By Gifty Arthur The New Patriotic Party (NPP) presidential candidate, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, appears to be making inroads in the strongholds of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC). The NDC flagbearer, John Dramani Mahama, is on record to have expressed concern about this development during his first campaign tour of the Volta Region in August. […]Continue Reading
…Raise Concern For Urgent Gov’t Business The New Patriotic Party (NPP) Caucus in Parliament, has requested the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, for an emergency recall of the House. The move, comes barely 24hours after the Speaker on Tuesday, October 22, adjourned sitting indefinitely, following a stay of execution directive served on him from the […]Continue Reading
The third edition of ‘Duker Teachers’ Award’, instituted in the year 2022, by the Member of Parliament (MP) for Tarkwa Nsuaem Constituency, in the Western Region, George Mireku Duker, is slated for this Friday, October 25, 2024. The laudable initiative, which is an annual event meant to reward hardworking and dedicated teachers and health workers […]Continue Reading
An influential businessman, Field Marshall, has thrown a challenge to the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) to practice what they preach, by putting the party’s 24-hour economy campaign promise into action, if indeed the policy is doable. Marshall, wants the NDC’s presidential candidate, John Dramani Mahama and the party’s parliamentary candidates, to validate Continue Reading
The Deputy Minister for the Lands and Natural Resources, George Mireku Duker, has tasked management of Minerals Income Investment Fund (MIIF) to partner National Security Ministry, Lands, as well as Finance Ministries to develop a strong system to track and halt gold smuggling. Mr Duker, who was a former Board Chairman of MIIF, wants the […]Continue Reading
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Minerals and Income Investment Fund (MIIF), Edward Nana Yaw Koranteng, has disclosed the Fund is anticipated to reap about $6 billion dollars in royalties in the next 10 years. The figure, represents moderate version of initial $10 billion projection as a result of some significant initiatives and investments […]Continue Reading
Some members of Small-Scale Miners Association, have threatened to vote against the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the December polls, for pushing calls to impose total ban on legal and responsible small-scale mining. According to the miners, the demand from the NDC stalwarts on the raging debate is unfair and must not go unpunished, […]Continue Reading
Barely two months to the presidential and parliamentary elections, the leadership of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), has issued a directive, mandating all its parliamentary candidates to spend a “minimum of four days per week” in their respective constituencies. The party, also wants the regional campaign teams to send weekly reports to the national Continue Reading
Nana Nteboa Pra IV, the Divisional Chief of Prestea-Himan Traditional Area in the Prestea Huni Valley Municipality of the Western Region, has praised Justice Maxwell Acquah, General Manager of Prestea Sankofa Gold Limited, a fully owned Ghanaian gold mining company for being a visionary leader. According to the traditional ruler, Mr Acquah, affectionately called ‘Chairman Continue Reading
The United Nations (UN), has waded into the on-going illegal mining discussions, calling on Ghana to work together to eradicate the canker, which is causing devastation to water bodies and forest reserves. It comes in the wake of ongoing protests against illegal mining, commonly known as galamsey and calls by the Organized Labour to ban […]Continue Reading