The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) has stated that the Ghana Airports Company Limited flouted Ghana’s procurement laws when it rented...

BoG Board members receive GH¢510k each as allowances while Bank records GH¢60b loss

Each of the 10 board members of the Bank of Ghana (BoG) took home GH¢510,000 in allowances last year despite presiding over a GH¢60...

The Fourth Estate journalists in Germany to sharpen investigative journalism skills

Seven journalists of The Fourth Estate are in Germany to sharpen their investigative journalism skills. While in Germany, the team will be part of an...

Anti-Corruption

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Parliament calls for cancellation of Zoomlion contract

Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has recommended the cancellation of the fumigation contracts between waste management company, Zoomlion Ghana Limited, and the metropolitan, municipal,...

Parliament to punish officers who pay Zoomlion for fumigation

A member of Parliament’s Public Finance Committee (PAC), Rockson Dafeamekpor, says officials of assemblies and the District Assemblies Common Fund (DACF) who defy Parliament’s...

Evans Aziamor-Mensah

The Fourth Estate’s response to Finance Committees’ rejoinder on $4m tax waiver under 1D1F

Despite incontrovertible evidence that the ongoing Airport City Le Meridien hotel project owned by 4-Mac benefitted from a $4 million tax exemption under the...

Health

Polluted air and its devastating effects on children: What we need to know

Every day, as we take a breath, our bodies are exposed to an invisible storm of particles that not only endanger our lungs but...

COVID-19 tests at KIA: Ghana got a paltry US$6.4m, while Frontiers bagged US$80.6m

The Ghana Airports Company Limited (GACL) made a little over $6.4 million from the over two years Frontiers Healthcare Services operated at the Kotoka...

Abandoned slaughterhouse: Ada West Assembly to relocate butchers after The Fourth Estate’s investigation

The Ada West District Assembly (AWDA) has announced that it will relocate butchers to its newly constructed slaughterhouse. The Assembly’s response follows The Fourth Estate’s...

GH₵290,000 newly built slaughterhouse rots away as Sege residents choke on smoke

Residents of Sege are battling pollution from a slaughterhouse in their midst because butchers in the area have refused to relocate to a modern...

Human Rights

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Abduction, rape and impregnation: the story of child brides

For fear of victimization, the names of the victims and their parents have been changed Before primary class six pupil Agartha make sense of what...

Radio Ada journalist released after a week in remand over ‘’false news’’

The Tema Circuit Court has granted the Deputy Station Coordinator of Radio Ada, Noah Narh Dameh, a GHC60,000 bail. Noah was released on April 6,...

Philip Teye Agbove

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...

Health

COVID-19 tests at KIA: Ghana got a paltry US$6.4m, while Frontiers bagged US$80.6m

Environment

Climate Change: Beware! Sea washing away Keta, Ada, let’s explore what we can do

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Ken Agyapong’s presidential bid: A potential toxic presidency or a path to transformative leadership?

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Human Rights

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...