Author: Krobea

The Auditor-General has defended the integrity of the Minerals Income Investment Fund’s 2024 financial statements, rejecting claims that the accounts contain material misstatements. In a 12th November 2025 letter to the MIIF CEO, the Audit Service responded to a request for a review and restatement of the Fund’s 2024 audited accounts. The auditors insisted that the issues raised by MIIF management were not material or pervasive enough to mislead users of the financial statements. The letter explained that in audit terminology, “pervasive” refers to misstatements or control weaknesses that affect the financial statements in their entirety, not isolated entries or…

The Auditor-General’s Department has dismissed calls from the Minerals Income Investment Fund (MIIF) to review and restate its 2024 audited financial statements. The Service insisted that the issues raised do not constitute material or pervasive misstatements. In a letter to the MIIF CEO dated 12th November 2025, the Audit Service responded to concerns outlined in a 31st October 2025 communication and discussed during a meeting on 7th November 2025. The letter stated that describing the alleged misstatements as “pervasive” is misleading, clarifying that in an audit context, the term applies to issues affecting the financial statements as a whole rather…

Black Stars midfielder Mohammed Kudus has broken his silence on the 2026 FIFA World Cup draw held last Friday. He said his compatriots will be up for such a clash at the global showpiece. Friday’s draw in Washington DC saw Ghana placed in Group L, same as England, where the midfielder has played in the past three years. Asked what he makes of the outcome, the midfielder, who currently plays in North London for Tottenham Hotspur, said: “It’s good to have England in the group.” The former Ajax man pointed out that qualifying for the tournament itself is a big…

The Clerk to Parliament, Ebenezer Ahumah Djietror, has written to the Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC) to inform the Chair of the vacancy of the Kpandai seat. This follows the service of the Tamale High Court order on Parliament. On Monday, November 24, the Court, presided over by His Lordship Justice Emmanuel Brew-Plange declared the parliamentary results of the December 7, 2024 polls as null and void, ordering a rerun within 30 days. This did not go down well with the Minority in Parliament, who raised the matter on the floor of the House. Speaker Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin later ruled…

In a remarkable move that is set to bring much-sought-after relief to thousands of commercial drivers, one can now deploy their Ghana Card and their credit worthiness to buy fuel on credit. While many oil marketing companies are set to launch the project, one of them, Star Oil, has already embraced the concept, which has, once again, earned former Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia plaudits. This is because of Dr Bawumia’s relentless campaign for a credit scoring system in Ghana using the Ghanacard. The 2024 Presidential Candidate championed the Ghana Card as a benchmark to avoid instant cash payments for…

The Minority in Parliament has descended heavily on government over the recent hikes in utility tariffs. The Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) on Tuesday, December 2 announced a 9.86 percent hike in electricity tariffs and a 15.92 percent hike in water tariffs. This, the PURC clarified, is a multi-year tariff receive order for the period 2026 to 2030. Addressing journalists in Accra on Monday, December 8, the Minority insists the decision will further impoverish Ghanaians who are already suffering under the current government. Ranking Member on the Energy Committee George Kwame Aboagye, who doubles as the Member of Parliament for…

Former President John Agyekum Kufuor says the New Patriotic Party (NPP) started well under Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s presidency. From where he sat, he pointed out, then President Akufo-Addo managed the Covid-19 pandemic very well. “But after the Covid, I didn’t understand some of the things that happened,” he told Deloris Frimpong Manso on The Delay Show aired on Sunday, December 7. He cited the domestic debt exchange programme, the non-completion of the National Cathedral and the use of public funds for the project and the PDS saga as some of the decisions that contributed to the downfall of the…

The Ministry of Interior has ordered full-scale investigations into the two assassination attempts on the life of the Special Prosecutor, Kissi Agyebeng. Initial contacts with Mr Agyebeng, according to the Ministry, have revealed that the assassination attempts happened before this year. “There is no record or report of such threats against his life at any police station or at any of the state security agencies in the country,” the Ministry noted in a press release on Monday, December 8. “Since crime does not expire, the Ministry has ordered a full-scale investigation into the claim of assassination attempts.” This comes after…

Benin’s president has appeared on television to reassure citizens of the West African nation that the situation was now “totally under control” following an attempted coup earlier in the day. “I would like to commend the sense of duty demonstrated by our army and its leaders, who have remained… loyal to the nation,” Patrice Talon said, looking calm during the live evening broadcast. The government said it had thwarted the mutiny hours after a group of soldiers declared a takeover on national television. Later in the afternoon, huge explosions were heard in Cotonou, Benin’s largest city and seat of government.…

President John Dramani Mahama has arrived in Abidjan from Doha, Qatar. He is Ghana’s neighbouring country for the investiture of President Alassane Ouattara. President Ouattara was reelected for a fourth term in office in October. President Mahama is expected to return to Ghana immediately after Monday morning’s ceremony.