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Why Suhuyini will vote against Deputy Education Minister-Designate

The Member of Parliament for Tamale North, Alhassan Suhuyini, has revealed he will vote against the approval of Gifty Twum-Ampofo as Deputy...

NHIA hastens investigations into cases of extortions

The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) is on a manhunt for credentialled service providers who are demanding extra money (out of pocket...

Tears as boy jailed 25 years over GH¢10 tells story after years in prison...

A Junior High School (JHS) graduate, Abdallah Mohammed who was handed a 25-year jail for allegedly stealing GH¢10.00...

Investigate GH¢3.6m additional feeding cost of BECE Free Hot Meals – Akufo-Addo urged

Edem Senanu  Edem Senanu, Co-Chair of the Citizens Movement Against Corruption, has called...
CEO of MASLOC, Abibata Shnani Mahama Zakaria

Deputy CEO of MASLOC must be probed – GII

The Ghana Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana) has disclosed that it will petition the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ)...

I never used State money to campaign or buy votes – Says Deputy MASLOC...

The Deputy MASLOC Chief Executive Officer (CEO) says reports that she admitted to using state funds for political campaigns and vote-buying are...
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How candidates bought votes in NPP Primaries

A Corruption Watch investigation has found that the deputy MASLOC CEO, Hajia Abibata Shani Mahama Zakaria facilitated the use of MASLOC money...

Covid-19: Publish intention to procure items through single-sourcing – Martin Kpebu to govt

Private legal practitioner, Lawyer Martin Kpebu, has cautioned the Government of Ghana to think beyond the law by publishing any intention to...

COVID-19: ‘Ghana’s lack of a Central Medical Store worrying’

Five years down the lane and Ghana is yet to rehabilitate its only Central Medical Store (CMS) razed to ashes on January...
The disappeared vehicles back at RGD

Registrar General’s Department in State vehicles auction scandal

Mrs Jemima Oware, Registrar General A Corruption Watch (CW) investigation has found that nine Toyota Hilux pick...

Rot in Free Basic Education exposed …As school heads charge water bill, other...

A Corruption Watch (CW) investigation into the Free Compulsory Universal Basic Education (FCUBE) in five regions of the country has found...

Full Report: World Cup GH¢3.4m ‘chop chop’ saga, GBC, Auditor-General face-off

Daniel Yaw Domelevo , Auditor-General Ghana once again is participating in the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Egypt, but...

CW: Boy, 16, jailed 25yrs for stealing GH¢10, serving sentence in adult prison

When it comes to corruption in the criminal justice system what immediately comes to mind is some officials of the criminal justice...

Company builds under high tension, abandons GH¢500,000 govt deal after electrocution

Park-side Limited, a construction company, has abandoned a GH¢503, 935.08 worth of contract for the construction of a...

We’re not debt collectors – COP Tiwaa

The Director-General of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID), COP Maame Yaa Tiwaa Addo-Danquah, has reminded police investigators that debt collection is not part of...

Full report: Bail for sale: Police officers caught trading bail for money (Audio)

The police administration has warned its officers to stop taking money for bail because it is a crime Call it bail for sale. You will...

GH¢15.2m GSA Training School leaks just 2yrs after use, State to cough money again...

A Corruption Watch (CW) investigation has found that the Ghana Standards Authority (GSA) Training School, which was constructed at a cost...

200 bags of cement donated to Fire Service end up in private cement shop,...

A Corruption Watch (CW) investigation has found that several bags of cement donated to the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) by the Ghana Cement...

A-G’s offices burgled; 5 laptops, printer, TV stolen

Some unidentified persons have been staging frequent break-ins at the offices of the Ministry of Justice and Attorney-General in Accra, CorruptionWatch has found. One of...

Sister-in-law to NLA boss gets 11 contracts in one day

Eleven contracts awarded to the sister-in-law of the Chief Executive of the National Lotteries Authority, Kofi Osei Ameyaw, has raised questions of conflict of...

Times are hard; expect Arab spring in Ghana – Martin Kpebu decries growing hardship

Law practitioner and convener of the Individual Bondholders Forum (IBF), Martin Kpebu, has counselled the government to do more to ameliorate the...

It’s totally wrong for an investigative journalist to entrap people with money – Francisca...

Multiple award-winning Ghanaian investigative journalist with Corruption Watch, Francisca Enchill, has shared her candid view about entrapment. The...

Nigeria elections 2023: Young people pin their hopes on outsider

Young Nigerians have turned Saturday's presidential election into the most competitive since the end of military rule in 1999, with many backing...
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Here’s what to know about Nigeria’s upcoming presidential election 

Nigerians will head to the polls Saturday in a fiercely-contested presidential vote that analysts say is too close to call. It...

Read: The insightful ‘Africa’s Renaissance’ story by Bianca Akweley Clinton

Bianca Akweley Clinton's story ‘Africa’s Renaissance’ is a thought-provoking concept story that uses the analogy of an African market woman to comment...

Elizabeth Ohene: Anything for a choice school

I have, like so many other people, been listening to and have now watched the Fourth Estate documentary titled School Placement for...

Sack Oppong Nkrumah – Sammy Gyamfi to Akufo-Addo

The National Communications Officer of the National Democratic Congress, Sammy Gyamfi, has called for the immediate dismissal of the Information Minister, Kojo...

Full text: NDC’s Moment of Truth speech on Auditor-Generals Report on govt’s COVID-19 expenditure

Good morning, distinguished ladies and gentlemen of the media. We are highly pleased to have you here in your...

SHS computerised placement for sale [Full Video]

The Education Minister and the Director-General of the Ghana Education Service (GES) were the only ones given access and passwords to approve...

Exclusive: The Fourth Estate uncovers fraud in computerised school placement

When the Ministry of Education set up a resolution centre at the Bediako Conference Room of the GNAT Hall in Accra, it...

DVLA interdicts 4 staff implicated in ‘Money Over Human Lives’ documentary

The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA) has interdicted four members of staff who were implicated in Corruption Watch's Francisca Enchill's ‘Money...
Togbe Afede XIV

Togbe Afede writes: Our Self-inflicted monumental economic crisis

About six weeks ago I was in New York, and for the first time in almost three decades, I struggled to sell...

Boxing referee admits he cheated for Manny Pacquiao during win in 2000

Prolific boxing referee Carlos Padilla Jr. has admitted to rigging one of Manny Pacquiao’s most important matches nearly two decades ago.
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Anas speaks on 2019 viral video over land at Tse Ado

Investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas has for the first time since 2019 addressed a viral video in which he was alleged to...

Nigeria’s govt unveils new Naira notes [Photos]

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday finally unveiled the re-designed Naira Notes as proposed by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).
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How Qatar ended up hosting the World Cup

With the World Cup now underway in Qatar, many are wondering how this moment arrived – that a tiny Gulf nation with...

Dr Zanetor Agyeman-Rawlings: Ghana on my mind

It is not enough to boast about free and fair elections or successful transfers of power. At this...

Kwesi Yankah: My time with Anas

Monday, 14th November, I was all set going to see the latest operation by this mystery man, Anas Aremeyaw Anas, who for two...