The Respondents in the ongoing election petition at the Supreme Court have resolved to formally write to accounting firm KPMG to investigate what they have described as the strange appearance of seven alien boxes of pink sheets at the Court’s Registry. Spokesperson for the Respondents’ legal team, Nana Ato Dadzie told XYZ News after Tuesday’s hearing that: “…We are also going to file...

The Legal team of the Petitioners in the election results challenge case says the end of Mr. Tsatsu Tsikata’s cross-examination of key witness Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia marks the “beginning of the end” of the matter. The Spokesperson for the Petitioners’ legal team, Ms. Gloria Akuffo told journalists after Tuesday’s hearing that “its a great relief”, adding that: “it...

The Supreme Court has dismissed a request by Mr. Tsatsu Tsikata, Lead Counsel for the governing National Democratic Congress for an expansion of control mechanisms regarding the auditing of pink sheets by Accounting firm KPMG. The President of the nine-member panel of Justices, Mr. William Atuguba, after conferring with the other Bench members, ruled that Mr. Tsikata can forward any reservations he...

The ongoing election petition resumed on Tuesday with some drama after Mr. Tsatsu Tsikata, Counsel for the Third respondent told the Supreme Court that the boxes containing pink sheets to be audited by KPMG had ‘mysteriously’ increased to 31 from 24. Mr. Tsikata said the Respondents received information from their representatives upon the start of the auditing by KPMG that some additional boxes...

The Counsel for the President and the National Democratic Congress have called for the suspension of the counting of exhibits ordered by the Supreme Court. The Counsel claim there had been attempt to introduce additional boxes of exhibits, which were not part of the exhibits inspected by all parties prior to the commencement of the counting exercise. This was contained in statement signed by Mr John...

Former President John Agyekum Kufour on Monday returned home from South Africa and Switzerland after engagements to woe investors to Africa. Speaking at either forum, he said Africa was witnessing rapid transformation and that the continent would soon turn into a hotbed of global economic activity in two decades from now. “I foresee a fast awakening for Africa in the coming decade, with its economies...

The Supreme Court on Monday adjourned its sitting early to enable Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, the second petitioner, examine a list of documents provided by Mr Tastsu Tsikata, counsel for third respondent in the Election Petition Hearing. Mr Tsikata, who provided the list to the witness, admitted that it was long and would take some time for him to finish checking. He, therefore, agreed with Mr Addison, lead...

Alhaji Limuna Mohammed–Muniru, Upper East Regional Minister, on Friday issued a directive to illegal miners in the region to immediately cease mining and follow laid down processes to regularize their activities. The Regional Minister gave the directive when he visited the Nabdam and Bawku West districts which form part of areas where illegal mining is undertaken in the region. The Minister was accompanied...

The audit of the pink sheet exhibits by accounting firm KPMG has been suspended temporarily after a protest by the third respondent. The suspension came after the NDC legal team demanded an immediate suspension in the audit of the pink sheet exhibits protesting that the process had been compromised. The International accounting firm started auditing the pink sheets tendered in evidence to the Supreme...

President John Dramani Mahama on Sunday reiterated Ghana’s commitment and willingness towards ensuring peace and unity in the West African Sub-region and the entire continent. He said Ghana would also remain loyal to the protocols, political and the socio- economic blocs within the continent. Mr Mahama Ayariga, Minister of Information and Media Relations, made this known during a media briefing at...

Mr. Cletus Avoka, a member of the Presidential Task Force on Priority Projects, on Monday said government has envisioned Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) as a mechanism to drive the socio-economic development of the nation He said this would help move, particularly, the natural resource sector forward. He was opening a two-day Induction and Work Planning Workshop organized by STAR-Ghana for members...

The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has condemned obsessive politicisation of the society, which virtually compels people to look at every issue from the narrow and darkened prism of party politics. ‘We have allowed politics to so dominate our lives and influence our thoughts that nothing else seems to matter to us but the good of the party we support,” he stressed. Otumfuo Osei Tutu II was speaking...