The choice by the recently-retired New Patriotic Party (NPP) National Chairman Frederick Worsemao Armah Blay to defend four of Aisha Huang’s conspirators in court, according to well-known Kumasi-based journalist Andrews Korankye Akuoko, affectionately known as Captain Koda, is quite odd. Captain Koda, the host of OTEC FM’s breakfast program known …
Read More »Uncovered abandoned AGA mining pit kills 10
Nana Adyei Amoako Gyampa II, the chief of Okyerekrom in the Akrofuom district of the Ashanti region, has expressed concern over the condition of an abandoned hole that Anglogold Ashanti Obuasi had dug for their mining operations. After the pit collapsed in 2012, posing a threat to residents who had …
Read More »Stop impersonating Bright Akwetey – Yaw Anokye ‘bites’ Dr Abena Pokuaa Ackah
Dr. Abena Pokuaa Ackah has received a harsh warning from the Convention Peoples Party’s (CPP) chairman of the Constitutional and Legal Affairs Committee not to pose as the head of the party’s disciplinary committee. The CPP’S Central Committee designated and swore in attorney Bright Akwetey as the rightful chairman of …
Read More »E/R: Ghana Post is leveraging on technology to advance operations
The Eastern Region Manager for Ghana Post Company Limited, Madam Carolyn Evelyn Pealore Ajago, has disclosed that the Ghana Post’s efficiency and turnaround are owed to its aggressive use of technology, which is now driving the new path. She claims that the company has given technology top priority in all …
Read More »Galamsey Fight: Titus Glover blames governing NPP party faithfuls
Titus Nii Kwartei Glover, a former Member of Parliament (MP) for Tema East, has accused members of the governing New Patriotic Party of failing to stop illicit mining. The former MP claims that while some party members are involved in the galamsey threat, those chosen locally to combat the threat …
Read More »Odike wants galamsey stopped as a condition for IMF bailout
The United Progressive Party (UPP) founder, Mr. Akwasi Addai Odike, has revealed that he has given his attorneys instructions to petition the UN and EU in an effort to put pressure on President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to redouble his efforts to combat galamsey. He claimed that the petition’s purpose …
Read More »Freddie Blay defends Aisha Huang in court
Former national chairman of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mr. Freddie Blay, is defending three Chinese citizens who have been charged with unlawful mining (galamsey) in connection with the prosecution of galamsey queen Aisha Huang. On Tuesday, October 11, 2022, he was represented in court by a coworker, Ekeleba …
Read More »‘There is no difference between Agradaa and Mahama’s 2nd coming’ – Abronye DC
According to Kwame Baffoe, also known as Abronye DC, the chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Bono Region, Ghanaians who want John Dramani Mahama to return as president “do not have Ghana at heart.” He claims that despite calling his administration the worst Ghana has ever known, …
Read More »Almost 80,000 girls in Ghana aged 12 to 17 years already married or living with a man – Statistical Service
According to the 2021 Population and Housing Census, 79,733 Ghanaian females between the ages of 12 and 17 who were married or cohabitating with a guy. 25,999 of the population in Ghana are girls between the ages of 12 and 14. With rates more than double the national average of …
Read More »GRA shuts down Palace Mall over non-compliance with VAT system
Some Palace Mall outlets have been closed by the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) due to non-compliance with Ghana’s computerized VAT system. Labone, Spintex, Atomic Roundabout, and Weija are among the 4 branches that have been shut down. The China Mall branch in Weija has also been closed, increasing the total …
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