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‘Revenue assurance’ company, Strategic Mobilisation Limited (SML) Ghana, has said its claim of tackling under declaration, diversion, and dilution in the downstream petroleum sector...

Reaction to SML press statement on President’s directives on findings of KPMG audit of GRA-SML contract

Introduction We have seen and read the press statement by SML rejecting almost all the findings in the KPMG audit as revealed in the...

Anti-Corruption

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Scholarships Bonanza: Freddie Blay & former IGP’s daughters among those who grabbed scholarships for the needy

Dr Dennis Addo is by all indications an accomplished man. He is the founder and CEO of the Claron Hospital and co-founder of Bisa,...

Scholarships Bonanza: How some are struggling while others received double double

Roberta Nti (not her real name) thought she had it all figured out financially when she was awarded a scholarship to study for a...

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Scholarships bonanza: The powerful grab as double scholarships flow

She was born to a farmer and a petty trader. Money was always hard to come by. However, her disadvantaged background was no hindrance...

Health

GH₵290,000 newly built slaughterhouse rots away as Sege residents choke on smoke

Residents of Sege are battling pollution from a slaughterhouse in their midst because butchers in the area have refused to relocate to a modern...

How a health regulator, TMPC, licensed fake herbal medicine practitioner, again

The Traditional Medicine Practice Council (TMPC), a health regulator under the Ministry of Health, has for the second time been caught in an investigation by The Fourth...

Dangerous endorsements: Exposé on herbal medicine advertising in Ghana

At about a quarter to 10 a.m. on May 21, 2022, a phone rang in the office of The Fourth Estate. I have low sexual libido, the...

How hospitals, NGOs lost funding after free Childhood Cancer treatment announcement

In the first part of our publication, The Fourth Estate chronicled the story of parents who continue to pay for the cost of treatment of...

Human Rights

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Ex-PPA board chair slips through CHRAJ ban: chairs Minerals Fund almost two years

The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) in February 2022, banned a former Board Chair of the Public Procurement Authority (PPA), Prof....

CHRAJ investigates alleged human rights violations at Ada over Electrochem lease

The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) has opened investigations into claims of violation of the rights of some residents of Ada...

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Radio Ada journalist released after a week in remand over ‘’false news’’

The Tema Circuit Court has granted the Deputy Station Coordinator of Radio Ada, Noah Narh Dameh, a GHC60,000 bail. Noah was released on April 6,...

Health

How a health regulator, TMPC, licensed fake herbal medicine practitioner, again

Environment

A mixed bag: Akufo-Addo’s words and deeds on climate change

Opinions

Did mate Bawumia sleep on the job for the driver to end up in the ditch?

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Our Impact

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Presidency orders investigation into fake COVID-19 test certificates at Jubilee House Clinic

The Office of the President has ordered investigation into issuance of fake Covid-19 test certificates at the Jubilee House Clinic, the health facility at...

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