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Victoria Dapaah, also known as Maadwoa in Adum-Kumasi, is believed to have been killed by Inspector Ahmed Twumasi, who confessed to killing her because she owed him GH $5,000. The prosecution’s paper, which was read out in open court on Tuesday, April 25, contained this information. At the Asokore Mampong …

The Ghana Police Service officer who allegedly shot and killed his girlfriend at Adum in the Kumasi Metropolis has been placed on remand by the Asokore Mampong District Court. The officer is a member of the Ashanti regional SWAT team. The suspect, Inspector Ahmed Twumasi, has been charged with murder …

Ernest Yaw Anim, a newly elected New Patriotic Party (NPP) Parliamentary candidate for the Kumawu by-election in the Constituency, has refuted claims that he is a member of Alan Kyeremanten’s group, stating that he did not win the primary on the support of any NPP presidential candidate and that his …

Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson, the leader of the opposition in the House of Representatives, claims that a damning and enlightening study on illicit mining written by Prof. Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, a former minister for environment, science, technology, and innovation, asks for a national investigation. In his report, former Inter-Ministerial Committee on …

The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) and a former New Patriotic Party (NPP) member running as an independent candidate are challenging the incumbent New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the 23rd May 2023 Kumawu by-election. The Party on Sunday 23rd April 2023 elected Ernest Yaw Anim a native of Kumawu Bodomase …

The Diocese of Sehwi Wiawso has been asked to pray for President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and his administration as they carry out their duties with honesty and humility. The President urged believers to continue preaching and spreading messages of goodwill to mankind in order to create a peaceful society …

Today, Tuesday, April 25, 2023, a group of unemployed physician assistants who graduated in 2020 are protesting outside the Ministry of Health. The group is requesting posting so they can get jobs. They decided to picket today because their pleas for government officials to hire them when they graduate had …

Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor, the Member of Parliament (MP) for South Dayi Constituency, has asked the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) to look into the allegations made by Prof. Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, the former Minister of Environment, Science, Technology, and Innovation, in his report on illegal small-scale mining, or galamsey, …

According to John Jinapor, the reports from Frimpong-Boateng indicate that the “commitment to fight galamsey is not there, it is just mere talk, it is rhetoric and that this government is not showing the capacity, the desire, the willingness and the seriousness to tackle it.” The former Environment Minister Prof. …

As the former chair of the Inter Ministerial Committee on Illegal Mining, Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng wrote a 37-page report accusing government employees and some senior Presidency officials of engaging in galamsey and undermining his efforts to combat the threat. The Office of the President has responded (IMCIM). “Throughout our struggle …