Editorial News of Wednesday, 13 January 1999

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Weekly Insight

"Scandal. More questions on $5m bribe" asserts the Weekly Insight in a front-page lead story which says President Jerry John Rawlings is coming to the realisation that the scandal arising out of allegation that he received $5m bribe from the late General Sani Abacha would not die easily.

The paper view is that the President's purported clearance by the Nigeria government has raised more questions than answers.

It says where as a Radio Ghana News bulletin said the Chief Press Secretary of the Nigerian leader, Alhaji Haruna has denied at a press conference that President Rawlings received the bribe, many Nigerian journalist working on reputable publications like the "Daily Times" and "The Post Express" which the Insight contacted said they were not aware of the press conference, 24 hours after the Radio Ghana bulletin.