World Bank Country Director for Ghana, Liberia, and Sierra Leone, Robert Taliercio, has warned Ghana against rushing back to international capital markets, describing such a move as premature and potentially risky. Ghanaian culture-inspired products. According to him, an early return could send the wrong signal to investors and lead...
Upon assumption of office as the Attorney General and Minister of Justice, I have taken decisions on certain prosecutions that were instituted by my predecessors, the Honourable Gloria Akuffo and the Honourable Godfred Yeboah Dame. Specifically, I decided to drop the criminal charges laid against certain persons including those...
The Electoral Commission (EC) has announced that the Council of State elections in the North East and Ashanti regions will be re-run on Monday, February 17, 2025. The decision comes after a tie in the North East Region and a disruption caused by thugs in the Ashanti Region during...
Companies owned by individuals with political connections and some entrepreneurs have concessions near heavily mined riverbanks despite former President Akufo-Addo’s directives that mining companies maintain a 100-meter distance from water bodies. The Fourth Estate’s investigations show that these companies lack permits from regulatory authorities including the Environmental Protection Agency...
The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has declared former Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta a “wanted fugitive”. At a press conference in Accra on Wednesday morning (Feb 12, 2025), the Special Prosecutor, Kissi Agyebeng, revealed that all indications point out that, Mr Ofori-Atta has absconded from Ghana in...
In a candid interview on February 10, 2025, Dr. Kwaku Oteng, the esteemed Ghanaian entrepreneur and philanthropist, addressed persistent rumors about his personal life. For the first time, he confirmed that he has two wives, dispelling speculations that he has five or six. Dr. Oteng expressed frustration over the...
A recent audit conducted by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) has uncovered that the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) made a secret payment of GHS 402.59 million in commissions to a third-party vendor responsible for managing its payment platform. This payment occurred prior to settling debts owed to power producers, raising significant...
A teacher in Washington, near Ashaiman, has ended his life after his longtime girlfriend broke up with him. The teacher, whose name is not yet known, had invested a lot of money in the woman, hoping they would get married. According to reports, he took out a loan to...
Ashanti Regional Minister, Dr. Frank Amoakohene, has made three key decisions on the state of the Kejetia Market. This was after he visited the market to inspect the progress of work there. He hopes to brief the President on the state of the market to ensure that the shortfalls...
In what appeared to be an officially sanctioned assignment, a group of armed security agents, in the early hours of Tuesday, 11 February 2025, raided former Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta’s residence in Cantonments, Accra. According to eyewitnesses, some 12 men, one in police uniform, four in military uniform, and...
