A driller has died at Gbani, a mining community in the Talensi District of the Upper East region, after he accidentally got buried alive under a stockpile of gold ore.Thirty-five-year-old Samuel Bang, an employee of the Shaanxi Mining Ghana Limited, reportedly was drilling through the stockpile when the area he occupied suddenly caved in along […]
President John Dramani Mahama will on Thursday co-chair a Forum on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development on the sidelines of the on-going World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. The Davos event, which will be attended by world leaders, will launch the new SDG Advocacy Group appointed only this week by the UN Secretary General,
Investment in Government of Ghana-backed securities witnessed a GH¢4.6billion rise in 12 months, with the country’s commercial banks leading a pack of investors that have increased their exposure to government’s Treasury. The increased investment in government’s securities by mainly commercial banks contrasts sharply with the investment plans of the Bank of Ghana and foreign investors
The running mate of the main opposition New Patriotic Party Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has said the ongoing ministerial reshuffle by President John Mahama will amount to nothing.According to him, Ghanaians need a reshuffle that will impact the quality of lives and create jobs and not one intended to win elections.“The ongoing reshuffle appears to be
Two people have sued the Attorney General and the Ministry of Interior over government’s decision to host two ex-detainees from Guantanamo Bay Camp. The plaintiffs, Margaret Banful, a former staff at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Henry Nana Boakye filed the suit on Monday at the Supreme Court. The two are praying the court among
There was a serious altercation on Kumasi based Nhyira FM over the claim that head potters all over the country contributed GHC5,000 to the NPP. The NPP held a fundraiser last Saturday towards the party’s campaign during which it was reported that the head potters known popularly as kayayes, donated GHC5,000.00 to the cause. One Adisa also called Zongo Pioneer claimed to
Minister for Education, Prof. Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, has challenged her fellow Ministers for Education around the globe to take advantage of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to rethink education. By so doing, she believes that world would be able to find the most cost effective ways of fulfilling Goals 4 of the SDGs which specifically
The Headmaster of Opoku Ware Senior High School (OWASS), Kumasi in the Ashanti Region, Dr Alexis Frimpong Nimoh has stated that the school sacked its students involved in homosexuality in the interest of other students. Authorities of OWASS last week indefinitely suspended 3 students for allegedly indulging in homosexuality. Speaking to Isaac Justice Bediako, Dr.
In an agreement that seems to have been sprung up on Ghanaians, the country has taken custody of 2 former detainees of the notorious Guantanamo Bay Prison who are being freed by the US under President Obama’s plan to shut down the prison. Ghanaians expressed different shades of opinion but what was markedly obvious was the
The flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has said President John Mahama should have consulted his predecessors JJ Rawlings and John Kufuor before allowing the GITMO ex-detainees into Ghana.He described the ongoing saga involving the two Guantanamo Bay detainees as yet another example of the failure of leadership on the part
