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Former Special Prosecutor, Martin Amidu, has reiterated claims of threat on his life and added President Akufo-Addo would be responsible should anything happen to him. In a latest twist of events succeeding his sudden resignation as the first Special Prosecutor, Mr. Amidu said he gathers that he risks being bagged, robbed or his house being burned. This would be the second time he is making claims of threats on his life, except that he is more specific this time. “I tried to call Ken Dapah, but he did not pick up but I got a former national security advisor to…

Security Analyst Adams Bonaa has asked the former Special Prosecutor, Martin Amidu, to report the death threats on his life to the police for investigations. Mr Bonaa said as a lawyer, Mr Amidu should have known better that in the case of death threats, the first port of call is reporting the matter to the police and not throwing tantrums on air. “Mr Amidu might have a genuine case but looking at his calibre, he is known a legal senior at the bar. I was expecting to know that he should know better. He shouldn’t just throw these allegations into…

A US-based Ghanaian professor, Kwaku Asare has asked the immediate past Special Prosecutor of Ghana Martin Amidu to keep quiet if he has nothing new to tell Ghanaians regarding why he resigned from his post, other than what he has already stated in his letter to the president which he made public. “If Martin Amidu has something to say he should say it. If he does not have anything to say he should enjoy his retirement. “These threats to say things, if he is pushed, is not on,” Prof Asare said in a Facebook post on Thursday November 19 in…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has urged the former Special Prosecutor, Martin Amidu to assist the security agencies with all relevant information regarding the death threats on his life, for further action. Martin Amidu resigned as Special Prosecutor on Monday, November 16, citing interference from the presidency and threats on his life as some of his reasons. Though the president has denied the allegations of interference, Mr. Amidu insists his work on the corruption risk assessment on the Agyapa Royalties agreement was interfered with by the president. He reiterated his life has come under threat since then. Director of Communications…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has directed the Inspector General of Police (IGP), to provide former Special Prosecutor, Martin Amidu, police protection over claims of death threats on his life. Martin Amidu resigned as Special Prosecutor on Monday, November 16, citing interference from the presidency and threats on his life as some of his reasons. Though the president has denied the allegations of interference, Mr. Amidu insists his work on the corruption risk assessment on the Agyapa Royalties agreement was interfered with by the president. He reiterated his life has come under threat since then. A November 19 evening Facebook…

The only modus operandi adopted by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo in the fight against graft is single-handedly clearing his appointees of any wrong doing even before state investigative bodies step in to probe the alleged corruption cases involving those appointees, the National Communications Officer of the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has said. Speaking at a press conference at the headquarters of the NDC in Accra on Thursday, November 19, Sammy Gyamfi said President Akufo-Addo’s fight against corruption has been abysmal owing to his lack of political will to tackle his appointees accused of engaging in the practice.…

Kumasi Asante Kotoko have described the Ghana Football Association’s position on their video recording impasse as “absurd, primitive and backward” and are threatening to stop live coverage of their matches on StarTimes if the football governing body does not back down. In a strongly worded letter to the GFA, Kotoko confirmed widespread reports that they are prepared to refund $5,000, which is their first share of the $15,000 due each club under the TV rights deal. Kotoko’s opening game of the season against Techiman Eleven Wonders was delayed over a disagreement about whether they had a right to film the…

Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta has said the government will implement deliberate policies to attract diaspora investors to invest in the Ghanaian economy. He said that the government has already started attracting foreign investors into the country. Speaking on the sidelines of the Diaspora Business Breakfast meeting organized by the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC) and the Beyond the Return Secretariat, Mr. Ofori-Atta said: “When we look at the private sector, there is certainly domestic and international and then there is the diaspora, which also includes African-American. “We have various ways of trying to do this bond. There have various experiences…

Two aides of the late former President Jerry John Rawlings have been picked up by officers of the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI) from their homes. It is unclear why the two, Barbara and Thelma, were picked up by the BNI operatives on Thursday, November 19. A daughter of one of the arrested persons told 3FM in an interview that security operatives numbering about twenty showed up in their home in the early hours of Thursday and asked them to surrender their phones. She said also that a young boy, who was preparing for school, was alarmed by the incident…

A report compiled by the Child Rights International (CRI) has noted that out of the 49,202 people who contracted the Covid-19 virus, 2,180 were children below 18 years. Four deaths were recorded among children within the ages of 0-14 years, the report titled ‘COVID-19: State of children in Ghana’ further noted. In an interview, the Executive Director of Child Rights International, Bright Appiah, said: “We did this because we realised that most of the countries that were hardly affected by Covid-19 also did assessment on the state of children and how they would design the welfare system to accommodate the…