Government’s anti-illegal mining task force, Operation Vanguard has arrested some ninety three illegal miners. This brings the total number of arrested illegal miners to one hundred and eighty three. The miners were arrested in some illegal mining areas in the Ashanti, Eastern and Western Regions. All ninety arrested earlier have been arraigned in various parts ...

Government’s anti-illegal mining task force, Operation Vanguard has arrested some ninety three illegal miners. This brings the total number of arrested illegal miners to one hundred and eighty three. The miners were arrested in some illegal mining areas in the Ashanti, Eastern and Western Regions. All ninety arrested earlier have been arraigned in various parts ...

Energy sector analysts have raised labour security concerns with the government’s decision to sell off some thermal assets of the Volta River Authority (VRA). They argue that the move may spark protests if unmanaged properly. Government, through the Finance Ministry is seeking to sell majority stake in the thermal assets of VRA. Deputy Finance Minister, ...

A Circuit Court judge, Aboagye Tandoh, has expressed worry over the use of Okada in the Accra metropolis after he sentenced two Nigerians to 15 years each in prison for snatching GH¢3,000.00 from an artisan at Haatso, Accra.According to him if the trend is not checked, it will have negative consequences on society.The Judge was ...

A 47-year-old driver, Edem Fideluy, who was accused in 2009 of impregnating his daughter, has been acquitted and discharged by an Accra Circuit Court. Justice Jane Harriet Akweley Quaye in her judgment said she found Fideluy not guilty of the charges of defilement and incest. According to the court, prosecution had not produced cogent evidence ...

Canada is taking on the issue of sex vs. gender in an all-new passport option. By August 31, Canadian passport holders will be no longer be required to identify strictly between male and female and will have the choice of selecting “X” as an “unspecified” gender designation. “All Canadians should feel safe to be themselves, ...

Police are investigating the feuding sides in the land dispute that is suspected to have resulted in the act of arson at church located at Okpoigonno on the Spintex Road in Accra. Assailants, armed with machetes and assault rifles, set the auditorium of the Believers House of Worship ablaze resulting in the destruction of about ...

Unilever Ghana Limited has launched a social mission campaign to ‘Help a Child Reach 5’ (HACR5) at the College of Physicians and Surgeons in Accra. The objective of the campaign is to eradicate under-five mortality resulting from preventable diseases such as cholera by promoting among the general public, especially mothers and children, lifesaving hand washing ...

Successive SSNIT boards must be held responsible for the $66 million project scandal that has hit the company. This is according to B. B. B. Bingab a lecturer at the University of Education Winneba. Speaking on Eyewitness News, he said the board of SSNIT at the time the infamous contract was signed must be questioned ...

Mr. Kwasi Amoako-Atta, the Minister of Roads and Highway, has said his outfit would not tolerate indiscipline and reckless behaviour of individuals and organisations that would impede the construction works of government projects. In that regard, he said, he would use the sovereign powers of the state to enforce the law to force people to ...

The Public Procurement Authority (PPA) has said it will also investigate the Social Security National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) over the $72 million digitization deal. The Chief Executive of the PPA, Agyenim Boateng Adjei told Citi News in an interview that his outfit is awaiting the report by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) before commencing the investigations. According to ...

Poor road networks to local communities are seriously impeding quality healthcare delivery in the Asunafo South District of the Brong-Ahafo Region. The situation worsens during the rainy season because the District Directorate of Health lack vehicles and motorbikes to reach out to many of the local communities for health services. Mr Kingsley Arthur, the Deputy ...

Professor Obeng Mireku has been appointed the new substantive Vice-Chancellor of Wisconsin International University College, Ghana with effect from August 1, 2017. He takes over from former Acting Vice-Chancellor, Dr Carlos Arrow. Prior to his appointment, Professor Mireku was a Visiting Professor of Law at the University of Cape Coast, where he also had a ...

The Founder of the Centre for Freedom and Accuracy, Andrew Awuni has chastised the representatives of Organised Labour on the Social Security and National Insurance Trust governing board, saying they must be called to answer questions regarding some decisions that led to the loss of millions of dollars. He alleged that the representatives might not ...

A South African minister has criticised African leaders who seek medical treatment abroad. Aaron Motsoaledi condemned “health tourism” while speaking in Zimbabwe. President Robert Mugabe, who frequently receives treatment in Singapore, had left the meeting of health ministers when Dr Motsoaledi made the comments. Mr Mugabe’s spokesman has said that the president’s doctor “is not ...

Ghanaian rapper Desmond Blackmore known in showbiz as D-Black has asked people not to compare him to other rappers. According to him, he is not a lyricist like Sarkodie so he entreats people not to lump him up in the same league with them. “I’m not a lyricist. I’m not an MC. Don’t compare me ...

Chinese social media users have been debating new rules requiring internet platforms to verify a user’s true identity before letting them post online content. The new rules were issued on 25 August by the Cyberspace Administration of China. They will take effect on 1 October. China already has laws requiring firms to run identity checks ...

Lakewood Church, the Houston arena-cum-megachurch home of celebrity preacher Joel Osteen, is reportedly preparing to open its doors to residents driven from their homes by Hurricane Harvey-related flooding. The move comes after Osteen received significant pressure on social media to provide assistance to the community. Charles Clymer, who had provided some of the original evidence ...

The well-known dog in Ketu North District in the Volta Region who survived a torture two years ago, has died in a domestic accident and the owner has promised a befitting burial. The dog, known as  Fofoe was in 2015 tortured in Ehi near Dzodze by a pork  seller who was said to have intentionally ...

Despite pumping $72 million into a non-functional digitization project, it has emerged that Ghana’s Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) is struggling to pay salaries. The founder of the Centre for Freedom and Accuracy, Andrew Awuni who made the revelation on the Citi Breakfast Show on Tuesday said the current management is working to ...