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A think-tank group, Strategic Thinkers Network (STRANEK), has petitioned President Akufo-Addo to ask Finance Minister Ken Ofori Atta to step aside pending investigations into the 2.25 billion dollar bond by CHRAJ. It explained that would help avert possibilities of the Finance Minister from “tampering with evidence” in the case which bothers on conflict of interest. Read the full statement by the group below MR KEN OFORI-ATTA MUST STEP ASIDE PENDING CHRAJ’S ENQUIRY INTO THE CONTROVERSIAL $2.25 BILLION BOND ISSUE-STRANEK An issue which has come to our attention is the widespread controversy surrounding Government’s $2.25 billion bond issue early this year.…

Officials from eight companies across industries in Ghana have arrived in the United States where they are expected to explore that country’s market to find areas of interest and make the necessary investment connections. The officials of the industries are in Washington D.C to participate in the SelectUSA Investment Summit, which connects global companies and U.S. economic development organizations (EDOs). The event is taking place between June 18 and 20, 2017. This is the first time any country from Africa is participating in the summit. The eight Ghanaian companies are interested in investing in the United States. A statement from…

President Akufo Addo has charged newly sworn in Chief Justice Sophia Akufo to do well to continue from where her immediate predecessor left off to strengthen the judiciary in Ghana and mordernise it for the betterment of the Ghanaian people. The president said “I am certain that she will continue with Chief Justice Woods’s agenda – redeeming the image of the of the judiciary and strengthening its accountability, proceeding with the modernization of judicial activities and establishing more specialist courts to improve the quality of judicial administration. “These should be the hallmark of her tenure as Chief Justice. I assure…

A “peacemaking and healing” tour of eminent and credible members of the National Democratic Congress has been recommended for the party in its quest to restructure to win political power in the 2020 election. “We believe this is extremely important for purposes of creating the necessary conditions for any serious work that needs to be done in the way of the party’s restructuring and renewal,” Dr Kwesi Botchwey said Monday when his committee presented a report on NDC’s defeat in the 2016 elections to the party executives in Accra. The 455-page report was the result of a six-month work by…

Ghana’s Parliament has unanimously approved Supreme Court judge, Justice Sophia Akuffo, as the country’s next Chief Justice. The 67-year-old who is the second most senior judge of the Supreme Court after Justice William, Atuguba, takes over from Justice Georgina Theodora Wood who retired as the Chief Justice on June 8, 2017. Ms Akuffo is consequently expected to be sworn into office by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo who nominated her in consultation with Council of State and in accordance with the constitution. She was vetted last Friday by the Appointments Committee of Parliament which recommended her approval by Parliament. READ:…

The family of a US based Ghanaian medical student and ex fiancé of actress Gloria Sarfo who died at the 37 military Hospital is accusing the hospital of negligence. Justice Nana Wusu Dankwa was sent to the hospital Wednesday morning by the Golden Tulip shuttle driver after he complained of chest pains. He is reported to have requested oxygen from the nurses at the medical emergency unit immediately he arrived at the hospital. Information gathered suggests that Justice Nana Wusu Dankwa remained unattended to for close to 10 minutes before being given the oxygen mask of another patient. He reportedly died…

Police prosecutors in Cape Coast have discontinued the case against the first batch of persons who were arrested for their alleged complicity in the murder of Major Maxwell Adam Mahama. The move is to allow the Police to transfer the seven accused persons, including the assembly man said to have masterminded the killing of the military officer at Denkyira-Obuasi in the Central Region on May 29, 2017, to Accra for prosecution. The seven, all residents of Denkyira Obuasi, were arraigned on a provisional charge of murder on June 1 at the Cape Coast District Court which remanded them into police custody…

Private legal practitioner, Martin Kpebu, has faulted the Appointments Committee of Parliament for its inability to ask the Chief Justice designate, Justice Sophia Akuffo, thorough questions when she was vetted last Friday. He argued the Committee members could have done basic research on the processes of the law courts before the vetting of the nominee. Mr. Kpebu was not happy about the slow processes in the court, noting it was not sufficient for the Chief Justice nominee to say that she would use technology to improve the situation at the courts without given specifics. Lawyer Martin Kpebu spoke to Winston…

Skipper of the Ghana Black Stars Asamoah Gyan has stated that he works with spiritual fortitude, admitting that he consults Mallams as well as Pastors when playing football matches. Speaking to Radio and Television show host Deloris Frimpong Manso on her entertainment programme ‘The Delay Show’, Asamoah Gyan indicated that the public has demonized the use of ‘Mallams’ in sports. He added that football is a ‘spiritual work’. He noted that ‘Mallams’ are just like pastors but in the Islamic religion and as such there was nothing wrong with consulting them to pray for an individual. “You can’t just rise…