Tag Archives: ILLEGAL

Pastor, elders escape arrest during church service over illegal connection

The Head pastor and his Church Elders of Ossa Madih Church at Etsi Fawomanye in the Ajumako Enyan Essiam District of the Central Region had to jump over a fence wall to avoid being arrested by the Police for engaging in illegal electricity connection. Information gathered indicates that the head …

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Report illegal connection users – PURC to Ghanaians

Many people in Ghana are reported to be engaging in illegal connections to enjoy either free electricity and water or pay at a relatively cheaper price. These illegal connections have dire consequences on the utility companies as monies expected to be received move below the belt. It is for this …

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108 feared dead as illegal refinery explodes

No fewer than 108 people were killed on Friday night, while several vehicles were burnt after an illegal refinery exploded at Abaezi forest in the Ohaji-Egbema Local Government Area of Imo State. THISDAY gathered that the fire incident was caused by illegal refining activities at a border community between Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni …

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4 suspected ‘illegal miners’ found dead

Four bodies were found on the side of a Benoni road on Tuesday, wrapped in blankets and plastic. Police spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Mavela Masondo said: The bodies are not identified yet, but are suspected to be that of illegal miners. He said police received an anonymous tip-off about the bodies. An …

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Akufo-Addo rallies support for fight against illegal mining

President Nana Akufo-Addo has called on all and sundry to throw weight behind the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources in the fight against illegalities in the natural resources sector, particularly the fight against illegal Mining and also support the Green Ghana Project. Addressing Ghanaians and the World, during his …

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55 illegal miners arrested in Atewa Forest – Forestry Commission

The Forestry Commission, through its surveillance task force, has arrested 55 illegal miners in the Atewa Forest Reserve over the last six months. Madam Joyce Ofori Kwafo, Head, Corporate Affairs and Media Relations, Forestry Commission, in an interview with the Ghana News Agency, said a total of 15 different operations …

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How NDC uncovered millions of illegal ballot papers printed for 2020 polls

Former President John Dramani Mahama has been explaining to some members of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), how the party agents uncovered an alleged printing of additional ballot papers by the Electoral Commission (EC) for the 2020 elections. Mahama, who was the flagbearer for the NDC in the 2020 elections, had earlier spoken about the alleged …

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Nominee for Court of Appeal post tainted by illegal Law School admissions – Report

It is emerging that a Court of Appeal judge nominee, Maxwell Opoku-Agyemang, was implicated for illegally admitting students into the Ghana School of Law for the professional law course. According to a document from the General Legal Council (GLC) and shared by US-based Ghanaian journalist Kevin Taylor, Mr. Opoku Agyemang …

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Senegal blasts Kyiv over “illegal” call for fighters

Senegal has condemned the Ukrainian embassy for calling for fighters to join its effort to repel Russia’s invasion, warning that recruiting mercenaries or even volunteers breached its laws. In a statement Thursday evening, Senegal’s foreign ministry said it had summoned the Ukrainian ambassador after reading, “with astonishment”, an embassy Facebook …

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Sanitation Minister seizes keys to excavator used for illegal sand winning on her tour

The Minister for Sanitation and Water Resources; MSWR, Cecilia Abena Dapaah on Tuesday, February 21, 2022, visited the Nsawam Water Treatment Plant in the Eastern Region. The purpose of her visit was to inspect the Densu River which serves as the raw water source for the Nsawam Water Treatment Plant …

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