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Airbus paid no bribe under NDC – Marietta Brew

Former Attorney General Marietta Brew Appiah-Oppong has denied claims that European airliner Airbus paid bribes to some high ranking officials during the Mills administration. The reports which emerged after the company admitted in a UK court that it paid bribes to officials in some five countries including Ghana between 2009 and 2015 …

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Airbus scandal: Mahama’s presidential ambition in limbo – Franklin Cudjoe

IMANI President, Franklin Cudjoe has said that John Mahama’s presidential campaign towards the December 2020 elections, will definitely take a hit following the recent Airbus corruption scandal. Ghana, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, and Taiwan, have been cited as destinations where Europe’s largest aerospace multinational, Airbus, admitted that it paid huge …

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We will replace one district, one factory with staple processing zones – Mahama

Former President John Dramani Mahama has indicated that the next National Democratic Congress government will replace the one district, one factory programme to staple processing zones. That, he said would encourage farmers and investors to pump in more resources into the processing sector as they would not be restricted by …

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EC woos Council of State over new voters’ register

The Electoral Commission has brought before the Council of state, the subject of a new voters’ register and the need for it. Despite stiff opposition and varied concerns raised by other parties in opposition, the Commission appears to be resolute in its compilation of a new register for the upcoming …

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Dumsor is back, give us a timetable – Minority

The Ranking Member on the Mines and Energy Committee, Adam Mutawakilu says dumsor is back but the government has failed to provide a timetable so Ghanaians would be aware. According to him, Ghana is currently experiencing load shedding due to what he termed as the incompetence of the current administration. …

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Mahama sets social media ablaze after Airbus bribery claims

Ghanaians on social media have taken former president John Mahama to the cleaners after Europe’s largest aerospace multinational, Airbus admitted that it paid huge bribes in order to secure contracts in a number of countries, Ghana, included under the erstwhile Mills-Mahama administration. The multinational company was fined £3 billion as …

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Airbus confesses paying bribes to Ghana during Mills-Mahama administrations

It has emerged that Europe’s largest aerospace multinational Airbus paid bribes to high ranking Ghanaian public officials in processes leading to a planned purchase of military aircraft by Ghana between 2009 and 2015. Four other countries have also been mentioned in a trial heard in London reported by the Guardian …

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NPP Primaries: Businessman vows to unseat Ken Agyapong

Mr. Joseph Aninkorah Kutin affectionately called (JAK) an Accra based businessman and a native of Assin Nyankomase has stuck to his intentions to wrestle the Assin Central seat from the incumbent MP Honorable Kenedy Agyapong in the NPP parliamentary primaries. He picked up his nomination form to contest for the …

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Mahama’s ‘Onuador’ vans only fit to sell ice-cream and Yoghurt – Abronye DC jabs

The governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) Bono Regional Chairman, Kwame Baffoe popularly known as Abronye DC has descended heavily on the National Democratic Congress (NDC) bigwigs for making ‘noise’ about the delays that characterized the distribution of ambulances by Akufo-Addo-led government. The NPP executive in response to criticism made by …

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Akufo-Addo gives his in-law GH¢136.7 billion tax exemption

At a time he has compelled Ghanaians to pay more taxes to his government, President Akufo-Addo has offered a tax exemption of $23,983,033.43 to a company called Platinum Properties Limited (PPL) to put up a hotel facility in Accra. PPL is a Special Purpose Vehicle owned and controlled by Inter-Afrique …

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