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21 Mar

Ghana Loses Approximately US$3 Billion Each Year To Corruption – GACC

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Ghana loses approximately US$3billion each year to corruption, depriving the nation of critical resources needed for development, according to President of the Ghana Anti-Corruption Coalition (GACC), Beauty Nartey. Speaking at the launch of the Strengthening the rule of law and fight against corruption in Ghana project—an initiative by the German Development Agency (GIZ) in partnership with the European Union (EU)—Mrs. Nartey lamented that this staggering loss is double the country’s annual foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows, which stand at US$1.5 billion. “What comes into our country as support is only about half of what we lose to corruption,” she said.…

12 Feb

GPHA Responds To Allegations Of Corruption In Boankra Inland Port Project

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The Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA) has refuted claims of corruption and mismanagement regarding the $90 million Boankra Inland Port Project, following allegations published in The Insight newspaper on January 29, 2025. The allegations, raised by the Forum for Development and Accountable Governance (FDAG), have prompted GPHA to issue a detailed response clarifying its position on the matter. GPHA emphasized that the Boankra Inland Port Project is a national infrastructure initiative under the Ghana Shippers’ Authority (GSA), with oversight from the Ministry of Transport. According to the Authority, all its engagements in the project were duly authorized by the…

07 Nov

French League Investigated Over Alleged Corruption

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The French financial prosecutor PNF has searched the offices of the French Football League (LFP) and private equity firm CVC Capital Partners following allegations of corruption. The allegations relate to a deal signed in 2022 that saw CVC pay 1.5bn euros (£1.25bn) for a 13% stake in LFP’s new subsidiary company related to TV rights. The contract was criticised in a recent report by the French Senate, which questioned who stands to benefit from the deal. Investigators are now looking into the conditions under which it was agreed, including into a 37m euros (£30.8m) bonus that was supposed to be…

14 May

Kingpin Of Corruption, John Mahama Is A Threat To Ghana’s Development- Chairman Kwadwo Boateng

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Former NPP Chairman, New Juaben North constituency, Kwadwo Boateng Agyemang, has cautioned Ghanaians not to vote for former President Mahama. He explains that the former President will no longer be accountable to Ghanaians if he's voted into power because that will be his last running for such an office and as such, wouldn't mind doing worse things before exiting. "He is no longer accountable to us anymore...even when he was accountable to us, he was bold enough to have said that he's not a magician...He's the only person in this country who has rose through the political ranks and is…

03 Apr

Luis Rubiales Arrested In Corruption Investigation

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Luis Rubiales, the former president of the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF), was arrested on Wednesday as part of a corruption investigation. He was released soon after being detained on arrival in Madrid from the Dominican Republic. He is suspected of receiving illegal commissions when negotiating a lucrative deal to stage the Spanish Super Cup competition in Saudi Arabia. Prosecutors are seeking a two-and-a-half-year jail term. Mr Rubiales denies any wrongdoing. After stepping off the plane, he was taken into a black van with several members of the Civil Guard. He was released soon after. Spanish public broadcaster RTVE reports that…

21 Feb

NDC Has No Moral Right To Talk About Corruption- Yaw Adomako Baafi (VIDEO)

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A former deputy communications officer for NPP, Lawyer Yaw Adomako Baafi, has opined that the NDC has no moral right to talk about corruption. He asserts that the NDC is more corrupt than the NPP and thus, they have never shown any commitment to fight the canker, unlike the NPP that has introduced more policies and initiative that are geared towards fighting corruption. "People living in glasshouse don't throw stones. Sammy Gyamfi's splash lounge collapsed due to corruption and inefficiency. NPP has demonstrated that we have the power to fight corruption. When we were in opposition in 1996, there were…

10 Feb

Mahama Is Incurably Corrupt – Akbar Khomeini

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Akbar Yussif Rohullah Khomeini, an aide to Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has described former President John Dramani Mahama as incurably corruption. He says Mr. Mahama has no integrity when it comes to fighting against corruption. He was replying to the National Communications Officer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Sammy Gyamfi, who had described Dr Bawumia as a chronic liar. Sammy Gyamfi accused Dr Bawumia of peddling falsehood in 2016 and in 2020 and got away with it to win the elections for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) but cannot do that this time around. “It is very laughable…

08 Feb

Mahama Hates Digitalization Because He Condones Corruption- Lawyer Adomako Baafi (VIDEO)

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A member of the NPP communications team, Lawyer Yaw Adomako Baafi has asserted that the reason for which former President speaks against Digitalization is because he condones corruption. Speaking in an interview with Kwaku Dawuro on Movement TV, he noted that the NDC flagbearer, John Dramani Mahama continues to downplay the essence digitalization because he knows that one of the effective tools or instruments for fighting corruption is digitalization which he's not ready to fight. "Mahama is not ready to fight corruption and thus, he's always against anything that fights corruption. If not, he wouldn't have downplayed the important of…

03 Feb

Government Has Significant Measures In Place To Fight Corruption – Former Deputy A-G

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A former Deputy Attorney General, Joseph Dindiok Kpemka has lauded the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) for the measures made in the fight against corruption. According to him, the government had implemented and enacted various laws and policies that have made it easy for agencies and institutions, including the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP), to subject government officials to scrutiny. Speaking on JoyNews’ Newsfile on February 3, he said, “Let me tell you this, do a cross-check, there has never been in the history of Ghana any time when sitting government officials have been subjected to accountability by a state institution…

24 Jan

There’s Corruption In Our Music Industry, Artistes Are Buying Online Streams – Reggie Rockstone

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Hiplife pioneer Reggie Rockstone has exposed what he claims is widespread corruption within the Ghanaian music industry, with some artistes allegedly resorting to purchasing online streams to inflate their popularity. Speaking on Cape Coast's Property FM, Reggie Rockstone expressed concern that many Ghanaian musicians are not authentically earning the staggering streaming numbers they boast but are resorting to streaming farms – (the practice of artificially boosting streaming numbers through various means). The Me Na Me Kae crooner didn't mince words as he called attention to the corruption infiltrating the music scene, hinting that it merits a thorough discussion. He asserted, "The huge number of…