Indexing government scandals one at a time
Ghana has recorded a score of 41 out of 100 according to the 2018 Corruption Perception Index (CPI). This performance is still worse than the country's score of 43 in 2016 under the former administ...
Jan. 29, 2019
The Ghana chapter of international human rights campaigner, Amnesty International, has urged security agencies to swiftly clampdown on the recent wave of seeming arranged killings in the country. ...
Jan. 17, 2019
Some government appointees have been accused of supervising the smuggling of fertilizers into neighboring countries in a move that has caused losses amounting to $12 million. The about 50,000 metri...
Dec. 20, 2018
State prosecutors have discontinued the trial of ‘Aisha’ Huang and four other Chinese nationals alleged to have carried out illegal mining activities in the country. The State Attorney, Mercy Arthu...
Dec. 19, 2018
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo cut the sod to mark the commencement of the work on the Pullman Accra Airport City Hotel. At the ceremony, President Akufo-Addo said the project is “in line wi...
Dec. 18, 2018
The Minority in Parliament is accusing government of inflating the price of a building it bought in Norway to be used as Ghana’s Diplomatic mission. According to the Minority spokesperson for Fo...
Dec. 17, 2018
Minister for Foreign Affairs, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, was engaged in a heated exchange that nearly resulted in a closed hand with member of parliament for Ningo prampram, Sam George over what the...
Dec. 17, 2018
Government has laid a new bill before Parliament to amend the Public Holidays Act to include January 7 and August 4 as statutory public holidays. The new bill which was laid by the Interior Mini...
Dec. 13, 2018
The Minority in Parliament has raised red flags over an GHS18,000 allocation for the Ministry of Water and Sanitation’s entertainment allowance as well as another GHS18,000 allocation for clothing ...
Dec. 12, 2018
The Minority in Parliament has stated that the cost components of the Sinohydro deal by the government was, "over bloated" and has, therefore, called for a reduction in the cost. It said the cost f...
Dec. 11, 2018
Government has engaged a US-based firm through sole-sourcing for the design, installation and operation of an unmanned aerial vehicles (drones). The firm, Messrs. Zipline International Inc, is e...
Dec. 3, 2018
Energy Minister, John Peter Amewu has admitted that the country is currently faced with challenges in the power sector. John Peter Amewu, who had earlier debunked assertions that Ghana is returning...
Nov. 26, 2018
The District Chief Executive of Asuogyaman in a letter addressed to the District Director of education asked the headteachers of the schools to release some students to line up along the principal ...
Nov. 21, 2018
The Minority in Parliament has expressed worry over government’s intention to increase the number of presidential staffers from 998 to 1,614. This is said to have been captured in Appendix 7 of the...
Nov. 21, 2018
A total sum of GH¢297,585.36 is missing at the Kpone-Katamanso Municipal Assembly (KKMA). The Audit Service has recommended that three top officials of the Assembly cough out the money. The thre...
Nov. 20, 2018