Seven Johannesburg police officers were arrested by their colleagues on charges of corruption and defeating the ends of justice after they were caught allegedly trying to sell confiscated goods back to illegal traders. On Wednesday, the South African Police Service carried out its second raid in as many weeks. Several buildings and …
Read More »US immigration: ICE releases 300 people after Mississippi raids
US immigration officials say they have temporarily released about 300 people who were arrested in a massive raid in Mississippi on Wednesday. Nearly 700 workers from seven agricultural processing plants were arrested for allegedly not having proper documentation to be in the US. The raids sparked condemnation from Democrats as …
Read More »Over 1000 auctioned vehicles unaccounted for
A total of 1,719 vehicles that were confiscated by the Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) between 2015 and 2017, and auctioned by the authority cannot be accounted for, the 2018 Auditor-General’s Report has revealed. Additionally, the report indicated that while GRA officials provided information on just 669 …
Read More »NPP bigwigs grabbing everything – Kennedy Agyapong blows alarm
Member of Parliament (MP) for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong is worried that some bigwigs within his party who feel they are handsome are grabbing everything damning the consequences that come with such conduct. He wondered if those persons said to be bigwigs in the party will have the guts to …
Read More »‘It’s our collective responsibility to ensure accountability’ – Auditor-General
Mr. Daniel Domelevo, the Auditor-General (AG), said the collective effort of Ghanaians to demand accountability from institutions is the sure way to get rid of infractions and inconsistencies in public accounts. He said there were two sides of ensuring accountability in the public financial management system that is the supply …
Read More »110 Headteachers to be transferred for charging unapproved fees
The Ghana Education Service is set to transfer about 110 headteachers in the Ga West Municipality in the Greater Accra Region for taking unapproved fees. The headteachers reportedly did not obey the GES’ directive not to take monies from pupils as printing fees for their third term examination. All the …
Read More »U.S. not ready to remove Sudan from terrorism list
The United States still needs to resolve longstanding issues with Sudan before it can consider removing it from its list of state sponsors of terrorism, a senior State Department official said on Wednesday. Earlier this week, Sudan’s military rulers and the main opposition coalition initialled a constitutional declaration paving the …
Read More »Footballer gets nine years for sodomy
An Accra Circuit Court on Thursday sentenced a footballer to nine years imprisonment for having anal sex with a six-year-old boy. Solomon Brown, 19, pleaded not guilty to sodomy but was found guilty after trial. The presiding judge, Mrs Rita Abrokwa Doko said though Brown denied the offence, the facts …
Read More »One-year-old, three others perish in Asikuma-Kpeve road crash
Four people including a one-year-old girl on Wednesday lost their lives in a road crash on the Asikuma-Peki/Kpeve section of the Eastern Corridor Road. The passengers were travelling in a Mercedes-Benz bus with registration number AW-936-14. Mr S.K Agbodeka, Peki District Police Commander, who briefed the Ghana News Agency (GNA), …
Read More »Limited Registration: 24,000 people did multiple registration – EC
The Electoral Commission (EC) has said it is currently investigating over 24,000 cases of multiple registration in the just-ended limited registration exercise.The process which commenced on June 17 and ended on July 7, was to register Ghanaians who have turned 18 since the last registration as well as those who, …
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