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You Can’t Stop Akonta, But Spare Okoben Mining

February 27, 2023

There is growing tension among residents, particularly the youth, in the Gwira traditional area of the Western Region over the seeming failure on the part of the authorities to halt alleged illegal mining by Okoben Mining Ltd, a local small-scale mining company operating in the area. According to the youth, they are disappointed that after […]Continue Reading

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Fight Against Irresponsible Mining Yielding Results

February 27, 2023

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

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Mahama Picks Forms For ‘Round 3’

February 27, 2023

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

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NDC’s Plot For Akufo-Addo’s Men In 2025 Out

February 16, 2023

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

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NPP Forces Sabotaging My Work

February 14, 2023

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

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NPP ‘Opposition’ Bigwigs Joining Alan Campaign

February 13, 2023

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

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Ghana’s Hub of Oil, Gold & Cocoa Denied Cabinet Portfolio Again

February 9, 2023

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

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AMA Taskforce Unleashes Violence On Traders

February 9, 2023

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

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NPP Flagbearer Race Hots Up As 10 Declare Bids

February 7, 2023

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

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Tuna Shortage Hits Tema

February 7, 2023

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