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An illegal miner has been shot dead by the anti-galamsey taskforce at Wawase in the Ashanti region after an exchange with the taskforce. According to the Public Relations Officer of the taskforce, Major Gariba Pabi, the deceased, together with some illegal miners pelted stones and fired at the taskforce known as Operations Vanguard over their removal from the site. “We ...

The UK High Commission to Ghana has denied media reports making rounds that it has issued fresh terror alert to its citizens in Ghana. According to the Minority National Democratic Congress (NDC) in Parliament, the governments of UK, Canada and the US have warned their citizens of potential attacks at malls highly patronized by Westerners. That has prompted the government ...

Embattled businessman Alfred Agbesi Woyome is celebrating progress of his suit he filed at the African Court in Tanzania against the government of Ghana on the controversial matter of the Gh¢51.2million, he owes the state. In a statement, the businessman announced the court in Arusha in Tanzania, which Ghana is a signatory to, has established, the government has a case ...

Former Member of Parliament for Ellembele, Samia Yaaba Nkrumah has said President Akufo-Addo and his government can never change the history of Ghana’s political struggles by attempting to discount her father’s contribution. According to Samia Nkrumah who is also a former National Chairman of the Convention People’s Party, her father’s contribution to the struggles for independence is significant and ”no ...

Chaos has erupted at Tamale after Police clashed with some NDC youth of Moshie Zongo after the youth attempted to resist a court-backed eviction exercise Friday. The clash, amidst gunshots, occurred when a team of 40 armed police personnel stormed the area to evict the party men who had erected a structure on a plot of land belonging to another ...

The West Africa Centre for Security and Counter-Extremism (WACCE) has warned that Ghana is not cloistered from terrorism attacks. The Centre’s warning comes in the wake of terror alerts issued by the United Kingdom and Canada to their citizens residing in Ghana. The Canadian Embassy in its security alert said “there is a threat of terrorism. Terrorist targets could include ...

The government is only being proactive by engaging the United States government before the treaty for the hosting two Guantanamo Bay detainees which runs out in January 2018, according to the Vice Chairman of Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee, Kweku Ampratwum Saropng. The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration Shirley Ayorkor Botchway on Tuesday informed Parliament, her Ministry and other ...

Tension is mounting within the Ghana Police Service, as to who replaces the Inspector General of Police (IGP), David Asante-Apeatu, who is expected to proceed on retirement in eleven days from today, having attained the mandatory retiring age of 60. On August 15, 2017, the ballistic and forensic expert leaves office as the 28th person to hold the position of ...

Activist and National Youth Organizer aspirant of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) Kwame Baffoe aka Abronye DC has vowed to marshal all he can to resist the implementation of the controversial towing levy, even if it will cost him his membership of the NPP. According to him, it’s unintelligible that the NPP will want to implement such an unpopular ...

President Nana Akufo-Addo is at the Saltpond Methodist Church for a Memorial Service to mark the 70th anniversary of the founding of the United Gold Coast Convention (UGCC). This is the first time a sitting president has visited the town, where the UGCC was founded to mark the anniversary. The President was joined by leading members and the party faithful ...