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A former associate of deported Chinese illegal miner has opened the lid on ‘galamsey queen’ who, puffed up by a colluding horde of security officials, unleashed a reign of terror. The eye-opener, Christian Addo Kuffuor told Joy FM’s Super Morning Show Thursday, he witnessed Aisha Huang pull out a gun and without flinching, load bullets into a Ghanaian, killing him ...

The Minority in Parliament has raised alarm that Ghana could lose a staggering $7 billion in the latest oil discovery by Hess/Aker petroleum. According to the minority, the discovery which is estimated to be around $30 billion in today’s crude oil price, cannot be deemed to be part of the expired exploration agreement signed between Ghana and Aker petroleum. “The ...

The Teachers and Educational Workers Union (TEWU) has warned it will declare strike if their concerns before government are not addressed by next month. “It is the expectation of TEWU that by the close of next month, the government and its agencies, particularly the GES, National Council for Tertiary Education (NCTE), the Ministry of Employment and Labour Relations, the Ministry ...

THE 2016 population census, according to the World Bank, indicates that women form about 50.2% of Ghana’s total population, making them the majority. However, the census revealed that women are sometimes the most disadvantaged in some instances and are only considered passive in those instances. For instance, in land issues, their voices are either silent or low. Women are mostly ...

Madam Comfort Arhin, mother of one of the Takoradi Kidnapped girls, Ruthlove Quayson, has complained bitterly about the unsympathetic attitude of the Western regional Police following the kidnap of their children. She claims, the ill-disposed attitude of the Police is causing her more trauma indicating she panics calling for updates from the Police in relation to the whereabouts of the ...

Former President John Mahama has described as untrue claims by Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia that he is opposed to government’s Free SHS policy. He accused Dr. Bawumia of deliberately trying to court public disaffection for him in relation to the free SHS policy. In a statement, Mr. Mahama’s office said: “We have noted yet another propaganda churned out by Vice ...

The National Coordinator of the One district One factory (ID-IF) Secretariat Gifty Ohene Konadu has visited the premises of Hocen Industrial Company at Asuboi in the Eastern region to commiserate with the management and staff over the recent robbery attack on the company. The visit is to also enable the coordinator gather first-hand information on the attack which led to ...

A rather tragic way to die; being killed by the bullet of a friend while checking it out. This was the unfortunate end of rookie Bronx cop, Frederick Afoakwah who died Sunday after a gun which had been set by his friend who he was playing games with, accidentally went off and ended his life. Frederick Afoakwah who hails from ...

On March 7 this year, the Minister of Finance, Mr Ken Ofori-Atta, and the Governor of the Bank of Ghana (BoG), Dr Ernest Addison, officially communicated Ghana’s intention to exit from the extended credit facility (ECF) programme with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in April 2019. The letter was addressed to the Managing Director of IMF, Ms Christine Lagarde. It ...

Three female students of St. Stephen’s Presbyterian Senior High School (STEPSS) at Asiakwa in the East Akyem Municipality of the Eastern region sustained minor injuries in a heavy rainstorm disaster which ripped off the girls dormitory. The injured students were yet to be sent to the hospital Wednesday Morning. Also affected in the rainstorm disaster that hit the school Tuesday ...