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The Special Prosecutor, Martin Amidu, says his office will only prosecute serious cases of alleged corruption due to the limited resources available to his office. He was however quick to add that his office will not spare corrupt officials since it will devise measures to deal with minor offenses. “I can assure you that every petition that has come to ...

The demise of veteran politician, Joseph Henry Mensah came as a shock to many Ghanaians when various media platforms reported the news in the early hours of today. The late J. H. Mensah, aged 89, died on Thursday morning while on admission at the 37 Military Hospital for some days. However, some family members of Mr. Mensah are upset about ...

The Ghana Education Service has launched investigations into an incident at the Kumasi Secondary Technical School where a housemaster of the school caned a student for sneaking out of school without permit. The incident has left the second year student with glaring multiple cane marks on the back and ribs. It comes at the time when corporal punishment has been ...

A Ghanaian businessman is battling with his life after being assaulted by some workers of Ella Furniture Ltd, a Turkish furniture company on the Spintex Road in Accra. The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Barry CSC, Prince Barry, sustained various degrees of injury on his head and other parts of his body after he had been assaulted with sticks. Barry ...

Ahead of the New Patriotic Party (Npp)National Delegates Conference and election the acting National Chairman Mr. Freddie Blay imported 275 buses for all the 275 Constituency in the Country. Mr. Magnus Der Junior, a broadcast Journalist has condemned the purchase of 275 buses whilst the country is in crisis, only 55 national ambulance. He posted his grievances on his Facebook ...

Former President Jerry John Rawlings has expressed his “sincere condolences” to the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the family of the late J.H. Mensah “for their loss”. Mr Rawlings said in a tweet that: “He [Mr J.H. Mensah] left an indelible mark on Ghana’s politics”, adding: “May his soul rest in peace”. Mr Mensah died in the early hours ...

To hide his identity, he covers his face with mask and beads. For security reasons, he uses different prosthetic faces to help him in his line of duty. One can say his ‘enemies’ keep increasing as they are not comfortable with his style of investigation and this has led to some trying to force him to disclose his identity. Ace ...

Henry Nana Boakye, aka Nana B, has given hints of his readiness to step down as the deputy director of the National Service Secretariat (NSS). According to him, his election as the national youth organizer of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) has basically influenced his decision. He was of the view that the NPP national youth organizer position and ...

President Akufo-Addo has charged the newly sworn-in governing body of the Office of the Special Prosecutor to do all within their power to assist the Special Prosecutor and his Deputy to achieve the statutory ends that Ghanaians expect of the office, which is to fight and eliminate corruption from the public space. Addressing the nine-member Governing Body of the Office ...

The Controller and Accountant-General’s Department says it is working towards restraining public officials from buying treasury bills with state funds for personal gain. As a first step, accounts of Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) with commercial banks have been closed. “Government through the budgetary process allot funds to the various MDAs, and other State Agencies. Many who get the money ...