GENERAL NEWS

Furious Minister orders burning of galamsey equipment

The massive destruction of the Oda River Forest Reserve in the Bekwai Forest District of the Ashanti Region by illegal miners has infuriated the Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Kwaku Asomah-Cheremeh. The illegal miners believed to be Chinese, in collaboration with their supposed Ghanaian facilitators, are using heavy-duty pieces …

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Today in 2014: Komla Dumor dies

It’s exactly 6 years since the unfortunate demise of Komla Dumor, an astute international journalist of Ghanaian descent. Although death is inevitable and is no respecter of persons, news of his sudden departure shook the world, courting tributes from prominent figures across the world. Below is how BBC, an organization …

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Work on Eastern Corridor Roads resumes

Contractors have resumed work on the Eastern Corridor road and users are assured of a facelift on that stretch soon. The Roads and Highways Minister, Kwesi Amoako Atta, announced this on the last day of the Results Fair. The Sector Minister said the completion of the road would shorten the …

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No more side chicks; they will suffer to pay their rent – Ken Agyapong

Side chicks who hitherto were feeding fat on the cash of some ‘big men’ in Ghana will have to start exploring other avenues of survival as maverick politician Kennedy Ohene Agyapong has decreed that it is game over for them. He stated unequivocally that it is time for them to …

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Journalist ‘fights’ Information Minister over GHC10,000

A journalist with A1 Radio in the Upper East Region, Samuel Maura, has accused the Minister of Information Kojo Oppong Nkrumah of dishonesty and deception for failing to honour a pledge of GHC10,000 he had made to the Upper East Regional branch of the Ghana Journalists Association(GJA) even after numerous …

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NIA: Over 7.2m Ghanaians registered so far

The National Identification Authority (NIA) has indicated that from their pilot phase, it has registered a total of 7,227,939 eligible Ghanaians, printed 6,282,192 cards and issued cards to 4,173,173 qualified Ghanaians. The NIA was established by an Act of Parliament Act 707 has the mandate to register all Ghanaians and …

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Ahmed Suale was killed in the pursuit of truth – Anas

Award-winning investigative journalist and Chief Executive Officer(CEO) of Tiger Eye Private Investigations(PI), Anas Aremeyaw Anas has stated that his colleague investigative Journalist Ahmed Hussein Suale Divela was killed while he pursued justice in his line of duty. In a post commemorating the assassination of the journalist who worked with Tiger …

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Banks collapse: Dr. Kwabena Duffour runs to court for ‘cover’ after BNI invitation

The founder of the UniBank, Dr. Kwabena Duffour, is seeking an interlocutory injunction from the court to restrain the Ghana Police Service over what he describes as “unlawful threats and harassment” following an invitation from the Crime Investigation Department (CID) last week. According to the embattled businessman cum politician, he …

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Ignore fake corruption ranking on Ghana – GII

The Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII), the Local Chapter of Transparency International, says a corruption ranking published by some media houses which ranks Ghana as the 3rd most corrupt country across the world by perception is fake and should be ignored. A statement issued in Accra on Friday 17th January 2020 …

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Gov’t inaugurates committee to investigate depreciation of cedi

The Finance Ministry has inaugurated a committee to look into the causes of the depreciation of the cedi and propose solutions to the problem. The establishment of the committee, named the FX Development Committee, is a fulfilment of a promise made by the ministry last year to constitute a bi-partisan …

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