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Data from the Public Interest and Accountability Committee (PIAC) shows that Ghana’s total petroleum revenue between 2011 and 2022 amounted to US$8.8 billion, with the year 2022 recording the highest realized petroleum revenues in the Petroleum Holding Fund (PHF). The total petroleum revenue in 2022 is the highest for a …

The Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has expressed “utter disappointment” in former Minister for Science and Technology, Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, for naming him in a damning report on illegal mining popularly known as galamsey. Oppong Nkrumah described the allegations as completely false adding that despite being utterly disappointed by the …

A leading member of the governing New Patriotic Party, Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko, says he did no wrong in defending a company cited in the bombshell report authored by a former Minister of Science and Technology, Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng. Prof. Frimpong-Boateng in a report accused Mr. Otchere-Darko of interfering in the …

The Convener of the Media Coalition Against Illegal Mining, Dr. Kenneth Ashigbey is calling on the Office of the Special Prosecutor and other statutory investigative bodies to probe the claims made by the former Chairman of the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Illegal Mining (IMCIM), Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng. In a bombshell report …

The NDC in a recent statement revealed that it disagreed with the Ghana Police on some issues during their recent meeting with the leadership of the Police and that of the NPP party. According to the NDC, Bryan Acheampong’s comments and likewise, that of the NPP not handing power to …

The Minister of Energy, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, has disclosed that some $2.5 million worth of crude condensate has gone missing at the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR). The Minister explains that his outfit secured a deal for the company in the premix sector but $2.5 million has been lost and …

Former Minister of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, Prof Kwabena Frimpong Boateng has named some top government officials as being engaged in the illegal mining canker, popularly known as ‘galamsey’.  The renowned professor who served under President Akufo-Addo during his first term insisted that the rot goes as high as …

A report on the state of the Ghanaian media has revealed that the media is not financially viable with the majority of journalists poorly paid. The report compiled by the Communications Department of the University of Ghana and the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) also disclosed that the Ghanaian …

The Managing Director of the Electricity Company of Ghana, Samuel Dubik Mahama has refuted suggestions that the revenue mobilisation exercise is one of several conditionalities from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). A section of the public has suggested that the exercise is one of the conditions by the IMF to …

The Headmaster of the Ghana Senior High School, Doughlas Haruna Yakubu, has described a viral video in which some students are seen sleeping in supposed toilet cubicles as mischievous and a deliberate misrepresentation of facts. Mr Yakubu believes that the viral videos were staged and dramatised by the journalist to …