Two members of parliament from the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa (North Tongu Constituency) and Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah (Ellembele Constituency) have petitioned the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) to investigate the deaths and injuries that occurred during the 2020 election. The lawmakers want the security personnel who shot at the voters and also injured ...

The family of slain social media activist, Mohammed Macho Kaaka, has expressed displeasure with the manner in which the Ghana Police Service is handling the investigation and prosecution of suspects in the case. According to the family, the police have “deliberately peddled misinformation” to achieve a premeditated outcome in the trial of Baba Iddi, a brother of Kaaka who is ...

Fifa will receive $201m (£146m) in forfeited funds seized during a corruption probe, the US Department of Justice has announced. More than 50 defendants have been criminally charged since the Department of Justice unveiled its corruption probe in 2015. Twenty-seven people and four corporate entities have pleaded guilty, with two people convicted at trial. The repayment will begin with an ...

The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has said it did no wrong in writing off some GHS23.9 million debt attributed to expired fertilisers and agrochemicals from its books in 2018. In a statement, the management of COCOBOD said: “When the current management took over administration in 2017, it was surprised to find out that there were significant volumes of chemicals and ...

Vice-president Mahamudu Bawumia will today, Wednesday, 25 August 2021, launch the Revenue Assurance and Compliance Enforcement (RACE) initiative. The launch, is in collaboration with the Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Trade, Ministry of Interior, National security and the Ghana Revenue Authority. RACE aims to facilitate effective and efficient mobilisation of resources. It also aims to ensure high tax compliance and ...

Information Minister Kojo Oppong has assured the media that the government of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will be fair to all media houses in terms of regulation. He also aid there will be fairness in the area of capacity enhancement programmers. Mr Oppong Nkrumah said this on Tuesday August 24 at the Graphic Business/Standbic Bank Breakfast meeting. “There is ...

Eight more COVID-19 patients have died in Ghana taking the fatality toll to 982, the latest figures from the Ghana Health Service (GHS) indicate. Some 423 new cases were also confirmed as of 20 August 2021. The active caseload is currently 6,850. The critical cases have fallen to 20 from 28 while the severe cases have dropped to 34 from ...

A Zimbabwean lecturer has declined a senior lecturer post at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in the Department of Physiotherapy and Sport Sciences over poor salary. In a letter declining the offer by the university, Dr Matthew Chiwaridzo stated that the annual salary of Ghc55, 104.05 (USD 760.00 per month) is not comparable to a monthly basic ...

Ghana winger Yaw Yeboah says he draws inspiration from football stars Lionel Messi and Neymar after his stunning solo goal in the Polish top-flight league. The former Manchester City man’s goal helped his side Wisła Kraków beat Gornik Leczna 3-1 on Saturday to move up to fourth on the league table. In the matchday 5 fixture, the Ghana U23 captain ...

African health ministers met on Tuesday August 24 to take stock of the continent’s fight against COVID-19 as the pandemic continues to stretch health systems to breaking point in some countries and just 2% of all Africans are fully vaccinated against the virus. Ministers assessed immediate actions needed to curb Africa’s third wave, which saw COVID-19 cases in Africa surpass ...