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Scores of uncovered pits left behind by illegal miners are posing a serious threat to residents of those mining communities. While many people have fallen into those pits, leading to their untimely death, others are living dangerously, as the abandoned pits serve as death traps, looking for prey. Additionally, the …

Four youths have lost their lives in Ago-Dada in Akure North Local Government Area of Ondo State following a lightning strike in the community. The incident was said to have occurred during a rainstorm in the community. A source in the village said the killing of the young boys sparked …

An Adentan Circuit Court has sentenced a 28-year-old Community Police Assistant (CPA) to four years imprisonment over charges of impersonation and defrauding by false pretences. Mark Apiu is said to have collected ₵12,000 from a finance officer to enlist the officer’s sister into the Ghana Police Service but failed to …

There was serious confusion among residents of Danmani community, in Rigasa, Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna on Friday night, following an explosion. According to an eyewitness, the incident occurred close to a POS operator shop, close to Abubakar Sadiq Mosque. The eyewitness explained that an object suspected to be …

The Coordinator of the National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO) for Prestea Huni-Valley, Francis Abeiku Yankah, has said the community, Apiati near Bogoso in the Western Region where the explosion occurred, is a dead community at the moment. He told TV3 in an interview that the community can no longer be …

  The Khoi community in South Africa are taking on an global trade giant in the form of American multinational technology company, Amazon. The indigenous group insists that a portion of land in the port city of Cape Town where Amazon’s Africa headquarters is expected to be hosted, was a …

Konkoma is a town in the Asante Akyem North District of the Ashanti Region still has its residents hanging their phones on trees for mobile networks. Community members say network is only accessible on mango trees in the community. The spots are however not enough to guarantee users’ network as …

  Some seven (7) police officers who abandoned their duty posts as well as others who were indifferent to illegal happenings within their jurisdiction face punitive actions by the police administration after they were found not to have reported for work on Friday, April 9, 2021. Police who were detailed …

Okyenhene Osagyefuo Amoatia Ofori Panin says the Akyem Abuakwa traditional council will no longer tolerate the community mining policy introduced by the Akufo-Addo government. According to the Okyenhene, the policy is illegal and causes destruction to lands and water bodies in the Akyem area. President Akufo-Addo on Wednesday, 25th July …

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 …