Following our publication on the clandestine move by the Minister of Education to appoint Prof Amonoo Kuofi as the Council Chair of University of Cape Coast (UCC), our men in the ground have been following up on the story. Sources close to Prof Amonoo Kuofi indicates that he was called on phone by the Minister […]Continue Reading
Frustrated residents of Labone in Accra who are at the receiving end of excessive noise pollution emanating from the 355 Lounge, located on the 66 Orphan Crescent, have moved further to ensure that sanity prevails in the area. On this occasion, they have petitioned the Greater Accra Regional Minister, Mr. Henry Quartey, to step in, […]Continue Reading
The otherwise plush residential area, Labone, in Accra, which is the taste of the super class, is fast losing its serenity and ambience, as the residents are battling with noise from the numerous pubs, restaurants and lounges that have engulfed the area in recent times. Noise pollution at Labone has reached alarming levels that the […]Continue Reading
By Gifty Arthur Citi FM, in partnership with the Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI), has organized a training programme on energy transition for journalists. The one-day programme, held in Accra, brought together experts from the energy sector, who, in separate presentations, took participants through the much-talked about energy transition, which Ghana has Continue Reading
… As he orders temporary shutdown for blatant violation of mining laws & safety protocols The Deputy Minister of Lands and Natural Resources responsible for Mining, George Mireku Duker, has taken a decisive action against Gang He Mining Company, a Chinese mining firm operating in the Wassa Akropong District in the Western Region, by ordering […]Continue Reading
The Ghana Education Service (GES) is on the heels of some Junior High School (JHS) Form 1 and Form 2 students, who skipped class to write the just-ended Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) in August, this year. The service has apparently initiated processes to fish out all these JHS students to ostensibly punish them, though […]Continue Reading
…As They Boo ‘Ye Se Sam’ Traders at the Dome Market in the Dome-Kwabenya constituency in the Greater Accra Region, over the weekend, acted their own version of “showdown” with their once beloved Member of Parliament (MP), Sarah Adwoa Safo, as they booed and hissed at her. The traders, who, in the past, almost worshipped […]Continue Reading
Samuel Abu Jinapor, the Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, has encouraged investors attending the 25th China Mining Conference and Exhibition to come to Ghana and invest, because its laws have several provisions that make the mining sector investor-friendly. According to him, Ghana’s laws for the mining sector have provisions which exempt investors from paying […]Continue Reading
…As Company Pledges To Pour First Gold Next Year Management of Shandong Gold Group in China, the parent company of Cardinal Namdini Mining Ltd, operating at Talensi in the Upper East Region, has disclosed that the company is in a process to construct an airport in Bolgatanga to ease transportation to and from the region. […]Continue Reading
…But Welcome Deputy Minister’s Intervention For Community Mining Some residents of the Amansie South District in the Ashanti Region are kicking against any proposal from the Asanko Gold Mining Limited, a large-scale mining firm, to relocate them to a different site for their much-awaited Community Mining project, contrary to the original site earmarked. Deputy Minister Continue Reading