Anti-Corruption

Corruption Index: Ghana stagnates four years in a row

Ghana scored 43 out of a possible 100 in the latest Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) released by Transparency International. The country’s global ranking, however, improved...

THE GH₵ 3 BILLION LIE: Government pays hundreds of millions to company in a shady deal

In a control room in Tema in the Greater Accra Region, officials of Strategic Mobilisation Ghana Limited (SML) tried to convince The Fourth Estate of...

10-year questionable contract by Finance Minister gives SML over $100 million annually despite false claims

In the first of this series, The Fourth Estate’s Evans Aziamor-Mensah, Adwoa Adobea-Owusu and Manasseh Azure Awuni revealed that Strategic Mobilisation Ghana Limited (SML),...

Russia’s Oligarchs, Africa’s corrupt and Joe Biden’s war

The lizard, our elders say, does not eat pepper for the frog to sweat. But when Russia’s President Vladimir Putin...

NIB Money Heist: How 12 bankers & customers “stole” GH¢9.6m and why prosecution is delaying

Business was booming for James Brew’s company, E-Constructions Solutions Ltd. His account at National Investment Bank (NIB) showed regular deposits,...

Special Prosecutor begins investigations into police recruitment

The Office of the Special Prosecutor has extended its tentacles into the Ghana Police Service as it begins investigations into...

PPA Board chair blames Covid-19 for failure to declare assets in 2017

Prof. Douglas Boateng brought at least 11 professional qualifications to his job when he was appointed Board Chair of the...

How Safo Kantanka’s church secretary sat on PPA Board that approved GH₵ 27m Kantanka vehicles deal

When the Ministry of Education in 2019 decided to purchase pickup trucks, it opted for a single-source procurement and chose...

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