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We are doing more to mobilise gold than to stop illegal mining – Kofi Bentil

Senior Vice President of IMANI Africa, Kofi Bentil, has criticised the government’s approach to tackling illegal mining, commonly known as galamsey, saying that despite...

National Ambulance Service strengthens collaboration with Urban Roads

National Ambulance Service(NAS)has deepened its relations with the Department of Urban Roads under the Ministry of Roads and Highways in its agenda to provide...

Galamsey: You can’t rule out Wontumi as a major kingpin – Deputy Forestry Commission boss

Deputy Chief Executive of the Forestry Commission, Elikem Kotoko, has said it would be wrong to rule out Bernard Antwi-Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman...

 Gov’t backs Trump’s proposed Gaza peace plan

The Government of Ghana has expressed support for a newly unveiled peace proposal for Gaza by U.S. President Donald Trump, describing it as an...

FDA disposes off unwholesome products in Central Region

The Central Regional Office of the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has disposed of some 29,435 unwholesome products in the region as part of its...

Rotary Club of Accra-East and partners embark on literacy and wellness projects

The Rotary Club of Accra-East and its partners, as part of efforts to promote and enhance literacy among school children, have embarked on an...

Toxicologist raises alarm as Winneba residents drink brown water for over a year

A food systems toxicologist and health risk assessment expert, Dr Ekpor Anyimah-Ackah, has issued a warning about the quality of drinking water in Winneba. He...

 Ahafo Minister pledges completion of abandoned projects in Tano North

  The Minister for Ahafo Region, Charity Gardiner, has assured residents that all abandoned and uncompleted projects in the Tano North Municipality will be completed...

If mining leases are the problem, cancel them all – Miracles Aboagye tells gov’t

The Director of Communications for the Bawumia Campaign, Dennis Miracles Aboagye, has called on the government to revoke all mining leases if they truly...

Tema Metro Assembly cracks down on unauthorised structures

The Tema Metropolitan Assembly (TMA) has launched a crackdown on unauthorised structures in the city, citing safety, accessibility, and public interest concerns. ‎The Assembly, led...

Eight foreigners arrested for illegal gold operations in Bono Region

The Bono Regional Police Command has arrested eight foreign nationals for their alleged involvement in illegal gold exploration and trading without authorization at Wewe,...

You don’t have to live in a galamsey zone to be at risk – Toxicologist

A food systems toxicologist and health risk assessment expert at the University of Education, Winneba (UEW), Dr. Ekpor Anyimah-Ackah has issued a serious warning...

 Asiedu Nketia leaves for Japan

  The Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GHAPOHA), Johnson Asiedu Nketia, has departed Accra as the head...

Charles Owusu proposes solution to tackle galamsey

A former Deputy Director of Operations at the Forestry Commission, Rev. Charles Owusu, has dismissed suggestions that declaring a state of emergency in mining...

Police probe attack on Immigration officers at Gbintri checkpoint

The North East Regional Police Command has begun investigations into a deadly armed attack on two Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) officers stationed at the...

 Behenase murder: Family rejects body over GH¢12,000 autopsy fee dispute

  The family of a 52-year-old woman who was allegedly murdered at Kwahu Behenase has refused to take custody of her body, citing an inability...

Why we’ll not win galamsey fight – Kofi Bentil explains

Senior Vice President of IMANI Africa, Kofi Bentil, has cast doubt on the government’s commitment to ending illegal mining, popularly known as galamsey, describing...

Bright Simons breaks down Gold-for-Oil programme, calls for accountability [Video]

Vice President of IMANI Africa, Bright Simons, has broken down how Ghana’s Gold-for-Oil programme was conceived and executed, raising questions about its efficiency and...

Woman, 52, killed in alleged witchcraft attack at Kwahu Behenase

A 52-year-old woman, identified as Yaa Atua, has been killed in Behenase, near Kwahu Fodoa in the Kwahu West Municipality of the Eastern Region. The...

OccupyGhana insists on state of emergency declaration to tackle galamsey

Pressure group OccupyGhana has renewed its demand for the President to declare a state of emergency in the ongoing battle against illegal mining, widely...

Over 600 under prosecution as gov’t intensifies crackdown on galamsey

The government’s fight against illegal mining, widely known as galamsey, has entered a critical stage with over 600 suspects currently facing trial for their...

Mahama denies personal links to galamsey; vows relentless action 

President John Dramani Mahama on Friday, October 3, 2025, mounted a strong defence of his government’s commitment to end illegal mining, firmly rejecting suggestions...

Health Minister pledges payment of salaries to 6,500 unpaid nurses

The Minister for Health, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, has given assurances to the remaining group of unpaid nurses that their outstanding salaries will be settled...

Former Deputy EC boss passes on

David Adeenze Kangah, a former Deputy Commissioner of the Electoral Commission(EC), has passed on aged 78. Mr. Kangah retired as a Deputy Chairman in Charge...

Junior doctors’ strike: GMA urges gov’t to act swiftly

The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) has urged the government to urgently engage the leadership of the Junior Doctors’ Association of Ghana to avert an...

More troops needed to win galamsey fight – Mahama

President John Dramani Mahama has admitted that Ghana’s security forces are overstretched, making the fight against illegal mining, popularly known as galamsey, more complex. Addressing...

National Security Council believes we can tackle galamsey without state of emergency – Mahama

President John Dramani Mahama says the National Security Council is confident that Ghana can overcome the illegal mining menace without declaring a state of...

We’re determined to win galamsey fight – Mahama

President John Dramani Mahama has restated his government’s determination to tackle illegal mining, assuring Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and the public that the NDC...

26-year-old farmer sentenced to 30 years for robbery

The Assin Nsuaem-Kyekyewere Circuit Court in the Assin South District of the Central Region has sentenced a 26-year-old farmer, Frank Owusu, to 30 years’...

Root causes of galamsey must be tackled – Lands Minister

The Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, says multiple factors are fueling the persistence of illegal mining in Ghana and must...

Declaring state of emergency is not solution to galamsey – GWL Boss

The Managing Director of the Ghana Water Limited (GWCL), Mutawakilu Adam, has downplayed calls for a state of emergency as a response to the...

 One dead, several injured in accident at New Somanya  

  A fatal accident at New Somanya in the Eastern Region on Thursday, October 2, 2025, has left one person dead and several others injured. The...

All Mpox patients in Ahafo region fully recover

The Ahafo Regional Health Directorate has confirmed that all three patients who contracted the Monkeypox (Mpox) virus in the region have fully recovered, easing...

Labour Ministry signs MoU with CG Technical Services to boost youth training and jobs

The Ministry of Labour, Jobs and Employment has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with UAE-based CG Technical Services FZ-LLC to launch the Ghana...

Galamsey: L.I. 2501 to be laid in Parliament to revoke L.I. 2462 – A-G

Attorney General and Minister for Justice, Dr. Dominic Ayine, has announced that a new Legislative Instrument (L.I.) 2501 will soon be laid before Parliament...

NHIA targets full coverage of every illnesses under NHIS by 2030

The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) has announced an ambitious plan to expand the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) to cover every illness in...

Police arrest suspect, recover weapons after clash at Simpa

The Western Central Regional Police Command has arrested one person and recovered weapons following a violent clash between two rival groups at Simpa in...

JUSAG president decries lack progress on judiciary’s conditions of service

The President of the Judicial Service Staff Association of Ghana (JUSAG), Samuel Afotey Otu, has expressed disappointment over the slow pace of progress in...

Gbinyiri conflict: Widows announce half-naked demo to Jubilee House

All is set for some female victims of the Gbinyiri conflict, who lost their husbands and suddenly became widows in the Sawla-Tuna-Kalba and Bole...

‘You are future CEOs of your own enterprises’ – Dr. Apaak to NAP beneficiaries 

The Deputy Education Minister has urged beneficiaries of the National Apprenticeship Programme (NAP) to strive hard to become future Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) by...