Minister for Youth and Sports Isaac Asiamah has stated that Ghana will in the next 10 years have no excuse not to win medals at the Commonwealth and Olympic Games. This, he said, is because appropriate facilities would be put in place to nurture and produce world class athletes for the country to win laurels … Read more
Ghana’s Sports Minister Hon. Isaac Asiamah will on Monday cut a sod for the construction of the Youth and Sports facility in Nyinahin in the Ashanti Region. This will be the 4th sod-cutting exercise that is seeing a renaissance in the construction of sports facilities all over the country to give sports development a rebirth. … Read more
The Ashanti Regional Police Command has arrested three suspected armed robbers involved in series of robberies around the Nkawie and Nyinahin enclave in the Ashanti region. The suspects: Dramani Seidu, 24; Richard Bromyiwa, 25; and Joseph Gyimah alias Agyaku, 24 were arrested by the Nyinahin District Police command on Thursday, January 18, 2018 upon intelligence. … Read more
Government has with immediate effect withdrawn the purported mining leases granted to Exton Cubic Group Limited to mine bauxite deposits at a forest reserve in Nyinahin in the Atwima Mponua District of the Ashanti Region. Lands and Natural Resources Minister, John Peter Amewu, who announced the decision of government in Accra Monday, said the three … Read more
Civil society organisation Forest Watch Ghana (FWG) has backed a move to legally contest the mining right given Exton Cubic Group Limited to prospect for bauxite in the Tano Offin Forest Reserve. Exton Cubic’s recent attempt to prospect in the forest reserve has met fierce resistance from the youth, who marched in Nyinahini in the … Read more
Youth groups at Nyinahini in the Atwima Mponua District of Ashanti Region have kicked against bauxite prospecting activities in the Tano-Offin Forest Reserve being carried out by Exton Cubic Group Limited. At a protest march to petition the government, the groups demanded the company removed all mining equipment from the area. The youth are demanding … Read more
The Senior Minister, Yaw Osafo Maafo, has downplayed degradation concerns with the Atiwa rainforest reserve in Kyebi, stemming from Ghana’s decision to leverage bauxite deposits on a deal with China, that could see $15 billion pumped into the economy. Critics have warned that the deal to exploit the about-$460 billion worth of bauxite in the area could potentially pollute … Read more
China’s move to commit to $15 billion into Ghana’s economy could have some far reaching implications on the environment, given the deal will be anchored by Ghana’s natural resources, specifically bauxite. Voicing some concerns on the developments, the Member of Parliament for Tamale Central, Alhaji Inusah Fuseini, indicated that, potential mining of Bauxite could see the forest reserve in … Read more
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has indicated that his government is in the process of identifying alternative sources of livelihood for persons involved in illegal mining activities, popularly referred to as ‘galamsey’, across the country. According to Akufo-Addo, a cabinet committee has been established, and headed by the Minister for Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, … Read more
The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has indicated that his government is in the process of identifying alternative sources of livelihood for persons involved in illegal mining activities, popularly referred to as ‘galamsey’, across the country. According to President Akufo-Addo, a cabinet committee has been established, and headed by the Minister for Environment, Science, Technology … Read more
President Nana Akufo-Addo has indicated that his government is in the process of identifying alternative sources of livelihood for persons involved in illegal mining activities, popularly referred to as ‘galamsey’, across the country. He said a cabinet committee has been established and headed by the Minister for Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, Prof. Kwabena Frimping … Read more
Youth of Nyinahin in the Atwima Mponua District of the Ashanti Region have held a burial service for three fishes found dead in the Nyinahin Amaano river. During the burial service, which was done same way as conducted for dead persons, saw the youth performing rituals to avert any tragedy befalling the community. The dead … Read more
The police at Nyinahini have retrieved three bodies from an uncompleted structure at Kapem in the Atwima Mponua District of Ashanti. The first body was discovered by some labourers who were clearing a bush in the uncompleted building. The owner of the structure, Thomas Agyei, reported the matter to the police and when the police … Read more
The Nkawie District Forest office and the police have arrested five young men, who are suspected to be terrorising forest guards and preventing them from doing their work. The suspects are believed to be terrorising the guards of the Tano-Offin Forest Reserve within the Atwima Nwabiagya and Atwima Mponua districts in the Ashanti Region. The … Read more
A gang of five alleged to have been attacking forest guards at Nkawie in the Atwima Nwabiagya distric have been arrested. After a five-month hunt, the suspects were arrested at Nyinahin where the gang leader resides. They are Kofi Owusu alias Juve; Kwabena Obeng also known as TT; Yaw Ofori; Kojo Yeboah aka Nyinahin Tiger; … Read more
The Headmaster and students of Adobewura Senior High School (SHS) in the Atwima Mponua District of the Ashanti Region escaped death by a whisker after they were attacked by armed robbers Thursday night. The incident happened at Buntumuroso when the victims were returning to their school after participating in the ongoing Inter Schools competition at … Read more
Three people have been confirmed dead, while 15 others are in critical condition at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital in Kumasi, while they were celebrating the inauguration of President Nana Akufo-Addo’s government last Saturday. They were said to have been rammed into by a taxi allegedly driven by an inexperienced driver, during a street jam … Read more
Three people have been confirmed dead, while 15 others are in critical condition at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital in Kumasi, while they were celebrating the inauguration of President Nana Akufo-Addo’s government last Saturday. They were said to have been ram into by a taxi allegedly driven by an inexperienced driver, during a street jam … Read more
The Asmura District Manager of Unicom Commodities Ghana Ltd, a cocoa purchasing company, Abdul-Rahman Mohammed and an articulated truck driver, have been arrested for stealing 405 bags of cocoa belonging to the company. Mohammed, together with the driver, Kwabena Frimpong are currently in police custody at the Ashanti Regional Police headquarters in Kumasi. The driver … Read more
President John Dramani Mahama has said he will continue to trumpet the achievements of his government and that the first term of his administration has recorded remarkable successes which could not be swept under the carpet. According to him, when he paid a courtesy call on the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, at the Manhyia … Read more