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Controversial NPP Member of Parliament for Assin Central Honourable Kennedy Agyapong has gone all out in defense of his wife’s alleged 100,260,000 million cedis sole-sourced contract from the Energy Ministry, clarifying that the said contract was rather on restrictive tendering; MYNEWSGH.com can confirm. Mr Ken Agyapong indicated that the Energy Ministry has consequently sent him a letter of apology for ...

Emerging reports from Ghana’s visa scandal in the ongoing Australia Commonwealth Games suggest a top official of the Ghana Olympic Committee (GOC) was deeply involved in securing visas for fake athletes. Atinkaonline has intercepted a document exposing the 1st Vice President of the GOC, Paul Atchoe as the brain behind the registration of several fake athletes including his relatives. Ghana ...

The Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Chamber of Telecommunication, Kenneth Ashigbey has described as “shameful”, the physical attacks journalists face in the line of duty. Mr. Ashigbey wants the public to acknowledge that attacking journalists for doing their work is an attack on the right speech. “It is important that all of us as Ghanaians realise that it is ...

The Minority in Parliament has refuted reports that appointees of the erstwhile Mahama administration, received double salaries and were willing to refund the extras to the state. “We must state for the records that contrary to the claims by the Daily Guide, no appointee has offered to make refunds of double salaries,” Minority spokesperson on finance and a former deputy ...

The Public Interest and Accountability Committee (PIAC) has revealed that its inspection has revealed that oil funded projects in the three Northern Regions in 2016 are nonexistent. Chairman of PIAC, Dr Steve Manteaw addressing a news conference in Accra Tuesday said PIAC is compiling what he described as list of ‘Ghost projects’ and will soon call upon the Auditor General ...

A former Chief Executive Director of the now-defunct Capital Bank, Rev. Fitzgerald Odonkor, has been detained by the Economic and Organized Crime Office (EOCO) over the collapse of the bank. According to Citi News sources, Rev. Odonkor was detained after honouring an invitation by the criminal investigation office. It is unclear the reason for his dentition, but Rev. Odonkor and ...

The Minority is accusing government of acting through the Police CID to witch hunt appointees who served under the John Mahama-led administration. They say reports that they took double salaries while in office are untrue, describing it as a fabrication by the government, Joy News’ Joseph Ackah-Blay reported on Tuesday. Speaking at a press conference in Accra Tuesday, the Minority ...

The Minority in Parliament has served notice it will sue the Criminal Investigation Department of the Ghana Police and some newspapers following allegations that former government appointees took double salaries while in office. The Minority believes the government is resorting to intimidating tactics on its members to prevent them from criticizing the Akufo-Addo administration. “Last week, twenty-five of us received ...

An estimated number of three million out of the 29 million Ghanaians are using the Ghanapost GPS, management of the address system has revealed. According to Ghanapost, their expectation of 100,000 downloads in the first three months was oversubscribed as about 400,000 people downloaded the App within the period. Realistically, just about 700,000 households have downloaded the address system. Many ...

In 2017, the eight prestigious Ivy League schools, some of the creme de la creme of tertiary education worldwide, had a total of 281,060 applicants. Of those applicants, less than 10% gained admission. The figures for 2018 are not expected to differ greatly making the odds for students worldwide seeking an education in the US’ premier universities as slim as ...