US officials said Friday they plan to confiscate $144 million in corruption-tainted assets of Nigerian oil executives found in the United States including an $80 million yacht the “Galactica Star.” The yacht and a $50 million condominium overlooking New York’s famed Central Park were among the riches tied to dirty contracts awarded by Nigeria’s former … Read more
Editor-in-Chief of the New Crusading Guide, Mr. Abdul Malik Kweku Baako Jnr., has expressed strong reservations of what he has described as the “persistent failure” of Ghana’s Parliament to launch full scale investigations into high profile corrupt and bribery scandals that have hit the country. The veteran journalist could not fathom why Parliament has failed … Read more
The Action Movement, a group affiliated to the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has warned those who constantly attack the personality of former President Jerry John Rawlings to desist or face their wrath. According to Action Movement, “There is no party builder in this country than our founder who has shown maturity and the spirit of … Read more
Former President Jerry John Rawlings appears to have brought more troubles for his better half with his recent “sermon” on corruption as Managing Editor of the New Crusading Guide; Abdul Malik Kweku Baako is threatening to make public “stinking’ dossier on the former first family, especially, Nana Konadu’s unethical conduct. According to veteran journalist, he … Read more
Former President Jerry John Rawlings appears to have brought more troubles for his better half with his recent “sermon” on corruption as Managing Editor of the New Crusading Guide; Abdul Malik Kweku Baako is threatening to make public “stinking’ dossier on the former first family, especially, Nana Konadu’s unethical conduct. According to veteran journalist, he … Read more
Former President Jerry John Rawlings has taken to popular social media platform, Facebook, to defend both his name and that of his wife, Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings, and virtually taunting his critics. Rawlings says for all those trying to tag him and his wife as corrupt in order to justify their dishonest and corrupt ways, it … Read more
Former President Jerry John Rawlings has taken to a popular social media platform, Facebook, to defend both his name and that of his wife, Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings, and virtually taunting his critics. Rawlings says for all those trying to tag him and his wife as corrupt in order to justify their dishonest and corrupt ways, … Read more
Ex-President Jerry John Rawlings insists the gift he received from Nigerian President General Sani Abacha was $2 million and stressed that he used it for the benefit of all Ghanaians. Addressing a gathering at the 38th Anniversary of the June 4, 1979 uprising held in the Upper West Region on Sunday, Mr. Rawlings noted that … Read more
Former Vice Chairman of the main opposition National Democratic Congress in the Ashanti Region, Alhaji Mohammed Sani is questioning the integrity of former president Jerry Rawlings regarding corruption. According to Alhaji Sani, the former president, Jerry John Rawlings received a $5 million gift from former Nigerian President Sani Abacha and not $2million as the former Ghanaian president … Read more
Contrary to claims that he received $2 million which was used for a nationalistic project, emerging evidence indicate that that the former President of Ghana received $5 million. Managing Editor of the Al Hajj Newspaper, Alhaji Bature Iddrissu on TuesdayJune 6, 2017 disclosed that the founder of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Jerry John Rawlings … Read more
Dr Henry Lartey of the Great Consolidated Popular Party is a “crazy” man, former President John Rawlings has said. Addressing the 38th anniversary of the 4 June 1979 uprising in Wa, Upper West Region, Mr Rawlings said the son of the “domestication man” – late Dan Lartey – allowed himself to be used by even … Read more
I bet, without Rawlings’s inclusion, NDC may remain in opposition forever! I recall predicting repeatedly during the 2016 electioneering campaign that the NDC founder, Ex-President Rawlings, might not vote for former President Mahama. Obviously, it was a mere prediction, not a prophecy, for I am not a ‘Man of God’. Somehow, my forecast stemmed from … Read more
The claims read like the plot of a best-selling thriller, with secretive arms dealers and a corruption-riddled government fighting jihadists. The weapons deal collapses in acrimony but instead of a shoot-out, the embittered parties fight it out in court. In this real life saga, Ara Dolarian is the US arms dealer, Hima Aboubakar the weapons … Read more
The rancorous reign of the 45th US President faces a fresh controversy. A Nigerian economic and social rights group has written to the White House demanding the return of $500 million of stolen funds, which it claims are being held by the US. “(We urge) the administration to attach and release to Nigeria some $500 … Read more
Abuja (AFP) – Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari is “hale and hearty”, his government said Thursday, denying rumours in the press and on social media that he was seriously ill or even dead. Last week, the 74-year-old went to London for “routine medical check-ups” — the second such trip this year, the presidency said. But rumours … Read more
Mr. Mervyn King, former head of the United Kingdom’s Bank of England, recently stated that another financial crisis is “certain” and could come sooner rather than later. Mr. King also believes that most politicians and Central Bankers don’t understand what caused the most recent financial crisis dating back to 2008. Accordingly, without understanding the 2008 … Read more
“Most people are yet to recover from the traumatic shock of the December 7th election results. “But I will have to state that if we turn our backs to our history us a party, we cannot escape the responsibility for the result”. “I kept providing the warning whenever and wherever I could, and in public … Read more
“Several indigenous practices that were deemed barbaric and inhumane like human sacrifice, slavery and other practices were outlawed because they were encapsulated in the quote of barbarism. What is more barbaric than massive abuse of the public office for private gains, plundering nations coffers, wrongful capital accumulation and thus becoming a charlatan and a chief … Read more
A couple of weeks ago, Kervin Kofi Moses, a 15-year old student of Ghana’s Achimota School, died at the 37 Military Hospital after falling ill at school. His distraught mother called for the school to be closed down because school authorities were negligent in his death. This story hit me hard, maybe, because I have … Read more
A few months ago, I recounted how I rejected my maternal uncle’s appeal for some help towards the payment of his children school fees. Apparently, the punitive decision was based on the fact that my maternal uncle bizarrely rejected Nana Addo’s 2012 free SHS campaign message and strangely went ahead and voted against such an … Read more