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2022 budget: Joe Wise praises Bagbin – “before stabbing him in the back”

Item 8, they called it. That was how parliament’s minutes captured the event of November 26, 2021, when the Minority in parliament decided to reject...

In Aflao, COVID-19 has killed the economy more than humans

Hajia Munira runs a restaurant in Accra New Town. It is often packed at noon. A swarm of patrons, mostly hungry workers nearby meander...

Lighthouse case: Church hires new lawyer, wants to amend defence statement

The case against Lighthouse Chapel International resumes after a legal break. Six former ministers of the church have sued for non-payment of their full...

Sex Predator Trial: “You don’t need medical report to prove rape”– Prosecutor

Ohene Nkunim, charged with rape, has been in police custody since September 22, 2021. The police prosecutor, Chief Inspector Richard Amoah, rose up to sell...
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THE BONGO SCANDAL: Assembly withdraws GH₵187,000 from contractor’s bank account without permission

Assembly allegedly awards a contract to itself using the certificates of a company without the owner's  permission Assembly pays money into the business...

FULL VIDEO REPORT: The Bongo Scandal

On April 30, 2021, the CEO of Aporgan K-A Enterprise, Asumbekere Karim Anagbila, got a notification that GH₵31,000 had been withdrawn from his bank...
Manasseh Azure Awuni

“Suspend payments to Zoomlion” –Auditor-General orders as contract sum hits GH₵324 million

At the crack of dawn, while most people are still in bed, Ama Djoleto (not her real name) wakes up at 4 a.m. to...

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“Ohene Nkunim isn’t our member,” Royalhouse Chapel clarifies, sympathises with victims

The Royalhouse Chapel has said Jonathan Ohene Nkunim, the rape suspect who was exposed in the “Licensed Sex Predator” investigative documentary, is not a...

LICENSED SEX PREDATOR: Nkunim committed four offences — Allied Health Professions Council

The Allied Health Professions Council has said the self-styled physiotherapist “Dr Jonathan Ohene Nkunim, who has been arrested for using his facility as bait...

“It’s not spiritual,” Ohene Nkunim explains why he’s “sexually unstable”

When Jonathan Ohene Nkunim was arrested, he turned to the investigative journalist whose work had led to the arrest and said: “The last time you...

FULL VIDEO DOCUMENTARY: “The Licensed Sex Predator”

In the following investigative report, Manasseh Azure Awuni of The Fourth Estate reveals how a licensed health practitioner in Ghana's capital, Accra, used his...
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Lighthouse case: Church hires new lawyer, wants to amend defence statement

The case against Lighthouse Chapel International resumes after a legal break. Six former ministers of the church have sued for non-payment of their full...

The Dubai in Cote D’Ivoire: Scores of Ghanaians lured and trapped in a net called Qnet

The victims are varied. They include a police officer, a teacher, a former NABCO employee, and the reigning second runner-up of “Ghana’s Strongest” bodybuilding...
Evans Aziamor-Mensah

TESTING RTI LAW: The 33 public institutions that passed or failed

By  Kwaku Krobea Asante & Seth J. Bokpe                        ------------------------------------------------------------------ “I don’t care where the letter...

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#BawumiaSpeaks:These claims are false, misleading

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia delivered a public lecture on Ghana’s digital economy on Tuesday, November 2, 2021, at Ashesi University. He said the...

Is it true food prices have not increased? Here are the facts

The Minister of Food and Agriculture, Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto, has challenged the assertion that the prices of food have increased. The minister says data...
Kwaku Krobea Asante

#BawumiaSpeaks: Contradictions on number of CCTV cameras installed

In his presentation, on Tuesday, November 2, 2021, at Ashesi University, Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia said the current government’s investment in technology was...

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TESTING RTI LAW: The 33 public institutions that passed or failed

By  Kwaku Krobea Asante & Seth J. Bokpe                        ------------------------------------------------------------------ “I don’t care where the letter...
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