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The former Speaker of Parliament, Professor Aaron Mike Oquaye, has shed light on the dangers of the politics of ‘moneycracy’ and its detrimental impact on Ghana’s democracy and pervasive corruption. Delivering a lecture during the 2nd R. S. Blay Memorial lectures, under the theme “Consolidating Democracy and the Rule of …

The controversy surrounding the alleged illegal mining activities at President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s private residence in Kyebi in the Eastern Region, continues as former Environment Minister, Prof Frimpong-Boateng, has re-affirmed his claims despite a denial by the presidency and chiefs of Kyebi. Prof Frimpong-Boateng’s leaked report to the presidency …

In the face of recent issues surrounding the alleged involvement of persons in illegal mining and controversies surrounding the work of the erstwhile Inter-Ministerial Committee on Illegal Mining, Special Prosecutor; Kissi Agyebeng will be on Newsfile on Joynews. Issues regarding the alleged ‘arrests’ of Prof. Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng and other issues are also …

The Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the National Cathedral of Ghana, Apostle Prof. Opoku Onyinah, has slammed the Member of Parliament for North Tongu over his accusation of corruption in the construction of the cathedral. Prof. Onyinah said that if Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa truly has evidence of corruption in the project, he …

Former Environment Minister, Prof. Kwabena Frimpong Boateng has been in the news following a 36-page statement he released on illegal small-scale mining in Ghana. The former Minister, while submitting a report on the work of the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Illegal Mining (IMCIM), not only cited the challenges the committee faced …

The Minister for Information, Kojo Oppong-Nkrumah, has responded to allegations of his involvement in an attempt to derail Ghana’s fight against galamsey by the former Minister of Environment, Science, Technology, and Innovation, Prof Kwabena Frimpong Boateng. Prof Frimpong Boateng in a report on illegal small-scale mining (galamsey) in Ghana, said that …

Veteran lawyer Moses Foh-Amoaning has clashed with Prof. Takyiwaa Manuh, an Emerita Professor at the University of Ghana, over the Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill, 2021 (anti-LGBTQI bill), which Parliament is set to consider. Speaking in a GBC interview on Thursday, monitored by GhanaWeb, Prof Takyiwaa …

Prof. Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, former Minister of Environment, Science and Technology, has been summoned by the Ghana Police Service’s Criminal Investigations Department (CID) in connection with allegations he made about the involvement of some presidential staff in illegal small-scale mining (galamsey). According to the Daily Graphic, the invitation comes after President Nana Addo Dankwa …

Maj. Rtd. Alberta Adwoa Boatemaa Oquaye, the spouse of Prof. Aaron Mike Oquaye, the former Speaker of Parliament, has passed away, a family source has confirmed. Her son, Ambassador Mike Oquaye Jnr., the CEO of the Ghana Free Zones Authority, announced her passing to the public. He wrote: “It is …

A former United Nations senior governance advisor, Prof Baffour Agyeman-Duah, has urged the National Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketiah, to apologise to the Member of Parliament for Tamale Central, Haruna Iddrisu and other leaders of the Minority Caucus who were recently replaced. According to him, Haruna Iddrisu was an effective …