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A 26-year-old lady has allegedly been shot dead by a young man believed to be her boyfriend at Adum in Kumasi. The incident which happened Thursday night took place a few meters away from the deceased’s house. According to some eyewitnesses, they heard the deceased, Victoria Dapaah begging the young man only identified as Takum, not to kill her and that...
For two consecutive years, the Ministry of Finance failed to transfer five percent of the Annual Budget Funding Amount (ABFA) to the District Assembly Common Fund (DACF), despite a directive by the Supreme Court in 2019. In 2021, the Ministry of Finance was only able to transfer 1.74% of the ABFA, and in 2022, it could only transfer 2.39%. According to...
The Attorney General and Ministry of Justice, Godfred Yeboah Dame has appealed a decision by the High Court judge hearing the case brought against former Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), Stephen Opuni, and others, to start the trial from scratch. Mr. Opuni has been standing trial together with businessman, Seidu Agongo and Agricult Ghana Limited since...
The Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has expressed “utter disappointment” in former Minister for Science and Technology, Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, for naming him in a damning report on illegal mining popularly known as galamsey. A 37-page report authored by the former Minister for Science and Technology, Professor Kwabena Frimpong Boateng who was Chairman of the Inter-ministerial Committee on Illegal Mining...
The Tamale Magistrate Court has remanded into police custody four persons suspected to be involved in the killing of the chief of Mujipe in the Central Gonja district. The suspects according to Citi News sources reported themselves to the Savannah Region police after they were named to be involved in the crime. They were on Wednesday processed by the police and...
The Director of Operations at the Presidency, Lord Commey, has strongly denied allegations of his involvement in illegal mining popularly known as galamsey. A 37-page report authored by the former Minister for Science and Technology, Professor Kwabena Frimpong Boateng who was Chairman of the Inter-ministerial Committee on Illegal Mining (ICIM) named Mr Commey as one of the persons at the...
Data from the Public Interest and Accountability Committee (PIAC) shows that Ghana’s total petroleum revenue between 2011 and 2022 amounted to US$8.8 billion, with the year 2022 recording the highest realized petroleum revenues in the Petroleum Holding Fund (PHF). The total petroleum revenue in 2022 is the highest for a single year since petroleum production began in Ghana, with a...
The National Peace Council (NPC) has denied reports that it has reneged on its duties. The Council says accusations that it is only heard during elections are false. Chairman of the Council Reverend Ernest Adu Gyamfi says the Council currently has over 200 cases before it. “Consistently we are being told that the Peace Council is asleep, they only talk...
The Managing Director of the Electricity of Ghana (ECG), Samuel Dubik Mahama, has rendered an unqualified apology to customers of the power company for the inefficiencies in the system. He admitted that his outfit has on some few occasions not delivered efficiently to the satisfaction of their customers. The ECG boss partly attributed the issue to lack of funds to render...
The Minister of Energy, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, has disclosed that some $2.5 million worth of crude condensate has gone missing at the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR). The Minister explains that his outfit secured a deal for the company in the premix sector but $2.5 million has been lost and left unaccounted for. “I gave TOR a new business...

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