The anti-illegal mining taskforce has seized and destroyed several mining equipment from some communities in the Ashanti region. The taskforce set up by the Ghana Association of Small Scale Miners stormed some mining communities in Achiase in the Atwima Mponua District in the Ashanti region to clamp down on the activities of illegal miners. Speaking to Ultimate News’ Barima Kwabena ...

Despite getting massive attention for his music, with some awards to his credit, gospel musician S.P. Kofi Sarpong says policing is his first love and would always choose it over music if need be. According to him, though he is all over the place with his music, being a police officer is his priority since the appropriate atmosphere would not ...

Arsenal have confirmed the arrival of Bosnian defender Sead Kolasinac from Bundesliga side Schalke on a free transfer. The 23-year-old had seen his contract at Schalke run down and he had been heavily linked with a move to the Gunners. On Tuesday morning the club’s Twitter account tweeted out a list of ten players signed by Arsene Wenger that spelt ...

Petroleum receipts report for January to March this year released by the Finance Ministry revealed that government has realised $94 million from crude exports for the first quarter of this year. The funds came from crude exported by the Ghana group as well as royalty payments from other partners on the Jubilee and Tweneboa Enyera Ntomme (TEN) oil fields. The ...

The sudden death of Ivory Coast midfielder Cheik Tiote on Monday increased the number of high-profile African players who have collapsed and died while playing football, almost all of them suffering a form of cardiac arrest. There has been no official confirmation of the cause of the former Newcastle United player’s fatal collapse while training with his Beijing Enterprises club ...

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong has accused his party of not being ‘tolerant’. According to him, if the party was tolerant, it would have taken his criticisms in good faith instead of threatening him. Kennedy Ohene Agyapong has warned that the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to be careful of how it handles ...

The Ghana Education Service (GES) is unaware that at least 200 candidates sitting for this year’s Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) failed to sit for the exams on Monday, the PRO of the Service has stated. The candidates from four communities at Bindi South in the Bunpkurugu-Yunyoo District of the Northern region failed to sit the exams Monday June 5, ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has challenged African governments not to rely on the World Bank and other institutions to decide on the choices they have to make concerning policies and the funding of education on the continent. “We should not get into arguments with foreign agencies about our priorities. We must set our own priorities and we must accept ...

The lyrics in Dedication, the latest single by Edem, frowns on cheating in marriage and relationships and that has raised the issue of whether he has ever cheated on his wife. The rapper says no. According to him, he had never thought of it though he had faced temptation at certain times. “I have never thought of cheating on my ...

The Leader and Founder of the All People’s Congress (APR), Mr Hassan Ayariga, has asked President Akufo-Addo to concentrate his efforts first on strengthening security at home. “Instead of traveling outside the country, the President as commander in chief ought to concentrate his efforts first on strengthening security at home,” he stated. Sharing his thoughts on the governance process and ...