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Criminologist, Prof Kenneth Agyemang Attafuah, has joined many calling on the Director-General of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to resign. The Executive Secretary of the National Identification Authority (NIA) said, Maame Tiwaa Addo-Danquah would have saved her integrity by not waiting to be removed following the preponderance of calls asking her to step down. Calls for Mrs Addo-Danquah to step down follow ...

The Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII) has launched an award scheme meant to recognise the efforts of outstanding individuals and public sector institutions making significant contributions to the   fight against corruption. The presentation of the awards is scheduled for December 9, 2019.The processes, categories, eligibility and other details relative to the awards can be found on www.ghanaintegrityawards.com. The scheme, dubbed Ghana ...

The President, Nana Akufo-Addo, says the fight against terrorism and violent extremism cannot be limited only to military means, vital as they are. He said, “Broader policies must also be put in place to create opportunities and jobs for our youth if we are to deal successfully with their root causes.” Speaking at the maiden edition of the Kofi Annan ...

Former BBC Journalist Max Bankole Jarrett says the media and journalism have seen the end of an era in which trustworthy news gathering and broadcasting was the norm. Mr Bankole Jarrett was host of Network Africa and Focus on Africa for more than a decade at the BBC World Service. In a wide-ranging interview with Phillip Nyakpo in Perth Australia, ...

Ghana has not yet put in place contingency measures to safeguard its citizens in South Africa despite escalation of xenophobic attacks on foreign nationals, including Africans living in that country. Outbreak of xenophobic violence has in the last week seen South Africans loot foreign-owned shops. One person is reportedly shot dead with several others injured in parts of the southern ...

The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) has asked the government to re-table the Conduct of Public Officers Bill in Parliament for passage. The commission said doing that would show the government’s commitment to the fight against corruption, so that it would not be seen as merely paying lip service to the campaign. The Conduct of Public Officers ...

Three men have been arrested for their alleged involvement in the shipment of some 59 AK-47 assault rifles from Accra to Walewale in the North East Region. The suspects were picked on Friday, August 30, at Nsakina near Ablekuma in the Greater Accra Region. They are reported to be part of a highly networked syndicate that buys weapons and sends them to ...

The Energy Commission (EC) has expressed concern over the alarming rate at which climate change is causing damage to the country’s energy infrastructure, threatening to disrupt the stability of power supply. It said rising sea levels and storm surges in the coastal areas were damaging pillions that carried high tension cables and thermal plants that provided 58 per cent power ...

The Chairman of the Public Interest and Accountability Committee (PIAC), Dr Steve Manteaw, has raised concerns with the overall management of the country’s oil revenue, calling on the government to publicly explain how the money was being used. According to him, although the country’s law states that 70 per cent of the revenue should go into capital expenditure, the chunk ...

The counter-terrorism division of the police has arrested nine members of a highly sophisticated and armed land guard syndicate. The gang engaged a fierce gun battle with the police at Kokrobite, a suburb of Accra, on Friday afternoon. There were no casualties but the police say the fighting went on in the open for more than two hours before police subdued them. ...