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Story By Manasseh Azure Awuni The incarcerated former chief executive of the Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC), Sedina Tamakloe-Attionu, started her prison sentence at the Nsawam Medium Security Female Prison on Wednesday, June 24, 2026, sources with intimate knowledge of the facts have told pacgh.org. Yesterday, we published an exclusive story of Sedina’s journey to jail since her arrival from the United States, including her time at the Police Hospital in Accra

The 500-bed uncompleted Afari Military Hospital IP holder: Daily Graphic There is a raging controversy over an additional $85 million claimed by the contractor working on the 500-bed Afari Military Hospital. Amidst this storm, a minority in parliament suggests that the current government intends to inflate the project's cost by smuggling that amount into it. While the minority may be right in disputing the amount and rejecting the claim for additional payments, the facts do

Jailed former MASLOC CEO, Sedina Tamakloe-Attionu, who began her 10-year jail sentence on June 24, 2026 Story By Manasseh Azure Awuni The incarcerated former chief executive of the Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC), Sedina Tamakloe-Attionu, spent some days at the Police Hospital in Accra before being taken to the Nsawam Medium Security Prison to begin her prison sentence, sources familiar with her case have confirmed to pacgh.org. According to sources who want

Former Minister for Defence, Dominic Nitiwul, says he cannot blame the current government for the delay in completing the Afari hospital project. IP: Daily Graphic Story by Manasseh Azure Awuni The Minister for Defence in the eight-year administration of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dominic Nitiwul, has condemned the politicisation of the Afari hospital project. Mr Nitiwul, whose ministry supervised the contract, says politicising the project favours the contractor, who h

Aerial photograph of the Afari military hospital. IP holder: Daily Guide Story by Manasseh Azure Awuni The 500-bed military hospital at Afari in the Ashanti Region was not 98 per cent complete when the New Patriotic Party (NPP) administration was leaving office in January 2025. And it is nowhere near 98 per cent complete in June 2026. The false claim that the hospital was 98 per cent complete when the NPP left office is contained in an NPP press statement signed by the co-cha

Chairman of Heal Komfo Anokye Project, Samuel Adu Boakye (Left), and the immediate past CEO of KATH, Prof Addai-Mensah, played roles in the formation of the project. Samuel Adu Boakye is one of the two persons in whose name the project is registered as a private company. STORY BY: Manasseh Azure Awuni In November 2023, Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II launched the Heal Komfo Anokye Project (HeKAP), an initiative to raise $10 million to repair dilapidated infrastructure at the

Former chief executive of the Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC), Sedina Tamakloe-Attionu, was extradited to Ghana on June 9, 2026, to serve her 10-year sentence. A former chief executive of the Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC), Sedina Tamakloe-Attionu, has arrived in Ghana following her extradition from the United States to serve a 10-year prison sentence for embezzling state funds worth GHS90 million. Her return on Tuesday, June 9, 2026, follows more

Ghana's former Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, is facing corruption and corruption-related charges for his role in the SML corruption scandal. Two separate courts in the United States are handling cases involving the wanted former Finance Minister of Ghana, Ken Ofori-Atta. An immigration court is hearing the case involving Mr Ofori-Atta’s visa overstay, while a district court is handling his extradition proceedings. Sources at Ghana’s Ministry of Justice and Attorney