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We pay ‘big money, taxes’ yet our machines were burnt – Xtra Gold Mining...
Canadian-Ghana based mining company, Xtra Gold Mining Limited, has expressed disappointment after 16 of its excavators and a bulldozer was burnt by military personnel.
The...
NPP’s Kate Gyamfua to seek justice over burnt excavators
National Women’s Organiser of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kate Gyamfuah, says she will use every legal means to seek justice over the...
Delta Force members harassed me – Security Coordinator shares ordeal [Listen]
JoyNews/AdomNews · Delta Force manhandles Security Coordinator
The Ashanti Security Coordinator, DCOP Ayensu Opare Addo (rtd), has given a chilling account of how he suffered...
Okyenhene calls for attitude change towards nature
The Okyenhene, Osagyefo Amoatia Ofori Panin, has underscored the need for Ghanaians to respect nature to ensure their communities and traditional areas are clean...
A sad account of how 12-year-old died over lack of bed, ambulance
The father of a 12-year-old boy, who died at the Battor Catholic Hospital, has given a sad account of what led to his death.
According...
Illegal miners damage ECG installations in Ashanti Region
The Ashanti Regional Strategic Business Unit of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has expressed worry about the activities of illegal miners, commonly known as...
Chinese busted for mining in River Pra
The military task force deployed by the government to fight illegal small-scale mining (galamsey) has picked up a Chinese citizen for engaging in illegal...
IGP recalls all police officers on Operation Vanguard duty
The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), James Oppong Boanuh, has, with immediate effect, recalled all police officers on Operation Vanguard duty.
A communication released on Thursday,...
Photo of Chinese men preparing ‘fufu’ in the bush causes stir
Three Chinese men have gone viral after a photo of them pounding fufu in the bush surfaced on social media.
The men, whose identities are...
Bagbin speaks on ‘fix the country’ campaign
Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has waded into the many calls on the Akufo-Addo- led government to fix the country.
To Mr Bagbin, majority...
32 alleged national security operatives remanded
Thirty two alleged national security operatives, arrested for allegedly mining in the Akateng Forest in the Eastern Region, have been remanded into custody by...
Chief of Staff makes passionate appeal to FixTheCountry crusaders
JoyNews/AdomNews · Chief of Staff ‘begs’ Ghanaians to measure their expectations of Akufo-Addo due to Covid-19 effects
The Chief of Staff, Akosua Frema Osei Opare,...
You can’t prosecute anyone – Kennedy Agyapong tells Special Prosecutor [Video]
Member of Parliament (MP) for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong, says he is certain the Special Prosecutor nominee, Kissi Agyemang, will not be able to...
Minister reacts to babies born without nose, ears and eyes at Aowin
The Western North Regional Minister, Richard Ebbah Obeng, has reacted to reports which suggest the birth of babies at Aowin who are without nose,...
Unidentified man knocked down to death at Oyarifa
The Ghana Police Service has appealed to the public to help locate the family of an unidentified man believed to be in 30s knocked...
Ambrose Dery sends important message to landlords over illegal miners
In an effort to clamp down on foreign nationals who are into illegal mining and thus destroying water bodies, the Interior Minister, Ambrose Dery...
Akufo-Addo is fixing the country’s challenges better – Kojo Opoku
A member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has urged Ghanaians to be patient with the President as he is committed and determined to...
Suspected robber declared wanted by police [Photo]
A 25-year-old suspected armed robber has been decalred wanted by the Savannah Regional Police Command.
This was after the District Magistrate Court at Bole issued...
Allotey Jacobs speaks on burning of seized excavators
Social commentator and former National Democratic Congress Central Regional Chairman, Bernard Allotey Jacobs, has supported the call to burn excavators used in illegal mining.
As...
76-year-old woman burnt to death at Komenda
The charred body of a 76-year-old woman was recovered by the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) after dousing a fire at the Zion Prayer...
19 ‘fake’ national security operatives arrested in Atewa Forest
At least, nineteen (19) persons, who claim to be national security operatives, have been apprehended by the police in the Eastern Region for illegally...
#FixTheCountry: Ghanaians embark on massive campaign for change
Ghanaians have embarked on a massive social media campaign for change over what they described as the ailing status of the country.
Under the hashtag...
OccupyGhana wages into Christ Embassy’s ‘Pneumatica Night’ saga
Civil Society Group, OccupyGhana, has called for investigations into an event held at the Fantasy Dome, Accra by the Christ Embassy Church dubbed 'Pneumatica...
Soldiers destroy nine excavators, 127 changfans
The 200 military personnel deployed to remove illegal miners on Ghana’s water bodies have destroyed nine excavators, 127 changfans, and one fuel pump.
The Defence...
Two shot as armed robbers attack fuel station near Gomoa Ojobi
Two persons have sustained gunshot wounds in a robbery attack near Gomoa Ojobi in the Gomoa East District of the Central Region.
The robbers attacked...
Security agencies arrest 500 foreign nationals in Bolga
The security agencies, led by the Ghana Police Service, last Sunday rounded up about 500 foreigners in a dawn swoop at various locations in...
Broad-based non-partisan national effort needed to protect natural resources – Abu Jinapor
The Lands and Natural Resources Minister, Samuel Abu Jinapor, says a broad-based non-partisan national effort is needed to protect the country’s natural resources.
The Damongo...
Kennedy Agyapong reveals what he’ll do if he is elected president for 4 years...
Member of Parliament for Assin Central Constituency, Kennedy Agyapong, has raised concerns over people who are doing Galamsey in his constituency.
The legislator is...
Dynamite explosion kills illegal miner at Akyem Amenam
At least, one person has been killed in a dynamite explosion at Akyem Amenam in the Birim North District of the Eastern region.
The victim...
Ghana not facing debt crisis under Bawumia; Sam Jonah got it all wrong –...
A member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) says he has read with utter dismay certain comments made by a senior citizen, Sam K....
Are we helpless in our own country while our water bodies are being polluted?
Ghana is blessed with numerous natural resources including water and all we have to do is simply protect the water bodies.
In countries like...
Full text: Final communique on the National Consultative Dialogue on Small Scale Mining
President Akufo-Addo for two days held a national consultative dialogue in his attempt to build a political consensus against illegal mining as a way...
Aisha Huang did more damage than Akuapem Poloo – Franklin Cudjoe
Founding President of Imani Africa, Franklin Cudjoe, has sounded unamused by the sentence pronounced on actress Rosemond Brown, popularly known as Akuapem Poloo.
Mr Cudjoe...
EU threatens to impose restrictions on Ghana, Cote D’Ivoire over cocoa exportation
The European Union is threatening to impose restrictions on Ghana and Cote D'Ivoire on cocoa exportation into ports of their member countries.
This is because...
Okyenhene calls for review of community mining programme
The Okyenhene, Osagyefuo Amoatia Ofori Panin, has called for a review of the Community Mining Programme (CMP), saying it still pollutes water bodies and...
GIADEC holds media workshop on responsible and sustainable mining
The Ghana Integrated Aluminium Development Corporation (GIADEC) has affirmed its commitment to responsible and sustainable mining at an Environmental workshop it held for 22...
Lands Minister probes gold smuggling syndicate
The Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel Abu Jinapor, has commissioned an investigation into an alleged gold smuggling syndicate, uncovered in a Joy...
President Akufo-Addo leaves for Spain
The President of the Republic, Nana Akufo-Addo, has left Ghana to Spain, to attend the 'Focus Africa 2023' Conference, being held in Madrid.
Focus Africa...
Asempa FM’s National Dialogue series on illegal mining [Photos]
All is set for Ghana’s leading all-talk radio station, Asempa FM's National Dialogue series on illegal mining in Ghana.
The event, which happens to be...
World Water Day: Songstress iOna Reine ‘storms’ schools to educate pupils
As the world unites to mark Water Day, songstress iOna Reigns has switched to her nursing self to educate the youth.
Born Mercy Onuawonto Sam,...