The Chief and elders of Namoalug have presented a strong petition to government over a “fraudulent” agreement they say has aided the Shaanxi Mining Company Ltd to illegally take over a portion of their land. A chief and some “alleged leaders” of Gbane, a community in the Talensi District, leased the land, which is said to be part of Namoalug, ...

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved the disbursement of US$1 billion to Ghana under the Rapid Credit Facility (RCF) to address the fiscal and balance of payments needs that the country is facing and also improve confidence in the economy. The release of fund was subject to the decision of the Executive Board of IMF. Ken Ofori-Atta, Ghana’s finance ...

Two Nigeriens arrested for flouting COVID-19 lockdown rules have tested positive for the virus, the Ghana Police Service has confirmed. The two foreigners were arrested on Sunday, April 5, by the police in the Accra District, on suspicion of carrying the COVID-19, yet defying the law on imposition on restrictions. The two later tested positive on Friday, April 10 and ...

The U.S. securities regulator on Monday charged a former banker at Goldman Sachs for arranging at least $2.5 million in bribes to be paid to Ghana government officials to gain approval for a client’s power plant project. The Securities and Exchange Commission said Asante Berko, a former employee at a subsidiary of the U.S. lender, arranged the bribes for a ...

A former secretary to the office of the Inspector General of Police Superintendent retired Peter Toobu has expressed concerns over the sharing of food in crowds in the wake of the covid-19 pandemic. “The idea of distributing food both cooked and uncooked by people who do not carry COVID-19 Test Clearance Certificates is worrying. Unconsciously creating crowds in the name ...

It was as though this part of the country had completely forgotten about any risks, or a pending pandemic when they trooped the beach in their numbers to entertain themselves. Residents of Chorkor a suburb of Accra ignored the President’s lockdown directives, to chill at the beach on Easter Sunday, April 12, 2020. Hundreds of people who reside at the ...

Cape Coast, the Central regional capital after recording its first case of COVID-19 last Thursday continues to be in the news for the wrong reasons. It has witnessed a number of protests in the last few days as residents kick against the use of schools in the area as isolation centres in the wake of the deadly coronavirus. When the ...

President Akufo-Addo has extended the restrictions on public gatherings by two more weeks. The President signed the Executive Instrument (EI) extending the duration of the restrictions imposed under EI 64 and EI 65 Sunday. The extension takes effect from Monday April 13, 2020. As announced already, the restrictions imposed on movement of persons in Accra, Tema, Kumasi and Kasoa, under ...

The Municipal Chief Executive for Ayawaso North, Aminu Mohammed Zakari, has confirmed some 31 cases of Coronavirus in the constituency. Citing information he received from a just-ended meeting in a live broadcast Sunday afternoon, he indicated that 10 of the recorded cases are in critical condition. Areas including Newtown, Mamobi and Nima were mentioned as specific areas where the virus has affected. ...

Armed Police Personnel have been deployed to Kwahu Praso in the Kwahu West District of the Eastern Region after rampaging youth in the community and its surrounding villages besieged a Mining Company and setting ablaze to equipment worth millions of Ghana cedis. The rampaging youth set fire into two Tata Hitachi excavators, water pumping machines and other mining equipment. Their ...