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Exton Cubic finally sues Amewu over withdrawal of permit

After a number of threats, the embattled mining company, Exton Cubic Group Limited, has sued the Minister of Lands and Natural Resources over the...

Amewu justifies purchase of $3m drones to fight galamsey

The Lands and Natural Resources Minister, John Peter Amewu, has defended government’s decision to purchase drones worth $3 million to boost the country’s fight...

CID’s full report on A-Plus saga

Re-allgetation of corruption against two (2) deputy chiefs of staff Francis Asenso-Boakye and Samuel Abu JinaporBackground1. On 27th August, 2017 Kwame Asare Obeng @...

Full Report: Why Police exonerated Asenso-Boakye, Jinapor

RE-ALLEGATION OF CORRUPTION AGAINST TWO (2) DEPUTY CHIEFS OF STAFF FRANCIS ASENSO-BOAKYE AND SAMUEL ABU JINAPOR BACKGROUND1. On 27th August, 2017 Kwame Asare Obeng...

Gov’t to extend ban on small scale mining – Amewu

Lands and Natural sources Minister, John Peter Amewu has disclosed that the ban on small scale mining will be extended.He said initial assessment of...

I never got involved in visa acquisition as CoS – Debrah

The former Chief of Staff of former President John Dramani Mahama, Mr. Julius Debrah has denied being banned from entering the United States of...

MBC Africa holds its maiden start-up investor conference

Mobile Business Clinic (MBC) Africa, in collaboration with...

Hot Audio: Go ahead and sue gov’t – Ken Agyapong dares Exton Cubic’s

Member of Parliament for Assin Central constituency in the Central Region, Kennedy Ohene Agyapong has asked management of Exton Cubic Group to go ahead...

Don’t burn galamsey tractors – Chief appeals to government

The President of the Central Regional House of Chiefs, Obrempong Nyanful Krapah XI, has appealed to the government’s taskforce on illegal mining known as...

Kate Middleton pregnant; expecting baby no. 3

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are expecting their third child, Kensington Palace has announced. The Queen and both families are said to be "delighted...

Stop being lame duck president! Inusah Fuseini tells Akufo-Addo

Former Lands and Natural Resources Minister is challenging president Nana Akufo-Addo to walk the talk of fighting corruption and not to compare his record...

Blay eyes NPP 2020 Victory

ACTING NATIONAL Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Freddie Blay, has charged members of the ruling party to start thinking of a well...

Top 10 smallest countries in the world you never knew existed

There are more than 200 countries in the world, and we’re sure you’ve heard of each of them at least once. But there are states and territories on our...

I am going back to court over Ibrahim’s bauxite prospecting – Abronye

The Brong Ahafo Regional Youth Organiser of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) Kwame Baffoe popularly called ‘Abronye DC’ has stated that he is...

Stop small scale mining now – Amewu warns foreigners

The Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, John-Peter Amewu has warned foreign nationals still engaging in small scale mining in Ghana to desist from...

Hot Audio: 'Exton Cubic has no permit'

The Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party, Bernard Antwi-Boasiako has warned Lands and Natural Resouces Minister, Peter Amewu to stay away from...

Don’t ‘steal’ NDC’s credit for Ekumfi pineapple factory – Murtala

The National Democratic Congress  (NDC) wants the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government to credit it for the establishment of a pineapple factory in the...

Govt’s promise to eliminate armyworm is ‘panic reaction’ – Scientist

Government’s promise to eliminate the incidence of Fall Armyworm invasion is not realistic, Crop Scientist at the University of Cape Coast Dr. Michael OseiAdu...

Ibrahim Mahama wasn’t chased out of Nyinahini – Exton Cubic

Exton Cubic Group Limited, a mining company operating in the country has described as false and total misrepresentation, reports claiming that the Chief Executive...

E&P mining equipment won’t be released unless… Atwima Mponua DCE

District Chief Executive (DCE) for Atwima Mponua in the Ashanti Region, William Darko has said equipment belonging to Engineers and Planners (E&P) will not...

Mahama appointee urges government to prosecute corrupt NDC officials

Member of Parliament (MP) for Tamale Central, Inusah Fuseini, is the latest National Democratic Congress (NDC) member who has called on President Nana Addo...

Make public the timelines for fighting galamsey

The Ministry of lands and natural resources have been urged to let the members of the public know the timelines for the fight against...

Hot Audio: Public sector workers under Mahama should be sacked – Amewu

The Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Peter Amewu has stated that all public sector workers who were employed by the erstwhile National Democratic...

I have ‘absolute trust’ in anti-galamsey taskforce – Amewu

The Lands and Natural Resources Minister, John Peter Amewu has asked the public to disregard what he describes as propaganda by some persons to...

Woyome’s GHC51m not captured in ministry’s account

The GHC51 million judgement debt which was paid to the businessman, Mr Alfred Agbesi Woyome, is missing from the accounts of the Ministry of...

Hot audio: 'Komenda Sugar Factory never produced sugar'

The revamped Komenda sugar factory in the Central region never produced even a cube of sugar. Deputy Minister for Trade and Industry, Robert Ahomka...

Owners of burnt excavators should sue Govt – Wontumi

The Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP's), Bernard Antwi Boasiako, also known as Chairman Wontumi has condemned the burning of excavators...

We’ll not betray the trust of Ghanaians – Oppong-Nkrumah

Deputy Information Minister, Mr. Kwadwo Oppong-Nkrumah, has underlined the government’s unswerving determination to deepen the engagement with the people of Ghana to create space...

We need not to repeat the mistakes of the past – President

President Nana Addo Danquah Akuffo-Addo has said the fight against illegal mining is a fight meant to protect the natural environment for posterity and...

Anti galamsey taskforce not killers but don’t dare them – Nitiwul

Minister of Defense, Dominic Nitiwul has said they would be investigating the killing of a suspected illegal miner at Obuasi Wawaase in the Ashanti...

GUTA not satisfied with mid-year budget review

The Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA) has expressed dissatisfaction with the mid-year budget review presented at Parliament on Monday, by Finance Minister, Mr...

GUTA not satisfied with mid-year budget review

The Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA) has expressed dissatisfaction with the mid-year budget review presented at Parliament on Monday, by Finance Minister, Mr Ken...

Adom-Otchere clashes with Pratt over Ghana’s founding history

Ahead of the 70th anniversary of the founding of the United Gold Coast Convention (UGCC) on August 4, two renowned journalists, Paul Adom-Otchere and...

Nana Addo’s galamsey efforts commendable – MP

Tarkwa-Nsuaem Member of Parliament (MP), has lauded the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for staying true to his promise of helping to improve the...

Don’t spare illegal miners – Chinese Ambassador to government

The Chinese Ambassador to Ghana, Sun Boahong, has urged the government to take all the necessary steps to arrest and prosecute any Chinese national...

Gov’t blows GHC 50 million on Galamsey taskforce

The Government of Ghana would spend a whopping amount of fifty million Ghana cedis (GHC 50 million) on the anti-galamsey task force deployed to...

Anti-galamsey task force won’t ‘beat’ Ghanaians – Amewu

The anti-galamsey task force deployed to enforce the country’s laws against illegal mining will not attack Ghanaians, Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Peter...

VIDEO: We depend on galamsey to survive – Illegal miners

Illegal miners at Konongo in the Ashanti Region have expressed great disappointment in President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and his government for trying to...

Hot Audio: Small Scale miners to resist intimidation from galamsey soldiers

Small Scale miners in the country have vowed to resist intimidation from newly launched government security task force deployed to various regions to fight...

PHOTOS + VIDEO: Gov't Anti-Galamsey taskforce ready for action

The government has stepped up its fight against illegal mining activities as the Military prepares to deploy ten platoons to protect mining sites from...