The relentless national campaign against illegal mining, otherwise called “galamsey,” is yielding some positive results, as the quality of some water bodies along certain mining communities is beginning to improve. The Anchor has observed that, some areas of the Ankobra River, which was heavily polluted some months ago as a result of the activities of […]Continue Reading
Former President John Dramani Mahama has picked nomination forms to contest in the flagbearer race of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), slated for May, this year. It is the third time in a row, Mr. Mahama, 64, will be seeking to lead the party in a general election, after he tried it the first […]Continue Reading
An aide to former President John Dramani Mahama and private legal practitionerhas given a preview of what is expected to happen to perceived corrupt appointees of the President Akufo-Addo administration, in the event that Mr. Mahama returns to power again after the 2024 elections. According to Godwin Edudzi Tamakloe, who is also a member of […]Continue Reading
The Greater Accra Regional Minister, Henry Quartey, has for the first time given reasons for his recent silence in the news, saying that there are people within his own party, the New Patriotic Party (NPP), who are sabotaging and thwarting his work, because he is becoming “too powerful.” Though he failed to mention names, hesaid […]Continue Reading
The ongoing campaign of the former Trade and Industry minister, John Alan Kwadwo Kyeremanten, ahead of the New Patriotic Party (NPP’s) flagbearer race, is attracting many bigwigs of the party. Even though 10 aspirants have,so far, declared their intention to contest theslot, though the party is yet to set a date, Mr.Kyeremanten’s camp appears to […]Continue Reading
The final hope of the Western Region, which is considered as Ghana’s hub of oil, gold, manganese, cocoa, timber and other commodities, to have a representation atCabinet under thelast stage of President Nana Akufo-Addo’s second term administration, has been shattered, after the latest ministerial appointments. The Anchor is informed that the exclusion of the region […]Continue Reading
Ghanaians are enraged over the inhumane and unprofessional manner the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) taskforce is handling an ongoing exercise at the Agbogbloshie Market to ward off traders who have displayed their foodstuff on pavements and streets in the city, as part of its sanitation campaign. What would have been a smooth exercise has turned […]Continue Reading
It appears the decision by the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to accommodate a high number of aspirants for the party’s presidential primary in 2008,which largely cost the party’s defeat in the general elections, is about to repeat itself. The chairman of the party’s Council of Elders, Hackman Owusu-Agyemang, in a recentinterview, admitted that the decision […]Continue Reading
There is a shortage of tuna on the market one month into the three months’ closed season for tuna vessels, the Ghana News Agency (GNA) has reported. Mr. Frank Aihoon, President of the Ghana Tuna Association (GTA), told the GNA in an interview in Tema that there was a closed season for the Tuna vessels […]Continue Reading
Kenney Mantey Ampofo, a police inspector with the Sampa District Police Command in the Bono Region, has been interdicted by the police administration. The officer’s interdiction happened, after he reportedly handcuffed his victim, who owed him a GH₵2 debt,without taking him through the necessary process. Frank Kofi Adu could not pay in full a GH₵4 […]Continue Reading