Indexing government scandals one at a time
The US Securities and Exchange Commission has charged Tema Oil Refinery boss Asante Berko for “orchestrating a bribery scheme” and arranging at least $2.5 million in bribes to be paid to Ghana govern…
April 14, 2020
The Deputy Attorney General is urging an Accra High Court to allow the National Identification Authority (NIA) to continue with its Ghana Card registration exercise. In a statement of case filed o…
March 23, 2020
President Akufo-Addo has radically packed the courts within three years of his four-year mandate. In a bid to reshape the judiciary, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on July 3, 2018, appointed f…
March 10, 2020
As at 2018, the Akufo Addo administration has helped foreign consultants guzzle over US$ 204 million in “technical and management services”. Commenting on the sizeable amount given to foreign cons…
March 2, 2020
A relative of the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, has been identified as a beneficiary of scholarships meant for needy but brilliant students. For starters, Nana Obrempongmaa Ofori-Atta is not t…
Feb. 27, 2020
Justice of the Appeals Court, Justice Clemence Jackson Honyenuga has been appointed to the bench of the Supreme Court. He was appointed by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, together with two oth…
Feb. 24, 2020
Ghana’s 2020 Eurobond which was oversubscribed by up to more than US$14 billion was co-managed by Databank, Fidelity Bank, IC Securities, GCB Bank and SAS Finance Group. Databank has consistently …
Feb. 10, 2020
The whereabouts of a huge consignment of gold and gold ores seized from illegal miners who were arrested in the course of their mining activities during Anti-Galamsey operations has gone missing unde…
Feb. 6, 2020
It has emerged that a sister to Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia is alleged to have masterminded the relocation of some 400 tricycles belonging to the Northern Development Authority (NDA) that repo…
Jan. 31, 2020
The Minister for Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, Prof. Frimpong Boateng, has disclosed that hundreds of seized galamsey excavators have gone missing at the various assemblies. Acc…
Jan. 27, 2020
It has been revealed that Ghana loses thousands of cedis as a result of confiscated cars being auctioned cheaply to people who are politically connected. JoyNews investigations have uncovered how…
Jan. 15, 2020
A video call conversation between the National Security Minister, Albert Kan Dapaah and an unidentified lady has gone viral. In the video, the National Security Minister who was obviously love str…
Jan. 12, 2020
400 tricycles worth Ghs2 million have been allegedly stolen from the Northern Development Authority’s (NDA) yard. Some National Security officials and a deputy chief executive officer of the North…
Jan. 6, 2020
Some of the dams built by government under the 1 village 1 dam initiative have dried up after just one week of harmattan. Under the One Village One Dam flagship programme, the Ministry of Special …
Jan. 6, 2020
The Presidency spent 62,578,224 Ghana Cedis on foreign travels and related expenses in the first nine months of 2019. This is according to documents presented to Parliament as part of budget estim…
Dec. 19, 2019