Newmont Suspends All Mining Operations In Ghana Indefinitely Over Deaths
Mining giant Newmont Ghana Limited has indefinitely suspended mining activities at all its sites in the country as investigations into ...
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We’ll Use Our Own Resources To Resolve Our Problems – Akufo-Addo [Watch]
We’ll use our own resources to resolve our problems – Akufo-Addo President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says his government ...
Minister Condemns Police Assault On Journalist
Lands and Natural Resources Minister, John Peter Amewu, has condemned the police assault on a journalist on Tuesday when some protestors ...
Three Chinese, A Ghanaian Arrested For Illegal Mining
Three Chinese and a Ghanaian have been arrested in the Diaso Forest, near Ayiem in the Upper Denkyira West District ...
‘Dynamic’, ‘eloquent’, ‘intrepid’ Etc – How Akufo-Addo Described Ministers In His 2018 SONA
As a news editor, I keenly listen to speeches and addresses of newsmakers with the hope of reading in between ...
Sam George Takes On Supreme Court Rulings
Member of Parliament for Ningo-Prampram Constituency Sam Nartey George appears unhappy with judgements of the country’s Supreme Court. According to ...
Court Quashes Revocation of Mining Lease To Ibrahim Mahama
A High Court in Accra has quashed the decision by the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources to revoke the ...
Full Text of Prez. 2nd SONA Full of Achievements, Commitments
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has delivered his second State of Nation Address (SONA) replete with achievements his first year ...
Mahama’s Exton Cubic Wins Case Against Minister Over Mining Licence
The Accra High Court has quashed the decision by the Lands and Natural Resources Minister, John Peter Amewu, to revoke ...
Extension of Ban Pointless; Small Scale Miners Cry Foul
Small Scale Miners Association has expressed total disappointment in the government for extending ban on small scale mining. Members have ...
Gov’t To Spend GHC60K To Reclaim A Hectare of ‘galamsey’ Land
A hectare of degraded land caused by the activities of illegal small-scale miners would cost the government GH¢ 60,000 to ...
Gov’t To Roll Out Reforestation Program In 2018
The government of Nana Akufo-Addo has been taking giant strides towards ensuring that illegal mining commonly known in Ghana as ...
Chiefs, Culture Are Key To Ghana’s Development – Dr. Bawumia
The Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has underscored the key role played by chiefs in the national development agenda. He ...
Govt To Spend $3m On Drones To Nab Illegal Miners
The Minister of Lands, Forestry and Natural Resources, John Peter Amewu, has revealed that government is in the process of ...
Lands Minister Orders Companies To Get Requisite Permit Or…
The Minister of Lands, John Peter Amewu has announced he will enforce strict observance of Ghana’s law by all mining companies ...
Breaking: Gov’t Cancels ‘mining Leases’ Granted Exton Cubic
Government has with immediate effect withdrawn the purported mining leases granted to Exton Cubic Group Limited to mine bauxite deposits ...
Forest Watch Backs Supreme Court Action Against Exton Cubic
Civil society organisation Forest Watch Ghana (FWG) has backed a move to legally contest the mining right given Exton Cubic ...
Nyinahini Youth Protest Bauxite Prospecting In Tano-Offin Forest Reserve
Youth groups at Nyinahini in the Atwima Mponua District of Ashanti Region have kicked against bauxite prospecting activities in the ...
Bawumia Charges 2017 Hajj Pilgrims To Be Discipline In S Arabia
The Vice President, Dr Mahamadu Bawumia, has reiterated to pilgrims travelling to Saudi Arabia the need to adhere to regulations ...
Officers Touch Base For 12-Month Anti-Galamsey Operation
Officers of the joint police-military force tasked to fight illegal small scale mining – popularly known as galamsey – have ...