National Security Adviser, Brigadier General (retd) Joseph Nunoo-Mensah, has rebutted a media report that his outfit held a meeting with some security heads and former president Jerry John Rawlings on the murder of the former Deputy Managing Director of the Ghana Commercial Bank, Roko Frimpong.The Today newspaper alleged in its Monday, November 30 2009 edition [...]
Lagos (Nigeria) –The former President of Ghana, John Kufuor, has blamed the underdevelopment of the African region on the leadership crisis bedevilling the continent.
Kufuor told journalists on Friday in Lagos that the sit tight attitude of some African leaders was “unfortunate”.
He was, however, optimistic that the leadership difficulties the continent was facing would soon be [...]
Nigeria’s anti-corruption agency says it has shut down some 800 fraudster e-mailers and arrested those behind 18 high-profile “cyber crime syndicates”.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission said it has been working with the computer giant Microsoft to crack down on the scammers.
EFCC head Farida Waziri said her agency was now using “smart technology” rather than [...]
Nigeria has won election for a non-permanent seat at the United Nations (UN) Security Council alongside Gabon and Brazil.
Bosnia and Lebanon won but will be in the rare position of being subject to scrutiny by the UN’s most powerful body while serving their two-year terms because the former has never served on the council and the latter has not
Unconfirmed reports say U.S. oil giant ExxonMobil has bought Kosmos Energy’s stake in oil blocks offshore Ghana that contain large oil discoveries, a person familiar with the matter told Dow Jones Newswires Tuesday.
The deal marks the first entry by one of the world’s major oil companies into what is proving to be a significant new [...]
Former First Couple, Jerry Rawlings and wife, Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings were last week honoured by the Institute of Global Understanding of the University of Monmouth in New Jersey, United States.
The former President was recognised for his ‘”valuable contributions to the promotion of democracy and development” and Nana Konadu for her “valuable contribution to the [...]
The Member of Parliament for Asikuma-Odoben-Brakwa, P.C. Appiah Ofori says he will not contest his seat again in protest of the persistent corruption in the country.
He said his aim of going into politics was to fight corruption, but the menace appears to be painfully enduring in all regimes.
Speaking to Joy FM’s Super Morning Show host [...]
Police say a woman genital was fondled by a self-styled pastor had her husband present while the indecent act was being committed.
The woman reportedly went with her husband to the pastor at Adenta, a suburb of Accra, to seek spiritual help to overcome a suspected barrenness.
While there, the pastor, who is currently in the grips [...]
An Accra Fast Track High Court on Friday ruled that a month incarceration of six persons apprehended in connection with the 61 parcels of cocaine intercepted at Tema Port in a 40-foot container did not constitute unreasonable delay in the trial.
It however directed the State to speed up its investigation so that hearing would commence [...]
The First Vice Chairman of the New Patriotic Party in the Dome Kwabenya constituency, Opoku Baah, has been shot dead by suspected armed robbers.
The incident took place at about 1 a.m. Thursday.
The robbers also attacked a rural bank in the constituency and wiped it clean of all the money in the bank.
Confirming the incident to [...]
