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The Convener of the Media Coalition Against Illegal Mining, Dr. Kenneth Ashigbey is calling on the Office of the Special Prosecutor and other statutory investigative bodies to probe the claims made by the former Chairman of the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Illegal Mining (IMCIM), Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng. In a bombshell report authored Prof. Frimpong-Boateng on the request of the Chief of …

The NDC in a recent statement revealed that it disagreed with the Ghana Police on some issues during their recent meeting with the leadership of the Police and that of the NPP party. According to the NDC, Bryan Acheampong’s comments and likewise, that of the NPP not handing power to the NDC come 2025 did not pass the criminality test. …

The Minister of Energy, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, has disclosed that some $2.5 million worth of crude condensate has gone missing at the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR). The Minister explains that his outfit secured a deal for the company in the premix sector but $2.5 million has been lost and left unaccounted for.   “I gave TOR a new business opportunity …

Former Minister of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, Prof Kwabena Frimpong Boateng has named some top government officials as being engaged in the illegal mining canker, popularly known as ‘galamsey’.  The renowned professor who served under President Akufo-Addo during his first term insisted that the rot goes as high as the government seat, Jubilee House. In the said document of …

A report on the state of the Ghanaian media has revealed that the media is not financially viable with the majority of journalists poorly paid. The report compiled by the Communications Department of the University of Ghana and the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) also disclosed that the Ghanaian media industry is too heavily plagued by saturation, the cost …

The Managing Director of the Electricity Company of Ghana, Samuel Dubik Mahama has refuted suggestions that the revenue mobilisation exercise is one of several conditionalities from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). A section of the public has suggested that the exercise is one of the conditions by the IMF to help Ghana meet the requirement for a $3 billion bailout. …

The Headmaster of the Ghana Senior High School, Doughlas Haruna Yakubu, has described a viral video in which some students are seen sleeping in supposed toilet cubicles as mischievous and a deliberate misrepresentation of facts. Mr Yakubu believes that the viral videos were staged and dramatised by the journalist to dent the image of the school. He added that the …