Tag Archives: OFFICIALS

Al Nassr captain, Cristiano Ronaldo has been handed a one-match ban for displaying an ‘obscene’ gesture during a game against Al-Shabab. The Portuguese icon made the gesture in response to the chanting of Messi’s name by Al Shabab fans during the game. Ronaldo displayed the gesture as a celebration after …

Stella Nyanzi, a controversial Ugandan academic and activist has taken a swipe at airport officials she described as dodgy and corrupt. Nyanzi, who was recently in Ghana, wrote about her experience at the hands of some officials at the Kotoko International Airport (KIA) as she was flying out after her …

The Executive Director of the Good Governance Advocacy Group Ghana (GGAGG), Listowel Nana Kusi-Poku, has said that he can help the state recover $100 million from three appointees of the current. Speaking in an interview on Accra FM on Monday, September 4, 2023, Kusi-Poku challenged the Office of the Special …

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has asked 11 top executives to go home over their alleged involvement in activities that resulted in financial losses for the company. As reported by dailyguidenetwork.com, the list of these executives includes Treasury Executives, a Senior IT Assistant, an Assistant Accounting Officer, Artisans, and …

The Media Coalition Against Galamsey has asked the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, to follow the lead of Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II by removing government officials proven to be engaged in illegal mining activities. The call by the group as reported by citinewsroom.com, comes in the wake of Otumfuo’s recent actions …

GhanaWeb has intercepted a series of secret recordings exposing details of a plot by some top officials of the ruling New Patriotic Party and the Ghana Police Service to displace the current Inspector General of Police, Dr George Akuffo Dampare from office ahead of the 2024 polls. Apparently threatened by his leadership style and …

Customs officials in the Ashanti Region have intercepted a container loaded with goods after they detected that the owner had failed to pay duty on some items – five motorbikes and a vehicle. According to the Officer in charge of Preventive at the Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), Alfred …

The Mozambican cabinet has given its approval to a bill proposing pay cuts for ministers, deputy ministers, state secretaries, and Members of Parliament (MPs) as the government grapples with an increasingly burdensome wage bill. The move aims to address concerns over disproportionate salaries received by provincial assemblies members, which deviate …

The Giyani Specialised Commercial Crimes Court in Limpopo sentenced two former South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) officials on Tuesday to an effective five years in prison for disability grant fraud. Solani Agnes Baloyi, 56, and Jacob Manamela, 64, committed the fraud in January 2015 while working at the Sassa …

Twenty-eight bodies have been found in northwest Burkina Faso over the weekend, the government said, noting an investigation was underway as speculation grows over who may be responsible. “The government was informed of an incident at Nouna … during the night of December 30-31,” a government statement said late on …