Pulse News On the Go - 4th April, 2016

358 views · Published 4 April 2016 · 3:03 · Indexed 24 October 2026

Channel: Pulse Ghana · 2016 · Entertainment

Watch on YouTube

John Addo Kufuor, eldest son of Ghana’s former president,John Agyekum Kufuor, has been mentioned in the leaked document dubbed Panama Papers. The document reveals obscure maneuvers worldwide, traces the transfers of fortunes of many leaders, hardened criminals and also highlights financial arrangements of persons convicted or prosecuted by judiciary. Former President's Kufuor's son, a trained accountant, has worked in the hotel industry. According to the leaked documents and data, the Mossack Fonseca offshore company controlled a $75,000 bank account for Kufour and his mother.  Files also connected Kufuor with BVI companies Fordiant Ltd and Stamford International Investments Group Limited. Both were registered when Kufuor’s father was president of Ghana and became inactive in 2004 and 2007.
 
Members of Korle Bu Senior Staff Association have asked management of the hospital to withdraw the interdiction letter of its president, Mr. Charles Offei-Palm or face the wrath of the association. At a demonstration in Accra on Monday, General Secretary of KOSSA, James Clifford Oblitey, said the interdiction of the association’s president will further deepen the unhealthy developments and relationship between management and staff. The management of Korle Bu last week indicted Mr. Charles Offei-Palm, President of KOSSA for alleging on an Accra-based radio station that the former CEO of the facility has been involved in a lot of financial lapses and the overall mismanagement of the facility leading to the closure of some clinics in the hospital. But speaking to pulse.com.gh, Offei-Palm, revealed that he [Offei Palm] was interdicted on the grounds of victimization not mis-representation of facts.
 
Swiss African Oil Company (a subsidiary of Swiss African Petroleum AG) and PET Volta Investments have been awarded a new exploration and production license for the Keta Delta block, located in the Volta Region of Ghana. The acquisition makes Swiss African Oil and PET Volta the first to explore for oil onshore Ghana. The Keta Delta block license was awarded following ratification by the Parliament of the Republic of Ghana of a joint venture between the Government of Ghana, the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation, Swiss African Oil Company Limited and PET Volta Investments Limited.
 
 
Police in Techiman in the Brong Ahafo region have arrested one person in connection with the murder of a police corporal in the Northern region last week.
Osman Barry, a Burkinabe national, was arrested on Sunday April 3 at his hideout in Anyimana. DSP Mahmud Yussif, the District Police Commander for Techiman, told the media that on March 25, detective corporal Lopaw Yaw, 34, was killed by Barri and his accomplice Mohammed Musah, 32, during a hot chase after an armed robbery. According to him, Musah is currently on remand at the Tamale Central Prison. He added that Osman Barry would be sent to Tamale Regional Police Command for further investigation.

More from this channel