The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) has asked for the sittings of the ad hoc committee of Parliament constituted to investigate the allegation of bribery made against some Members of Parliament (MPs) to be televised. The Commissioner of CHRAJ, Mr Joseph Whittal, who made the call in an interview with the Daily … Read more
The Executive Director of the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO), Justice Tsar Yao, has been relieved of his post by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo with immediate effect. The decision to remove him from office was communicated to him last Friday from the presidency. Just before the general election in December, the EOCO boss’ … Read more
The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has declared his assets in fulfilment of Article 286 (1) of the 1992 Constitution and Public Office Holders (Declaration of Assets and Disqualification) Act, 1998 (Act 550). According to the acting Director of Communication at the Flagstaff House, Mr Eugene Arhin, initial attempts by presidential staffers to file the … Read more
An investigator at the Narcotics Control Board (NACOB) says the properties Akua Adubofour, mother of Ruby Adu-Gyamfi aka Nayele Ametefe, is claiming ownership of, after all belong to her daughter. According to the NACOB investigator (name withheld) checks at the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) do not name Adubofour as the owner of the two storey … Read more
Maj Gen Sampson Adeti, Chief of Staff, General Headquarters, of the Ghana Armed Forces at Burma Camp, has been indicted for allegedly appropriating a Nissan Hard-body double-cabin vehicle donated to the Southern Command of the Ghana Army by the Bank of Ghana. Following the publication of the story by DAILY GUIDE, a summary investigation into … Read more
Lawyer for Bishop Daniel Obinim has told the Accra Circuit Court that the two people flogged by Bishop Obinim, during a church service are not teenagers but adults. Mr Raphael Poku-Adusei made this known at the Accra Circuit Court yesterday during the hearing of a case in which Bishop Obinim and two of his pastors … Read more
An Accra Circuit Court has ordered the founder and leader of the International God’s Way Church, Bishop Daniel Obinim, to provide a copy of the medical report proving he was sick for which reason he failed to appear in court on Friday January 13. Obinim and two others have been charged for physical abuse, contrary … Read more
Samsung chief Lee Jae-yong has been questioned at the prosecutor’s office in Seoul as a suspect in South Korea’s biggest political corruption scandal. The firm is accused of giving donations to several non-profit foundations operated by Choi Soon-sil, a confidante of President Park Geun-hye. The donations were allegedly made in exchange for political support of … Read more
The latest development on Wisa’s case of Indecent exposure, is that court has given prosecution on the case the last opportunity to provide its witness to testify in the case. The Court stated that, “if the prosecution witness fails to turn up, it would close the case of the prosecution.” According to reports, the prosecutor, … Read more
An Accra Circuit Court on Thursday gave the prosecution in the case of Eugene Ashe, aka Wisa, the hiplife artiste, who is being tried for allegedly displaying his penis during a public event on stage, the last opportunity to provide its witness to testify in the case. The Court stated that: “If the prosecution witness … Read more
An Accra Circuit Court on Thursday gave the prosecution in the case of Eugene Ashe, aka Wisa, the hiplife artiste, who is being tried for allegedly displaying his penis during a public event on stage, the last opportunity to provide its witness to testify in the case. The Court stated that: “If the prosecution witness … Read more
The 22-year-old mason who allegedly strangled a seven-year-old girl to death and had sex with her, says he’s conscious and does not need any medical examination to determine his state of mind. Lucas Agboyie said in court, “My Lord, everything is alright. I am conscious. I don’t want any test to be conducted on my … Read more
US election aftermath: List of post-election hate crimes gets longer Bigotry and hate crimes have turned into reality for Americans after Donald Trump’s presidential win Fears of heightened bigotry and hate crimes have turned into reality for some Americans after Donald Trump’s presidential win. And the list of incidents keeps growing. The Southern Poverty Law … Read more
The family of a 28-year-old student of Accra Polytechnic is crying foul over the death of their kin. The deceased, Daniel Lamptey, was discovered unconscious at Kasoa near the newly constructed overhead without a shirt on October 14, 2016 by two women who were friends of his deceased brother. He was rushed to the Amanfrom … Read more
Eight out of the 12 presidential aspirants who were disqualified by the Electoral Commission (EC) for allegedly committing various criminal and electoral offences while filing their nominations have reported themselves to the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) at the police headquarters in Accra. The presidential aspirants were given up to the close of yesterday, October 21, … Read more
The committal proceedings which will enable Lucas Agboyie, the man who has confessed to killing a seven-year-old girl, after which he had sex with the corpse, to stand trial at the High Court could not come off as expected yesterday. That was because the Attorney-General’s Department (A-G) requested for more time to enable it to … Read more
Lucas Agboyie, 22, the man who confessed to killing a seven-year-old girl, after which he had sex with the corpse, has asked God for forgiveness of his sins. Agboyie, a mason has been charged with murder and is currently going through committal proceedings at the magistrate court, a prelude to the actual trial at the … Read more
The inconvenient conversation UPSA and other African Universities must have By Prosper Yao Tsikata, Ph. D. and A .Kobla Dotse, Ph.D. The ongoing discourse on the credibility of some doctoral degrees and the credibility of the institutions that confer them has exposed the vulnerability of our institutions—especially our educational institutions and their administrators to substandard … Read more
The ongoing discourse on the credibility of some doctoral degrees and the credibility of the institutions that confer them has exposed the vulnerability of our institutions—especially our educational institutions and their administrators to substandard academic practices, manipulation of academic processes, and the outright use of subterfuge by some individuals to buy space in our academic … Read more
Right, we’re back at it again. And it portends to be a vicious cycle, says author Gordon Offin-Amaniampong In 2003, when institutions in Nigeria failed to work and corruption held its sway, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) pressurised the West African nation to establish its own Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to combat … Read more