The Ashanti South Regional Police Command has arrested a suspect for the unlawful possession of 713 slabs of substances suspected to be narcotic drugs following an operation at a checkpoint Asanso Bekwai in the Ashanti Region. The suspect, identified as Atampugri Akanyani, the driver of the vehicle, was arrested on January 26, 2026, when a […]
The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has invited the Chief Executive Officer of the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA), Julius Neequaye Kotey, for questioning. This comes after his public claim that he turned down a GH¢4 million bribe allegedly offered to halt the rollout of the new Digitalised Vehicle Registration Plate (DP) policy. […]
JoyNews investigations have uncovered how customs officials take bribes to allow traders to transport smuggled goods from neighbouring countries to the country’s local markets. These officials take bribes ranging from ¢20 to ¢200 to allow these traders who have evaded paying taxes on their goods to get off the hook. In our latest hotline documentary […]
A former Managing Director of Ghana’s Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) who was arrested on charges that he orchestrated bribes to Ghanaian officials while employed at the investment bank, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., has been extradited to the United States from the United Kingdom to face the charges. Asante Kwaku Berko, a dual citizen of the United States […]
Nearly GH¢5 billion was paid in cash as bribes to public officials last year, a new survey that gauges the actual payment or actions that constitute bribes has revealed. The 2021 maiden Ghana Integrity of Public Services Survey (GIPSS) report, which was launched in Accra yesterday, is the first survey on the actual payment of […]
The Chairman of the NPP’s National Election Committee, Peter Mac Manu has stressed that the just-ended National Delegates Conference of the party, did not record any incident of bribery at the venue. According to him, the earlier cautions from his outfit yielded results as he did not witness any delegate being induced with money at […]
