An Accra High Court presided over by Justice Comfort Tasiame, has granted bail to Ama Governor and eight other individuals involved in recent anti-galamsey protests, setting the bail at GH¢70,000 and requiring two sureties for each defendant. The remaining individuals are Emmanuel Gyan, Emmanuel Kwabena Addo, Ziblim Yakubu, Oheneba Prempeh, Philip Owusu Kwabena, Akisibik Desmond, Von Coffie, and Sadik Yakubu. ...

A task force from the National Association of Small Scale Miners has conducted a major operation on the River Tano in Asankragua and surrounding areas of the Amenfi West District. The exercise took place on Wednesday, September 25, 2024, targeting illegal mining (galamsey) activities. During the raid, the task force seized various equipment used by the illegal miners. However, upon ...

The Ghana Prisons Service has confirmed the death of Lance Corporal Gideon Adu Boakye, a Prisons officer stationed at Nsawam Medium Security Prison. The officer is alleged to have been brutally lynched by an unknown mob in Kasoa Iron City on Sunday, 29 September 2024. According to a statement issued Sunday, 6 October 2024, the officer, who had sought permission ...

Gospel musician Sonnie Badu has waded in the conversation regarding the construction of the controversial National Cathedral. In a recent interview with Takoradi-based Empire FM, he told ShowBiz Today host Feeling Daddy that, what may have caused the debate about the propriety or otherwise of the cathedral is the fact that it is a vow made to God by one ...

In a powerful demonstration of public sentiment, conveners of the three-day anti-galamsey protests have issued a seven-day ultimatum to the government, demanding an immediate ban on mining activities in forest reserves and water bodies. Failure to act will prompt the conveners to organize a week-long nationwide protest, aimed at escalating pressure on the authorities. Day One: The March Begins The ...

New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament for Abuakwa South, Samuel Atta Akyea, has downplayed recent prophecies made by Rev. Isaac Owusu Bempah, head pastor of the Glorious Word Power Ministries International, regarding the upcoming December 7 elections. According to Atta Akyea, these predictions should be viewed as mere human projections rather than divine certainty. On October 1, Rev. Owusu ...

The Chief Justice Gertrude Araba Esaaba Torkornoo has debunked assertions that the courts are solely responsible for the delays in the prosecution of accused persons in illegal mining cases. In an address on Wednesday, October 2, at the annual conference of Judges and Magistrates in Accra, the Attorney General, Godfred Yeboah Dame while laying the blame at the doors of ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has thrown his full support behind the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) flagbearer, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, calling on Ghanaians to back his bid in the 2024 presidential elections. During a visit to the Upper West Region, where he addressed chiefs and opinion leaders in Wa, President Akufo-Addo praised Dr. Bawumia for his loyalty, competence, and dedication ...

The Director of Intelligence Analysis at the Ministry of National Security, Dr Victoria Sam, says measures are far advanced to effectively deal with the illegal mining menace in the country. She acknowledged that illegal mining (galamsey) was one of the major issues crippling the Ghanaian mining industry. In a speech delivered at the opening ceremony of the 4th West Africa ...

The Office of the Presidency has revealed the whereabouts of the Secretary to President Nana Akufo-Addo, Nana Bediatuo Asante. An October 2 statement from the presidency, issued by the Director of Communications, Eugene Arhin, said Mr Bediatuo Asante was “admitted to hospital” in the United States following an undisclosed illness. The statement, also, assured the diplomat was “currently in stable condition ...