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Airbus Bribery Scandal: Is ‘Intermediary 5’ Samuel Mahama?

Former President John Dramani Mahama has dominated the news after Airbus, Europe’s largest aerospace giant admitted paying huge bribes to secure contracts in Ghana when the former was the vice president and later president. A London High Court found Airbus guilty, and imposed a fine of three billion pounds (£3bn) as penalties. Anti-corruption investigators, according to The Guardian, have described ...

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Airbus Bribery Scandal: Special Prosecutor to probe ‘Government Officials’

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has tasked the Office of the Special Prosecutor to conduct an inquiry into the involvement of any public official, “past or present” who may have been engaged in the Airbus bribery scandal. A statement signed by Eugene Arhin, the Director of Communications at the Presidency said the Office of the Special Prosecutor is “to collaborate ...

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Airbus scandal: Mahama’s presidential ambition in limbo – Franklin Cudjoe

IMANI President, Franklin Cudjoe has said that John Mahama’s presidential campaign towards the December 2020 elections, will definitely take a hit following the recent Airbus corruption scandal. Ghana, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, and Taiwan, have been cited as destinations where Europe’s largest aerospace multinational, Airbus, admitted that it paid huge bribes in order to secure contracts. In the case of ...

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Airbus Bribery Scandal: How Ghana got corrupted

Airbus, Europe’s largest aerospace multinational, confessed to a High Court in London of paying huge bribes in order to secure contracts in Ghana, between 2011 and 2015. The planemaker has been fined three billion pounds (£3bn) as penalties. Anti-corruption investigators, according to The Guardian Report, have described the court’s decision as the largest ever corporate fine for bribery in the ...

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Airbus Bribery Scandal: Why Mahama can’t exonerate himself

The bribery scandal involving Airbus, Europe’s largest aerospace multinational, has opened a whole conversation on the corruption subject involving the former president and current flagbearer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama. According to The Guardian of the UK, Airbus was found guilty by a High Court in London for paying huge bribes to secure contracts during ...

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Airbus confesses paying bribes to Ghana during Mills-Mahama administrations

Airbus, Europe’s largest aerospace multinational, has admitted paying huge bribes in order to secure contracts in Ghana, under the erstwhile Mills-Mahama administration. Airbus was found guilty by a High Court in London and is to pay a fine of 3 billion pounds (£3bn) as penalties. Anti-corruption investigators according to The Guardian Report, has described the court’s decision as the largest ...

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Ghana-Burkina railway consortia to be chosen, 2020 first quarter

The main consortia for the Mpakadan to Ouagadougou stretch of the Ghana-Burkina Faso railway interconnectivity project is set to be chosen this quarter as Government and stakeholders prepare to settle on the most qualified contractors for the project. The consortium that emerges as the preferred bidder is expected to partner the two countries for construction to begin by March this ...

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Presidency breaks silence on ‘NDC Boy’

The presidency has finally broken its silence on the arrest of the National Communications Director of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Sammy Gyamfi, debunking reports that the arrest is politically motivated. According to the Presidency, the NDC member had clearly committed a serious offence, which has the tendency of undermining the integrity of the highest office of the land, ...

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Universele oplader mogelijk verplicht in Europa: Europese Commissie bereidt wetgeving voor

De Europese Commissie wil fabrikanten van mobiele telefoons gaan verplichten die in de EU te leveren met een universele oplader. Ze bereidt een wetsvoorstel voor dat in het derde kwartaal van dit jaar voorgesteld wordt, zo staat in het vandaag gepresenteerde werkprogramma van de Commissie. De maatregel moet de opstapeling tegengaan van snoeren en stekkers die in vrijwel elk huishouden ...

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