A Court of Appeal has acquitted and discharged NDC lawyer Tsatsu Tsikata who was jailed in 2008 for willfully causing financial loss to the state. Justice Dennis Adjei said there was a miscarriage of justice when an Accra Fast Track High Court on June 18.2008, found him guilty on three counts of wilfully causing financial … Read more
Tsatsu Tsikata, a former chief executive officer at the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) has won an appeal against the state over his incarceration in June 2008. The former GNPC CEO was found guilty of willfully causing financial loss of GH¢230,000 to the state through a loan that the GNPC guaranteed for Valley Farms, a … Read more
The Court of Appeal has overturned a High Court judgment which sentenced a former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC), Tsatsu Tsikata to jail, for willfully causing financial loss to the state. According to the Court of Appeal, the judgment of the High Court was a miscarriage of justice, because … Read more
A Court of Appeal has acquitted and discharged NDC lawyer Tsatsu Tsikata who was jailed in 2008 for causing financial loss to the state. The court said there was a miscarriage of justice when an Accra Fast Track High Court on June 18.2008, found him guilty on three counts of wilfully causing financial loss of … Read more
Tsatsu Tsikata, a former chief executive officer at the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) has won an appeal against the state over his incarceration in June 2008. The former GNPC CEO was found guilty of willfully causing financial loss of GH¢230,000 to the state through a loan that the GNPC guaranteed for Valley Farms, a … Read more
I have no doubt that my people in Volta will take revenge over Dr. Mahamadu Bawumia’s description of us as foreigners. It took me sleepless months to endure Bawumia’s nude falsehoods scored against the good people of my region and that some 76,000 foreigners in the Volta Region were found on Ghana’s Voter Register. He … Read more
Hypocrisy is the mother of incompetence in Ghana. Hypocrites tend not to practice what they preach, and most often than not, they try to cover their invidious acts by accepting mediocrity in their dealings with others. Thus, allowing their incompetence to flourish which subsequently encourages corruptions and breeds other social ills. Unfortunately, this is what … Read more
Shut your trap Mac Manu, the likes of you don’t own Ghana! 4 “A lawyer with his briefcase can steal more than a hundred men with guns” (Mario Puzo, “The Godfather”). AKUFO-ADDO AS ATTORNEY GENERAL We should not overlook persistent sensational rumors that have it some anonymous University of Ghana law professors have been known … Read more
“A lawyer with his briefcase can steal more than a hundred men with guns” (Mario Puzo, “The Godfather”). AKUFO-ADDO AS ATTORNEY GENERAL We should not overlook persistent sensational rumors that have it some anonymous University of Ghana law professors have been known to have secretly written legal briefs and arguments for Akufo-Addo as a lawyer … Read more
By: Prof. Lungu and Andy C. Y. Kwawukume “…Without doubt, this is the most consequential Ghanaian public policy question since the overthrow of Kwame Nkrumah…During the last 5 years alone, Ghana has lost over $6 billion though the illegal oil contract scheme the basis of which is illegitimate concession laws…now, tweaked into the Mahama Oil … Read more
A couple of weeks ago, in my article entitled “Papa Kwesi Nduom is too big to be ignored”, I did mention that it was not right for Papa Kwesi Nduom to have been disqualified without giving him the opportunity to correct his nomination form. I also did mention that in an ideal situation, there should … Read more
An Appeal Court judge, Justice Barbara Ackah-Yensu, has dismissed an application on behalf of Jubilee MV 21, the subsidiary of MODEC which constructed and installed the FPSO Kwame Nkrumah, and Mr. Hideo Miyashita, an employee of MODEC, to stay proceedings in an action brought against them by Mr. Tsatsu Tsikata. The application was heard on … Read more
Those whose conduct gives room for talk are always the first to attack their neighbors. – Jean Baptiste Molière. According to George Bernard Shaw, when a stupid man is doing something he is ashamed of, he always declares that it is his duty. When the National Accreditation Board (NAB) responded ( http://nab.gov.gh/news1/426-new-news ) to Dr. … Read more
In the Year 2000, when the New Patriotic Party was on rooftops clamouring vociferously for change I was one of the numerous Ghanaians who were swayed into thinking that something good was on the horizon ! In fact , change became synonymous with prosperity,good governance and the rule of law. Even the doubting Thomases hoped … Read more
Deputy Minister of Communications Felix Kwakye Ofosu says the arrest of Ghanaian-Lebanese pilot and author Fadi Daboussi was not politically motivated. The author of “59 Years to Nowhere” and an ardent supporter of opposition Nana Akufo-Addo, was arrested at the Kotoka International Airport upon arrival from a trip over the weekend but has since been … Read more
Deputy Minister of Communications Felix Kwakye Ofosu says the arrest of Ghanaian-Lebanese pilot and author Fadi Daboussi was not politically motivated. The author of “59 Years to Nowhere” and an ardent supporter of opposition Nana Akufo-Addo, was arrested at the Kotoka International Airport upon arrival from a trip over the weekend but has since been granted bail … Read more
Sizing up the impact of a fallen gospel star, Esther Cobbah, wife of legal practitioner Tsatsu Tsikata says Danny Nettey was a marvelous light to her husband during his dark days in prison. The astute lawyer Tsatsu Tsikata had never heard or seen Danny while he was a free man. But in 2008 while serving … Read more
Hon. Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa is perhaps Africa’s youngest Deputy Minister. Appointed at the age of 28, Mr. Okudzeto Ablakwa served as Deputy Minister of Information in the Republic of Ghana. He is married to Nuhela Seidu and they have a daughter. He has a reputation for being a passionate youth and political activist. He loves … Read more
The Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) has confirmed it paid four former employees of the Corporation, comprising of two former Chief Executives and two Managers. A statement released by the Corporate Affairs Department of the GNPC, said two former Chief Executives of the Corporation, Messrs Tsatsu Tsikata and Nana Boakye Asafo-Adjei, as well as Benjamin … Read more
Hon. Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa is perhaps Africa’s youngest Deputy Minister. Appointed at the age of 28, Mr. Okudzeto Ablakwa served as Deputy Minister of Information in the Republic of Ghana. He is married to Nuhela Seidu and they have a daughter. He has a reputation for being a passionate youth and political activist. He loves … Read more