– Minerals Commission By Gifty Arthur The chief executive officer (CEO) of the Minerals Commission has revealed that the former chairman of the defunct Inter-Ministerial Committee on Illegal Mining (IMCIM) abused his powers in launching community mining sites in parts of the country, a development that has become an albatross on the commission. Martin Kweku […]Continue Reading
…After Shambolic Organization A last-minute decision by the organizers of this year’s holy journey to defer airlifting of the last batch of prospective pilgrims from Ghana to Mecca in Saudi Arabia has left hundreds stranded, amidst frustration. The Hajj Board Secretariat, in a short communique issued yesterday, sighted by The Anchor, said, “The last flight […]Continue Reading
Louis Agbogli reportedly went missing after he picked up a female pillion rider on Friday, April 21, from Akatsi to the Kpetoe area in the Volta Region. According to the Akatsi South Municipal Police Commander, Chief Superintendent Isaac Baah, their preliminary investigations revealed that the suspect, Regina Dagba, an 18-year-old girl from Asafotsi-Dagbakope, on April Continue Reading
…As Anya-Sowutuom‘Ey3 zu, Ey3 za’ Boils Over Alleged Extortion A disappointed parliamentary aspirant of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), in the Anya-Sowutuom constituency in the Greater Accra Region, has resorted to the dreaded Nogokpo shrine in the Volta Region to seek justice, after she was hoodwinked to pay some monies to secure her victory. […]Continue Reading
…Reveals Abortion Secret With Sarkodie, DNA Tests With Peter Ala Adjetey’s Kids Award-winning Ghanaian actress, Yvonne Nelson, took over the internet yesterday, Monday, June 19, 2023, following the launch of her maiden book titled, “I am not Yvonne Nelson.” The book, which was launched on Sunday, June 18, at the Peduase Lodge in the Eastern […]Continue Reading
–Apaak, GNAT Weep A deputy ranking member on the Education Committee of Parliament and Member of Parliament (MP) for Builsa South, in the Upper East Region, is worried Ghana’s basic education has declined and at the verge of collapsing due to neglect and inadequate funding. According to Dr. Clement Apaak, even though basic education is […]Continue Reading
– Akufo-Addo President Nana Akufo-Addo has said that Ghana’s recent economic crisis was worsened by the “reckless behaviour” of rating agencies that were downgrading the country’s economy and succeeded in shutting Ghana out of the capital market. He described Ghana’s economic situation as one of the most difficult periods in its post-Independent history, which was […]Continue Reading
-Deputy Minister Advocates A Deputy Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, George Mireku Duker, is advocating that the state converts certain mining towns in the country into model cities, using proceeds from gold and other minerals to make such communities a tourist place. Mr.Duker argues that, towns, such as Tarkwa and Obuasi, which are traditionally […]Continue Reading
…After GNPC Scholarship By Gifty Arthur Stephen Koomson, the brilliant Mpohor Senior High School (SHS) student, who could not further his education to the university because of financial challenges, thus forcing him to go into illegal mining, popularly known as galamsey, has finally gotten support. The brilliant but needy SHS graduate, who earlier spoke […]Continue Reading
…Says ‘Galamsey robs you of your future pensions’ The head of the Public Affairs Department at the Ghana Cocoa Marketing Board (COCOBOD), Stephen Fiifi Boafo, has reiterated the devastating socio-economic consequences that illegal mining (galamsey) is having on the future livelihoods of cocoa farmers in the country. Mr. Boafo said illegal miners are robbing farmers […]Continue Reading