Articles from the ‘Politics’ category

Betty Mould to submit voluntary statement to police

Posted by on February 7, 2012 at 8:22 am in Other Top Stories, Politics

  The former Attorney General and Minister for Justice, Betty Mould Iddrisu has resolved to submit voluntary statement to the Ghana Police to aid in the on-going investigation in the Alfred Woyome Saga. Mrs. Mould-Iddrisu has come under intense pressure to categorically state her involvement in the payment of the GH¢51 million judgment debt to [...]

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Don’t be surprised if Osafo Maafo is arrested – Agyenim Boateng

Posted by on at 8:19 am in Other Top Stories, Politics

  A deputy Information Minister, James Agyenim Boateng, has hinted that given the instrumental role played by Former Education, Youth and Sports Minister, Yaw Osafo Maafo in the erstwhile Kufuor government on the Woyome saga, he (Osafo Maafo) could be arrested by the police. Agyenim Boateng said Osafo Maafo cannot exonerate himself from the circumstances [...]

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Woyome refused bail, formally charged with fraud

Posted by on at 8:03 am in Politics, Top Story

Businessman, Alfred Agbesi Woyome is to remain in police custody after he was refused bail Monday. He has formally been charged with conspiracy to commit crime, defrauding by false pretense and corrupting public officials in the controversial GH¢51 million judgement debt.

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PPP opens nominations

Posted by on at 8:01 am in Politics, Top Story

The Progressive People’s Party (PPP) has opened nominations for the election of presidential and parliamentary candidates for all the 230 constituencies in the country.

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Woyome-gate scandal… MILLS IS CULPABLE —Says AFAG

Posted by on at 7:59 am in Politics, Top Story

Pressure group, Alliance for Accountable Governance (AFAG), has expressed surprise at comments from certain quarters that seek to absolve the President, Prof. John Evans Atta Mills, from the Woyome-gate scandal.

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Woyome lawyers roar at AG over “unconstitutional” detention

Posted by on February 6, 2012 at 1:30 pm in Other Top Stories, Politics

  Mr. David Annan, a member of the legal team of detained NDC financier, Mr. Alfred Woyome, has slammed the Minister for Justice and Attorney General, Mr. Benjamin Kunbuor for causing his client’s arrest last Friday. “We are entirely disappointed that the Attorney General will prove his civil claim by seeking to bring a criminal [...]

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Reshuffled ministers assume office Wednesday

Posted by on at 1:14 pm in News From Other Newspapers, Politics

The President of Ghana, J. E. A Mills, has directed ministers he reshuffled recently to assume office at their newly assigned ministry on Wednesday February 8, 2012. In a communication to the Speaker read to the House Friday, the President formally informed Parliament about the reshuffling of some Ministers of State. The House during the [...]

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Woyome scandal has shot up Mills’ integrity- Anyidoho

Posted by on at 1:02 pm in Politics, Top Story

The Alfred Woyome judgment debt scandal has shot up President John Mills’ integrity in leaps and bounds, the Director of Communications at the presidency has said.

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