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It is emerging that, instead of the two GITMO detainees that Ghanaians were made to believe were booked for Ghana, based on negotiations with the American government, three were really billed to have arrived in Ghana. Interestingly, one decided not to come to Ghana but be returned to Saudi Arabia because of cultural reasons, one of them being language. The ...

The five-member Ad hoc Parliamentary Committee that probed the alleged extortion of monies from some expatriates businessmen by the Ministry of Trade and Industry has cleared the latter of any wrong doing. According to the Committee, after the hearings and the analysis and evaluation of the evidence adduced before it, it has come to the conclusion that there is no ...

A financial analyst Benedict Gibson has challenged claims by the auditor general that he needs prosecutorial powers to be able to effectively fight financial abuse in the public sector. Daniel Domelevo at a press briefing Monday listed various actions the Auditor General’s Department is taking to deal with persons who continue to abuse the public purse. “We are not going ...

An aspiring presidential candidate of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Alban Bagbin has said that his party will win approach the 2020 election with a ‘do and die’ mentality to ensure to return to power. According to the astute politician, the NDC as a party has realized the mistakes they did prior to the 2016 general polls and that ...

The Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) yesterday picked up Kwadwo Twum-Boafo, immediate-past Executive Secretary of the Ghana Free Zones Board under the erstwhile Mahama-led National Democratic Congress (NDC) administration, for questioning. A source told DAILY GUIDE that Mr Twum-Boafo went to the head office of the EOCO in Accra at about 10 am and was subjected to questioning until ...

The Minister of State in Charge of Tertiary Education, Prof. Kwesi Yankah says the initiative for students of Colleges of Education in Ghana to be awarded degrees will be rolled out with new entrants of the Colleges. Government has said all 43 Public Colleges of Education in the country will be turned into satellite campuses of public universities. Colleges of ...

Acting General Secretary of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), John Boadu, is wondering if his colleague from the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) is interested in the Special Prosecutor job. According to him, Johnson Asiedu Nketia and his cohorts have only resorted to criticizing Martin ABK Amidu because they are scared of being prosecuted. “I don’t see why Asiedu ...

Member of Parliament (MP) for Bolgatanga Central Constituency, Isaac Adongo has stated that Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta must admit he is incompetent and therefore need to pave way for a more competent person to manage the finances of the country. He says Mr Ofori-Atta has over the period proven he has not got what he takes to be in charge ...

About 17 auto mechanic shops opposite the State Boys Junior High School near Bantama in Kumasi have been burnt in a dawn fire outbreak. Four vehicles were also consumed by the fire. Reports say the fire started at about 1am Tuesday. It is unclear the cause of the fire. Eyewitnesses say the fire service arrived in time and are still ...

The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has voiced what it says is its caution against the nomination of its one-time flagbearer running mate and political stalwart, Martin ABK Amidu, for the post of Special Prosecutor. Amidu is due for parliamentary vetting next week, however his estranged party members say following his own not too long ago repudiation of the very ...