The Attorney General’s (AG) Department on Wednesday failed to produce a file on 34 billion old Ghana Cedis (GHC 3.4m) judgment debt paid to one Nana Emmanuel Duke Woode for the confiscation of his companies. The state confiscated Holex Ghana Limited and Priorities Ghana Limited, timber companies belonging to Nana Woode who sued the A-G leading to the award of judgment debt to Woode in 2006. Briefing the media after the sitting, Counsel to the Judgement Debt {.....}

Residents of Atwomanso near Oppong Valley in the Wassa Amenfi East District of the Western Region witnessed a horrifying scene last Sunday when a mentally challenged man beheaded and chopped his sister into pieces. The man, Yaw Annor, 65 has since been over powered and handed over to the police. According to the Western Regional Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the Ghana Police Service, Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), Ms Olivia Ewurabena Adiku, the suspect, is {....}

The outbreak of Ebola in West Africa will take at least six months to bring under control, the medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) says. Speaking in Geneva, MSF President Joanne Lui called for strengthened international co-ordination led by the World Health Organization (WHO). Earlier, WHO said the scale of the outbreak appeared to be “vastly underestimated”. It said that “extraordinary measures” were needed. The epidemic began in Guinea in February and has since {....}

Over 300 workers of the various publishing companies in Ghana will lose their jobs by close of August, 2014. This is due to government’s huge indebtedness to the publishing companies. The Managements of the affected companies have written to dismiss some of their workers due to government’s indebtdness to them. The letters seen by Citi News said the payment of salaries had become difficult due to the non-payments of arrears owed them by government hence, the decision to terminate {....}

The National Petroleum Authority (NPA) has attributed the current shortage of diesel across the country to a hold on stocks by banks providing lines of credit to Bulk Oil Distribution Companies (BDCs). The hold on the products stems from government’s indebtedness of a disputed amount of 1.35billion cedis to the BDCs. Public Relations Officer of the National Petroleum Authority, Yaro Kasambata speaking to citi Business News said “the BDCs and the banks still have liquidity challenges {....}

The financial capability of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital is hanging in the balance, as the expenditure of the country’s premier health facility far outweighed its revenue between January and July this year. If it is not resolved immediately, the looming financial crisis will make it difficult for the hospital to pay the salaries of some members of staff for this month, replace its worn out equipment, as well as pay its contractors and suppliers. The situation is also likely to undermine healthcare {....}

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki has resigned, in a move observers hope will end a political crisis in Baghdad. Haider al-Abadi, a deputy speaker of parliament, has been asked by Iraq’s president to form a government. Mr Maliki’s earlier refusal to resign after eight years in power had been blamed for deepening the crisis. The UN and US have welcomed his resignation. The government has been unable to stop Islamist fighters from seizing vast areas in northern Iraq. The offensive {....}

The scale of the Ebola outbreak appears to be “vastly underestimated”, the UN’s health agency says, as the death toll from the disease reaches 1,069. The World Health Organization said its staff had seen evidence that the numbers of reported cases and deaths do not reflect the scale of the crisis. It said in a statement that “extraordinary measures” were needed. The outbreak began in Guinea in February and has since spread to Liberia, Sierra Leone and Nigeria. However, the WHO said the risk of {.....}

Former President Jerry John Rawlings has asked President Mahama show a clear commitment to the fight against corruption by addressing the unprecedented levels of corruption within his government. ”… . People with conscience are sometimes appalled by the extreme insensitivity displayed by some political appointees. The unprecedented levels of corruption, offensive show of power and opulence by some at a time when our country requires prudence and frugality is {....}