President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has cut the sod for the commencement of work on the US$330 million Boankra Integrated Logistics Terminal project, popularly referred to as the Boankra Inland Port Project, which has been on the drawing board for some eighteen (18) years. The idea of the Boankra Integrated Logistics Terminal project has been in the pipeline since the ...

The Alliance for Social Equity and Public Accountability (ASEPA) has charged the Special Prosecutor, Mr. Martin Amidu to re-investigate Former President Mahama on the Airbus saga. At a press conference, the Executive Director of ASEPA, Mr. Mensah Thompson in response to Special Prosecutor’s report wondered why he (Mr. Martin Amidu) captured in his report that the Former President John Dramani ...

Chief Executive Officer for defunct UT Bank, Kofi Amoabeng says he sometimes thinks about jail. Kofi Amoabeng’s UT Bank was part of the banks that were closed down due to their liquidity issues and the utter disregard for Corporate Governance. Speaking in an interview with Accra-based Mx-24 monitored by MyNewsGh.com, he indicated that sometimes he thinks he will be given ...

The Presidential Candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) John Dramani Mahama has described as ‘stupidity’ the decision by Special Prosecutor Martin Amidu to indicate that he was the one described as Government Official One in the Airbus bribery scandal. Mr. Mahama said the circumstances in which Mr. Amidu made this revelation are indications of stupidity on his part and ...

Special Prosecutor Martin Amidu has announced he has completed his corruption risk assessment in the controversial Agyapa Royalties deal. In a statement, Mr. Amidu said he submitted his report on the risk assessment to the Presidency two weeks ago. “The analysis of the risk of corruption and anti-corruption assessment was completed and signed by the Special Prosecutor on 15th October ...

The Chamber for Tourism Industry has urged government to decrease the US$150 charge for COVID-19 testing at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA). According to the chamber, the reduction will go towards revitalizing Ghana’s tourism sector which has not been spared the wrath of the pandemic. Chief Executive of the Chamber, Prince Ntiamoah Boampong speaking to Citi Business News said government ...

Franklin Cudjoe, the President of IMANI Africa has described as untenable the Special Prosecutor’s decision to put on ice the probing of former President John Dramani Mahama over his role in the Airbus Scandal. Martin Amidu decided to shelve interrogation of the NDC Flagbearer due to the upcoming elections. Confirming John Mahama as the ‘Government Official One’, Amidu explained that ...

The Electoral Commission (EC) has refuted claims by the oppositionNational Democratic Congress (NDC) of attempting to rig the upcoming December 7 elections. This comes after the NDC alleged that the Commission was secretly printing some 150,000 extra ballot papers. In agreement with political parties, the EC is mandated to print an extra 5 percent of the ballot sheets for each ...

The Finance Minister Mr Ken Ofori-Atta has stated that the government was transparent with the Agyapa Royalties Agreement. His comment comes after the Special Prosecutor, Mr Martin  Amidu had said in his report on the deal that Databank which belongs to Mr Ofori-Atta was smuggled into the deal by Imara of South Africa as a “decoy”. In the final report ...

The Supreme Court has concluded that a High Court Judge presiding over a contempt case involving Kennedy Ohene Agyapong was found to be biased towards the Member of Parliament. The development comes after Justice Amos Wuntah Wuni was prohibited by a five-member panel of the apex court from presiding over the matter against the Assin Central MP. According to a 31-page ...