Politics

Gov’t hasn’t granted license to companies to exploit lithium-Lands Ministry debunks allegation

1,565  The attention of the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources has been drawn to various publications in a section of the media, to the effect that the Government of President Akufo-Addo has granted licences to several companies to exploit Ghana’s lithium resources against the national interest. These stories are totally false. For the avoidance […]

Business

Hon Mireku Duker Launches two community mining schemes in Amansie West District

1,409  Two Community Mining Scheme (CMS) concessions expected to create a combined 7,500 job opportunities have been launched at Moseaso-Abransie in the Manso-Nkwanta Constituency of the Ashanti Region. Delivering a speech at the ceremony on behalf of the sector minister on Wednesday, July 26, Deputy Minister George Mireku Duker promised to continue his advocacy for […]

Politics

Parliament may be setting a bad precedent for not sitting – Majority Leader tells Speaker

1,403  Majority Leader, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu has said Parliament may be setting a bad precedent by not sitting on Wednesday July 26, 2023, due to a national event being hosted by the Church of Pentecost. The National Development Forum being hosted by the Church is to discuss national issues with President Akufo-Addo, former Presidents John Mahama […]

Politics

It’s hypocrisy; If I did one-tenth of NPP’s mess they would’ve crucified me – Mahama

1,479  Former President John Dramani Mahama has suggested that Ghanaians have been too lenient with Nana Akufo-Addo’s New Patriotic Party (NPP) government. According to the leader of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), he would have been crucified if he had been responsible for just a fraction of Nana Addo’s mess. Speaking in an interview […]

Politics

NDC Leadership pays courtesy call on Kojo Bonsu

1,700The National Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia, and Fiifi Kwetey, General Secretary of the party have paid a courtesy call on Kojo Bonsu, a Presidential aspirant in the NDC’s presidential primaries. Mr Bonsu, a former Chief Executive of the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly, in a statement copied to the Ghana News […]

Crime

Dead bodies in desert after Tunisia expels black Africans

1,457  The bodies of five sub-Saharan Africans have been discovered by Libyan authorities in a militarised buffer zone between the country’s border with Tunisia. The discovery comes after weeks of mass expulsions of black Africans by the Tunisian government. The policy followed violent clashes between migrants and residents in Tunisia’s second city of Sfax – […]