The Supreme Court of Ghana ruled that Tiger Eye PI, a company whose purported CEO is investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas does not exist, Justice Paul Uuter Dery, has said. Justice Dery, a High Court judge who was removed from office due to his involvement in a judicial scandal argues that even though the Supreme … Read more
Embattled High Court Judge, Justice Utter Dery, has moved his unwavering campaign against the work of investigative journalist, Anas Aremeyaw Anas, from the court to five state agencies. The High Court judge wants the Ghana Police Service, Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC), the Bank of Ghana (BoG) and the Social Security and … Read more
Three former High Court judges have taken their matter over the documentary film by investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas to the Court of Justice of the Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas) in Abuja, Nigeria. Justices Paul Uuter Dery, Mustapha Habib Logoh and Gilbert Ayisi Addo want the sub-regional Court to ensure that the … Read more
Election 2016 stands to be tested: Are Ghanaians ready? Electorates wait for their turn to vote at a polling station. File photo. Persuasive and powerful words go hand in hand and they can engender good results if used carefully and appropriately. But their potency often depends on who is saying what and where the message … Read more
Persuasive and powerful words go hand in hand and they can engender good results if used carefully and appropriately. But their potency often depends on who is saying what and where the message or the words are coming from. On Tuesday Ghana’s Chief Justice Theodore Georgina Wood put herself in those huge shoes. She told … Read more
Rising cases of corruption have necessitated increasing the need to encourage more journalists to explore investigative reporting. That’s a conviction by Kumasi-based media advocacy group, The Press Foundation. In pursuit of the cause, the group has instituted award scheme in honour of ace investigative journalist, Anas Aremeyaw Anas. The maiden awards ceremony held last night … Read more
The Economic Intelligence Unit (EIU) has predicted victory for the flag bearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, in the December presidential election. The NPP, it predicted, would also win majority of seats in Parliament, attributing that possible outcome to Ghanaians’ frustration with the country’s poor economic performance under the President … Read more
A number of sons and daughters of Ghana, headed by investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas, have come together for the #All4Peace campaign. This campaign features two short, inspiring films that highlight 22 Ghanaian celebrities each saying a sentence that supports the peace in Ghana, and advocating for harmony in this turbulent election period. The campaign launched … Read more
It is quite bizarre that President Mahama does not seem to be fretted over the numerous bribery and corruption allegations that have been levelled against him. Apparently, the idiosyncratic allegations include, inter alia, ‘the furtive gift (the Ford Expedition)by the Burkinabe Contractor, Djibril Kanazoe; the Embraer 190 scandal; Armajaro; the STX Housing deal ; SADA; … Read more
“Corruption is an insidious plague that has a wide range of corrosive effects on societies. It undermines democracy and the rule of law, leads to violations of human rights, distorts markets, erodes the quality of life and allows organized crime, terrorism and other threats to human security to flourish” (UN 2003). In his State of … Read more
If Mahama isn’t the most corrupt president, who is? By K. Badu ……Why Mahama qualifies as the most corrupt leader ever “Corruption is an insidious plague that has a wide range of corrosive effects on societies. It undermines democracy and the rule of law, leads to violations of human rights, distorts markets, erodes the quality … Read more
It would be recalled that somewhere in 2010, the United Kingdom media carried chilling reports about how the then Vice President John Dramani Mahama, was lobbied by a British Cabinet Minister to get a postponement for the ban imposed on Armajaro Holdings, one of the cocoa buying companies who were found culpable for smuggling the … Read more
Embattled high Court Judges, Paul Uuter Dery and Mustapha Habib Loggo, have sued the Ghana Journalist Association (GJA) for conferring best journalist of the year award on Anas Arememay Anas. The two judges claimed the award is an endorsement of unethical journalism and pray the Court strips Anas of the award and the GJA charged … Read more
Embattled judges Justice Paul Uuter Dery and Mustapha Habib Logoh have sued the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) for conferring the Journalist of the Year 2015 award on investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas. Anas was decorated with the coveted award of the inky fraternity following a two-year investigation which exposed rot in justice delivery in Ghana. … Read more
The President of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA), Affail Monney, has called the bluff of embattled judge, Paul Uuter Dery, who is threatening to sue the association if does not withdraw the best journalist of the year award presented to investigative journalist, Anas Aremeyaw Anas. Paul Dery petitioned the GJA asking it to strip Anas … Read more
One of the judges implicated in the judicial corruption scandal, Justice Paul Utter Dery, has said he will sue the President of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA), Affail Money, and other GJA executives if they do not respond to his petition. Paul Dery petitioned the GJA last week to have the Journalist of the Year … Read more
President John Mahama is unperturbed by moves by the minority New Patriotic Party (NPP) in parliament to get him investigated over a Ford gift, the National Democratic Congress’ (NDC) 2016 campaign spokesperson Joyce Bawa Mogtari has revealed. Parliament yesterday [Thursday] sat to consider a motion brought to it by its Minority members aimed at causing … Read more
The Speaker of Parliament Edward Doe Adjaho has dismissed a motion by the Minority members of the House calling for the establishment of a bi-partisan committee to investigate President John Mahama for receiving a ford vehicle gift from a Burkinabe Contractor. In his address to the House Thursday, the Speaker said he was forced to … Read more
The Deputy Minority leader of Parliament says contrary to claims, they can unilaterally initiate the impeachment process of President John Mahama over the Ford Expedition saga without the majority. Dominic Nitiwul told Dzifa Bampoh, host of Joy FM’s Top Story program Wednesday that steps to get a President impeached do not entail the involvement of … Read more
The Chief Justice, Mrs Georgina Theodora Wood summed it up thus: “justice has been wounded.” The bribery scandal in the judiciary, exposed by ace investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas, detonated like a bomb in the country’s justice system. The judiciary is still picking up the pieces after 21 lower court judges and District Court Magistrates … Read more