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The Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel Abdulai Jinapor, has led a government delegation to Obuasi to meet with various stakeholders to find ways to address the issue of illegal mining in the area. The minister’s visit to the mining town comes a week after some illegal miners invaded Anglogold Ashanti Obuasi Mine’s concession and got trapped in the …

The National House of Chiefs says it will soon set guidelines for Chiefs to supervise their engagement with political actors following the Supreme Court judgment declaring as unconstitutional endorsement of political parties and candidates by traditional rulers. President of the National House of Chiefs, Ogyeahoho Yaw Gyebi II, says though they are satisfied with the court’s judgement they will soon …

The Madina Constituency of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Greater Accra Region, has suspended four polling station executives for misconduct, following a disciplinary committee recommendation to the Constituency Executive Committee (CEC) under the chairmanship of Foster Arthur. Strangely, the recommendations of the committee were received on May 20, 2023, and the same day, the NPP, constituency executives took …

The caterers under the School Feeding Programme have rejected the proposed GH¢1.20 increment put forth by the Minister of Gender, Children, and Social Protection, Lariba Zuweira Abudu. According to the caterers, the increase is insufficient and unacceptable. Since the reopening of schools, the caterers have withdrawn their services and are demanding that the government raise the daily amount per child …

Wednesday, October 19, 2021- Operatives of the National Intelligence Bureau (NIB) picked up the morning show host of OnuaTV It was initially unclear why he had been picked up. It later became clear that it was his pronouncement that President Nana Akufo-Addo was complicit in illegal mining activities in Ghana. “President said we are fighting galamsey, we exhausted four hundred …

A Tamale District Court has granted bail to 21 suspects who were arrested in a renewed communal clash in Lukula, a community in the Daboya district of the Savannah Region. On Friday, June 2, police arrested 118 people in connection with a clash believed to stem from land disputes in Lukula. The suspects were taken to the Northern Regional Police …

The deputy ranking member for the Education Committee in Parliament, Dr. Clement Apaak has said Ghanaians must call out President Akufo-Addo’s government for neglecting basic education. His call comes on the back of a request by some head teachers at the basic school level to the Ghana Education Service (GES) for the supply of textbooks for basic schools. The Municipal …

A suspected thief believed to be in his late 40s was allegedly lynched by unknown assailants in Bibiani, the capital of the Bibiani Anhwiaso Bekwai Municipality of the Western North Region in the early hours of Sunday, June 4, 2023. According to an eyewitness, the lifeless body of the man was found between Whenampori and Nantwikumye off the Bibiani-Bekwai road. …

The New Patriotic Party has categorically denied any involvement in the alleged plot to illegally insert the name of an unqualified NPP candidate into the Assin North Voters Register. According to the NPP, it is yet to hold primaries in the Assin North Constituency to select its parliamentary candidate for the upcoming by-election. Therefore, it is unfounded for the NDC …

The Electoral Commission has refuted claims by the National Communications Officer of the NDC, Sammy Gyamfi, alleging collusion between the NPP and the EC to insert the name of an unqualified NPP parliamentary candidate into the Assin North voters’ register. The EC in a statement categorically denied these claims and asserted that it has not received any such request from …