National Intelligence Bureau (NIB) officials have reportedly arrested 16 people involved in stealing about 500 draft cheques meant for the Land Commission of Ghana. According to a news report by the Daily Guide newspaper, the 16 suspects were part of a 21-member syndicate involved in stealing cheques worth around GH¢100 …
Read More »Pantang Hospital owes GH¢2.8 million
Pantang Hospital has become indebted to its suppliers that provide essential goods such as food and chemicals for the daily running of the health facility to the tune of GH¢2.8 million. It has compelled some of the hospital’s most reliable and loyal suppliers to cease their services since last year …
Read More »Godfred Dame and the 5 other lawyers who saved Ghana from a $55 million judgment debt
Ghana was saved from having to pay a sum of $55 million after a Chinese-based construction company dragged it to the Permanent Court of Arbitration. The company; Beijing Everyway Traffic & Lighting was seeking for arbitration from the international court over what it said was the termination of a contract …
Read More »Family sues 37 Military Hospital over death of 48-year-old man; demand GH¢2 million
The 37 Military Hospital has been sued together with a doctor, the Chief of Defence Staff and government by a family of a 48-year-old man who died at the facility. The plaintiff is also demanding GH¢2 million damages for medical negligence leading to the deceased’s death. The family contends that …
Read More »Health Ministry used GH¢20m to renovate an apartment it rented for GH¢15 million – A-G
The Auditor-General’s report on the Government of Ghana’s COVID-19 expenditure has disclosed that the Ministry of Health leased a building for 25 years for over GH¢15million. The report also stated that the ministry used over GH¢20 million to refurbish the building which was to serve as a COVID-19 isolation centre but was never …
Read More »We are coming after you – Ablakwa warns US-based group for receiving GH¢28.2 million cathedral money
Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, the Member of Parliament for North Tongu has hinted that his next target after retrieving what he contends to be wrongful payment made to Reverend Kusi Boateng’s JNS Talent Centre is the Nehemiah Group owned by Cary Summers, a man reputed for the development of many religious projects …
Read More »Football fan pays $2.6 million to watch Messi vs Ronaldo in Saudi Arabia
A football fan has paid $2.6 million for a VIP ticket to see Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi go head-to-head in Saudi Arabia. The exhibition match at King Fahd International Stadium on Thursday will feature Paris Saint-Germain and Messi facing a select side made up of players from Al Hilal …
Read More »Customs intercept fake 80 million CFA at Aflao
The Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has intercepted a briefcase containing an amount of 80 million CFA (GH¢1.5 million) found to be fake at an unapproved route within the country’s territory along the Ghana-Togo border at Aflao. The said briefcase, according to the Ag. Commissioner of Customs, …
Read More »Ghana Must Go! 40 years ago today, Nigeria expelled ‘a million’ Ghanaians
The political situation in both countries at the time The late Shehu Shagari was then president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, an African giant in terms of its population size and economic might largely with the discovery of oil in the early 1950s through to the 70s. Lagos, Nigeria’s …
Read More »Ghana to get US$234 million to fight HIV, TB and Malaria from 2024
The Global Fund has allocated 234 million USD for the containment and prevention of HIV, tuberculosis (TB) and malaria between 2024 and 2026. The allocation, which was made based on Ghana’s disease burden and income level, is expected to help build a Resilient and Sustainable Systems for Health (RSSH) in …
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