A lecturer at the GIMPA law school Justice Srem-Sai has, among other factors, blamed the mass failure at the Ghana School of law on the rising working-students syndrome. According to him, unlike in the past where only a few law students were working while in school, the situation is on the reverse currently, as many of the students at the …

“It is rare not to see the use of social media short-hands these days when marking scripts of students in law school. Am most convinced that very soon they will be using emoji’s”. This is the revelation of law lecturer at Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA), Mr. Justice Srem- Sai. Speaking in an interview on StarrFm monitored …

The Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Maritime Authority, Kwame Owusu, has resigned, Accra based Starr FM reports. Mr. Owusu has been under intense criticism over the past few months for spending over GHS 10,000 on a staff workshop in 2017. Confirming the report, the Transport Minister, Kwaku Ofori Asiamah, revealed that Mr. Owusu resigned having attained the age of …

A joint national taskforce to oversee the export of petroleum products across Ghana’s borders has been inaugurated. In an effort to curb the menace, the National Petroleum Authority in collaboration with other bodies has initiated measures to conduct swoop exercises on trucks suspected to be involved in the dumping of products meant for export into the country. The joint taskforce …

The Institute for Energy Security (IES) is alarmed at the complete breakdown in the top hierarchy of the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC), as evident in the outright public confrontations between the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and the Board Chair over procurement related issues. The Institute noted that, it is important to remind that “the turf war is ugly, undesired …

A gender activist, Nana Otua Owusuaa I, has launched a programme in support of the national campaign against teenage pregnancy. As part of her campaign, Nana Owusuaa, who is also the Akwaaboahene of Akropong-Akuapim in the Eastern Region, has published a book titled: “Innocence – Shadow of Shame” to serve as a supplementary reading material for the junior and senior …

An Epileptologist and neurologist at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, Dr Patrick Adjei, has advised persons living with epilepsy to seek medical care because the disease is treatable. He said although treatable, a number of people living with the condition did not seek medical care because of the myths, stigmatisation and misconceptions surrounding the condition. An estimated one per cent of …

The Minister of the Interior, Mr Ambrose Dery, has cautioned against reprisal attacks in the shooting incident that occurred at the Ashanti Regional office of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in Kumasi last Monday. Rather, he said the people should remain calm and provide evidence to the police to assist in their investigations. Interview In an interview with journalists in …

The West Africa Nobles Forum (WANF), a non-governmental organisation, has added its voice to the call on the government to disband all vigilante groups as a matter of urgency. “The rate at which these vigilante groups are springing up is very alarming and the wantonness of their actions is very dreadful. Our fledging democracy is under serious threat by these …

Minority ranking member of Finance, Isaac Adongo has described the Ghana Amalgamated Trust Limited as an outrageous waste of the tax payers’ money by the Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori- Atta. “Let me be upfront here that GAT is a complete scam, dubious arrangement and national tragedy knitted together by persons pretending to be interested in the wellbeing of Ghana …