Aisha Hueng, a Chinese woman believed to be deeply engaged in illegal mining is currently in police custody pending further investigations, the Ghana Immigration Service has revealed. Aisha and some four other Chinese Nationals with support of Ghanaians were  reportedly  mining in the area which belongs to the Volta Resources Company Limited. The four Chinese Nationals ...

Sammi Awuku will forever be loved by NPP loyalists for his hard work and determination that has seen the NPP recapture political power after eight years in opposition. He had charisma, was resourceful and had a personal touch with the masses. The history of NPP victory in the 2016 election can never be written without ...

The Nabdam District Assembly has endorsed the President’s nominee, Mrs. Agnes Anamoo, as its new District Chief Executive (DCE). Of the 19 members of the assembly 13 voted yes while 6 voted against her nomination. The endorsement, which was supervised by the District Electoral Commissioner, Jonas Mustapha and witnessed by the Upper East Regional Minister, ...

The Talensi District Assembly’s District Chief Assembly nominee, Christopher Boatbil Someteima fell short of the two-thirds of the votes needed for his confirmation as the as DCE. Of the 32 members of the assembly, 30 members were present and voted. At the end of poll, 19 voted yes representing 63.3 percent while 10 voted against his ...

A private legal practitioner and a member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Abraham Amaliba, has the charged the Police Administration and the Attorney General’s office to act on the new allegations made in relation to the 2015 murder of the New Patriotic Party’s Upper East Regional Chairman, Adams Mahama. The NPP Northern Regional Chairman, Daniel ...

A scrap dealer believed to be in his mid 40’s was on Monday afternoon gunned down by unidentified gun men around the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR). Narrating the facts, the Community One District Police Commander, Supt. Stephen Kwakye, noted that “the police had information that a young man has been shot dead at the TOR ...

The Honorary Consul of Ghana to Italy, Massimiliano Colasuonno Taricone, played a key role in overturning the one match ban on Ghana and Pescara midfielder Sulley Muntari. Muntari was handed a match ban after protesting racial chants and prejudice against him during Seria A encounter a week ago. The former AC Milan man’s ban attracted ...

Almost two months since Unicef director Charlotte Nikoi’s disappearance, President Jacob Zuma appealed to anyone who may have information to come forward and assist the police with their investigation. Nikoi, a Ghanaian national, is reported to have arrived in Cape Town on March 17 on holiday and to celebrate her wedding anniversary with her family. ...

The former Chief Executive Officer of the Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC), Sedina Tamakloe Attionu, is ready to attend upon the Economic and Organized Crime Organization (EOCO) in what appears to be an investigation into her tenure at the center, her lawyers have said. They said although EOCO has not stated exactly why they ...

Hypocrites! That’s what we really are. Our double standards keep staring us in the face each day of our lives. Our inconsistent yardsticks have made us to always cherry-pick. Morality has become subjective. What’s right and wrong have become absolutely relative. We all are hypocrites. We hate religion because it came from a foreign land ...

An Iranian student looks so much like his sporting idol Lionel Messi that it almost landed him in jail for disrupting public order. So many people came out to take selfies with Reza Parastesh in the western city of Hamedan over the weekend that police rushed him into a station and impounded his car to ...

The man who created what is believed to be the world’s largest website dealing in images of child sexual abuse has been sentenced to 30 years in jail. Steven Chase set up the Playpen site on the Tor dark web network in early 2014. By the time it was shut down a year later it ...

The head of so-called Islamic State (IS) in Afghanistan, Abdul Hasib, has been killed in a military raid, US and Afghan officials have said. He died 10 days ago in an joint special forces operation in eastern Nangarhar province, the US military said. Hasib is believed to have been behind March’s attack on a military ...

Sulley Muntari has said he would be the “No.1” supporter of any organized player boycott in protest against what he believes are increasing incidents of racism in the sport. Last week the Ghana midfielder, who plays for top-flight Italian team Pescara, said he was “treated like a criminal” after receiving a one-match ban, which was ...

Some aggrieved youth of Wassa East in the Wester Region, who are unhappy over the rejection Mr. Wilson Arthur as DCE nominee in the first round of voting, have smashed the vehicle of the  National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament for the area, Isaac Adjei Mensah. The  District Chief Executive nominee, Wilson Arthur, CEO ...

Within a short time, dance hall giant Shatta Wale has taken over the Ghanaian music industry with ‘Hosanna,’ ‘Ayoo,’ ‘Taking Over,’ among other hit songs. According to some music pundits, Shatta Wale’s recent feat has cemented his stay in the music industry as he proves beyond doubt his unparalleled music prowess and artistry. The ‘Taking ...

Energy sector analysts want the government to be firm in adopting competitive bidding processes in power purchase agreements (PPAs) in order to regain financial guarantee support from the World Bank. The Director of Research at the Institute of Energy and Climate Change Policy, Dr. Philip Adom warns of unfavourable developments in the energy sector should ...

The role of some Chinese nationals in illegal mining activities in the country has been well documented, but a former Ashanti Regional Minister under the Mahama administration has singled out a Chinese woman as being particularly notorious and engaging in the blackmail of some influential persons. The former minister, Peter Anarfi-Mensah, in a caution to ...

There is confusion at the Wassa East District Assembly at Daboase in the Western Region, following the rejection of the President’s District Chief Executive (DCE) nominee, Wilson Arthur’s failure to amass the 2/3 majority of votes. At the end of voting, Wilson Arthur, CEO of Skyy Media Group, had 19 out of the 30 votes cast. ...

There will be a severe shortage of fish in Ghana if Chinese fishermen operating in Ghana’s territorial waters are banned. This is the assertion by the Managing Director of the semi-industrial fishing company, Onyame Fisheries, Joe Onyame, who says about 90 percent of fish consumed in the country are from Chinese fisher folks in the country. According ...