Tag Archives: Taskforce

Yaa Asantewaa, also known as Getty, a resident of Asuaba community in Upper West Akyem District, Eastern Region, has sparked outrage among chiefs in Akyem Abuakwa for labeling Okyenhene, Osagyefuo Amoatia Ofori Panin and the Okyeman Land Protection Taskforce as criminal gangs. Her remarks come in the wake of community …

The Otumfuo Commemorative Gold Coin project is instituting measures for the formation of a task force to combat illegal gold mining (galamsey) in the Ashanti Region. The task force, to be known as Asanteman Task Force Against Illegal Mining, will be a corporate social responsibility initiative of the Otumfuo Commemorative …

The Chief of Kyebi-Apapam Osabarima Apagya Ofori IV and others have been injured in a violent clash during anti-galamsey operation at Asamang Tamfoe in the Atiwa East District in the Eastern region Thursday, September 30, 2022. Osabarima Okogyeaman Apagya Ofori IV head of Okyeman Environmental taskforce in a joint operation …

A young man believed to be in his 30’s has been subjected to severe beating and manhandling by a task force formed by the Afigya Kwabre South District of the Ashanti Region A bizarre footage intercepted by Akoma FM shows how some well built men numbering seven clad in military uniform beat …

A task force of the Electricity Company of Ghana is currently in parliament awaiting departure of the Speaker to embark on a disconnection exercise over indebtedness of the lawmaking chamber. It is unclear the exact amount Parliament owes the power distribution company. On March 14, ECG disconnected power to Terminal …

• Aboboyaas have been banned from using motorways in the Greater Accra region • A task force has been stationed along the Accra-Tema Motorway to ensure this • The riders want landfill sites established in their communities A total of 12 riders of aboboyaa (tricycles) using the Accra-Tema Motorway were …

The Bono Regional Security Taskforce on illegal mining on Thursday set ablaze an illegal mining site at Sadik-Akuraa, near Banda-Ahenkro in the Banda District of the Region. The task force led by Madam Justina Owusu-Banahene, the Bono Regional Minister arrested a 27-year-old illegal miner at the site and handed him …

  One person has been shot in a clash between the Okyeman Environmental Protection task force and sand winners at Adeiso in the West Akyem Municipality in the Eastern region. The task force stormed the Tank Akuraa community near Adeiso, arrested and handcuffed one Osae Kwame, a sand winner and …

Narrating the episode in a report, Joy News’ Erastus Asare Donkor indicated that the task force, on their usual rounds, went into the Manso forest area. They met the presence of some Chinese who were busily engaged in mining activities in the forest area. After talking for while, the task …

Taskforce officials of the Rivers State government have been accused of beating a man to death in an altercation which occurred on Tuesday, February 26. Though the identity of the man reportedly beaten to death by the operatives of the state task force on street trading, illegal markets and motor …