An aide to former President John Dramani Mahama, Mr Stan Xoese Dogbe thinks that there was no need to investigate the airbus matter when Ghana did not actually lose any money. In a Facebook post Monday morning [February 3, 2020], in reaction to President Akufo-Addo’s referral of the matter to the Special Prosecutor, Mr Martin Amidu to investigate the said ...

The Electoral Commission (EC) has stated that it is on course to produce a new credible biometric voters register and dispatch copies to all the constituencies by November 8. By its calender, which has been shown to some senior journalists and editors as part of its engagement and consultation with key stakeholders, the EC estimates that the registration process, the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Following the exit of the United Kingdom from the European Union, Ghana is expected to benefit from a zero duty on all exports as well as a quota free market access. This is according to some of the proposals under the new trade deal being discussed by the Ghanaian Embassy and the United Kingdom officials, JoyBusiness reports. Adam Afriyie, the ...