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A deputy Finance Minister Kwaku Kwarteng has dismissed allegations by the Minority that the Finance Minister Ken Ofori Atta cooked up a $2.25 billion bond for cronies. The Minority at a press conference Tuesday April 18, 2017 accused Mr Ofori-Atta of conflict of interest as far as the issuance of the government’s recent 15 year bond was concerned, demanding his ...

The Police say they are investigating their failure to respond to distress calls from a lecturer whose Ashongman home was  attacked by robbers last Sunday. Director of Police Public Affairs, Superintendent Cephas Arthur lamented that Dr. Benedicta Fosu-Mensah was let down by the police possibly because of a technical fault in the communication system. It could also be down to the ...

Troubles have erupted at the Bolgatanga Polytechnic after the executives of the Students’ Representative Council (SRC) allegedly bought a 12-seater school bus not only at an extortionate Gh¢70,000 but also for angry students, whose dues were taken to cover the expense, to find the van too rickety to be worth their money. The disappointed students, thousands in their numbers, have ...

The Economic and Organised Crimes Office (EOCO) has opened formal investigations into activities of Ibrahim Mahama, a brother to former President John Mahama. Ibrahim Mahama, who heads Engineers and Planners was on Tuesday, April 18, 2017, picked up by EOCO after it emerged that he had issued dud cheques to the Customs Unit of the Ghana Revenue Authority. He was ...

Some Ghanaian businessmen in China have complained about harassment from Chinese officials in what is seen as retaliation to the clampdown on illegal mining in Ghana. Chinese nationals are heavily involved in illegal mining activities (galamsey) in Ghana and the Lands and Natural Resources Ministry has given a three-week ultimatum to illegal miners to cease their operations or risk confiscation ...

It is emerging that copies of the GHS3.5 million Dodi Princess Boat contract signed between Volta River Authority (VRA) and Onur Makina, a Turkish based Marine Engineering firm in 2013 for the latter to construct a 176-seater pleasure boat for use by Akosombo Hotels Limited (AHL) a subsidiary of VRA cannot be traced. Officials of the VRA and the General ...

The Minority in Parliament is demanding the resignation of Finance Minister Ken Ofori Atta over alleged conflict of interest. The opposition MPs claim a close associate of Mr. Ofori Atta was offered a deal to buy more than 90 percent of the country’s $2.25 billion bond. The investor, Trevor Tref-game is also the chairman of the Enterprise Group, a company ...

President Akufo-Addo Wednesday April 18, 2017 had a fruitful meeting with the three former presidents of the republic —Jerry John Rawlings, John Agyekum Kufuor and John Dramani Mahama, the presidency said in a communiqué. The purpose of the meeting was to offer the president the opportunity to seek their views on some governance-enhancing measures his administration intends to take. In ...

The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has had a strong message from one of its leading members, Alban Bagbin. The second deputy speaker of parliament is admonishing party members to refrain from not believing the fact that their main political rival – New Patriotic Party (NPP) – has won political power. “It is important to take advantage of that change ...

The Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) community is mourning the loss of a 20-year-old student from Alexandria, Virginia, who was shot and killed in the Carver neighbourhood. Samuel Kwarteng was close to graduating with an engineering degree, according to friends. Police say Emmanuel Jordan, who is not a VCU student, shot and allegedly killed Kwarteng following an argument overnight on Wednesday ...