Tag Archives: CORRUPTION

Former President John Dramani Mahama, who is also the Presidential candidate for the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has assured Ghanaians that their suffering under the current NPP administration will soon come to an end. He has urged citizens to remain calm and consider voting for the NDC in the upcoming 2024 elections as …

Pioneer Special Prosecutor Martin Amidu has commented on the recent dismissal of a defamation suit brought against Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Kennedy Ohene Agyapong. The suit was brought by investigative journalist and lawyer Anas Aremeyaw Anas who was seeking damages to the tune of 25 million cedis. Amidu …

  A federal court in Argentina has found Vice President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner guilty in a high-profile corruption case, sentencing the influential politician to six years in prison and disqualifying her from holding public office. The decision on Tuesday is expected to be appealed by Fernandez de Kirchner, who …

Malawi’s Anti-Corruption Bureau has arrested the country’s Vice President Saulos Chilima over corruption allegations, it said on Friday. Chilima is accused of accepting money and other items in exchange for awarding government contracts, the ACB said in a statement. The vice president would be taken to court where he is …

Wisdom Victor Kutor has been removed ad the president of the Student Representative Council, SRC, of the Ghana School of Law after he was impeached. The embattled student leader removed after he was found guilty of financial impropriety by the SRC’s Supreme Court. Citi News reports that the apex court …

The Executive Secretary of the National Identification Authority (NIA), Prof. Ken Attafuah has lamented the level of corruption by personnel of the Authority. According to him, despite the punitive measures that have been taken against such corrupt officials, the act does not seem to have an end in sight. Speaking …

A Marketing Lecturer at the Kumasi Technical University ( KsTU), Dr Collings Kankam Kwarteng, says weak enforcement of corruption laws has emboldened individuals to steal from the Country. He has therefore demanded the central government and other state institutions mandated to fight corruption take pragmatic action in exercising their powers …

The overlord of the Asogli State, Agbogbomefia Togbe Afede XVI, has organized a maiden corruption forum on Saturday, August 8, 2022. The event was held as part of this year’s Asogli Yam Festival. According to information available to GhanaWeb, a number of anti-corruption crusaders were present at the event. Among …

The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has disclosed that over 70 cases are currently under investigation. In a statement dated August 1, 2022 and signed by Kissi Agyabeng, he catalogued and detailed activities, innovations among other steps being taken to check corruption-related offences in the country. The list covers …

An amount of GH¢1.074 million has been retrieved by the Office of the Special Prosecutor from a company belonging to a member of the Council of State. The amount from Labianca Company Limited, a frozen foods company owned by Eunice Jacqueline Buah Asomah-Hinneh, represents a deficit in import duties paid …