Vice President, Dr. Mahamadu Bawumia Tuesday, February 11, 2020, addressed citizens at a Town Hall meeting in Kumasi. Themed “Demonstrating fulfillment of our promises”, Dr. Bawumia touched on major feats this government administration has achieved since it began its office. He, among other things noted that Ghana’s GDP growth spanning three years has placed the country among the fastest in ...

The highly revered heart surgeon turned politician, Prof Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, is out to salvage his reputation from the fallout of the Galamsey saga with revelations that the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), its Constituency, regional and national executives, as well as its Members of Parliament (MPs), Ministers of state and their relatives, are briskly involved in the illegal mining business, ...

A document has emerged which suggests how the then Vice-President John Dramani Mahama allegedly dealt directly with manufacturers of the Brazil aircraft manufacturer, Embraer Defence and Security.The 26th April 2012 correspondence was addressed to the Director-Sales and Business Development, International Business Development of Embraer Defence and Security, Felipe Monteiro.Embrace IssueThe Embraer issue is being rekindled in the wake of damning ...

The Special Prosecutor Martin Amidu who is probing the Airbus scandal has released a statement on the issue. In a press statement, Mr. Amidu said there is a reasonable suspicion of corruption in the Airbus scandal. He further said that offences such as bribery of public officials and the use of public office for private profit will be subjects of ...

In China, the corona virus, or Wuhan virus , is rapidly spreading.More than 24,000 people have since been infected and 493 have died. What is known about the virus so far? Het Parool February 5, 2020, 4:05 PM Where is the origin of the corona virus? The coronavirus is almost certainly derived from bats. Chinese researchers found that after almost an identical virus was found ...

he Attorney-General (A-G) has dragged former Finance Minister, Dr Kwabena Duffuor and former 2nd Deputy Governor of the Bank of Ghana (BoG), Mr Johnson Asiama to court over the collapse of defunct uniBank. Dr Duffuor has been charged with money laundering and dishonestly receiving, while Dr Asiama has been charged with willfully causing financial loss to the state. The charge ...

The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service probing into the 500 missing excavators seized in the clampdown of illegal mining, has invited the Agona West constituency chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kojo Addo, for questioning. He was invited by the CID, Tuesday, afternoon, when he was attending to some issues in the constituency. Inside sources ...

The leader of the team in charge of monitoring and securing all seized earthmoving and auxiliary equipment used for illegal small-scale mining (galamsey) has revealed that 315 excavators had been seized as of 31 January 2020 but only 127 are left in the central pool in Accra. According to Nana Boadu, some of the excavators have found their way back ...

The first Commissioner at the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice, Justice Emile Short says Martin Amidu’s deputy can lead investigations into the Airbus scandal if the Special Prosecutor is unable to do so because of his alleged involvement in the matter. According to him, the Office of the Special Prosecutor doesn’t revolve around Martin Amidu alone so Cynthia ...

Minister of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, Prof. Kwabena Frimpong Boateng has disclosed how embattled Central Regional Vice-Chairman of the NPP, Horace Ekow Ewusi came into the picture for the fight against illegal mining popularly referred to as galamsey. In an exclusive interview with GhanaWeb, Prof. Frimpong Boateng said, the Chairman of the Inter-Ministerial Committee for Illegal Mining, the then ...