IT appears the aggressiveness with which we waged the war on illegal mining, popularly known as galamsey, in our local parlance, is gradually waning. THE situation now is more of a relaxed campaign against the Galamsey fight. AND this has given some galamseyers the urge to continue their dangerous, destructive and illegal trade. IT is sad to hear that seventeen … Read more
There is a growing anxiety among some top politicians and security capos over the secret video recordings and photographs purported to be the sexual encounters with a Chinese galamsey queen, En Huang aka Aisha. Social media in particular are awash with videos and pictures of a black male bonking a lady of Asian descent and … Read more
Civil Society Organisation, Save Ghana Foundation is calling on the Inspector General of Police (IGP), David Asante Appiatu, to arrest the former Ashanti Regional Police Commander, Nathan Kofi Boakye and the former Ashanti Regional Minister, Alexander Ackon. The organisation alleges, the two have over the years rendered unflinching support to Chinese ‘galamsey queen’, Asia Huang. … Read more
One day this year, as I was walking by my perpetually empty locker, I was struck by your memory. I cannot identify what sparked its conception, but as your thoughts started to grow, thinking of possible solutions and analyzing and assessing feasibility issues began to consume me. My late father called this “ripe manifestation” and … Read more
Your Excellency, One day this year, as I was walking by my perpetually empty locker, I was struck by your memory. I cannot identify what sparked its conception, but as your thoughts started to grow, thinking of possible solutions and analyzing and assessing feasibility issues began to consume me. My late father called this “ripe … Read more
Speaking at the coronation of Kwahu Obomenghene Nana Effa Opinamang III, President Akufo-Addo said his government will do its best to maintain a peaceful relationship with the Chinese government but will make sure the laws are enforced in order to put a halt on the galamsey menace. The galamsey menace was one of the many issues … Read more
Editor of the Al-Hajj newspaper and a self-confessed sympathizer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Alhaji Iddrisu Bature has asked members of the NPP to stop wasting time assuring Ghanaians of their fight against illegal mining operations popularly refered to as galamsey. To him, leaders of this NPP government are very much aware of … Read more
The government has been called upon to decentralised the operations of the Minerals Commission (MC) in the mining related areas to help regulate illegal mining activities in the country. “The commission should also be empowered to license and provide training to illegal miners to prevent negative attributes associated with illegal mining popularly known as ‘galamsey’ … Read more
Desperate situations, it is said, invite desperate measures. Following the NDC’s electioneering gospel so far, it will be no goof for any sane observer to ratiocinate that dreadful symptoms of defeat are legibly inscribed in the ruling party’s campaign messages and this suggests the gloom and doom that await the party’s fate in the forthcoming … Read more