UNIBANK GHANA Limited has frozen bank account, financial assets and other assets of Mr. Alfred Agbesi Woyome in response of Central bank (Bank of Ghana) directive.
THE CHRONICLE has sighted a document emanating from the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning, in which the Sector Minister, Dr. Kwabena Duffuor asked the then Attorney General and Minister for Justice to do due diligence in the authorization of the payment of 1,106,470,587.00 Euros to Alfred Agbesi Woyome.
There is a new buzz of life at the centre of the earth. The performance of the Black Stars in the 28th Orange African Cup of nations has given the average Ghanaian something to be proud of. On Saturday night, the referee’s final whistle, bringing the Black Stars’ match with Mali to an end in Franceville, in oil-rich Gabon, was greeted by a spontaneous bout of joy in Accra and other cities, towns, and villages in Ghana, where the colonial flag was first lowered in Black Africa in the wee hours of March 6, 1957.
By Daniel Nonor Ghana might end up paying US$8.550 billion for the $3 billion Chinese loan it has contracted from the China Development Bank. According to the Member of Parliament (MP) for Manhyia, Dr. Mathew Opoku Prempeh, per the off-taker agreement with the Chinese, Ghana is expected to pay for the loan facility with its [...]
By Emmanuel Akli After forcing his entire cabinet to sit on tenterhooks for months, President John Evans Atta Mills has finally made public his much-anticipated cabinet reshuffle, to help him seek re-election. The announcement, however, came with little surprises, as all those penciled down as possible casualties have indeed, fallen on the sword. The two [...]
A suspected Lebanese terrorist and drug baron, Imad Zbib, who was arrested by a team of American Intelligence and the Narcotics Control Board at the Kotoka International Airport recently, is fighting strenuously to seek his freedom.
From David Allan Paintsil, Cape Coast The National Chairperson of the Convention People’s Party (CPP), Christina Samia Yaba Nkrumah, has described party members in Central Region, who did not defect to Dr. Paa Kwesi Nduom’s Progressive People’s Party (PPP), as “Pure Gold” members whose loyalty to the ideals of Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah was unquestionable. [...]
Daniel Nonor Credible information reaching The Chronicle indicates that the Government Statistician, Dr Grace Bediako, has been ordered to proceed on leave by the board, headed by Prof. Francis Dodoo, under bizarre circumstances. The second deputy, Dr. Philomena Nyarko, has been asked to take over operations at the Service. Technically, Dr. Bediako’s First Deputy, Mr. [...]
By Emmanuel Akli Even before the Economic and Organized Crime Office (EOCO) could submit its report on the circumstances that led to the payment of a whopping GH¢58 million to National Democratic Congress bankroller, Alfred Agbesi Woyome, The Chronicle can report that the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning sanctioned the payment, after convincing the [...]
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) went to the poll on Saturday to elect parliamentary candidates for constituencies where the party has sitting Members of Parliament (MP). Though the election was generally peaceful, most of the sitting MPs suffered casualties. Popular among these are Mr. Teye Nyaunu, the MP for Lower Manya Krobo. Though defeat [...]