AngloGold Ashanti is planning to exit its South African concessions as it plans to sell its South African assets on 21 February 2020. Its Chief Executive Officer Kelvin Dushnisky, in an interview at the 2020 Indaba Mining Conference, said it will provide an update on the sale of its South …
Read More »Galamsey: 315 excavators seized; only 127 left – Task force
The leader of the team in charge of monitoring and securing all seized earthmoving and auxiliary equipment used for illegal small-scale mining (galamsey) has revealed that 315 excavators had been seized as of 31 January 2020 but only 127 are left in the central pool in Accra. According to Nana …
Read More »Duffuor, Asiama, 7 others charged over uniBank collapse
A former Finance Minister and founder of uniBank, a former Deputy Governor of the Bank of Ghana and seven others have been charged by an Accra High Court for playing roles leading to the financial sector crisis. Dr. Kwabena Duffuor was charged by the state with 68 counts of Fraudulent …
Read More »[VIDEO]: Women are meant only for the kitchen and bedroom – Bulldog
Lawrence Nana Asiamah-Hanson, popularly known as Bulldog says women are better off in the kitchen and bedroom only. According to him, gender equality can never be achieved because God didn’t create men and women on the same day. The artiste manager on live radio says women in their efforts to …
Read More »Law school mass failure: Parliament calls for remarking
The house of legislature has called on the Ghana Legal Council (GLC) to remark all scripts of failed students in the 2019 Ghana School of Law (GSL) entrance exams. Parliament’s recommendation follows the mass disqualification of over 1,600 law students who sat for the 2019 entrance exam for admission to …
Read More »Taadi missing girls: Suspects charged with murder
A Sekondi High Court on Wednesday 5th January discharged the two Nigerian Suspects in the Takoradi kidnapped girls saga, Sam Udoetuk Wills and John Orji but were quickly re-arrested by the police and charged with murder at the Takoradi District Magistrate Court. This was after the State Attorney, Adeliade Kobiri-Woode, …
Read More »UG survey reveals 64.9% of Ghanaians want new voters’ register
A whopping 64.9% of Ghanaians are in support of the Electoral Commission’s decision to compile a new voters’ register for the December polls, a University of Ghana survey has revealed. The survey, conducted by the Political Science Department of the university, in December 2019, asked the 27,500 respondents a simple question, …
Read More »Full document: Roadmap for eradication of political vigilantism
The political vigilantism dialogue was instituted by the National Peace Council following the violence that marred the Ayawaso West Wuogon Constituency by-election in 2019. Despite earlier disagreements, the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) and opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) committed to the dialogue and indicated their preparedness to end the …
Read More »Court discharges Kofi Amoabeng
An Accra Circuit Court has dropped all charges against Prince Kofi Amoabeng, the former Managing Director of defunct UT Bank. Police Prosecutor, ASP Emmanuel Nyamekye on Wednesday, 5th February 2020, told the Circuit Court Judge, Emmanuel Essandoh, that the State intends to file a fresh case against Mr Amoabeng at …
Read More »I’m solidly behind you – Bagbin assures Akufo-Addo
Deputy Speaker of Ghana’s Parliament, Alban Kingsford Sumani Bagbin has assured President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo that he is solidly behind him in his commitment to develop the country. The lawmaker for Nadwoli-Kaleo Constituency on behalf of the chiefs and people of the area expressed their commitment to the president’s …
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