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Investigative journalist par excellence, Anas Aremeyaw Anas, has paid glowing homage to the pioneers of investigative journalism in the country, as well as those who have in diverse ways mentored him through the undercover journalism ladder. He specifically mentioned his boss, Abdul Malik Kwaku Baako, Editor-in-chief of the New Crusading GUIDE, Kwesi Pratt Jnr., Managing Editor of the Insight, Nana Kofi Coomson, ...

Irate customers of Menzgold Company Limited are accusing government of conniving with Chief Executive Officer of the embattled gold dealership firm to “steal and share” their investments. According to the customers, Nana Appiah Mensah, popularly known as NAM 1 must be released for him to settle their locked up investments. NAM 1 was on Friday morning remanded into police custody ...

Deputy Defense Minister Major Derrick Oduro has dismissed accusations of bias against the military following sanctions meted out to the soldier who openly criticised plans by parliament to construct a new chamber. Some Ghanaians have criticised the military for refusing to punish the soldier who took a picture while sipping on Kalyppo in the build-up to the 2016 elections but ...

Amnesty International has described as harsh the punishment meted to the soldier who took to soldier media to condemned plans by parliament to construct a new chamber. The officer has been sentenced to 90 days imprisonment with hard labour at the guardroom. TLance Corporal Lincoln Isaac Wassah of 2 Recce Squadron in Sunyani has also been stripped of his rank. ...

The Chairman of the National Development Planning Commission (NDPC) Professor Stephen Adei has condemned the leader of the Economic Fighters League, Mr Ernesto Yeboah, for disrupting parliament with his #Dropthatchamber protest in connection with plans by the Parliamentary Service Board to put up a 450-seat chamber for the legislature. Prof Adei said he would have slapped Mr Yeboah were he ...

The Chief Executive Officer of Ghana Integrated Aluminium Development Corporation (GIADEC), Michael Ansah has led a delegation to pay a working visit to Ghana Bauxite Company Ltd. (GBC), in Awaso, in the newly created Western North Region. The delegation comprised of a member of the Board of Directors of GIADEC, Hon. Benito Owusu-Bio,MP, who is also a Deputy Minister at ...

The National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NaCCA) has organized a two-day capacity building session for Textbook assessors on the proposed Textbook Approval Process. The workshop, which is taking place in Koforidua in the Eastern region, forms part of preparation for the implementation of the newly developed curricula for Ghanaian Schools in September. The new curricula form part of the ...

Management of the McDan Group of Companies has debunked assertions of receiving money from the government as judgement debt. A statement signed by Dzifa Hanyabui, Human Resource Manager of the Company and copied to the Ghanaian Times yesterday also insisted that “neither the Group Chairman nor any of its subsidiary Companies has taken the government to court and for which ...

Nine fishermen have been rescued by a Netherlands vessel after being stranded for several hours at sea. A Dutch dredging vessel christened, MV Odin found the local fishermen whose canoes were capsized at some nautical miles away from the newly constructed Terminal 3 anchorage Tema Port after a miracle chance encounter enroute to Ghana. The fishermen later disembarked to receive ...

The Electoral Commission says a total of about 1.2 million new voters were registered under the limited voter registration exercise which ended last week. Out of that number, the registration of 8500 new voters were challenged. According to the commission, the 1.2million figure was provisional since it was still checking the actual figure with the Voter Management System (VMS) to ...