I applaud the outcry and the passion being displayed by the Ghanaian media and the populace regarding the problems associated with illegal mining. I, however, have some deep concerns about the approach with which we want to deal with the problem. In my humble opinion, the prescribed treatment we have assigned to this canker is not lacking some element of ...

Some 15 senior officers of the Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), who were recently arrested, are allegedly responsible for the loss of GH¢1.2 billion in revenue, according to a hint dropped by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. According to him, the revelation emanated from the efforts his government is making to block revenue leakages at the country’s ...

Barely a year after he attempted to take his own life, Tiwa Savage’s estranged husband, Tee Billz, has opened up on the ugly incident, blaming his breakdown on the “loss of his mind.” Speaking in a recent interview with Linda Ikeji TV, Tee Billz revealed that before the supposed suicide attempt, he realised that something was wrong with him as ...

Parliament is expected to reconvene today, Tuesday May 30,2017 for the second meeting of the first session of the seventh parliament after rising for the Easter celebration. The commencement of the meeting is at the instance of the Speaker, Professor Aaron Mike Oquaye after the House went on a break for the Easter festivities. Among the major issues this session ...

Scores of armed military personnel have been deployed to Denkyira-Obuasi in the Central Region as they mount a search for residents said to have lynched the Captain in charge of the area. Thirty-Five (35) Men and Two Officers have been dispatched to the community where the incident took place, Defence Minister, Dominic Nitiwul told Kojo Yankson on the Super Morning Show, ...

A federal air marshal said a man jumped off of a plane waiting to take off of from Charlotte, N.C., on Thursday after biting a flight attendant. Twenty-two-year-old Tun Sein was on an American Airlines flight from Charlotte to New Bern, N.C., when he stood up after the flight had left the gate. Sein ignored a flight attendant, then bit ...

The Chiefs in the Edina Traditional Area in the Komenda-Edina-Eguafo-Abirem municipality have bemoaned the high rate of illegal fishing activities in the area. The use of unauthorised fishing methods such as Carbide, DDT, dynamite, formalin among others according to the chiefs are not only harmful to human life but that of aquatic life as well. The fishing industry, according to ...

A deputy communications officer of the National Democratic Congress at Tema West, Mr. Eric Arthur, has advised Ghanaians especially media practitioners to move away from the one-sided posture of always tagging politicians as corrupt on air. His comment were meant to react to Captain Smart’s three-month ultimatum to the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) to prosecute persons found guilty ...

A soldier has been killed at Diaso in the Upper Denkyira West district of the Central region. The officer whose name has been given us Captain Maxwell Mahama was lynched by residents on suspicion of being an armed robber. The late Captain Maxwell Mahama was a military officer with the 5th Infantry Batallion (5BN) at Burma Camp in Accra but ...

Five months after risking his life and career to assist Nana Akufo-Addo achieve his childhood dream of becoming President; some powerful forces within the governing New Patriotic Party have stepped up plans to prevent Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia’s growing influence in the running of state affairs. The aL-hAJJ has gathered that, Dr Bawumia, who until last year elections was NPP’s ...