The Public Relations Officer for the Small Scale Miners Association in the Central Region , Peter Ayilay has blamed the high rate of illegal mining in the country especially the central region on the bureaucracy in acquiring mining permits . The process he says is characterised by unhealthy delays which push miners to adopt crude […]
The Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly owes the managers of the Oti landfill site in the Ashanti region, J. Stanley Owusu Group to the tune of 59 million cedis, being the outstanding debt for its eight years of service to the Assembly. Speaking in an interview with Isaac Justice Bediako, the manager of the J. Stanley Owusu
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has pledged his commitment to making Accra the cleanest city on the African continent within the next four years. According to President Akufo-Addo, “the commitment I want to make, and for all of us to make, is that by the end of my term in office, Accra will be the
Fresh off his East African tour which included multiple stops in Kenya and Tanzania including headlining the esteemed Sauti za Busara Festival on the island of Zanzibar, Rocky Dawuni returns to Africa to headline the HIFA Festival in Harare, Zimbabwe on May 5th, 2017!! This will be Rocky’s first time performing in Zimbabwe as he continues to focus
A female student of the Asante Mampong Nursing and Midwifery Training School in the Ashanti Region has allegedly committed suicide. The deceased is alleged to have drunk a poisonous substance and was rushed to the Mampong Government Hospital by her colleagues on Wednesday, April 19 but was later referred to the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital
Two people believed to be Nkonyas have been shot dead and two others injured in renewed clashes at Nkonya in the Volta Region, hours after the curfew in the area was reviewed. The Kpando divisional Police commander Chief Superintendent Prosper Ahlorgya has confirmed the incident happened around 7 and 8pm on Wednesday, April 19. According
Paga, Ghana’s border town close to Burkina Faso, has been thrown into a state of shock after a proprietor of a filling station pulled out a pistol and lodged a bullet in the head of a pump attendant at a rival filling station. Osman Paregavwa, who is now in police cells, is said to have
President Akuffo Addo has launched “Planting for Food and Jobs” at Goaso in the Asunafo North Municipality of the Brong Ahafo Region. The project is expected to create 750 thousand jobs in the country. President Akuffo Addo speaking at the launch said farmers under the project would receive improved seedlings, fertilizer and extension support. Minister
Three Ghanaians have reportedly died in the past week in Libya with over 500 people more stranded in that country. The Ghanaian immigrants who travelled to seek greener pastures are struggling to cope with the harsh conditions in the war-ravaged North African country. According to reports, the conditions of Ghanaians have worsened due to the
The Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has said the government has saved the country $300 million by reviewing and prioritising some Power Purchase Agreements. According to him, 20 of such agreements have been cancelled, four others have been asked to continue, while the rest would be delayed by two or four years. He noted that
