Author Archives: edwardkanawu

Nduom sues Finance Minister, 3 others

The Ghana Growth Fund, a subsidiary of Groupe Ndoum, has sued the Finance Minister over debts that have left it unable to pay investors’ funds. Included in the suit is the Attorney-General, Minister for Roads and Highways and Agyakot Company Limited. Lawyers for Ghana Growth Fund Limited, which invests the money on behalf of Gold Coast Fund Management, are demanding ...

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Journalist admits fabricating sex story about Black Stars at 2019 AFCON; issues apology

Ghanaian broadcast journalist Michael Tuffour has admitted fabricating a sex story about the Black Stars during Ghana’s unsuccessful 2019 AFCON campaign in Egypt. According to a publication on Kasapafmonline.com – the media house of the broadcaster, the journalist lowered his ethical standards as he failed to cross-check his facts before making the publication. A Kasapa FM publication read: “On July ...

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We’ve corrected Mahama’s mess – Akufo-Addo

Ghanaian president Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says his government has, over the last two and a half years, acted to correct the fundamentals of the Ghanaian economy, which, prior to his assumption of office, were in considerable disarray. According to President Akufo-Addo, “The fiscal deficit, which stood at 9.3% in 2016, has been brought down to 3.9% at the end ...

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Ghanaian media is dominated by recklessness – Elizabeth Ohene

It appears most media practitioners have failed to make the best out of the growing freedom of the press in Ghana, and are rather practicing with reckless abandon, a former Editor of the Daily Graphic, Ms Elizabeth Ohene has assessed. This could explain why support for unfettered media has declined in Ghana and other parts of the continent, she suggested, ...

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Ablakwa, Africawatch face $20m defamation suit

The Minister for Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Shirley Ayorkor Botchway, has issued a defamation writ for $20 million against Africawatch Magazine and its editor, Steve Mallory, over a publication accusing her of inflating the cost of the Oslo Chancery being bought by the Government by $16 million. Joined to the suit is Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, Member of Parliament (MP) ...

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Ayorkor Botchwey sues Ablakwa, others; demands $20m

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey has sued the Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, publishers of the Africawatch Magazine, General Media Strategies Inc. over the publication of some alleged defamatory piece against her with regards to the newly opened Ghana’s Embassy in Oslo, the capital of Norway. Joined to the lawsuit is the editor ...

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Akufo-Addo excited over suspension of parliamentary complex project«

President Nana Akufo-Addo is happy over Parliament’s decision to suspend the building of a new parliamentary chamber complex. This comes after the massive pressure from Ghanaians for Parliament to boycott the decision. Some groups had even planned to stage a demonstration to express their displeasure over the decision. Speaking on the issue for the first time when he addressed the ...

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Court dismisses Valerie Sawyerr case

An Accra High Court has dismissed a case filed by a former board member of Ghana National Gas Company, Dr. Valerie Sawyerr, seeking to set aside adverse findings made against her by the Economic and Organized Crime Office (EOCO). Dr. Sawyer in October 2018, dragged the Attorney-General (AG) and the Economic and Organised Crimes Office (EOCO) to court, after a ...

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Cybercrime Drama: I was coached to lie – Modern Ghana reporter

One of the two Modern Ghana reporters, Emmanuel Britwum, who denied an allegation of torture, has exposed the sessions of ‘coaching’ and encouragement to ‘lie’ about their brief period of detention to embarrass the National Security Council Secretariat and its operatives. Soon after the ill-fated ‘torture story’ pushed by his colleague Emmanuel Ajarfor Abubakar Abugri was downloaded onto the media ...

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