Author Archives: edwardkanawu

Chief Justice rejects petition against Justice Kyei-Baffour

Mr Justice Eric Kyei-Baffour, a Justice of the Court of Appeal, with additional responsibility as a High Court judge, will continue to preside over the trial of the five individuals accused of embezzling $4 million belonging to the National Communications Authority (NCA) during the erstwhile Mahama administration. That was the decision of the Chief Justice, Mr Justice Kwasi Anin Yeboah, ...

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‘Angry’ GBA to ban or suspend’ boxer who beat Kotoko fan

The Ghana Boxing Authority has described as unfortunate and unlawful the actions of boxer Patrick Allotey who was caught on camera beating a Kotoko fan at the Accra Sports Stadium. The boxer was captured on a video inflicting punches on a fan who was celebrating Kotoko’s 2-1 victory over Accra Hearts of Oak last Sunday. The spokesperson of the GBA, ...

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Allotey to face GBA Disciplinary Committee

The Ghana Boxing Authority (GBA) has extended an invitation to Patrick Allotey – World Boxing Organisation (WBO) Africa Super Welterweight Champion, following his recent conduct at the Accra Sports Stadium, during the sixth week league game between Accra Hearts of Oak and Asante Kotoko. Allotey last Sunday, was seen in a video that went rival, punching a football fan Eric ...

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Over 10,000 government employees to have their salaries stopped

A payroll audit by the Auditor General has uncovered that over 10,000 employees have either no justification or sufficient information to continue drawing salaries from the public purse. It has therefore asked the affected employees to make themselves available for enumeration from January 28 to February 11, 2020 at the Audit-Service Headquarters (Payroll Audit Branch), Accra to avoid disallowance and ...

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Give proof your government sold 361 vehicles legally – OccupyGhana to Mahama

Pressure group, OccupyGhana, has challenged former President John Mahama to prove that the reported sale of some 361 government vehicles during the last days of his regime were done legally. OccupyGhana made the demand following ex-President Mahama’s recent promise that should he be elected in December 2020 as President of Ghana once again, he would “put an immediate and permanent ...

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90% of ‘galamseyers’ have ceased operations – Frimpong-Boateng

The Minister of Environment, Science, Technology & Innovation, Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng has said that about 90% of illegal small-scale miners (galamseyers) have ceased operations since the Operation Vanguard Team was established almost three years ago. “I can say 90 percent, by and large, [of] those who are doing galamsey, I can say about 90 percent have stopped. These galamsey people ...

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Corruption Perception Index: The level of rot from Rawlings to Akufo-Addo

Transparency International since 1995 annually releases its Corruption Perception Index, a ranking of countries by their perceived levels of public sector corruption, as determined by expert assessments and opinion surveys. Just last week the group released the 2019 edition of the rankings which has seen Ghana fall two places further from its 78th position in 2018 to 80th, out of ...

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New Register: Chief Imam spokesman backs EC, calls demos needless

The Spokesperson for the National Chief Imam and Co-Chairperson of the Coalition of Domestic Election Observers (CODEO), Sheikh Aremeyawo Shaibu, has described arguments against the compilation of a New Biometric Voters Register as unconvincing. Some Ghanaians including some civil society groups and the Interparty Resistance Against New Voters Register have kicked against the EC’s decision to compile a new voter’s ...

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Hoe de brexit ook mét deal levens in de war schopt: ‘Ik ben straks mijn paspoort kwijt’

Nog vijf dagen, dan is het eindelijk zover: brexit. Een historische gebeurtenis die miljoenen levens ontregelt, aan beide kanten van de Noordzee. Hoe? Een aantal gewone mensen legt het uit. ,,Nooit gedacht dat ik mijn paspoort zou kwijtraken. Je zou kunnen denken dat de brexit, die op 1 februari een feit is, een administratieve formaliteit is geworden. Er ligt toch ...

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