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The Ghana Integrity Initiative, the Local Chapter of Transparency International says a corruption ranking published by some media houses which ranks Ghana as the 3rd most corrupt country across the world by perception is fake and should be ignored. A statement issued in Accra on Friday 17th January 2020 and signed by the Executive Director of GII, Linda Ofori-Kwafo, said ...

The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, left Ghana on Friday, 17th January, 2020, to attend the UK-Africa Investment Summit being held in London, in the United Kingdom. The UK-Africa Investment Summit, being hosted by British Prime Minister, Rt. Hon. Boris Johnson, MP, on Monday, 20th January, will bring together “businesses, governments and international institutions to showcase and ...

The main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has launched a digital campaign aimed at getting members to help finance the party ahead of the  December polls. Members of the party, according to the initiative, are required to download a special application on playstore on their mobile phones to enable them easily contribute. As part of the initiative, members of the ...

Commercial High Court presided over by Justice Eric Kyei Baffour, has issued an arrest warrant directed at the Inspector General of Police (IGP), the National Security and the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI), to arrest social media commentator, Kelvin Taylor. He’s to be presented in Court to answer why he should not be committed to jail for his derogatory comments ...

Criminal High Court presided over by Justice Charles Ekow Baiden will deliver its ruling on the latest bail application of the embattled Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Benjamin Agordzo on Tuesday, 21st of January 2020. ACP Benjamin Agordzo is one of ten (10) persons charged for an attempted coup aimed at overthrowing the Akufo-Addo administration. Lawyer for the embattled senior ...

Seven registration officials of the National Identification Authority(NIA) who were interdicted on 9th January 2020 have now been dismissed following the conclusion of administrative investigations by the Authority. The dismissals take immediate effect. The dismissed officers are: 1. MARTIN AWATEY – Commissioner for Oaths (CFO), New Suame Church of Pentecost Centre in Kumasi. 2. MUSAH ALHASSAN – Registration Officer (RO), ...

Twenty-five out of thirty-four persons who died in the gory accident that occurred at Dampoase near Komenda on Monday dawn have been identified by their families at the Cape Coast Teaching Hospital morgue. The corpses have been released to the families for preservation and burial. Nine others, however, cannot be identified. Thirty people out of fifty-seven who got injured have ...

A Rocha Ghana, an environmental protection pressure group in concert with other NGOs and individuals, has issued a civil action against government over the planned exploitation of the Atewa Range Forest for bauxite. The notice which was filed on Monday, January 13, 2020 is in pursuant to Section 10 of theState Proceeding Act 1998, Act 555. The group contends that ...

The Okyenhene Osagyefuo Amoatia Ofori Panin says the Akufo-Addo government is committed to building peace in the country. The Overlord of Akyem Abuakwa speaking during a courtesy call on him by the National Chief Imam Shiek Osmanu Nuhu Shaributu and his entourage at the Ofori Panin Fie in Kyebi on Monday, called on the youth of Ghana to believe in ...

“Having achieved all these significant milestones, even in the midst of the difficulties we met, I am hopeful that the Ghanaian people would reward my party with another resounding victory in 2020. We will not be complacent, and we will work hard for victory, regardless of the fact that ‘One Good Term Deserves Another’. We need four more years to ...