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Martin Amidu returns all sitting allowances since 2018

Former Special Prosecutor, Martin Amidu has reportedly directed his accountant to return an amount of GH¢12,696 paid to him as sitting allowances from 2018. The directive according to a report by CitiNews was issued Tuesday, November 17, 2020. Per details of the report, the amount to be returned was from …

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WATCH: Asiedu Nketia narrates how Rawlings’s cousin was executed to demonstrate equality before the law

WATCH VIDEO Below NDC’s National Secretary has recounted a period under ‘the Rawlings regime’ where the former president’s cousin was executed for mistakenly firing a gun at someone. Mr. Asiedu Nketia said the late JJ Rawlings’s cousin was a security officer watching over a particular center where food was being sold during …

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Akufo-Addo handed me copy of Ofori-Atta’s comments to infuse into Agyapa report but I refused – Amidu

In his resignation letter to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, former Special Prosecutor Martin Amidu, directly told the Commander-in-Chief of the Ghana Armed Forces that he could not direct him about as far as his handling of the corruption and anti-corruption assessment report of the controversial Agyapa Royalties deal was …

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Akufo-Addo orders payment of Amidu’s held up salary

President Akufo-Addo has directed the Chief of Staff to ensure that emolument and benefits due the resigned Special Prosecutor is paid. The directive was contained in a letter acknowledging the President’s acceptance of Mr Amidu’s resignation as Special Prosecutor. The Presidency also noted it will respond to the claims by …

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I’ll respond to your claims – Akufo-Addo to Amidu

President Akufo-Addo says he will, in due course, respond to accusations of interference against him by the ex-Special Prosecutor in his resignation letter. Martin Amidu resigned from his post as Special Prosecutor citing interference by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo in his work. “The reaction I received for daring to produce the Agyapa …

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Here are the five likely to succeed Amidu as Special Prosecutor

The Special Prosecutor position has become vacant following the resignation of Martin Amidu on Monday, November 16. This means that the President must, in accordance with the Office of Special Prosecutor Act 2017, Act 959, nominate a new person to be vetted by Parliament for the post. Mr Ampaw has …

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Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings is 72 today

The former First Lady, Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings marks her 72nd birthday today. Unfortunately, her 72nd anniversary has come at a difficult time amidst the pre-burial activities of her late husband. Born on November 17, 1948, her birthday occurs barely a week after the death of her husband, Jerry John Rawlings. …

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Payment Date For Nurses and Teacher Trainees Allowance Finally Announced

According to information gathered by the BBC Ghana from the Ghanaian News Agency (GNA), the Government is set to resume the payment of nursing and teacher trainee allowances using the e-zwich biometric system.  The payment of the allowance to the trainees has been handed over to the Student Loan Trust Fund (SLTF), the body mandated …

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Galamsey operator drowns in an abandoned pit

A young man has lost his life after he drowned in an abandoned galamsey pit in the Amansie South District in the Ashanti Region. Rainbow Radio’s Abdul Malik, in a report, said the deceased, whose name was only given as Ibrahim, was a galamsey operator and an SHS graduate. According …

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Renowned Ghanaian businessman Atu Mould dead

Report reaching My News Ghana reveals that the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Makam Plant, Mr Atu Mould has died. The Family of Mr Atu Mould confirmed the news of his death a while ago with sketchy details of the cause. His company was in charge of the Axim Sea …

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