The Ho High Court in the Volta Region has acquitted and discharged the 21 suspected LGBTQI activists arrested in Ho in May 2021. The court freed the 21 persons due to a lack of reasonable and sufficient evidence for prosecution. According to the court, the available evidence before it does not satisfy reasonable standards for […] The post 21 suspected LGBTQI
The acting IGP, Dr. George Akuffo Dampare, on Monday, August 9, 2021, visited the Mounted Squadron Unit of the Ghana Police Service. The Unit is responsible for the grooming and maintaining of all horses used by the police for ceremonial and security exercises. During his visit, Dr. Akuffo Dampare pledged to increase the number of […] The post Dampare visits Mounted
The Executive Director of the Human Rights and Governance Centre, Martin Kpebu, has justified his decision to get the Minister of Health, Kwaku Agyeman-Manu tried for perjury. According to him, the Minister for Health lied under oath in Parliament when he appeared before the ad-hoc committee that probed the botched Sputnik V vaccine procurement deal. […] The post Martin
In the coming week, several matters related to the oil and gas industry in Ghana will hog the airwaves. For us in Ghana, we have prided ourselves in the fact that we are a small but prosperous country, but one that has not been able to maximize its divine providence of natural resources. Many a […] The post Franklin Cudjoe writes:
Apple has defended its new system that scans users’ phones for child sexual abuse material (CSAM), after a backlash from customers and privacy advocates. The technology searches for matches of known abuse material before the image is uploaded to its iCloud storage. Critics warned it could be a “backdoor” to spy on people, and more than 5,000 […] The post Apple
Malawi’s Energy Minister Newton Kambala has been arrested for allegedly trying to influence the way that contracts for the supply of oil were awarded, the country’s Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has said in a brief statement. Two others – the president of the of Alliance for Democracy party, Enoch Chihana, and a presidential adviser, Chris Chaima […] The post Malawi
Sheikh Ahmed Dalmook Al Maktoum, the Dubai-based businessman the Ministry of Health contacted for the botched procurement of 300,000 doses of Sputnik V vaccine has agreed to refund an amount of $2,470,000 to Ghana. This was after the Ministry wrote to him for a refund. A letter dated August 2, 2021, and signed by the […] The post Sputnik V deal: Sheikh Al Maktoum
A Vice President of IMANI Africa, Bright Simons, says the government has a key role to play in ensuring that the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) does not go ahead with its planned increased acquisition of Aker Energy‘s oil bloc since it is a highly risky venture. According to him, there is ample evidence that […] The post ‘CSOs
The Chairperson of the Parliamentary Select Committee on Education, Kwabena Amankwa Asiamah, has said the government continues to spend on the upgrading and modernisation of the country’s vocational education system. Technical Universities across the country are also being retooled and equipped to drive the government’s industrialisation programme. This is being spearheaded by the Commission for […] The post Government
Background On 30 July 2021, Ghana’s Energy Minister sent a memo to Parliament explaining that two sister Norwegian affiliated companies — Aker Energy Ghana Limited (“Aker Energy”) and AGM Petroleum Ghana Limited (“AGM”) —seek to dilute their interests in the Deepwater Tano Cape Three Points and South Deepwater Tano blocks located offshore Ghana. Aker Energy […] The post Energy
Health officials in Guinea have confirmed West Africa’s first case of Marburg, a highly-infectious disease that’s in the same family as the virus that causes Ebola. The World Health Organization (WHO) said the virus needed to be “stopped in its tracks”. Marburg virus disease is transmitted to people from fruit bats and spreads among humans […] The post Guinea confirms
The Embassy of the Republic of Ghana in the United Arab Emirates has urged Ghanaians to disregard reports suggesting that holders of Ghanaian passports can currently travel without visa to the United Arab Emirates. The Embassy in a statement said “even though the agreement has been ratified by the Parliament of Ghana, the processes for […] The post Ghanaians can’t
Members of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), London South branch, want the Minister of Health, Kweku Agyemang Manu, to resign from his post with immediate effect, or be sacked by President Akufo-Addo. According to the group, the Health Minister has failed to exhibit leadership, follow laid down approval processes and account to the people in […] The post NDC
It has emerged that the Ministry of Health has initiated moves to retrieve a fraction of the money paid to Dubai-based businessman Sheikh Al Maktoum for the botched procurement 300,000 doses of Sputnik V vaccine. A letter signed by the Minister, Kwaku Agyemang Manu, and addressed to the businessman requested a refund of money paid […] The post Health
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