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Chairman of the Public Interest and Accountability Committee (PIAC) Dr Steve Manteaw says government must put measures in place to check illicit financial flows in the extractive sector. According to a report by the Africa Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP), Ghana on the average loses $1.4 billion annually in the natural resources sector to illicit financial flows. The report indicated that from 2002 to 2018, cumulative gross illicit flows from trade mis-invoicing in the country amounted to $20 billion. Illicit financial flows refer to money that is illegally earned, transferred or utilised. Dr Manteaw revealed that some companies operating in…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has conferred Ghanaian citizenship on 126 diasporans who have lived in Ghana for many years. Speaking after the conferment ceremony Wednesday, the President stated: “I am glad you have decided to make Ghana your home, and thereby, join several generations of diasporans, who committed their lives to us.” He noted that several persons, including the likes of George Padmore, Bob Marley’s widow, Rita, Maya Angelou, and W.E.B du Bois all found homes in Ghana, with the latter buried in the country. With the ceremony being part of the series of activities commemorating the ‘Year of…

Some three Ghanaian law students have been honoured by The Gambia Law School for their outstanding performance. They are Albert Agyapong, Naa Koshie Mills and Chelsea Oforiwaa Ofoe. Albert Agyapong was adjudged Best Student  in ‘Legal Drafting and Conveyancing’ as well as Best Student in ‘Company Law and Commercial Practices’. Mr. Agyapong graduated with a First Class Degree in Law from the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA) in 2017. After writing the Ghana Law School entrance examinations twice and not making it to the law school, Mr. Agyapong left the shores of Ghana to The Gambia to…

A group of young men calling themselves Elephant Youth Association (OSONO) Thursday morning besieged the official residence of a Deputy Chief Of Staff, Asenso Boakye ostensibly to demand money they say owed them.  A statement which was issued by the Deputy Chief Of Staff Asenso Boakye, said “we wish to state categorically that he does not owe any person or group of persons money”. The statement further noted that neither has the President given any money due a group of persons which according to the statement has been withheld as alleged. The statement further urged the public to disregard any news circulating on social…

Some three Ghanaian law students have been honoured by The Gambia Law School for their outstanding performance. They are Albert Agyapong, Naa Koshie Mills and Chelsea Oforiwaa Ofoe. Albert Agyapong was adjudged Best Student  in ‘Legal Drafting and Conveyancing’ as well as Best Student in ‘Company Law and Commercial Practices’. Mr. Agyapong graduated with a First Class Degree in Law from the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA) in 2017. After writing the Ghana Law School entrance examinations twice and not making it to the law school, Mr. Agyapong left the shores of Ghana to The Gambia to…

Zimbabwe’s senior doctors have released a scathing statement explaining why they are joining their junior colleagues in not turning up to work. They are protesting against the sacking of hundreds of doctors who have been fired because of their strike over poor wages in the worsening economic situation. In a statement, referring to the bad state of healthcare, the senior doctors said that a “silent genocide continues to be perpetrated upon the people of Zimbabwe”. It details the lack of drugs and equipment that doctors have to deal with and says that conditions are no longer safe for treating patients.…

Founder of the Ghana Freedom Party (GFP) Akua Donkor has said she is heading to the International Court of Justice over the violation of her human rights, following the dismissal of her case against President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. Her suit sought the removal of the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, and his Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, from office after their names popped up in an investigative documentary. The case was thrown out by the Supreme Court and she was subsequently ordered to pay an amount of GH¢10, 000.00 to the state. SC dismisses Akua Donkor’s case against Akufo-Addo,…

Chairman of the Public Interest and Accountability Committee Dr Steve Manteaw says government must put measures in place to check illicit financial flows in the extractive sector. According to a report by the Africa Centre for Energy Policy, Ghana on the average loses US$1.4 billion annually in the natural resources sector to illicit financial flows. The report indicated that, from 2002 to 2018, cumulative gross illicit flows from trade mis-invoicing in the country amounted to $20 billion. Illicit financial flows refer to money that is illegally earned, transferred or utilised. Dr Steve Manteaw revealed, some companies operating in Ghana’s extractive…

Host of Ideal Home on Accra-based 3FM 92.7, Etornam Sey, has been selected to host the second edition of the Ghana AgriBusiness Excellence and Leadership Awards on Friday, November 29, 2019. She is also the producer for the award winning business show on TV3, Business Focus. The Ghana AgriBusiness Excellence and Leadership Awards seek to recognise and reward excellence and leadership across the Agribusiness value chain in Ghana and beyond. It provides a platform to recognise individuals, companies and institutions that play significant roles in the growth and development of their business sectors, while recognising the key functions within the…

In 2006, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities which came into force on 3rd May 2008. This Convention is to serve as a means of improving respect for the rights of Persons with Disabilities [PWDs] who, according to the World Health Organisation, comprise some 15% of the world’s population. Overall, the Convention promotes the rights of PWDs, sets out responsibilities on member states and civil societies to respect those rights and further recognises disability as a social construct for which reason society must dismantle the barriers preventing persons with disabilities from participating…