rallies for political parties – Akufo-Addo

The President of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has hinted that campaigns leading up to Election 2020 will be direct and devoid of large gatherings like it used to be in previous elections. According to him, 2020 has been difficult but politicians will have to adapt to the changing trends to meet …

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[VIDEO]: Asiedu Nketia clashes with soldiers over voters registration

The General Secretary of the opposition NDC party, Johnson Asiedu Nketia has clashed with military personnel stationed at Banda in the Bono Region over the soldiers’ refusal to allow some residents to register in the ongoing voters’ registration exercise. In a video available to Kasapafmonline.com, the NDC Scribe is seen angrily exchanging …

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Double Track system in SHSs will end before 2024 – Akufo-Addo

The President of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has hinted that the Double Track system currently been used at the Senior High School(SHS) level will end when his second term in office ends. Senior High School students under the Free SHS policy are practising the semester-based system where students are …

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Government considering free tertiary education – Akufo-Addo

President Akufo-Addo says his government is considering implementing free tertiary education in the country. According to the president, the greatest investment to make in a country is to invest in it’s people, therefore, he intends to do so by investing in the education of the people. “What I’ve realised is …

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Barbados: Nine nurses from Ghana test positive for COVID-19

Twelve people, including nine of the nurses who recently arrived in Barbados from Ghana, have tested positive for COVID-19 after tests conducted on Friday by the Best Dos-Santos Public health Laboratory. Chief Medical Officer Dr Kenneth George made the announcement during a live media conference on CBC TV yesterday afternoon. …

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GES, WAEC deny leakage of 2020 WASSCE Science Paper 1 and 2

The Ghana Education Service and the West African Examination Council in different releases have denied reports that the 2020 WASSCE Integrated Science Paper 1 and 2 scheduled to be taken on Monday, August 3, 2020 has been leaked. In its release, WAEC while allying the fears of students and other …

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It’s an insult to come back to power – Actor scolds Ex-Prez Mahama

Actor Prince David Osei says NDC flagbearer and former President John Dramani Mahama‘s desire to come back to power is an “insult” to Ghanaians. According to him, Mr. Mahama has already served the nation well and there is nothing more he can offer Ghanaians. Besides, the former President’s administration was characterized by corruption …

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Incompetence tag: Mahama is only ranting, leave him- Prez. Akufo-Addo

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has tasked the media to not worry him about ‘innuendos’ from the running-mate of the opposition National Democratic Congress’, John Mahama as the latter is only desperate for recognition and attention. MyNewsGh.com reports. The President stated in an exclusive interview on Wontumi Television on Saturday, …

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LIVESTREAMED: President Akufo-Addo speaks on Wontumi TV

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is speaking on the Wontumi TV channel in the Ashanti Region as part of a regional working tour he embarked last week. This follows a US$49 million sod cutting for the construction of the Damongo Water Project in the Northern Region. Watch Akufo-Addo’s interview on Wontumi TV …

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Final phase of voter registration exercise begins today

The Electoral Commission (EC) will this morning (Saturday, August 1, 2020) begin the fifth and final phase of its ongoing voter registration exercise. The Commission in a statement urged all eligible voters to take advantage of the final phase and register to vote on December 7, 2020. The current exercise …

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WASSCE 2020 Integrated Science questions Leaked?

Less than 72 hours to the start of the 2020 West African Senior School Certificate Examination(WASSCE), there are suspicions that the questions have been leaked. A sample of the Integrated Science paper which is scheduled to be written on Monday, August 3, 2020, has surfaced on social media. A post sighted on …

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COVID-19 death toll in Ghana hits 182

Ghana has recorded seven more COVID-19 deaths as the death toll now stands at 182 from 175, according to the Ghana Health Service. The active cases of the virus stand at 3,223 with 32,090 persons recovered or discharged. The total number of cases stand at 35,501 after 359 new cases …

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SHS gold-track student collapses and dies during exams in Koforidua

A second-year gold-track student of Oyoko Methodist Senior High School in Koforidua has died during exams. The female student collapsed while writing Literature in English WASSCE Thursday afternoon. She was immediately rushed to the St. Joseph Hospital but was pronounced dead on arrival. Starr News has gathered that the General …

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Bawumia’s in TROUBLE Over Dual Citizenship Allegation

Some Ghanaians are calling for the arrest of Vice President(VP) Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia over what is allegedly described as a crime for the possession of dual citizenship despite holding such a key position in the country. According to those calling for the arrest of the Vice President, it is a crime for a …

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