POLITICS

President Nana Akufo-Addo has sworn-in former Attorney General Martin Amidu as Ghana’s first Special Prosecutor. Mr Amidu took the oath of office at an event held at the Flagstaff House on Friday, 23 February 2018. He will see to the investigation and prosecution of all corruption related cases. Mr Amidu will also see to the establishment of structures and systems ...

Lawyer and Former Roads and Highways minister Inusah Fuseini has observed that everything is presently wrong at the Ghana School of Law. The comment comes on the back of the mass failure of students who sat for the bar exams last year. Only 91 students out of the 474 who sat the exams passed to be called to the bar. ...

A High Court has convicted a former top government official, Abuga Pele and a private service provider, Philip Assibit, after they were found guilty of 19 counts including dishonestly causing financial loss to the state. The Court was satisfied that the prosecution had proved 13 of the 19 counts Abuga Pele faced ranging from aiding and abetting crime to willfully ...

Dr Valerie Sawyerr, former Deputy Chief of Staff in the erstwhile NDC administration, has stated that the opposition party is not in any way praying for demise of Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia. “Your Excellency Mr Vice President, please do not let anybody convince you that the NDC is waiting for your demise,” Dr Sawyerr said in a recent article. ...

A former deputy Attorney General and Minister of Justice Dr. Dominic Ayine says he would support former President John Dramani Mahama to lead the National Democratic Congress into the 2020 elections. According to him, despite his respect for the rest of the candidates wishing to lead the umbrella party into the 2020 polls including the Second Deputy Speaker of Parliament ...

The government has explained that Ghana’s poor performance in the 2017 Global Corruption Perception Index also took into account corruption cases recorded under the John Mahama administration, which left power in January 2017. The government’s Spokesperson on Governance and Legal Affairs, Herbert Krapa, explained that the report was not an indication that the current New Patriotic Party [NPP] government was ...

Allotey Jacobs, NDC Central Regional Chairman, has described the approval of Martin Amidu as Special Prosecutor as “victory for democracy”. According to him, Martin Amidu is the best person to hold such position looking at his credentials for combating corruption. The Appointments Committee of Parliament has approved the nomination of Mr Martin Amidu as Special Prosecutor. By a majority decision, ...

The embattled Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC), Charlotte Osei, has been accused of running a ‘one-man’ show – failing to carry along other commissioners. The EC boss is said to have refused to hold meetings with other six commissioners to discuss the way forward for the independent electoral body. According to information available to DAILY GUIDE, the commissioners have ...

Special Prosecutor nominee, Martin Amidu, has said his response to Parliament’s Appointments Committee that some of his articles were based on perceptions and opinions do not mean that they were not based on fact or reality. According to him, “an in-depth acquaintance with the Philosophy and Methods of Research will show that perceptions and opinions need not be based on ...

One of the prophets known to have predicted the death of Dancehall artiste, Ebony Reigns has kicked against what he says are attempts to silence prophets in Ghana. Prophet Nigel Gaisie who is Founder and Leader of True Fire Prophetic Ministry said his prophecies are regulated by God and not by the constitution of Ghana. Quoting 1 Corinthians 2:14, the ...