State Prosecutors in the trial of Dr Stephen Opuni, former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the COCOBOD and Seidu Agongo, CEO of Agricult Ghana Limited, on Wednesday objected to tendering of a document through its witness. Yvonne Atakora Obuobisa, the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), told an Accra High Court that the prosecution witness was not its author and that ...
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2019 to see well sanitized and resilient banking sector – Frank Adu
Ghana’s banking sector should be well-sanitised and more resilient as the central bank continues its reforms, Frank Adu Jnr., Managing Director of CalBank, has said as he called on the nation to back the regulator to clean up the sector. “I think the system will be well-sanitised and become more resilient from next year onward. We should all basically support ...
Read More »Rawlings and Mahama disclose concerns on National Cathedral to Duncan Williams
Archbishop Nicholas Duncan Williams who has been spearheading a fundraising campaign for the construction of the National Cathedral has indicated that two of the former presidents Jerry Rawlings and John Mahama have concerns with the decision on the cathedral. There is a divided front on government’s decision to support the construction of the with some describing it as a needless ...
Read More »Hogere hypotheekschuld bij huishoudens
De totale uitstaande hypotheekschuld van huishoudens is in het derde kwartaal van het jaar met 1 miljard euro gestegen tot 702 miljard euro. Dit is het zevende kwartaal op rij dat de hypotheekschuld toenam, aldus het Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek (CBS). Wel is de toename in het derde kwartaal de kleinste in deze periode. Begin 2014 stond er 672,5 ...
Read More »Man (44) opgepakt die inbreekt in huis van zijn bange ouders
Een 44-jarige man is zaterdagnacht opgepakt vanwege een opmerkelijke inbraak. De man sloop namelijk het huis van zijn ouders in Tilburg binnen. Hij werd betrapt door een buurtbewoner, die wist dat zijn ouders erg bang voor hem zijn, waarna de politie het huis omsingelde. Omdat hij zich verstopte in de woning, werd een politiehond ingezet om hem te kunnen overmeesteren. ...
Read More »Koning: Nederland een van de beste plekken op de wereld om te leven
Koning Willem-Alexander heeft vandaag op eerste kerstdag de traditionele kersttoespraak gehouden. Hij doet een beroep op burgers om samen te werken en oog te hebben voor het gedeelde belang. ‘Nederland is een van de beste plekken op de wereld om te werken, te wonen en te leven’. Koning Willem-Alexander deed in zijn kerstrede een nadrukkelijk beroep op de kracht van ...
Read More »Akufo-Addo is clearing NDC mess to make way for development – Chiana-Paga NPP Chairman
The Chiana-Paga constituency Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mohamud Adams Karimu, has appealed to Ghanaians to exercise patience with President Akufo Addo, as he works through the mess created by the former administration, to bring the needed development in all sectors of the country. According to him, the erstwhile National Democratic Congress (NDC) government, in its 8 years ...
Read More »Martin Amidu to approve wives and husbands for his staff
Any would be wife or husband of an employee of the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has to undergo proper scrutiny from the security agencies before being given the green light to go ahead with the marriage, says Office of the Special Prosecutor Regulations, 2018 (L.I. 2373). The law also compels an employee who intends to get married to ...
Read More »$12m Oslo building saga: NDC exposed
The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, has stressed that the Minority National Democratic Congress (NDC) in Parliament had lied about the cost of the controversial chancellery in Oslo, Norway which the government is reportedly seeking to acquire. The Minister reiterated her earlier position last week at a press conference in Accra. “The press statement is ...
Read More »Drone deal not borne by taxpayer – Akufo-Addo
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has stated, for the avoidance of doubt, that the use of drones to supply essential and life-saving medical supplies to patients, especially in remote areas, will not be borne by the taxpayer. “This programme is not going to be run on the public budget. Corporate Social Responsibility contributions from private sector players will pay for ...
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