The United States (U.S.) Embassy in Accra has donated laptops and other electronic equipment to some selected media houses and the National Media Commission...

“I did not witness the incidents,” Lighthouse witness admits in court

The witness for Lighthouse Chapel International, Bishop Marcel Aboagye, has admitted that he was not present at the meetings where a former bishop of...

FULL REPORT: Ministry of Education committee’s probe into school placement corruption

A fraudulent payment made for the placement of a student into a category “A” school in 2022 was traced to the login access of...

Anti-Corruption

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“School Placement is shrouded in secrecy”—Education Ministry Committee

A committee set up by the Ministry of Education to investigate allegations of corruption in the Computerised School Selection and Placement System (CSSPS) has...

EXCLUSIVE: Fraudulent payment for school placement traced to Education Minister’s access

A fraudulent payment made for the placement of a student into a category “A” school in 2022 was traced to the login access of...

Adwoa Adobea-Owusu,Evans Aziamor-Mensah

FULL VIDEO: School Placement for Sale

The Minister of Education and the Director-General of the Ghana Education Service (GES) were the only ones given access and passwords to approve protocol...

Health

CHAINED: Helpless families, communities troubled by untreated mentally ill persons

Around midnight of February 5, 2016, a mentally ill young man, Kingsford Akagiire, unleashed a sudden attack on his mother, Atampoka Akagiire, at the...

How Akua Donkor seized and converted public slaughterhouse into private residence

In Djankrom, residents are fighting battles that threaten their very existence—a search for fresh air and soot-free homes. They have, for many years now, been...

Billions in the bush: 8 hospitals delayed, abandoned

Governance is supposed to be a continuum, such that development policies and initiatives of an outgoing administration must be seen to its planned completion...

Frontiers lays off Covid-19 testing staff at the airport

The management of Frontiers Healthcare Services Limited, the company in charge of COVID-19 testing at the Kotoka International Airport, has laid off staff it...

Human Rights

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Hope and Despair: Burkina Faso’s displaced persons in Ghana

Under the scorching sun in a displaced people’s camp in the Upper East Region, toddlers gather around a mortar and pestle, pounding what looks...

Husband of pregnant woman shot in her sleep found guilty of attempted murder

A seven-member jury has found Effort Dankwa guilty of attempted murder for shooting his pregnant wife in her sleep. Benita Dankwa woke up on August...

Seth J. Bokpe

Four bloodied as gunshots add salt to injury in controversial Ada salt mining project

In blood, sweat, and pain, four critically injured persons are battling for their lives after police and masked gunmen shot at an unarmed group,...

Health

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HeFRA fined GH₵30,000 for snubbing RTI Commission, The Fourth Estate

The Fourth Estate had requested information, but the request was ignored. The Right to Information (RTI) Commission wanted an explanation from the Health Facilities...

The women who “menstruate” through their palm, nose, and mouth

It was late night, and most people had gone to bed. Lydia Ansong, 16, was supposed to be sleeping. But, she was dozing intermittently...

Adwoa Adobea-Owusu

FULL DOCUMENTARY: The COVID-19 spraying scandal initiated by President Akufo-Addo

In August 2020, I wrote to the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development (MLGRD) to request, among others, how much it cost Ghana...

Environment

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Boy dies in galamsey pit while awaiting BECE result

It was the hope of Madam Naomi Tabi that her son would pass his Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE), go to the Agogo State...

JUSTICE DENIED: How state inaction killed three children at sand winning site

A mason was busily mixing mortar at a construction site when an agitated woman ran to him. She was desperately seeking help to rescue...

Paul Gozo

Only two Chinese in Ghana’s prisons: two groups petition for investigations

Two environmental non-governmental organisations have asked for investigations into why only two Chinese nationals are in Ghana’s prisons in spite of the hundreds arrested...

Opinions

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Why chieftaincy must suit the modern Ghanaian state

The influence or otherwise of chiefs in Ghana has again come under scrutiny. This time, it is about their inability to help stomp out...

Full text: Manasseh Azure Awuni’s public lecture at the University of Ghana

On Thursday, March 2, 2023, Manasseh Azure Awuni, the Editor-In-Chief of The Fourth Estate, delivered the 75th Anniversary public lecture of the University of...

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