The Ghana National Association of Small Scale Miners is backing Okyenhene, Osagyefo Amoatia Ofori Panin who has threatened to resist the government’s community mining program. According to the Okyenhene, the program which was introduced to regulate illegal small scale mining nationwide has rather degraded lands and caused pollution to water …
Read More »GSE is Africa’s best stock market in 2021 Q1
The first quarter (Q1) of 2021 saw the Ghana Stock Exchange top the African stock market with an annual return of 14.62% in dollar term for investors. The performance of the market translated into an improved market capitalization of GH¢57.16 billion at the end of March this year. The …
Read More »Two teens shot dead, three others injured in Newclare shooting
Two 16-year-old boys were shot dead in Newclare, Johannesburg, while a third young man and two other people were injured. Police spokesperson Brigadier Mathapelo Peters said information at this point suggests that somebody fired shots at three young men who were walking near the corner of Hamilton and Polack …
Read More »FDA warns against consumption of washed-ashore fishes
LISTEN 6 HOURS AGO 1 The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has warned the public against consuming any unwholesome following reports that the fish washed ashore at the Osu Castle beach may have been sent to various markets. According to the Authority, it has also begun laboratory investigations to ascertain whether such …
Read More »Nzema group demands withdrawal of class-6 book defaming Kwame Nkrumah
LISTEN 5 HOURS AGO 0 A group of people in Nzema and the family of Dr. Kwame Nkrumah have called for the withdrawal of a class-6 book, the Golden History of Ghana authored by Mercy Gyaa-Adiyiah, as it misrepresents and defames Ghana’s first president, Kwame Nkrumah. Addressing a press conference on Monday …
Read More »Two-year-old among four dead in George shack fire
A two-year-old was one of four victims burnt to death in a shack fire in George in the early hours of Sunday morning, police reported. The toddler, two women and a man were all burnt beyond recognition in the fire at about 3am on Sunday in Thembalethu, SAPS said in …
Read More »Accra Sewerages Systems to expand its operations
The Accra Sewerages Systems Ghana Ltd is set to expand and upgrade its liquid waste treatment plant and technologies to treat more liquid waste within Accra and its environs. The expansion project which is going to be undertaken by EMO, an environmental technology company based in France will help increase …
Read More »Manasseh Azure names ‘accomplices’ of Kasoa teenage murderers
Journalist Manasseh Azure Awuni has waded into the alleged gruesome murder of a 10-year-old boy by two teenagers for money ritual purposes. The incident which occurred in Kasoa, in the Central Region of Ghana has shocked many, with many yet to come to terms with the fact that two teenagers …
Read More »VIDEO: Osebo goes wild, chews raw plantain
Ghanaian fashionista, Richard Brown who is popularly known as Osebo has once again got the public taking based on his recent revelation. According to Osebo who appeared on a cooking show, Supa’s Kitchen, eating plantain in its raw state can help boost one’s immune system. To the surprise of …
Read More »‘Discriminatory’: Kenya hits back after UK travel ban
Kenya hit out at the United Kingdom after London added the east African country to its coronavirus travel ‘red list’. In a strongly-worded statement on Saturday, Kenya’s foreign affairs ministry said the decision was ‘discriminatory’ and lacked ‘logic and scientific knowledge of the disease or the spread of the …
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