President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has nominated four new justices to the bench of the Supreme Court. The names of the four have been forwarded to Parliament in line with legal requirement for Parliamentary vetting and approval. The nominations were ...
Read More »Corruption at NDA: SP invites Coordinator for Special Initiatives at Jubilee House
The Office of the Special Prosecutor has commenced investigations into suspected corruption and corruption-related offences in respect of a contract awarded by the Northern Development Authority (NDA) to A&Qs Consortium for consultancy services under the Infrastructure for Poverty Eradication Programme. ...
Read More »Saglemi Housing case: State prosecutors buy time to file “outstanding documents”
Hearing of the case in which Alhaji Collins Dauda, a former Minister of Water Resources, Works and Housing, and four others involved in the $200 million Saglemi Housing Project scandal has been adjourned to October 28, 2022. This was because ...
Read More »At least 5 dead on the second day of anti-Monusco protests in Eastern DRC
At least 5 people have already died and 50 were injured in protests in Goma, Eastern DRC this Tuesday, according to the Congolese government. These rallies have been taking place around UN’s logistics base in North Kivu since Monday to ...
Read More »Agenda 111: Work starts on 87 sites – Finance Minister
Construction work has commenced and at various stages of completion in 87 out of the 111 sites earmarked for the Agenda 111 project, Mr Ken Ofori-Attah, the Minister of Finance, has said. He said, “with the majority of the contractors ...
Read More »Close to 500k companies operating illegally to be expunged – Registrar of Companies
The newly launched Office of the Registrar of Companies (ORC) is set to delete close to 500,000 companies from its database for not renewing their existence following the expiration of their registration, the Registrar of Companies, Jemima M. Oware, disclosed. ...
Read More »Govt will stay within 2022 Budget – Finance Minister
Finance minister Ken Ofori-Atta has said government will not seek approval to spend more money outside the 2022 appropriation. According to the minister in his Mid-Year Budget Review Statement growth, revenue, and deficit targets have all been revised to respond ...
Read More »Accra-Tema motorway under new concession; road to be tolled when completed – Ofori-Atta
Minister of Finance Ken Ofori-Atta has disclosed government’s plan to raise maximum funds to carry through the rehabilitation and extension of the Tema Motorway. According to him, pursuant to Public Private Partnership Act, 2020 (Act 1039) government will institute a ...
Read More »Double your hard work to break the eight – Okwahu Hene to NPP executives
The Okwahu Hene, Daasebre Akuamoah Agyapong II has admonished the National Executives of the New Patriotic Party to eschew any differences that might have arisen from the just-ended elections and unite with the rank and file of the party to ...
Read More »Ofori-Atta presents 2022 mid-year budget review today
Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta is scheduled to deliver the mid-year budget review statement today, July 25, 2022. The presentation of the Mid-Year Budget review was rescheduled weeks ago to allow for negotiations with the IMF team who visited the country ...
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