The government will from today [Monday] begin the vetting of all small-scale miners in the country. This is part of efforts to sanitize the country’s mining industry and ensure that persons engaged in the commercial activity do so in a responsible, environmentally-friendly … Read more →
More than 2.8 million Ghanaians, representing about 10 percent of the population are living in extreme poverty. The vast number are said to be living below the global poverty line of a $1.9 spending a day. According to the report by … Read more →
Armed men believed to be illegal gold scavengers have raided Kiape, a Dagarti village in Bole Bomboi district of the Northern Region and allegedly slaughtered drove of pigs. The mass killing of the domestic drove occurred on Friday, … Read more →
The Abura Dunkwa township in the Assin South District of the Central region has been thrown into a state of shock as residents woke up to the news of the alleged killing of the Chief Linguist of the town Okyeame … Read more →
The bishop who led Aretha Franklin’s funeral has apologised to Ariana Grande after being accused of groping her on stage. Images show Bishop Charles H Ellis III holding Ariana high above her waist, with his fingers squeezed around the side … Read more →
An Accra Circuit Court has granted bail of GH¢700,000.00 with five sureties to a businessman for allegedly stealing GH¢620,000.00 from the Frimps Oil Company. Two out of the five sureties should be public officers. Joshua Kofi Abusah also known as … Read more →
A circuit court in Accra has sentenced an Accounts Officer to four years imprisonment in hard labour for stealing cash in the sum of GH¢109,501.00, belonging to Cal Bank. This was after the court presided over by Mrs Jane Harriet … Read more →
The US military says it is cancelling $300m (£230m) in aid to Pakistan over what it calls Islamabad’s failure to take action against militant groups. President Donald Trump has previously accused Pakistan of deceiving the US while receiving billions of … Read more →
Thousands of Olympiakos fans turned out to welcome former Manchester City midfielder Yaya Toure to the club. Toure is a free agent and has been pictured signing papers at the club, although no deal has been confirmed. His agent Dimitry … Read more →