Former President Jerry John Rawlings has declared his extraordinary interest in environmental protection and contribute towards safeguarding it for the next generation. The high incidence of “galamsey” or illegal mining in recent times, have been on several discussions and heated debates for some time now and has perplexed the minds of the general public in Ghana. Though ‘galamsey’ affects many ...

Three persons have sustained injuries at Pokuase Amanfrom in Accra as land guards clash with residents in a land dispute. One Mohammed Dani Baba is being accused of busing land guards to the town with some excavators to demolish buildings on a land he claims belongs to him. The locals have vowed to stop the intended demolition which has generated ...

Government has appointed Fidelity and Standard Chartered banks as lead managers for the issuance of the Energy Sector Levy Act (ESLA) bond. The two banks are expected to raise GHS10 billion. They were selected after evaluating 10 proposals received in response to the Request for Proposals. As part of their duties, the banks are expected to work closely with members ...

Police have warned they may never be able to identify all of the people who died in the fire that engulfed a west London block of flats. Emergency services are to spend a third day searching for bodies in the burnt-out Grenfell Tower in North Kensington. Seventeen people are known to have died but that figure is set to rise, ...

The just ended Basic Education Certificate Examinations (BECE) brings me a lot of fond memories. For me, like most people of my age, the examinations marked the end of a chapter. I remember the late night studies. I remember the revision classes. I remember the group discussions. I remember the anxiety and uncertainty that underlay the preparations for the exam. ...

Corrupt appointees under erstwhile National Democratic Congress (NDC) government are paying bribes to some journalists in the country to twist publications to conceal alleged shady deals under their tenure and make it look like the current government is witch-hunting them. “They are reportedly paying monies to some journalists to twist publication that they are being witch-hunted by this new government” ...

Tim Greene, a South African film director, is angry with Kofi Asamoah (Kofas), director of the popular Ghanaian movie ‘John & John’ for copying his movie ‘SKEEM’. Tim, Creative Director at Quizzical Pictures, is not pleased that ‘John & John’ is a clear copy of his movie which was released in 2011. Shortly after Kofas premiered the movie of during the Easter ...

Political Science Lecturer at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Technology (KNUST) Mohammed Abass, has stated powers affirmed by Supreme Court for Auditor General to retrieve monies wrongfully paid to private companies by the state is panacea to corruption in the country. “The ruling as much as it is good I do not think it will be a solution or that ...

The Chief Executive of Ghana’s Minerals Commission has advised African Banks and Finance institutions to get involved in the provision of capital to local mining entrepreneurs to ensure an optimized benefit of mining to Africans. Dr. Toni Aubynn gave the advice in Abuja, while speaking as a panelist at the just ended Nigerian Mining Summit held on 13-15 June 2017. ...

Cheick Tiote’s body has been flown back to Ivory Coast where a private funeral for the Beijing Enterprises midfielder will take place. Tiote, 30, who was a member of the Elephants squad that won the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations, collapsed and died during a training session with his Chinese club last week. On Tuesday there was a memorial service ...