Some 14 Civil Society Organizations, CSOs, have petitioned the Commission for Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) to look into the degazetting and purported sale of portions of the Achimota forest. The CSOs are; Civic Response, A Rocha Ghana, Nature and Development Foundation, EcoCare Ghana, Viridis Environmental Consult, Kasa Initiative …
Read More »Your Land documents are intact – Lands Commission assures after floods
The Deputy Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, responsible for Lands and Forestry, Benito Owusu-Bio has assured Ghanaians that all land documents at the Lands Commission Accra Regional office are safe and intact. He said this in contrast to news report circulating on social media that rains have destroyed all …
Read More »Sir John’s Achimota lands not in our records – Lands Commission
There are no records to show that the late Chief Executive of the Forestry Commission Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie owned lands in the Achimota forest, the Lands Commission has said. “There is nothing in our records concerning that. What you read is what I have read. We don’t have anything recorded …
Read More »Documents, computers destroyed as Lands Commission is flooded
The Lands Commission of Ghana has been flooded, leaving documents and some computers destroyed. This, according to a tweet by the Ghana News Agency, was a result of the torrential rains that fell on Saturday, May 21, 2022. “Accra Flood: Documents, computers destroyed at Lands Commission Head Office,” the tweet …
Read More »Achimota Forest lands: Sir John’s last Will exposes government?
It has emerged that some members of the governing New Patriotic Party, NPP, have already acquired some portions of the Achimota forest lands even before the government returns the peripherals of the forest to its custodial owners, identified as the Owoo family. Page 5 of the Last Will and testament …
Read More »Missing Lands Commission staff: TAs slept in Dr Aggrey’s house with kids only – TA tells court
A former Teaching Assistant (TA) at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) Isaac Ofei Asiamah in his testimony, has contradicted claims by Dr Wilberforce Aggrey, a senior lecturer who has been accused of kidnapping his wife, Rhodaline Darko that, he slept at home on the night of …
Read More »CK Akonnor lands new coaching job in South Africa
Former Black Stars coach, Charles Akonnor has landed a new coaching job in the South Africa Premier Soccer League. Charles Akonnor is reported to have signed a two-year contract with Amazulu FC who are ninth in the 2021/2022 South Africa Premier Soccer League. The news was confirmed by Assaase Radio’s Benedict Owusu in a social …
Read More »Galamsey Fight: Lands ministers to appear before parliament
Mr Alexander Kwamena Afenyo-Markin, the Deputy Majority Leader, says the Leadership of Parliament is in discussions with the Minister for Lands and Natural Resources to update the country on the ongoing fight against illegal mining. Presenting the Business Statement of the House for the Eighth Week of the First Meeting …
Read More »Asantehene’s great-great-grandson declares family lands in Kumasi
Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu I(Bearer of the ASHANTI GOLDENSTOOL) the pivotal warrior and founder of the Ashanti Kingdom born in 1660 and died in 1717. His daughter Nanaba Konadu Afia-Ofi and enchanting wife Yaa Achamaa Tutuwaa furthered the royal linage and family tree of Boadi-Kumasi, till this day of Asantehene …
Read More »Chris Hughton lands Black Stars coaching job
Chris Hughton is set to be announced the next Black Stars coach after the sacking of Serbian tactician Milovan Rajevac, Dailymailgh.com can confirm. The former Brighton and Hove Albion manager has been in the country for almost a week now and has reached an agreement with the Ghana FA to …
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