GENERAL NEWS

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said plans are afoot to undertake a massive re-wiring exercise of all markets in the capital, Accra. He believes this would be one of the surest ways to address the perennial fire outbreaks in markets in the city. President Akufo-Addo said this when he visited the …

The Government has obtained a $50 million Credit Facility, which is being used to acquire new properties and improve existing state-owned properties abroad. The funding which is sourced by Société Générale is targeted at expanding the connection between the government of Ghana and its citizens within the diaspora as well …

The National Lottery Authority has reacted to a false broadcast by Multimedia Group’s Joy News/Joy FM about the procurement of some 30,000 Android Point Of Sale Terminals. The Authority has flagged the entire broadcast as false pointing out that even though the Public Procurement Authority had approved of the 30,000 …

Kennedy Ohene Agyapong, the MP for Assin Central, has alleged that Martin Amidu, the former Special Prosecutor has a medical problem for which reason he should not have been appointed. Speaking on the ‘Seat Show’ on Net 2 TV on Wednesday night, Agyapong alleged that during the vetting process of Martin Amidu, Mahama …

Government will on Wednesday, November 25, open the first phases of the Obetsebi Lamptey and the Pokuase Interchanges under construction to traffic, Mr Kwasi Amoako-Atta, the Minister of Roads and Highways stated on Wednesday. The Obetsebi Lamptey Interchange, which links Kaneshie, Graphic Road, Kwame Nkrumah Circle and Abossey Okai, is …

Listen to the Audio of Dr. Ofori-Tenkorang Below: The Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) has eliminated over 11,000 ‘ghost’ pensioners from its payroll. This was after an internal audit which uncovered fictitious deals in the operations of the scheme over the years. Director-General of SSNIT, Dr John Ofori-Tenkorang, …

A JoyNews investigation has uncovered the loss of over $10 million in the procurement of Point of Sale (POS) devices for the National Lottery Authority (NLA). In a documentary that will be aired on the JoyNews channel at 8:30 pm today, the team gathered evidence that the contract for the …

President Nana Akufo-Addo scored two out of 10 in the fight against corruption, according to anti-corruption campaigner, Prof. Stephen Kwaku Asare, popularly known as Kwaku Azar. This score, he explained, shows Ghana has not improved in its corruption fight under a President who promised to nib the canker in the …

A lecturer at the University of Ghana Prof Yaw Gyampo has expressed his disappointment in Mr. Martin Amidu over his resignation from the office of Special Prosecutor. Mr Amidu resigned effective Monday, 16 November 2020 citing presidential interference in the performance of his duties in relation to the corruption and anti-corruption risk …

The Office of the Special Prosecutor under Mr Martin Amidu used a total of GHS129,016,189.52 out of the GHS322,097,921.40 allocated to the office between 2018 and 2020, a report from the Ministry of Finance has said. “The Office of the Special Prosecutor’s approved ceiling of GHS180.16 million for year 2019 …