The leadership of NDC USA held a memorable virtual vigil on November 22, 2020 in honor of the founder of NDC and former President of the Republic of Ghana, H. E. Jerry John Rawlings. Rawlings passed away in Ghana on Thursday November 12, 2020 after a short illness. The program attracted participants from all over the world. Speakers included…
Football legend Diego Maradona, one of the greatest players of all time, has died at the age of 60. The former Argentina attacking midfielder and manager suffered a heart attack at his Buenos Aires home. He had successful surgery on a brain blood clot earlier in November and was to be treated for alcohol dependency. Maradona was captain when…
The Secretary of the President, Nana Asante Bediatuo (on behalf of president Akufo Addo) has responded to Mr Martin Amidu’s allegation of interference in his work as Special Prosecutor following which he resigned on Monday. Below is the full response from the Presidency I refer to your letter dated 16 November, 2020 pursuant to which you resigned your position…
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has directed the Chief of Staff, Akosua Frema Osei-Opare, to ensure that all emoluments and benefits due the immediate past Special Prosecutor, Martin Amidu, are paid. Mr Amidu who resigned from the Office of the Special Prosecutor on Monday, November 16, cited what he described as “political interference in the independence of his office”…
In his resignation letter to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, former Special Prosecutor Martin Amidu, directly told the Commander-in-Chief of the Ghana Armed Forces that he could not direct him about as far as his handling of the corruption and anti-corruption assessment report of the controversial Agyapa Royalties deal was concerned, and refused to “bargain” with the President, who…
The Special Prosecutor, Martin Amidu, has resigned from his position three years after he was appointed by President Akufo-Addo. The former Attorney General wrote to the President Nana Akufo-Addo Monday saying his decision is to enable his appointing authority “to take steps to appoint a replacement to that position as required by law.” “This is to inform the public…
Former President of Ghana Jerry John Rawlings is dead. He is said to have died Thursday morning at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH) in Accra. Mr Rawlings had been on admission at Korle Bu for about a week for an undisclosed ailment. He felt sick after his mother’s burial about three weeks ago. Born on June 22, 1947, he…
