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The Member of Parliament for South Dayi, Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor has petitioned the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) to probe the damning report on galamsey in Ghana authored by Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng. The former Minister of Science, Environment, Technology and Innovation who doubled as the Chairman of the …
Read More »Frimpong-Boateng’s report an obituary of Akufo-Addo’s failed galamsey fight – NDC
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has labelled a report on the activities of the defunct Inter-Ministerial Committee on illegal as “an obituary of President Akufo-Addo’s monumentally failed fight against illegal mining”. The party at a press conference on April 25, chronicled various highlights of the report to support its …
Read More »Tomato traders blame shortages on insurgencies in Burkina Faso
The National Tomato Transporters and Sellers Association have attributed the surge in tomato prices in recent weeks to the current difficulties in importing from conflict-ridden Burkina Faso, which have led to the shortage in the country. According to the Queen Mother of the Greater Accra Tomato Transporters and Sellers Association, …
Read More »Galamsey was bound to flourish under NPP government – NDC
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) says the galamsey report authored by former Minister for Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng vindicates the party’s claim that government was never determined to fight illegal mining. Prof. Frimpong-Boateng who is a former Chairman of the now defunct Inter-Ministerial Committee on Illegal …
Read More »Over 2 million jobs created for the youth – Bawumia
Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has said his government has created over 2 million jobs for the youth in the past six years despite the outbreak of COVID-19 and the Russia-Ukraine war. He added that the 2 million jobs created do not include jobs created by the government under the …
Read More »COCOBOD case: Some State witnesses not willing to testify – AG tells court Godfred Dame Godfred Yeboah Dame
Some witnesses who testified on behalf of the state in the GH¢271 million financial loss case involving the former CEO of the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), Dr Stephen Opuni; businessman Seidu Agongo and his firm, Agricult Ghana Limited, are refusing to mount the witness box again, as the case starts …
Read More »IMF dodges Ghana again as government misses out on board meetings for April 2023
The Government of Ghana did not feature in the schedule of meetings for the Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for the rest of April 2023. This comes after the government missed an initial March 2023 deadline to present Ghana’s $3 billion bailout programme to the IMF board announced …
Read More »Former Nkwanta MP sold me the concession – Man whose mining equipment were burnt
A man who identified himself as Agya Owusu has come out to say that a mining concession he owned which turn out to be an illegal mining site was sold to him by the former Member of Parliament for Nkwanta, Joseph Albert Quarm. According to Agya Owusu, soldiers came to …
Read More »Man who defiled epileptic girl jailed for 40 years
A Kibera court has jailed a man accused of defiling and impregnating an epileptic girl aged 17 years to 40 years in jail. MN will serve 25 years in jail for defilement and serve 15 years for the count of touching the said minor indecently. The jail terms will run …
Read More »Kumasi Killer Cop Reveals Why He Killed Side Chic
Inspector Ahmed Twumasi, the policeman arrested in connection with the alleged shooting to death of Victoria Dapaah, affectionately called Maa Adwoa at Adum in Kumasi, the Ashanti Regional capital has supposedly confessed to killing of his girlfriend (side chic) He revealed that he released the five bullets into the mother …
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