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The Public Accounts Committee of Parliament on Monday, September 12, 2022, referred Sefwi Wiawso College of Education and OLA Colleges of Education to the Attorney General for prosecution over procurement infractions. On the first day of the PAC sittings in Takoradi for the Western, Central and Western North Regions, the committee slammed the Sefwi Wiawso […] The post PAC

Ghana and China have built up a warm relationship since Ghana became independent in 1957. At that time, China, which had come under Communist rule in 1949 (after the Communist Party had emerged victorious in a protracted civil war against Chiang Kai-shek and his Kuomintang Party), had been deprived of China’s seat at the United … The post This Aisha Huang Saga is

The National Development Planning Commission (NDPC) has released a report on slums in the country. It says the number of people living in slums increased from 5.5 million in 2017 to 8.8 million in 2020, a 60 per cent increase. Slum dwellers are classified as having inadequate housing and basic services, hence they suffer household … The post Consider benefits of eliminating slums

Principal of Sefwi Wiawso College of Education, Dr Emmanuel Carsemer, has been cited by Auditor-General for abrogating the contracts of SarfoTrading valued at GH¢171,584, for the supply of food items without justification and re-awarded it to B Venture for GH¢185,185. This resulted in an increase in contract price by GH¢13,601 contravening section 7 of the … The post Auditor-General

A Circuit Court at Dormaa-Ahenkro, in the Dormaa-Central Municipality of Bono Region, has jailed a driver, Collins Baffour Gyasi, for 10 years, for robbing BismarkKwabi, a straighter of GH¢4,030.00.     A second accused, Richard Appiah Marfo, a 30-year-old mechanic, who acted in connivance with the first accused, Gyasi, 22, was acquitted of the charges against … The post Driver gets 10

The Circuit court, in Accra, convicted a 21-year-old unemployed man, who withdrew and spent GH¢17, 812 mistakenly credited to his bank account.  Felix Kwame Akakpo, was convicted on his own plea and sentenced to pay a fine of GH¢1,800 in default serve a 20-day jail term.  The court further ordered him to refund the money … The post Man convicted

Former Deputy Attorney General, Joseph Kpemka, says the Economic Organised Crime Office (EOCO) delayed in freezing the accounts of the Chief Executive Officer of now-defunct gold dealership firm, Menzgold. In 2019, EOCO froze the accounts of Nana Appiah Mensah also known as NAM 1, months after it came to the fore that Menzgold was operating […] The post ‘EOCO’s

The Ministry of Roads and Highways says free flow of vehicular traffic will be disrupted on the Kpeshie lagoon stretch on the La breach road for three months effective Thursday, September 15 to Thursday, December 15, 2022. The interruption of traffic is a result of the construction of a new two-third lane bridge over the […] The post Portions of La beach road to be blocked

The District Court in Adentan, Accra, has adjourned to October 3, the case involving the alleged murder of Frank Kofi Osei, a Ghanaian, who was domiciled in Canada. Osei, who was spending holidays in Ghana, was supposedly killed at AshalleyBotwe School Junction, in Accra, in July, this year.  Safina Mohammed Adizatu, a student at the … The post Ashalley Botwe School

Former President John Mahama’s aide, Felix Kwakye Ofosu, has rubbished the President and the Attorney General’s criticism of concerns voiced by former President John Dramani Mahama about the judiciary being biased. Speaking on Eyewitness News, Mr. Kwakye Ofosu said “those two [President Akufo-Addo and Godfred Dame] are the biggest beneficiaries of the partisan, lopsided, imbalances, […] The post Akufo-Addo,

After a bitter and close election, William Ruto takes the reins of power on Tuesday. One of his team’s first moves: Limiting the access of local television outlets to the ceremony.

The Principals of Colleges of Education (PRINCOF) will today, Tuesday, September 13, 2022, meet the leaders of the Colleges of Education Teachers Association of Ghana (CETAG). This follows the decision by CETAG members to embark on mass leave. CETAG indicates that the introduction of the new academic calendar, which requires that teachers work an entire […] The post Principals

The Ghana Bar Association (GBA) says it will not accept assertions that persons with partisan political inclinations are appointed to the bench. The Association maintains that the political leanings of individuals so appointed must not be highlighted against the appointees’ professional competencies. Public Relations Officer of the Bar Association, Saviour Kudzie in responding to concerns […] The post Ghana

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says 100 bungalows and courts are currently being constructed in all 16 regions of the country. This, he believes, would advance the delivery of justice while the conditions of service of judges are improved. Speaking at the Ghana Bar Conference in Ho, Nana Akufo-Addo outlined other projects being undertaken for […] The post Bungalows,