Former Executive Director of the Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII), Vitus Azeem has said he didn’t expect the Special Prosecutor to stay up to one year. He said lot of things did not seem right at the time of his appointment including the government’s inability to resource his office. The Special Prosecutor in a statement yesterday shocked the whole world when ...

Popular anti-corruption crusader Paul Collins Appiah Ofori has appealed to Martin Amidu to rescind his decision to resign as the Special Prosecutor in the interest of Ghana and not any political party. PC Appiah Ofori, as he is popularly called, said President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo must, as a matter of urgency, invite the Special Prosecutor and listen to the ...

Chairman of the Civil Society Platform on Oil and Gas Dr Steve Manteaw has said Special Prosecutor Martin Amidu was set up to fail. His comments come on the heels of Mr Amidu’s resignation on Monday, November 16. Reacting to the news of the Special Prosecutor’s resignation on his Facebook page, Dr Manteaw wrote: “Have you revised your notes? There ...

Women engaged in various agri-businesses in Africa have been urged to research the needs of consumers in order to identify and meet their evolving demands. This, according to the Director of Women in Agriculture Development at the Ministry of Food and Agriculture, Paulina Addy, would help them drive up sales and become resilient in the sector. Building sustainable agri-businesses, she ...

A United States based Ghanaian professor, Kweku Asare, has expressed dissenting views against Martin Amidu following his resignation as Special Prosecutor. He said Mr Amidu should have stood his grounds and continued with the investigations into the Agyapa Royalties agreement. “My opinion is that the SP should have stood his grounds and continued with the Agyapa investigation. This is exactly ...

Assin Central lawmaker Kennedy Agyapong has said he warned the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) against the appointment of Martin Amidu as the Special Prosecutor but the party did not listen to him. According to him, Mr Amidu was the wrong choice for that position. “Nobody should be scared or worried about Martin Amidu’s resignation if he has resigned so ...

The New Patriotic Party has dismissed allegations by the Special Prosecutor, Martin Amidu, that government officials including President Akufo-Addo interfered with his office leading to his exit. Mr Amidu resigned as the Special Prosecutor on Monday claiming that government officials and the presidency were interfering with the independence of his office. Mr. Amidu in a resignation letter to the President ...

The global Covid-19 pandemic is still raging and the general elections in Ghana are also fast approaching. The pandemic continues to cause havoc in Ghana and our government seems to have completely folded its arms in the fight. Not until a week ago when the President, Nana Akufo-Addo in his usual rhetoric, said all Ghanaians should continue to wear masks ...

The ruling New Patriotic Party ( NPP) says it is shocked at the resignation of Special Prosecutor Martin Amidu. According to the party, President Akufo-Addo provided Mr Amidu the necessary space and resources to establish an exemplary anti-corruption office in the country. Mr Amidu resigned as Special Prosecutor on Monday, November 16, citing interference by President Akufo-Addo. In a statement, ...

Joe Biden has warned “people may die” if his incoming presidential administration continues to be impeded by Donald Trump. Speaking in Delaware, the president-elect said co-ordination was needed to tackle the coronavirus outbreak. He called President Trump’s refusal to acknowledge he lost the vote, despite calls to do so from both sides, “totally irresponsible”. “This is not a game,” former ...