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About 60 per cent of Ghana’s water bodies are polluted, with many in critical condition, the Water Resources Commission (WRC) has said. Mr. Ben Ampomah, Executive Secretary of the Commission at a workshop in Ho, said the polluted water bodies were mostly in the south-western parts of the country, where illegal mining activities (galamsey) were widespread. He was addressing a ...

Tension has engulfed the Kwame Nkrumah Circle in Accra as angry traders clash with officials of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly and police. It is unclear what triggered the chaos but Starr News’ Peter Owusu who is at the scene reports that the Police are firing warning shots to disperse the mob. Reports however suggest a trader has been brutally beaten ...

Samuel Kwasi Kyei Darkwah, the Akwatia branch manager of GN Bank Ghana Limited, has appeared before an Accra circuit court for allegedly stealing over GH¢2 million belonging to the bank. The accused is in the dock alongside one Selassie Awudi Solomon, a real estate developer. The two, according to the prosecutor, ASP Stephen K. Adjei, conspired with one Kenneth Obina, ...

John Dramani Mahama, immediate past president of Ghana has slammed what he says is a humiliating tag of corruption on African countries. According to him, corruption was a global cancer that required a concerted effort to fight. Mahama spoke exclusively to Africanews on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum on Africa held in Durban, South Africa. ‘‘I reject that ...

Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, Asantehene, has rallied the clergy to use the pulpit to shine a spotlight on issues relating to the environment to arouse public consciousness of the dire consequences of the destructive activities of illegal miners and loggers. He said the church could not remain indifferent to the massive degradation of the natural vegetation and pollution of water ...

The Electoral Commissioner Charlotte Osei has welcomed the selection of Justice Sophia Akuffo as Ghana’s next Chief Justice. Ms. Akuffo was outdoored by President Akufo-Addo at the Flagstaff House Friday. she takes over from her ladyship Georgina Theodora Wood who retires in June. She will be the 13th person at the post and first to be handed over by another ...

The Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Charlotte Osei, has hailed the decision by President Akufo-Addo to appoint another woman for the position of Chief Justice. The President on Friday announced Justice Sophia Akuffo as the successor to Madam Georgina Theodora Wood, who will be retiring in June. Speaking at a SHE Summit held in Accra, the EC Chairperson urged all ...

Alhaji Naziru Mohammed of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Communications Team has stated that the allegations of corruption made against Bugri Naabu would live with him forever. In his words, the Northern Regional Chairman of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) would always be associated with bribery and corruption if he does not take steps to clear himself. “…Bugri Naabu’s ...

The timely intervention of the Adeiso police saved Nana Addae Obuobi, the Upper West Akyem Constituency Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Eastern Region, from being lynched. He was nearly sent to the great beyond by some youth over the confirmation of President Akufo-Addo’s nominee for the district chief executive position, Eugene Sackey. The agitated youth accused ...

The Electoral Commissioner of Ghana (EC) Madam Charlotte Osei has sent a warm congratulatory message to the newly nominated Chief Justice, Ms.Justice Sophia Akuffo. Ms. Akuffo who was outdoored on Friday at the presidency by the President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, takes over from her Ladyship Georgina Theodora Wood. Her Ladyship Theodora retires in June, 2017. Madam Charlotte prayed God ...