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Galamsey Pit Swallows 7 Miners, 17 Others Remain Trapped

May 16, 2023

Seven people have been confirmed dead after an illegal mining pit in which they were working caved in on them at Korle Teye (Takorso site) in the Birim North District of the Eastern Region. About 17 others, according to reports, are trapped under debris, as time runs out, with locals helping with rescue efforts and […]Continue Reading

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Assin South NDC Candidate Goes Independent

May 16, 2023

A defeated parliamentary aspirant in the just-ended National Democratic Congress(NDC) primaries in the Assin South constituency in the Central Region, has jumped the boat, announcing his decision to contest as an independent candidate in the 2024 general elections. Nicholas Nana Baffoe, who is considered as a doyen of politics, narrowly lost to his main contender, […]Continue Reading

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Mireku Duker Donates To Osu Children’s Home, Tarkwa Prison

May 11, 2023

…To Mark His Birthday   George Mireku Duker, a Deputy Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, has donated assorted items separately to the Osu Children’s Home in Accra and the inmates of the Tarkwa Prisons in the Western Region to mark his birthday anniversary on Tuesday, May 9, 2023. The items, which included bags of […]Continue Reading

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Oda Police Under Pressure To ‘Free’ Chief, Yemeni Galamsey Suspects

May 11, 2023

The police in Akyem Oda in the Eastern Region are said to have come under intense pressure to free four suspects, including a chief, who were arrested for allegedly engaging in illegal mining, notoriously called “galamsey.” Nana Baffour Akyeampem, who is a chief of Asomdwe, and three Yemeni nationals, namely Hussein Ali, Muhammed Omar and […]Continue Reading

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Juju Scare Hits NDC Office

May 11, 2023

The Ablekuma North Constituency office of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) in Accra became the centre of attraction, after a member of the party sneaked in to perform what appears to be spiritual ritual at the party’s premises. The ritual, commonly called “juju” in the local parlance, according to reports, was carried out yesterday […]Continue Reading

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Jospong Group Goes Green

May 9, 2023

Jospong Group of Companies (JGC) has entered into a historic international partnership with ZeroNox Inc., a leading provider of sustainable, off-highway vehicle electrification company, with the formal signing of the Joint Venture (JV) agreement to provide electric vehicles in Ghana. The agreement, which was signed at the ZeroNox headquarters in the USA, aims at advancing Continue Reading

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Former MMDCEs To Picket At Jubilee House

May 9, 2023

The immediate past Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) under the President Akufo-Addo administration are threatening to picket at the Jubilee House, Kanda, Accra, as a sign of frustration over delay in payment of some salary arrears owed them by the state. According to them, the delay in paying benefits due them, which include […]Continue Reading

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80-Year-Old Ex-Education Minister Picks 9th Wife

May 9, 2023

A former Education Minister under the erstwhile President John Agyekum Kufuor administration has, in a colourful ceremony over the weekend, tied the knot with a young and pretty bride. According to media reports, this newly married partner of Professor Dominic Fobih, who is a onetime Member of Parliament (MP) for the Assin South constituency in […]Continue Reading

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Cash-strapped ‘Daily Graphic’ Unable To Pay Salaries

May 8, 2023

There is an uneasy calm at the state-owned Graphic Communications Group of Companies Limited (GCGL), as the company is alleged to be facing some financial challenges and, thus, unable to pay its staff for this April. Even though this April month has long ended, the workers, with the company’s subsidiaries, including the Daily Graphic, Ghana’s […]Continue Reading

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Over 5,000 File Petition Against McDan’s Electrochem

May 8, 2023

More than 5,000 residents of Ada in the Greater Accra Region have filed a petition against salt mining company, Electrochem Ghana Limited (ELG), owned by businessman Daniel NiiMcKorley, popularly called McDan, for supposedly depriving them of their livelihoods. Clad in red attires, the angry residents, including the aged, students and the physically challenged, who have Continue Reading