GENERAL NEWS

The CEO of Bulk Oil Distributors Senyo Hosi has responded to a lecturer at the Political Science Department of the University of Ghana who criticised his attack on the university’s management. The businessman advised Mr Gyampo to “inspire a modern face of what UG should be” as a young lecturer. Mr Hosi …

President Nana Akufo-Addo has complained some judges are not cooperating with his government’s fight against illegal mining. He said this after assenting to an amended law that prescribes stiffer punishment for illegal miners. “We had to take away some of the discretionary of the judges largely because with the greatest …

Government of Ghana is implementing policies that will help instill the habit of cocoa consumption in the populace and will, in the long run, create a market for cocoa products in the country. One of such policy initiatives is to provide a cup of cocoa drink to all Kindergarten and …

Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II is hurt by the tragic killing of his sub-chief and war marshal, Asamponhene Nana Kwadwo Afuduo. That’s how Monarchical Historian, Osei-Bonsu Sarfo Kantanka, sums up the mood of the Asante King. He says Otumfuo is devastated by the death of his close relative and long …

The Environmental Investigative Agency (EIA) says it is ready to provide to the special prosecutor evidence that corruption has continued to fuel illegal Rosewood trade in Ghana despite a government ban. The Washington DC-based agency’s Africa Programme Campaigner Kidan Araya says they will be able to provide additional video, audio …

UPDATE Police in Kumasi have intensified their search for a spiritualist suspected to be linked to the killing of Asantehene’s sub-chief, Asamponhene Nana Afoduo. The suspect, identified only as ‘Alhaji’ is said to be the spouse of a prominent queen mother in the Ashanti region. Sources say he was spotted …

Police in Kumasi have intensified their search for a spiritualist suspected to be linked to the killing of Asantehene’s sub-chief, Asamponhene Nana Afoduo. The suspect, identified only as ‘Alhaji’ is said to be the spouse of a prominent queen mother in the Ashanti region. Sources say he was spotted in …

Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has been invited by the United Nations (UN) to address the General Assembly on the Culture of Peace at the United States of America. The speech will be delivered at the United Nations’ General Assembly High-Level Forum of the 25th Anniversary of the Adoption of …

The Afrobarometer Survey on Climate Change has revealed that only 21 per cent of the Ghanaian population is climate change-literate.“21% are climate change-literate, 52% have heard of climate change”, the report said.It also noted that about 56% of Ghanaians have said that the effects of climate change are unbearable to …

The amended mining law of Ghana has stipulated a minimum of 15 years and maximum of 25 years for illegal miners (galamseyers), President Nana Akufo-Addo has said.At the second meeting of the Council of State at the Jubilee House for this year, President Akufo-Addo said: “We are talking about minimum …