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Missing Gold trader found dead after five-day search in Obuasi
A local gold trader, Nana Appiah, has been found dead at Obuasi-Ksokoteasua after relatives and residents spent five days searching for him. Appiah reportedly went missing on August…
I have no instructions on OSP contact with Kwabena Donkor – K.T. Hammond
Lawyer for former Power Minister Kwabena Donkor, Kobina Tahir (K.T.) Hammond, says he has no instructions from his client on whether the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP)…
IGP promotes 20 officers over Tema cocaine interception, other crime operations
Twenty policemen who were involved in last week’s interception of 866 parcels of suspected cocaine at the Tema Harbour and the arrest of 10 suspects in separate criminal…
Court orders three Young men to refund GHc38,450 after E-Cash fraud
Three young men from Assin Breku have been convicted by the Assin Fosu District Court for defrauding a 26-year-old trader of GH¢38,450 in a deceptive electronic money transaction.…
Kwabena Donkor rejects alleged links to Berko bribery case
Former Power Minister Dr Kwabena Donkor has strongly denied allegations linking him to the bribery scandal involving former Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) Managing Director and ex-Goldman Sachs banker,…
Dr Kwabena Donkor, MPs ‘fingered’ in dumsor-era US$1 million bribery allegation
The Attorney General has announced working with US authorities to pursue people allegedly involved in the bribery scheme linked to the financing of a major Turkish power plant,…
GSA explains rationale behind UK PhD Scholarship Oath and Validation
The Ghana Scholarships Authority (GSA) has defended its ongoing Oath of Affirmation and Scholarship Validation Exercise for Ghanaian PhD beneficiaries in the United Kingdom, insisting that the process…
UK graduate route approval did not waive Scholarship bonds – GSA clarifies
The Ghana Scholarships Authority (GSA) has clarified that Ghanaian scholarship beneficiaries who received “No Objection” letters to access the United Kingdom’s Graduate Route remain bound by the conditions…
Old Tafo MP demands apology from Hopeson Adorye over ‘Ghana Today’ post
The Member of Parliament for Old Tafo, Vincent Ekow Assafuah, has demanded a retraction and an unqualified apology from former New Patriotic Party (NPP) member Hopeson Adorye over…
Gov’t maintains Adamus Mining lease revocation, hands mine to Minerals Commission
The Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, has confirmed the government’s decision to revoke the mining lease of Adamus Resources after a Ministerial Review Committee…