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While sharing his view on an ‘intercepted’ communication between the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) and Sulemana Braimah, Executive Director of Media Foundation for West Africa where the former is said to have denied a collaboration with Tiger Eye PI, Samuel Darko stated that “there is competition between BBC and Aljazeera as to who should take up [the] Number12.” The comment ...

Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong has said one of the alleged killers of J. B. Danquah-Adu is living a luxurious life in prison. According to him, Daniel Asiedu, one of the suspects standing trial for the murder of the late MP has been allowed by the police investigating the matter to use two phones to contact his ...

A five-member panel of the Supreme Court has ordered for the release of the accounts of embattled former CEO of COCOBOD Dr Stephen Opuni. The court presided over by Justice Jones Dotse on Tuesday ordered the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) to defreeze the accounts. It will be recalled that an Accra High court dismissed an application by Dr ...

The Controller and Accountants General Department (CAGD) has served notice that it will ruthlessly deal with Metropolitan, Municipal and District Finance Officers (MMDFOs) sidestepping the Ghana Integrated Financial Management Information System (GIFMIS). The warning followed what the CAGD said was a clear attempt to sabotage the usage of GIFMIS by finance officers at some MMDAs. The CAGD, observed this during ...

In the midst of reports that the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has denied claims it collaborated with Anas Aremeyaw Anas and his Tiger Eye PI on the ‘Number12’ investigative piece, Samuel Darko, a journalist and lawyer is asking Sulemana Braimah to share with the public what questions he [Braimah] asked of the British public service broadcaster. ‘Number12’ captures corrupt practices ...

Long-serving Member of Parliament and Second Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin says he is shocked at the conduct of President Akufo-Addo in government. The Nadowli Kaleo legislator, who served alongside the President in parliament when he was MP for Akim Abuakwa South, said he thought he knew the President until he assumed power in his current capacity. Alban Bagbin ...

The Minority in Parliament has said the economy is challenged because of the government’s haste in implementing its numerous electioneering promises. “The current crisis confronting the managers of the economy, compelling them to impose a raft of taxes on already burdened populace is self-imposed,” the Minority’s spokesperson on Finance Cassiel Ato Forson said Monday during a roundtable breakfast dialogue on ...

Professor Henrietta Mensa-Bonsu is set to be named the next Electoral Commissioner (EC) following the impeachment of Charlotte Osei. Myjoyonline.com understands the President is keen on replacing the first female EC boss with another female. The law professor who failed in her bid to become a judge at the International Criminal Court (ICC) becomes the fourth Electoral Commissioner under the ...

There is no evidence that a soldier has been lynched by some irate residents of Gomoa Buduburam in the Central Region, as has been reported by the media, Col. Eric Aggrey Quarshie, the Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF), has said. The report said the alleged unidentified soldier was lynched Wednesday evening at a popular spot ...

The Head of Public Affairs for the West African Examination Council Agnes Teye-Cudjoe has revealed that Chief Examiners are worried over the growing use of pidgin language by students in their final exams. According to her, students must be taught to read more and write good English during their final exams. Provisional results by WAEC indicate that 193,882 candidates, representing ...