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 Ghana Eisenhower Fellows Congratulate MFWA Executive Director on impact award

The alumni of the Eisenhower Fellowship in Ghana have commended the Executive Director of the Media Foundation for West Africa, Sulemana Braimah, for being...

Ghanaian medical student to be sacked over scholarship secretariat’s failure to settle fees  

  When Dormuo Aloysius Namaale gained admission to the Donetsk National Medicine Centre, Ukraine in 2017, he beamed with smiles. He knew the dream of...

DETAILS: How Freddie Blay nearly sold Ghana’s oil interest to South African company

The Board Chairman of the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC), Freddie Blay, attempted to relinquish half of the country’s interest in one of Ghana’s...

Investigative journalist, Anas Aremeyaw Anas, refuses to reveal his identity in court

  Investigative Journalist, Anas Amereyaw Anas, has declined the invitation of an Accra High Court to show his face to former Ghana Football Association (GFA)...
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$1million per constituency toilets abandoned as communities defecate in the open

Five years into the implementation of the ruling New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) signature Infrastructure for Poverty Eradication Programme (IPEP), Ada and Sege constituencies in...

Ex-PPA board chair slips through CHRAJ ban: chairs Minerals Fund almost two years

The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) in February 2022, banned a former Board Chair of the Public Procurement Authority (PPA), Prof....
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High Court judge convicts paramount chief’s secretary and another chief over attempts to influence him

When the Acting Upper East Regional Supervising High Court Judge, Justice Alexander Graham, asked the two men in the dock to tell the court...

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FULL VIDEO: The Quack Midwife

After 18 months of investigations at a private health facility in Accra, The Fourth Estate has uncovered a frightening case of ‘Matron Gaga’, an...

Quack midwife: How regulatory bodies failed patients of South Odorkor clinics

In parts one and two of this story, we chronicled how The Fourth Estate uncovered an unlicensed midwife whose 30-year history of practice has...

Quack midwife: How the New Generation Hospital cooked up data to conceal deaths

In parts one and two of this story, we chronicled how The Fourth Estate uncovered an unlicensed midwife whose 30-year history of practice has...

“I was naive” – Hospital owner regrets giving quack midwife freedom to operate

In part one of this story, we chronicled how The Fourth Estate uncovered a frightening case of ‘Matron Gaga’, an unlicensed midwife whose 30-year...
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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...

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John Kumah’s claim on total infractions in Auditor-General’s report false

The Deputy Minister of Finance, John Kumah, has suggested that the total irregularities recorded in the 2021 Auditor-General’s report have dropped. Mr. Kumah said he...

John Kumah’s claim of Ghana having the third strongest currency in Africa false

The Deputy Minister of Finance, Dr John Kumah, stated on Friday, September 9, 2022, that Ghana's cedi was currently the third strongest currency in...
Adwoa Adobea-Owusu

KNUST in the last 10 years: Student clashes, protests and gross misconduct

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has, in recent times, made headlines for violent student clashes. The Unity Hall, popularly referred to as...

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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...
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