The Government has launched the 2023 Green Ghana project but a reduction in the number of trees to be planted this year. The Government is targeting to plant some 10 trees this year as compared to a target of 20 last year. According to Lands and Natural Resources Minister, Samuel Abu Jinapor, several factors accounted for the government’s failure to …
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Inspector Ahmed Twumasi, who allegedly shot dead Victoria Dapaah, also known as Maadwoa in Adum-Kumasi, has confessed to killing her because she owed him GH¢5,000. This was contained in the prosecution document as read in open court on Tuesday, April 25. It was an emotional day at the Asokore Mampong District Court as police needed reinforcement to escort Inspector Ahmed …
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The Sector minister in charge of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development has replied to politicians who have made promises to ban closed Season should they gain power after the 2024 election. Mavis Hawa Koomson while speaking to the media at a stakeholder’s engagement to access the report on the 2022 closed season and the launch of t new 2023 closed season …
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Data from the Public Interest and Accountability Committee (PIAC) shows that Ghana’s total petroleum revenue between 2011 and 2022 amounted to US$8.8 billion, with the year 2022 recording the highest realized petroleum revenues in the Petroleum Holding Fund (PHF). The total petroleum revenue in 2022 is the highest for a single year since petroleum production began in Ghana, with a …
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The Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has expressed “utter disappointment” in former Minister for Science and Technology, Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, for naming him in a damning report on illegal mining popularly known as galamsey. Oppong Nkrumah described the allegations as completely false adding that despite being utterly disappointed by the claims he forgives the former minister. “Over the years, I …
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A leading member of the governing New Patriotic Party, Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko, says he did no wrong in defending a company cited in the bombshell report authored by a former Minister of Science and Technology, Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng. Prof. Frimpong-Boateng in a report accused Mr. Otchere-Darko of interfering in the work of the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Illegal Mining (IMCIM). The …
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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 …
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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. …
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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 …
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