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OSP invites Prof Frimpong-Boateng over his galamsey report
The Office of Special Prosecutor (OSP) has invited Prof Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng over his controversial report on illegal mining activities in Ghana.
The venerable Professor is...
Galamsey: Aisha Huang convicted
Galamsey queen, Aisha Huang, has been convicted after she changed her plea in the immigration offence she is facing at the High Court to...
Galamsey report not reflective of current situation – Benito Owusu-Bio
JoyNews/AdomNews · BENITO ON FRIMPONG GALAMSEY
Although the office of the Special Prosecutor has launched an investigation into the report on illegal mining by Professor...
Two teenage girls die in ‘galamsey’ pit
Two teenage girls have been confirmed dead after falling into a 'galamsey' pit at Sanfo-Aduam in the Bekwai Municipality of the Ashanti Region.
The two...
Galamsey report: Minority wades into calls for probe
The Minority has called for a parliamentary probe into the allegations made by former Environment Minister, Prof Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, in his galamsey report.
Prof...
We will go after galamsey cartels in forest reserves – Lands Ministry
Lands and Natural Resources Minister, Samuel Abu Jinapor, says government is going after all the cartels mining in forest reserves.
According to him, the government...
Galamsey report: Special Prosecutor investigates Prof. Frimpong-Boateng’s allegation
The Special Prosecutor, Kissi Agyebeng, says his team is far advanced in the probe of illegal mining activities in the country.
His office insists that...
How $15.3m Heritage Imperial’s galamsey judgment against the state was set aside
The leakage of Prof Frimpong-Boateng’s Report on the work of the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Illegal Mining has revived interest in the activities of big...
727 on trial for galamsey – AG
A total of 727 individuals are currently standing trial across the country over their alleged involvement in illegal mining, popularly known as galamsey, the...
Galamsey report: Barker-Vormawor offers to be Frimpong-Boateng’s lawyer
#FixTheCountry movement Convener, Oliver Mawusi Barker-Vormawor, has offered to represent former Minister for Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng in his court case with Gabby Otchere-Darko....
Akufo-Addo must resign for failing to fight galamsey – Lawyer
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A lawyer and ex-military captain says President Nana Akufo-Addo should resign in light of what has been described as a failure to win the...
Galamsey: Charles Owusu reacts to Prof. Frimpong-Boateng’s allegations
Former Head of the Monitoring Unit at the Forestry Commission, Charles Owusu, has described as mere hearsay allegations leveled against him by former Minister...
The MCE who spent over GHc500,000 on galamsey fight
The Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Atwima Nwabiagya Municipal Assembly, Michael Amoah Awuku, has provided insight into why the task force responsible for combating...
Galamsey report: Gabby Otchere-Darko sues Prof. Frimpong-Boateng
Lawyer and member of the New Patriotic Party, Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko, has sued former Environment Minister, Prof Kwabena Frimpong Boateng for defamation and is...
Galamsey: Group fights Prof. Frimpong-Boateng for Gabby
A group calling itself Professional Friends of Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko (FFOGOD) is urging the general public to disregard the report by former Environment Minister,...
President’s cousin clears air over galamsey allegations at Kyebi Residence [Video]
Gladys Agyekumwaa, cousin to Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo, has dismissed allegations made by former Environment Minister Prof Frimpong-Boateng that illegal miners destroyed parts of...
MP vows to resign if found guilty of galamsey
Member of Parliament for Asene-Akroso-Manso constituency, George Kwame Aboagye, who was also mentioned in the damning Professor Frimpong-Boateng’s explosive report on illegal mining, known...
Caretakers of Akufo-Addo’s Kyebi garden reject Prof Frimpong-Boateng’s galamsey report
Caretakers of President Nana Akufo-Addo’s private residence at Kyebi in the Eastern Region have dismissed claims by former Environment Minister, Prof Frimpong-Boateng that portions...
Galamsey: Akufo-Addo putting Presidency on the line was only a figure of speech –...
A former presidential staffer, Charles Onuawonto Bissue, has provided a new context to one of the most emphatic statements of President Nana Akufo-Addo’s own...
Ghana will soon import food, water if we look away – John Dumelo speaks...
Ghanaian actor and politician, John Dumelo, has urged Ghanaians to be 'angry' about the ongoing illegal mining across the country which is affecting prime...
Frimpong-Boateng was not involved in galamsey – CHRAJ [Listen]
JoyNews/AdomNews · Frimpong Boateng Not Involved In Galamsey - CHRAJ
The Commissioner of the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), Joseph Whittal, has...
Presidential staffer denies involvement in galamsey after being named in report
A presidential staffer, Charles Nii Teiko Tagoe, has refuted claims of his involvement in illegal small-scale mining, popularly known as "galamsey".
His name was mentioned...
CHRAJ reacts to petition to probe galamsey report
The Commission on the Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) has accepted the petition from South Dayi Member of Parliament, Rockson Nelson Dafeamekpor, to...
Abuakwa South NPP sets records straight over allegations of galamsey activity in Akufo-Addo’s garden
Executives of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Abuakwa South constituency in the Eastern Region, have denied claims in the controversial report...
Kwabena Agyapong wades into Frimpong Boateng’s galamsey report
Aspiring flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kwabena Agyei Agyapong says he would have acted with urgency on Professor Frimpong Boateng’s galamsey report...
NDC to formally petition Parliament and SP over Frimpong Boateng’s galamsey report
The National Democratic Congress has said it will formally submit requests to both the Parliament of the Republic of Ghana and the Office of...
Galamsey: Pray for Prof Frimpong-Boateng – NDC MP urges
National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament for Builsa South, Clement Apaak is calling for intercessory prayers for former Minister for Environment, Science, Technology,...
Ato Forson calls for national probe into Frimpong-Boateng’s ‘galamsey’ report
Minority Leader, Dr Cassiel Ato Forson, has called for a national probe into Prof Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng’s illegal mining report.Â
The Ajumako Enyan Essiam legislator said...
MP petitions CHRAJ to probe Prof. Fripong-Boateng’s galamsey report
Member of Parliament for South Dayi, Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor has petitioned the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) to investigate some public officials.
The...
Arthur Kennedy writes: The Echoes of Galamsey in Ghana
Galamsey has come to symbolize, unfortunately, the capture of our governance by criminal elements bent on channeling public resources into private hands to our...
Through Gabby’s intervention, arrested Chinese ‘galamseyers’ were released – Frimpong-Boateng
The former Environment Minister has disclosed that through the intervention of the cousin of President Akufo-Addo, some arrested Chinese engaged in illegal mining in...
‘Galamsey’ report: I was sad for Ghana after listening to you – Frimpong-Boateng replies...
Former Environment Minister, Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, has said he was sad after listening to New Patriotic Party (NPP) stalwart, Gabby Otchere-Darko's response to the...
Axim ‘galamsey’ gang prime suspect arrested
The prime suspect in the alleged case of police attack and extortion at Axim in the Nzema East Municipality of the Western Region, Kwame...
Allegations in Prof Frimpong-Boateng’s ‘galamsey’ report are at best hearsay – Presidency
The Presidency has described the allegations against some top government officials in his 'galamsey' report by former Minister for Environment, Prof Frimpong-Boateng, as hearsay.
This,...
Galamsey report: Parliament must exert its power – John Jinapor
A ranking member of the Mines and Energy committee, John Jinapor, has expressed his surprise about officials at the Presidency named in the report...
You were not clean – Charles Bissue tells Frimpong-Boateng over galamsey report
A former Secretary to the Inter ministerial Committee on illegal Mining (IMCIM), Charles Onuawonto Bissue, has questioned Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng's decision not to add...
Galamsey report: Oppong Nkrumah replies Prof Frimpong-Boateng
Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has dismissed allegations against him by former Minister for Environment, Science, Technology, and Innovation, Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, in the...
‘Galamsey’ was happening in garden of Akufo-Addo’s Kyebi home – Report
It appears the blatant nature in which some illegal miners plied their trade is more worrying than many assumed.
The garden of President Nana Akufo-Addo’s...
Why Akufo-Addo can’t ban ‘galamsey’
A legal practitioner, Kwame Jantuah, has stated President Nana Akufo-Addo is unable to ban small-scale mining and ‘galamsey’ because he can’t create jobs in...
Former MP dares Frimpong-Boateng for including him in galamsey report
A board Member on the Minerals Commission, Joseph Albert Quarm, has refuted allegations made by former Environment Minister, Prof. Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, of his involvement...