High gold prices, poverty drive galamsey surge – Forestry Commission Board Chair
The Board Chairman of the Forestry Commission, Professor Martin Oteng-Ababio, has attributed the surge in illegal mining activities, popularly known as galamsey, to soaring global gold prices and worsening rural poverty.…
NAIMOS raids notorious ‘Gangway’ hideout at Aboso; arrests illegal Miners
The National Anti-Illegal Mining Operations Secretariat (NAIMOS) has dismantled a notorious galamsey hideout at Aboso in the Western Region, popularly known as ‘Gangway’. The hideout, long known as a haven for…
LEG Submits inputs for Amendment of Minerals and Mining Act
Livelihood and Environment Ghana (LEG), an environmental and human rights NGO, has submitted its inputs to the Minerals Commission (MinCom) as part of ongoing efforts to amend the Minerals and…
Chairman Wontumi, two others charged over illegal mining activities
The Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi Bosiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, has been charged alongside two others in connection with illegal mining activities…
Govt approves GHC5 daily feeding for inmates – Prisons DG
The Director-General of Prisons Service, Mrs. Patience Baffoe-Bonnie (ESQ), has disclosed that the Mahama government has approved an upward adjustment of GHC5 per inmate daily, though the funds are yet to…
Boakye Agyarko declares intent to contest NPP National Chairmanship
Former Energy Minister Boakye Kyeremateng Agyarko has officially declared his intention to contest for the position of National Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP). In a press statement released…
US visa restriction on Ghana reversed — Foreign Affairs Minister
Mr Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, the Minister of Foreign Affairs has announced that the United States has reversed the visa restriction it imposed on Ghana. “Big win for Ghana! Ghanaians can…
Nungua residents turn to seawater amid month-long shortage
Residents of Nungua are appealing to the government for urgent intervention after enduring more than a month without access to potable water, forcing many to resort to seawater for household…
Mahama backs energy compact as Ghana pledges universal electricity access by 2030
Ghana has pledged to achieve universal electricity access by 2030, joining 16 other African nations in endorsing National Energy Compacts under the World Bank and African Development Bank-led Mission 300…
Forest reserves, water bodies to be declared national security zones – Lands Minister
The Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, has announced that the government will soon declare all forest reserves and water bodies in the country as national security…
