A Bolivian woman was recently arrested for throwing hot water on her sleeping husband’s genitals because he was allegedly dreaming of another woman. The shocking incident happened last week in the Bolivian city of La Paz. According to the scorned wife’s testimony, her 45-year-old husband was sleeping and allegedly …
Read More »Supreme Court Preserves Key Evidence Against Former SSNIT Boss
The Supreme Court has, in a unanimous decision, dismissed a case filed by former Director-General of the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT), Ernest Thompson. The court turned down his request to set aside two Special Audit Reports on the operation of an Operational Business Suite acquired by SSNIT. …
Read More »Ghana May Lose Corruption Fight In Unimaginable Ways – Special Prosecutor Reacts To Court Decision On Sir John’s Frozen Assets
The Special Prosecutor, Kissi Agyebeng, has indicated that the High Court’s decision on the assets of the late Forestry Commission CEO, Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie, popularly known as ‘Sir John’, can have a negative impact on the country’s fight against corruption. According to him, if the ruling is left to stand, …
Read More »Tight Security At Ghana-Burkina Border After Deadly Attack On Sunday
State security agencies including the Ghana Immigration Service have beefed up security at Mognori in the Bawku municipality and Bansi in the Binduri district of the Upper East Region following attacks by some unknown gunmen. The attack on Sunday night is said to have left two including a local …
Read More »Public Services Workers Declare Indefinite Nationwide Strike
Members of the Public Services Workers Union (PSWU) of the Trades Union Congress (TUC) have lay down their tools starting Tuesday, July 19, 2022. According to the workers, they are overwhelmed by the burden brought to them by the prevailing economic hardships in the country. As a result, staff of …
Read More »Special Prosecutor Fights High Court Judge Over Refusal To Freeze Sir John’s Assets
The Special Prosecutor, Kissi Agyebeng appears aggrieved over a decision of an Accra High Court Judge to reject his application for the confirmation of the freezing order for the late CEO of the Forestry Commission, Kwadwo Owusu-Afriyie aka Sir John’s estate. A press release issued by the Special Prosecutor clarified …
Read More »Massive Demo At Tema Port
The local unions of the Ghana Ports and Harbour Authority (GPHA) have begun their intended massive demonstration to protest the agreement signed with Meridian Ports Services (MPS) ceding the port operations to it. The MPS-GPHA concession agreement signed under former President John Dramani Mahama administration in 2015 allows MPS to …
Read More »Address Corruption In The Delivery Of Basic Services – Transparent International Tells African states
A global coalition against corruption, Transparent International, has called on African states to address corruption, especially in the delivery of basic services. According to the coalition, corruption in basic services delivery, like housing, water, sanitation, education, health, humanitarian responses, and judicial systems, tends to mostly affect the poorest of citizens. …
Read More »Savannah Region: Two Zabzugu SHS Teachers Die In Gory Accident
Students and teachers of the Zabzugu Senior High School (SHS) have been thrown into a state of mourning after two senior staff there met their untimely death around Buipe in the Savannah Region. They were returning from a workshop held in Koforidua in the Eastern Region when their vehicle got …
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