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Call off your strike before we address your demands – NLC to teacher unions
The National Labour Commission (NLC) has issued a directive instructing the Teachers and Educational Workers’ Union (TEWU), affiliated with the Trades Union Congress, and...
ACP Agordzo breaks silence after verdict on coup plot trial
Assistant Commissioner of Police, (ACP), Dr Benjamin Kwasi Agordzo has expressed a heartfelt appreciation to God after he was acquitted in the coup plot...
Chieftaincy Minister calls for investigation into death of Atta Mills
The Minister of Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs, Stephen Asamoah Boateng, has called for a thorough investigation into the death of former President John Evans...
Court validates BoG’s action to revoke license of GN Bank
A Human Rights Court in Accra has dismissed the application filed by Dr Papa Kwesi Nduom, GN Savings and Loans, and another for human...
Think tank lists 5 sectors government must address to avoid social upheaval in election...
A not-for-profit social progressive public policy think tank, Think Progress Ghana, has outlined five pressing areas that could pose a hindrance to the nation’s...
GPRTU instructs drivers to keep existing fares amid talks with Transport Ministry
The Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) has encouraged transport operators to uphold their existing fares during ongoing discussions with the government, which has...
There’s corruption in music industry – Reggie Rockstone on ‘streaming farms’
Hiplife pioneer, Reggie Rockstone has exposed what he claims is widespread corruption within the music industry.
He has alleged that some artistes allegedly resort to...
Ghanaian immigration lawyer in Bronx, son and others sued for scamming vulnerable immigrants
New York Attorney General Letitia James has filed a lawsuit against Kofi Amankwaa, a Bronx immigration lawyer, and others in his office (Sylvester Boateng,...
Forest reserves as large as 30 football fields destroyed by illegal miners at AnhwiasoÂ
Illegal miners have cut down vegetation covering more than forty acres of land in the Anwhiaso-Bibiani Municipality of the Western-North Region.
This vast amount of...
Government hints at establishing manganese refinery plant
The government has hinted at establishing a manganese refinery in the country soon.
According to Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel Abu Jinapor, the...
We’ll protect your business from encroachers – Jinapor assures investors
The Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel Abu Jinapor, has assured operators of large-scale mining concessions that the government remains committed to protecting...
Ginger, chilli farmers in Ahafo Region get relief
Ginger and chilli pepper are the two main commodities highly produced in the Ahafo Region, one of the smallest regions in the country.
Several farmers,...
Sheep gives birth to lamb with two heads at Sehwi Wenchi
A bizarre incident has unfolded at Sehwi Wenchi a suburb of Bibiani Anhwiaso Bekwai municipality in the Western North region as a sheep gives...
Miss Teen Tourism Int. 2023 feeds over 1000 less privileged people on the street
"I am speechless and thankful to the young girl for remembering us this Christmas season" this is among the many praises and good words...
Two highway robbers jailed 20 years each
The Asante Bekwai Circuit Court has sentenced two highway robbers to 20 years imprisonment each, in hard labour.
Musah Alhassan and Yakubu Abdulai denied...
218 illegal miners arrested – Forestry Commission
The Forestry Commission has arrested 218 persons illegally mining in forest reserves across the country.
Out of the number, 24 have been prosecuted and jailed,...
Bawumia, National Chief Imam present as Prophet Nakoa coronated Development Chief
The Leader of Prophets and Spiritual Churches Council, Ghana Nakoa Prophet Nazareth Ansah Jamson has been coronated as the 'Nor Yaa Mantse' - the...
Asantehene destools Kwapra chief
The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has dethroned Baffour Adugyemfuo Kumani, the Chief of Kwapra in the Ashanti Region for his alleged involvement in...
Aisha Huang: We shouldn’t be seen as targeting foreigners – Kwabena Donkor
The Member of Parliament for Pru East, Dr Kwabena Donkor, has called for the prosecution of the accomplices of galamsey kingpin Aisha Huang after...
‘Y3te sika so…: Ghana Tourism Authority’s costly neglect of Jirapa Dubai
Jirapa Dubai. Have you ever heard of it before today? No? That’s okay, it’s not your fault. I blame every single state functionary and...
Chinese national, 6 others arrested for mining in Oda forest reserve
A Chinese national and six Ghanaians have been apprehended by the Bekwai Forestry Commission for engaging in illegal mining known in local parlance as...
Dunkwa chief cautions illegal miners
Okofrobour Obeng Nuakoh III, the chief of Dunkwa-on-Offin, in the Central Region, has warned miners in the area to stop desecrating and polluting...
Inusah Fuseini reacts to Aisha Huang’s verdict
A former Member of Parliament for Tamale-Central, Inusah Fuseini, says the approach the country adopted in the fight against illegal mining shows that the...
Aisha Huang was prosecuted for crimes committed in 2015 and 2017 – Deputy A-G
A Deputy Attorney General, Alfred Tuah-Yeboah, has clarified the reasons behind the relatively lenient prison term and fine imposed on Chinese illegal mining kingpin,...
Illegal mining: Ghana is the only country with rivers without use – Prof Boateng...
Former chairman of the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Illegal Mining (IMCIM), Â Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, has bemoaned the current state of most rivers in the country.
Speaking...
Agona: Notorious thief shot dead while stealing cocoa beans
A 26-year-old notorious thief, known as Alhaji, has been shot dead after he was allegedly caught stealing cocoa beans.
This unfortunate incident occurred at Agona...
I wish I had the right to impose stiffer punishment on you – Judge...
The judge who sentenced Aisha Huang, known as the Galamsey Kingpin, to four-and-a-half years in prison and a fine of GH¢48,000, Justice Lydia Osei...
Aisha Huang abused Ghana’s hospitality – Judge
Justice Lydia Osei Marfo, the judge who sentenced galamsey kingpin Aisha Huang to four and half years in prison and ordered her to pay...
Church will continue to speak against looters of national coffers — Presby Moderator
The Moderator of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana, Rt Rev. Dr Abraham Nana Opare Kwakye, has said he would wage a relentless crusade against...
You are what you eat: Check your diet
‘You are what you eat’ is a common phrase in our societies.
This phrase simply speaks to the fact that to be fit and healthy,...
COCOBOD: Illegal miners intimidating farmers to acquire cocoa lands
Illegal miners are using intimidating tactics to acquire lands from farmers for illegal mining, the director in charge of anti-galamsey activities at the Ghana Cocoa Board...
Man, 27, arrested after botched ritual killing at Ayanfuri
A 27-year-old illegal miner, Baba Haruna, has been arrested at Ayanfuri in the Central region following a failed ritual killing.
Baba, said to be...
1 dead as heavy-duty truck crashes into stalls at Anloga Junction
A heavy-duty truck, reportedly transporting textiles, veered off course and rammed into stalls at Anloga Junction in Kumasi.
The incident resulted in the unfortunate...
Illegal mining is getting out of hand, intervene – Nyankrom Queen mother to government
The Queen Mother of Nyankrom and Acting Paramount Queen Mother, Shama Traditional Council has bemoaned the increasing illegal mining activities in the country.
According to...
Election 2024: I can’t lead Bawumia to campaign – NPP Chairman
The Western Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Francis Ndede Siah, has said he cannot lead the flagbearer, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia to...
Current economic hardships becoming unbearable for Ghanaians – Catholic Bishops
The Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Conference has asked the government to take urgent steps to stabilize the economy to bring relief to many Ghanaians who...
Take away President’s power to grant mining rights over Ghana’s forest reserves – MCAG,...
The Media Coalition Against Galamsey and OccupyGhana are demanding the promulgation of a law that forbids the grant of any mining or drilling permit,...
Chief Justice declares Monday to Friday ADR week in Ghana
The Chief Justice, Her Ladyship Justice Gertrude Sackey Torkornoo, has officially declared Monday, November 13, to Friday, November 17, 2023, as Alternative Dispute Resolution...
It is painful we cannot fight illegal mining – Asantehene
The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has voiced his distress over the lack of progress in the fight against illegal mining, often referred to...
Court fines Charles Bissue in case against OSP
The Human Rights Court has fined former Secretary to the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Illegal Mining (IMCIM), Charles Bissue GH¢500 in his case against the...