The Executive Director of the Media Foundation for West Africa and the manager of The Fourth Estate, an investigative journalism outfit under the Foundation, Sulemana Braimah, has explained how the ghost names fraud was operationalised at the National Service Authority. Appearing on TV3 over the weekend, he outlined how the list of personnel astronomically ballooned […] The post How NSS Payroll Fraud

Mr. Godwin Kudzo Tameklo, the Acting Chief Executive of the National Petroleum Authority (NPA) is touring fuel installations in the country to apprise himself of their operations. The visits are to give him first-hand information about the ongoing work, prospects and challenges with the view to offering the needed regulatory support and direction. He is […] The post Edudzi Hits The Ground Running appeared first

The Centre for Democratic Movement (CDM) has accused the government of failing to properly handle the ongoing powers crisis. According to the pressure group, while the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) must be held accountable for its past mismanagement and unfulfilled promises, the focus should be on building a resilient and sustainable energy sector rather […] The post Gov’t Handling Of Current Energy Crisis Is Very Poor

The Office of the Attorney General (AG) and Ministry of Justice would enter more nolle prosequi, barring any last-minute change of mind, the Deputy Minister-designate for the office, Justice Srem Sai has revealed. According to him, the A-G’s office would not pursue any case that would not lead to conviction, adding that AG Ayine was […] The post ‘AG To Enter More Nolle Prosequi If…’ appeared first

The Sunyani District Court ‘B’ on Monday reviewed the bail condition of suspect Ignatius Baffour-Awuah, thereby permitting the former Employment and Labour Minister to travel or leave the Sunyani Municipality without any limitation. However, the court presided by Eric Daning ordered the suspect who is on GH¢500,000 bail to report himself to the Police once […] The post Restriction on Baffour-Awuah’s movement

Member of Parliament for Old Tafo, Ekow Vincent Assafuah, according to a recent report carried by citinewsroom.com, has announced plans to take legal action against what he describes as politically motivated dismissals of young Ghanaian workers by the government. According to the young MP, instead of delivering on employment opportunities for the youth, the government […] The post Editorial:

Battor Citizens Development Association LBG. (BACIDA), a group with the primary objective of, inert alia, uniting all natives of Battor for accelerated development in consultation with the Traditional Council, wishes to appeal to the Honourable Local Government Minister and all the stakeholders to call to order the North Tongu District Assembly Engineer, Ebenezer Yaw Adega, […] The post BACIDA

The Upper West Region is experiencing an outbreak of Cerebrospinal Meningitis (CSM) with 129 suspected cases so far reported. Out of the number, 22 have been confirmed whilst 16 have lost their lives. According to health authorities in the region, thirteen of the casualties were due to Streptococcus Pneumonia Meningitis and two are awaiting investigation. […] The post CSM

The lawmaker representing Borno South Senatorial District, Ali Ndume, has asked the Federal Government to probe a claim by US Congressman Scott Perry that aborted United States Agency for International Development (USAID) funded terrorist organisations, including Boko Haram. “You can’t say it’s just an allegation; it’s more than that,” the former Chairman of the Senate […] The post Probe

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on its former lawmakers in the House of Representatives and the Kaduna State House of Assembly to vacate their seats following their defection to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). The lawmakers, primarily from Southern Kaduna, were among 50 politicians who officially joined the APC on Saturday. Governor […] The post PDP demands resignation