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The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) has given the Chief Executive Officer of Produce Buying Company (PBC), Mr Kofi Owusu Boateng ten days within which to respond to a complaint of misappropriation lodged against him by Kumasi-based journalist Nana Kwadwo Jantuah. “You are required to submit your written response within 10 working days upon receipt of this complaint,” CHRAJ stated in its letter to the CEO. The journalist, represented by his lawyer, Mr Sarfo Gyamfi, believes the company, which was recently delisted by the Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) over its failure to publish its financial results, should be investigated for possible corruption and mismanagement, hence his petition to CHRAJ. In his petition, Mr Jantuah cited suspicious activities by the directors of the firm to back his claim and noted that he has documents which indicated the withdrawal of some GHS 1.5 million from PBC’s account in 2018, ostensibly for the purchase of nuts, which have not...

The US government is threatening sanctions against Ghana over the termination of the controversial Power Distribution Services (PDS) Ghana Limited deal with the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG). Government in a letter dated October 18, 2019 to the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) announced the termination of the agreement which came into effect on March 1, 2019, and saw PDS take over Ghana’s major power distribution company, ECG. The decision, government explained, was prompted by some breaches of the agreement by PDS. According to the Ghana government, PDS failed to fulfil the necessary “condition precedent” in the agreement, which borders on demand guarantee. But Ghana’s decision appears not to be sitting well with the US government which has given the Ghana government October 30 to reverse the decision or face the consequences of the decision, which will be to lose 190 million dollars under the MCC Compact II. US government demands In a letter addressed to Ghana’s Financ...

The body of Zimbabwe's ex-president Robert Mugabe was flown out of Singapore Wednesday following his death last week, his nephew said, heading home for burial in a country bitterly divided by the hero-turned-despot's legacy.  Mugabe, a guerrilla leader who swept to power after Zimbabwe's independence from Britain and went on to rule for 37 years until he was ousted in 2017, died on Friday, aged 95.  His health deteriorated after he was toppled by the military and former loyalists in November 2017, ending an increasingly iron-fisted rule that sent the economy into ruin.  He died after receiving treatment at a Singapore hospital for several months, and a delegation including Vice President Kembo Mohadi travelled to the affluent city-state on a chartered flight to bring him home.  Early Wednesday a hearse transporting Mugabe's body left a Singapore funeral parlour bound for an airport and accompanied by a police escort, driving past a group of waiting journalists. ...

Singer MzVee and record label Lynx Entertainment have ended their eight-year relationship. After MzVee went off the grid and took a sabbatical from active music, there were rumours that her relationship with members at the label has gone sour. Others claimed the singer had gotten pregnant, went on a break to focus on herself and giving birth. However, in a press release signed by the ‘Daavi’ hitmaker, she only went on the “much-deserved break” to re-energise, get in touch with herself and redesign her artistic expression. “These eight years with Lynx Entertainment have been absolutely delightful and a blessing and I am glad we still hold our relationship,” she had written. She added that Lynx Entertainment will always be a strong pillar in her career hence although both parties have decided to part ways, they will amicably continue support for each other. Lynx Entertainment also in a press release said they were proud to have watched MzVee grow into the woman she is now and wishes h...

Following recent reports about Sarkodie and Okyeame Kwame's absence on Obrafuor's “Pae Mu Ka” documentary, the legendary rapper has hinted that he is not disappointed or worried about any artiste who has failed to make an appearance on his documentary. Speaking in an interview, Obrafour said he cannot force artistes who have intentionally decided not to support him. He also explained, the documentary has been scheduled for 2-3 months, a period which he believes is favorable enough anyone who want to a be part of it. "I am not disappointed. I am a type of person that isn't discourage easily, I was born alone, but one thing that we all have to understand about life is that, the reasons why God created us is out of love so we should love one another", he said . He added that "all I want to say is that in-case you don’t see anyone in the video don’t feel or think like we didn’t call that person we called everyone but maybe they had a time constraint but in lif...

Musician Bisa Kdei has said it will be difficult for any musician to break the record he has set in the hiplife/highlife space.  Bisa, who is considered by many people as contemporary highlife king due to his multiple award-winning feat made the point while granting an interview to a Canadian reporter over the weekend.  The young highlife musician who has a series of hit songs to his credit and repertoire said, “even after my death, no highlife artiste would be able to undo my lifetime record of taking highlife music and its culture abroad.” Immensely worshipped in Ivory Coast and other francophone countries Bisa Kdei is the first youngest Ghanaian highlife artiste to break the difficult international market with Ghanaian cultural highlife genre of music.  Bisa Kdei has hits songs such as ‘Mansa’, ‘Brother Brother’, ‘Baba’, ‘Odo Carpenter’, ‘Apai’ amongst others to his credit.  Even though Kdei has acknowledged the presence of some young highlife artiste in Ghan...

The National Road Safety Commission (NRSC) says it will embark on an exercise to arrest riders who carry more than the required passengers on their motorbikes. The exercise, which will begin in the Greater Accra Region, will also affect motor riders who do not use helmets. The Greater Accra Regional Manager of the NRSC, Mrs Catherine Hamilton, disclosed this to the Daily Graphic in an interview at Big Ada in the Greater Accra Region during a sensitisation campaign to educate drivers and riders on road traffic regulations. Mrs Hamilton said the commission, in collaboration with the Ghana Police Service, would soon clampdown on commercial motorcycles, more popularly called okada, and other riders of motorbikes to get them to conform to road traffic regulations. As part of the campaign, the commission visited lorry stations and market centres to sensitise commercial vehicle drivers, passengers and other aspects of the public on road safety regulations. The commission gave out road...