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President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s war on illegal small-scale mining, popularly termed galamsey, will not lead to his defeat in the 2020 presidential poll, New Crusading Guide editor-in-chief Abdul Malik Kweku Baako has said. Mr Akufo-Addo, while speaking at the opening ceremony of a two-day sensitisation workshop on illegal mining for traditional leaders, said he was prepared to put his ...

The Northern regional chairman of the ruling New Patriotic Party, Daniel Bugri Naabu, says he has asked President Akufo-Addo to sack the Northern regional minister Salifu Saeed and his deputy, Solomon Boar from office. According to him, the two officials are undermining his authority, denigrating presidential appointments and are also corrupt. Mr. Naabu in an angry diatribe said he was ...

Ghanaians had a shocker when news came through that the sitting president, Professor John Evans Atta Mills, had died mid-morning. His party, the National Democratic Congress (NDC), was preparing the tax law expert for a second term in office in December 2012, but that never was. The circumstances surrounding President Mills’ death has continuously been shrouded in secrecy ever since. ...

Some personnel of the Bus Rapid Transit system, operators of the Ayaalolo service, have allegedly been assaulted by persons suspected to be officials of  the Economic and Organized Crime Office (EOCO). A brawl ensued between the officials of the two state agencies Thursday after Marshals of the Ayaalolo service attempted to fine a driver of a Toyota Camry who had ...

The public must desist from making derogatory remarks against parliament, Dr Rashid Draman, the Executive Director of the Africa Centre for Parliamentary Affairs (ACEPA), has cautioned. He advised the populace to “mind your language” and “avoid insults” even when an individual disagrees with any action of parliament. “We have to respect the office, it is just not about those sitting ...

The Ministry of Health is indebted to the tune of GH¢100million, Health Minister Kwaku Agyeman-Manu, has revealed. Speaking on the floor of Parliament on Thursday, the Miniter said the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) has received a total amount of GHS539,853,124.29 since January from the Ministry of Finance, funds that have since been disbursed to NHIA’s numerous creditors — including ...

Five persons are reported dead in a fatal accident which occurred along the Odumase-Assesewa road in the Eastern region . Three of the deceased died on the spot while two others died at the St. Martin De- Porres Hospital at Agomanya, according to an eyewitness. According to the eyewitness Emmanuel Tetteh, the accident occurred Thursday afternoon when a Tipper Truck ...

The Kaneshie Division of the Motor Transport and Traffic Directorate (MTTD) on Thursday impounded 46 motorbikes after a routine swoop at Kaneshie in Accra. According to the Kaneshie Divison MTTD Commander, DSP Elvis Bawa Sadongo, the swoop was part of routine efforts to reduce the rate at which motorbike riders flout traffic regulations in the country. “First and foremost we ...

Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo, who was China’s most prominent human rights and democracy advocate, has died aged 61. The activist had been serving an 11-year prison term for “subversion” and was recently moved to a hospital for treatment for terminal liver cancer. A university professor turned tireless rights campaigner, Mr Liu was branded a criminal by authorities. The Nobel Committee ...

Two suspected robbers who shot and killed a policeman and injured another have been arrested by the police on the Mallam-Kasoa road according to police sources. It is not immediately known if the two are actually those linked to the shooting but police indicate that they are yet to caution them in order to ascertain their true identity and to ...