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Otumfuo pledges support for galamsey fight
The Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Hon. Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, MP, on Friday, February 14, 2025, paid a courtesy call on the Asantehene,...
Binsere residents protest construction of ‘toxic’ waste dam by AGA
Residents in Binsere in Obuasi are protesting the construction of a toxic waste dam in the community by AngloGold Ashanti Obuasi mine.
They allege three...
Police officers allegedly shoot 3 dead at Acherensua
Three individuals have reportedly been shot dead by police officers at Acherensua in the Ahafo Region.
The deceased were part of a group of eight...
OtumfoÉ” Osei Tutu II Foundation cut sod for redevelopment of Kumasi Children’s Park
The Otumfuo Osei Tutu II Foundation, with the support of First Atlantic Bank and Nguvu Mining Limited, has cut sod for the redevelopment of...
Mahama accuses Jubilee House of orchestrating fake news campaign
John Dramani Mahama, flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has accused the Jubilee House of orchestrating a social media campaign of fake news...
Asante Youth stage protest against NDC communicator over insults at Kufuor
The Concerned Asante Youth have expressed outrage over comments made by NDC communication team member Dela Edem, accusing him of showing gross disrespect toward...
Avoid politics of insults, focus on policies – Otumfuo tells Alan
The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has advised Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen, leader and presidential candidate of the Movement for Change, to avoid engaging in...
Ghana’s environment on brink of collapse; engineers call for total ban on ‘galamsey’
The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) Ghana has sounded the alarm on the devastating impact of illegal mining, also known as galamsey, on...
Galamsey: A canker eating into our natural resources
Ghana, a country rich in natural resources and Africa’s second-largest, as well as the world’s 10th largest gold exporter, has been grappling with the...
Let’s treat galamsey as a serious crime – NCCE
The National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) has said illegal mining commonly known as galamsey must be treated as a serious crime.
In a statement,...
Don’t fall for NDC’s cocoa price deception – Napo urges farmers
The running mate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, is urging cocoa farmers not to be deceived by the National...
Killing illegal miners is not an offense – Prof Ofosu Marfo
The Provost of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences at KNUST, Professor Charles Ofosu Marfo has called for a strict approach in the...
Stop galamsey in one month or we take our lands – Bono House of...
The President of the Bono Regional House of Chiefs, Osagyefo Oseadeyo Agyemang Badu II, has issued a one-month ultimatum to the government to halt...
Full Text: Attorney General’s address at GBA’s Annual General Conference
It is always a delight to be at the annual conference of the Ghana Bar Association (GBA).
It is even more exciting to be here...
Residents of Agona East District lament decades-long struggle without electricity
Residents of Kofi Abam, Okotokwa, Kwame Ntiful, and five other communities in the Agona East District have endured decades without electricity, significantly affecting their...
Lands Minister should’ve resigned years ago over failed galamsey fight – Bishop Mensah
The Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Full Gospel Church International, Bishop Dr Samuel Noi Mensah, has called for the resignation of...
Our response to galamsey does not reflect the severity of the crisis – Ken...
Convener of the Media Coalition Against Illegal Mining, Dr Kenneth Ashigbey, has expressed disappointment over the national response to the illegal mining crisis.
According...
Taxi driver and passenger killed in gory Techiman-Kintampo highway accident [Photos]
Two people, a taxi driver and his regular passenger, died this afternoon in a fatal accident involving a taxi and a trailer on the...
Declare national emergency on galamsey – Prof Adei to Akufo-Addo
A former Chairman of National Development Planning Commission (NDPC), Professor Stephen Adei, has urged President Nana Akufo-Addo to declare a national emergency on illegal...
Galamsey: Politicians barely act once it’s an election year – Prof Nyarko Ansah
A Co-Principal Investigator of the University of York and member of the University of Ghana Galamsey Research Team, Prof Gladys Nyarko Ansah has stated...
Galamsey fight: Why can’t you emulate Otumfuo’s approach? Akufo-Addo askedÂ
A convener of the Media Coalition Against Galamsey, Dr Kenneth Ashigbey, has called on President Akufo-Addo to adopt the approach of the Asantehene Otumfuo...
Leadership failure cause of polluted water bodies – Kenneth Ashigbey
A convener of the Media Coalition Against Galamsey, Dr Kenneth Ashigbey, has criticised the country’s leaders for failing to effectively combat illegal mining activities...
NDC raises alarm over ‘defective’ voters register, calls for forensic audit and Parliamentary investigation
The Director of Elections for the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has raised concerns about the credibility of the Electoral Commission's (EC) voters' register ahead...
NDC can transform Ghana in four years under Mahama – Seth Terkper
Former Finance Minister Seth Terkper has expressed confidence that John Dramani Mahama and the National Democratic Congress (NDC) can significantly transform Ghana within four...
Otumfuo destools three chiefs over ‘galamsey’
In a dramatic turn of events, Otumfuo Osei Tutu Ii, the Asantehene, has destooled the Gyaasihene, Akyeamehene, and Baamuhene of Sabronum, stripping them of...
Angry youth halt iron ore exploration in Oti Region
Some 100 angry youths from Asato, a farming community in the Kadjebi District of the Oti Region, have obstructed a mining Company with heavy...
COCOBOD CEO sets record straight on successes and challenges in Ghana’s cocoa sector [Listen]
The Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), Joseph Boahen Aidoo, has set the record straight about the challenges and achievements during...
NPP running mate should be competent and popular – Asah-Asante
A Senior Political Science lecturer at the University of Ghana, Dr Kwame Asah-Asante, has said that competence, popularity, and performance should be the key...
Lands Minister inspects Minerals Commission’s state-of-the-art office complex in Ashanti region
The Minerals Commission is constructing a cutting-edge office complex in the Ashanti Region, which is expected to be completed by October 2024.
The Minister for...
Mahama’s AI proposal to combat galamsey ‘a vote-seeking gimmick’ – Ahiagbah
The Director of Communications for the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Richard Ahiagbah, dismissed John Dramani Mahama’s pledge to use Artificial Intelligence to combat illegal...
Ghana faces challenges meeting EU deforestation requirements
The European Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) law, set to take effect in December 2024, poses significant challenges to Ghana's forest commodities industry, participants attending a...
Chiefs, people of Nyinahin-Mpasaaso welcome GIADEC and Mytilineos with grand durbar
Chiefs and people of Nyinahin-Mpasaaso have held a durbar to welcome the Ghana Integrated Aluminium Development Corporation (GIADEC) and Mytilineos S.A into the community....
Defence Ministry inaugurates $1m military facility around Bui Dam
The Deputy Minister of Defense, Kofi Amankwa-Manu has inaugurated a US$1 million Forward Operating Base (FOB) constructed for the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) at...
Kusahene destools queen mother and Abusuapanin over their alleged involvement in galamsey
Kusahene Kwae Pinsan II, in the Adansi North district of the Ashanti region has destooled the queenmother, Nana Kwartemaa Kanin II, and the Abusuapanin,...
I’ll resign if… – Ashanti Regional Minister challenges NDC
The Ashanti Regional Minister, Simon Osei-Mensah has vowed to resign if the National Democratic Congress (NDC) can point out a single hospital it commissioned in...
Support GIADEC & Rocksure Int. to construct a bauxite mine in Nyinahin – Otumfuo...
The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has described the completion of the Mineral Resource Estimate (MRE) jointly conducted by the Ghana Integrated Aluminium Development...
I’m not surprised, even Akufo-Addo downplayed my report – Frimpong Boateng replies AG
Former Minister for Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng says he is not surprised that the Office of the Attorney General said...
Full text: Sam Jonah’s speech at Pharmaceutical Society of Ghana conference
The President and Executives of the Pharmaceutical Society of Ghana, members of the society, distinguished invited guests, ladies and gentlemen, it is my honour...
I’ve been vindicated by Otumfuo’s action against some of his chiefs – Odike
The founder of the now-defunct United Progressive Party (UPP), Akwasi Addai Odike, says he feels vindicated following the destoolment of four chiefs by the...
Emulate Otumfuo, dismiss officials involved in ‘galamsey’ – Akufo-Addo told
The Media Coalition Against Galamsey is admonishing President Nana Akufo-Addo to emulate the actions of the Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II by dismissing government...