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The government has laid a Legislative Instrument (LI) in Parliament for the creation of five new district and municipal assemblies. A Deputy Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Mr Augustine Collins Ntim, laid the LI in Parliament Wednesday morning. The proposed district and municipal assemblies are Korle-Klottey Municipal Assembly …

The Supreme Court has dismissed a legal action challenging Former President John Dramani’s Mahama remission of the four -month jail term slapped on the infamous Montie trio. In a 5-2 majority decision Wednesday morning, a seven-member panel of the court ruled that the President’s powers to remit a conviction covers …

Chinese Vice-Minister of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Mr. Yu Kangzhen, last Saturday paid a working visit to the Cocoa Processing Company (CPC) to understand the operations of the company and how his ministry could partner with the company. The minister is also seeking to help promote cocoa products, particularly chocolate …

A leading member and advocate for the passage of the Right to Information (RTI) Bill, Akoto Ampaw, has observed with worry the reluctance with which Parliament handles the bill, which is currently before the House for consideration. According to him, the attitude of Parliament dragging its feet with the passage …

The Chief Executive Officer of the Institute of Certified Economists of Ghana Gideon Amissah has said the widely publicized Nation Builders Corps (NaBCo) programme will have a negative effect on the Ghanaian economy. He said jobs under Nabco are not sustainable and will not make the recruits productive. “I think …

The Governing Council of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) will be sworn into office today, Starrfmonline.com has gathered. However, only about six new members joining the council will be sworn in today while the remaining nine members, including representatives from the unions will not be sworn …

The General Overseer of the International Central Gospel Church (ICGC), Pastor Mensa Otabil says the full truth surrounding the collapse of Capital Bank will come out at the hearing of the legal suit filed against him and some others by the receivers. The man of God during a church service …

Residents living around Adenta-Madina highway will have to wait for at least three or four more months for the completion of footbridges on the stretch. According to the Member of Parliament for Madina, Alhaji Boniface Saddiq Abubakar, the Ministry of Roads and Highways is in talks with the contractor of …

Mr. Kwesi Nyantakyi’s first wife, Christine-Marie Nyantakyi, has boldly insisted that her husband indeed doled out an amount of $100,000 in a desperate attempt to stop the public screening of Anas’ number 12 exposé on football corruption, that has effectively damaged the former Ghana Football Association (GFA) President’s career and …

Founder of the International Central Gospel Church (ICGC), Pastor Mensa Otabil is barely perturbed about recent reports of a suit against him and 15 other directors of the defunct Capital Bank as he believes the facts of the issue will be revealed during proceedings in court. Reports have emerged this …