Elvis Anokye

The answers are blowing in the wind! – Osei Kofi Acquah writes

In this time of our Nation’s in ability to fight an illegality called *Galamsey* due to hipocricy and double standard on the part of people entrusted with state power, I find it prudent to borrow the words of Bob Dylan to ask these questions… How many cocoa farms must be …

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Anas takes on Charles Bissue over misleading claims on galamsey fraud exposé

Investigative journalist, Anas Aremeyaw Anas, has insisted that its 2019 documentary dubbed “galamsey fraud part 1” was nothing but the true representation of what transpired. In a statement dated October 7, the owner of Tiger Eye PI said the documentary which implicated former secretary to the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Illegal Mining …

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Coachella files copyright infringement lawsuit against Afrochella

GOLDENVOICE, THE CONCERT giant behind Coachella, has filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against the organizers of Afrochella, a Ghanaian music festival specializing in Afrobeats music. The lawsuit, filed Wednesday at a California district court and obtained by Rolling Stone, comes three years after AEG (which owns Goldenvoice) issued a warning …

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Body of headteacher galamseyer swallowed by pit at Mpatasie found

The body of the assistant headteacher of Mpatasie D/A primary in the Amansie South District of the Ashanti Region, Akwasi Anane, has been found. The 47-year-old headteacher, who is reported to have gone to a galamsey site to work in the evening of Tuesday, 4 October 2022, could not be …

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VIDEO: KMA erects containers for traders in the middle of road at Santasi

Residents at Santasi in the Kumasi Metropolis in the Ashanti region are up in arms with the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly KMA for erecting containers in the middle of an access road in the area. According to them, the construction of containers on that particular access road that leads to houses …

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Ashanti region has received 51 factories under 1D1F so far- Minister

The Ashanti Regional Minister Hon Simon Osei Mensah has disclosed that the region has received 51 factories from government under its flagship One District One Factory Policy 21 out of the 51 factories according to him have been completed and operationalized while 30 are at the various stages of completion. …

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Aspiring NDC Constituency Chairman paralyses a day before vetting

A report by Kasapafmonline.com gives a bizarre account of how an aspiring Constituency Chairman for the National Democratic Congress got paralyzed a day before appearing before a vetting Committee in his Constituency. It is gathered that the aspirant, Vicent Koomsom, 24 hours prior to the vetting exercise in the Abura Asebu Kwamankese …

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Policy Rate hike will further exacerbate inflation – AGI

The Association of Ghana Industries AGI says the recent increase in policy rate by the Bank of Ghana will further exacerbate the country’s inflation contrary to what the central bank envisaged. The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Bank of Ghana on Thursday October 5, 2022 announced increased in the Policy Rate …

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Stop wearing Kaftans and suits – Shatta Wale to Sarkodie

Dancehall musician, Shatta Wale, has asked his colleague, Sarkodie, to desist from wearing outfits that project him as a corporate brand. According to him, Sarkodie leans towards the hip-hop genre and as such, it is inappropriate for him to rock outfits that make him look very formal. Speaking on the Good Evening Ghana show …

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61-year-old man jailed for insulting his Abusuapanyin

A 61-year-old convict has shared a story of why he was jailed after a misunderstanding between his family head and himself. The old man who was serving a 16-month jail term for offensive conduct and causing harm said his only crime was insulting the head of his family usually called …

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