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The Member of Parliament (MP) for Tarkwa-Nsuaem, Mireku Duker has disputed claims by some workers of mining firm, Goldfields Ghana Limited that he has an interest in the company. A protest by the workers of Goldfields Tarkwa mines in the Western Region turned bloody after they clashed with a team of military personnel there. At least seven workers are in ...

Firebrand Member of Parliament (MP) for Assin Central in the Central Region, Kennedy Ohene Agyapong, wants officials of the Narcotics Control Board (NACOB) to be sacked by the government. He alleged that NACOB officials at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) are being ‘controlled’ by elements that have sinister motives against the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government and as a result, ...

Two people who attempted to traffic 47 Ghanaians to Conakry in Guinea have been remanded to prison custody by a Circuit Court in Takoradi. The two, Tanihu Azumah Donnick and Andrews Alimo Yorgakor, all aged 35 were arraigned on three counts of conspiracy to commit crime, human trafficking and preparing to operate small-scale mining without licence. They pleaded not guilty ...

For over 13 years and counting, Nestlé Milo, through the President’s Independence Day Awards, has continuously promoted Academic Excellence by recognizing and rewarding hundreds of brilliant candidates for their performances in the Basic Education Certificate Examination as well as other curricular activities. As a brand that believes in diversity and inclusion, Nestlé in partnership with the Ministry of Education have ...

The Northern Regional Director of Education, Mohammed Haroon Cambodia has confirmed government will be paying a staggering GHC400,000 as judgment debt to a private citizen in order to stop the auctioning of vehicles belonging to the Ghana Senior High School in Tamale. Government is offering the bailout following a chronic transport difficulty that has hit the school for the last ...

President Akufo-Addo is back in Accra after attending the International Solar Alliance, ISA,Summit in New Dehli, India.The Summit which was attended by 25 Heads of States and Government provided a dedicated platform for co-operation amongst solar resource rich countries, aimed at realising “the common goals of increasing the use of solar energy in meeting the energy needs of ISA member ...

Students of the Academy of Christ the King Senior High School in the Central regional capital Cape Coast on Monday protested over encroachment of their lands by some developers in the area. The encroachment, they explain has left the school with little land for development as a lot of lessons in the school have to take place in the open ...

An Accra Labour Court has ruled that ten staff of the Youth Employment Agency (YEA) whose contracts were declared null and void by management in 2012 were dismissed unfairly. The court presided over by Justice Laurenda Owusu on Monday ordered the YEA to pay the plaintiffs’ salaries from November 2012 to August 2014. The Agency has also been ordered to ...

The Minority in Parliament has called for a full scale investigation regarding the sale of some 1.8 million barrels of crude oil at a discount, leading to the loss of GH¢23 million in revenue to the state. According to the Chamber of Petroleum Consumers (COPEC), the amount was lost from a transaction the Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation Company (BOST) ...

The controversy surrounding the Komenda Sugar Factory seems not to be ending soon as the Central Regional Minister, Mr. Kwamena Duncan, has cast further doubt on the readiness of the factory to resume full operations. According to Mr. Duncan, the necessary resources needed to support production at the factory are not available. The comment means that Ghanaians would have to ...