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 ...
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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 ...
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 ...
I Feel ‘naked’ After Discovery of Spying Device – Nii Osah Mills
The immediate past Lands and Natural Resources Minister, Nii Osah Mills has expressed shock and disappointment over revelations that a ...
Spying Device In Amewu’s Office Not Working – Inusah Fuseini
Former Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Inusah Fuseini has disclosed that the audio visual device intercepted found in the ...
School of Survey and Mapping Re-Opened After Month-Long Closure
The Ghana School of Survey and Mapping has been re-opened for academic activities after a month of closure by the ...
School of Survey and Mapping Reopened
The Lands and Natural Resources Minister John Peter Amewu has ordered the reopening of the Ghana School of Surveying and ...
Our Institutions Are Controlled By Unseen Hands – Dr Akwetey
Executive Director of IDEG, Dr Emmanuel Akwetey, has asserted that Ghana’s state institutions are being controlled and manipulated by powerful ...
Galamsey Thrived Due To Total Breakdown of Law
The Lands and Forestry Minister says illegal mining popularly known as ‘galamsey’ thrived because of the total breakdown of law ...
Military Concludes Probe Into Personnel Involved In Galamsey
The Military High Command has concluded investigations on the involvement of some soldiers in the protection of illegal mining sites ...
Only 12 Mining Engineers Available In Ghana; Deputy Minister Needs Over 100
Government is recruiting mining engineers and inspectors as it enters the next stage of the anti-galamsey crusade. For a country, ...
NDC MP Chides Lands Minister For Citing Military In Galamsey Fight
The Member of Parliament for Adaklu Constituency in the Volta Region, Kwame Governs Agbodza, says it is dangerous for the ...
Defence Minister, Deputy ‘disagree’ Over Soldiers In Galamsey
The Deputy Minister of Defense, Maj. Rtd. Derek Oduro seems to disagree with his boss, Dominic Nitiwul that some military ...
I Didn’t Sanction Military Protection For Miners – Kumbour
Former Defense Minister Dr. Benjamin Kumbour has rubbished claims by the MP for Manso Adubia that he approved military protection ...
‘Lone Ranger’ Amewu Can’t Fight Galamsey – James Agalga
A former deputy Interior Minister has said the fight against illegal mining known as galamsey will be successful if all ...
Russians, Ukrainians Detained Over Illegal Mining [Photos]
The two Russians and Two Ukrainians who were arrested on Monday in Ghana for engaging in illegal mining spent the ...
Illegal Miners In Manso Area Defy Government Ban On Galamsey
Illegal miners at Manso Tontokrom and Datano in the Amansie West district of the Ashanti Region are defying government's directive ...
Flout Ban On Mining At Your Risk
The government has warned the Ghana National Association of Small-Scale Miners that any attempt to breach the six-month freeze on ...
Chinese Galamsey Queen To Spend Another Week In Nsawam Prisons
An Accra high court has adjourned the hearing of a bail application by Asia Huang, a Chinese lady arrested for ...
We’ll Deal Decisively With Aisha Huang Despite Threats – Amewu
The Lands and Natural Resources Minister, John Peter Amewu has said that his outfit determined to decisively apply the country’s ...