Only five miners out of suspected 30 who were trapped under an illegal mining pit that caved in on Monday at Korley Teye in the Birim North District of the Eastern Region have so far been rescued alive. Seven of the miners died in the ordeal, with locals frantically trying with all manner of implements […]
Transport operators have reached a consensus to lower fares starting from Wednesday, May 17, 2023, following a continuous decrease in the prices of petroleum products in recent weeks. In a press release issued on Monday, May 15, the Road Transport Operators announced their decision. The statement, jointly signed by Emmanuel Ohene Yeboah, General Secretary of […]
Mr John Dramani Mahama, the flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has declared that if he emerges victorious in the 2024 elections, his appointed ministers and officials will no longer receive ex-gratia payments. In his acceptance speech following his election as the NDC’s flagbearer on Monday, May 15, 2023, the former president highlighted his […]
There is the need to invest revenue from the nation’s mineral resources in productive assets for a secure future, the Chief Executive Officer of the Minerals Commission, Martin Kwaku Ayisi, has said. He said that would ensure succeeding generations did not lose out when the resources eventually ran out because natural resources were finite assets. […]
Alhaji Mohammed Muntaka Mubarak, a former Minority Chief Whip and Member of Parliament for Asawase, has made serious allegations against the leadership of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), claiming they conspired to remove him from the Asawase constituency during the party’s recent primaries. Muntaka speaking to journalists days after the party’s primaries revealed that certain […]
Twenty-two people from Agou, farming community in the Nkwanta South of the Oti Region have been hospitalised due to an alleged food poisoning. The victims are said to have suffered acute diarrhoea and other symptoms after eating at a funeral on Sunday morning. While 13 of them have been admitted to Nkwanta South Municipal whilst […]
As electric vehicles become more common, the resources helping to power the new generation of transportation are becoming increasingly prized. Lithium — a metal that’s a key element in the batteries commonly used in today’s EVs — has become an incredibly hot commodity in recent years. According to the United States Geological Survey, global consumption […]
A woman has narrated her life experience with her husband after giving birth to their first bundle of joy. The mother shared that her husband did not want her to remain at home after she became a first-time mother. Dropped off at school Despite giving birth at a school-going age, Lillian Aber noted her hubby […]
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Ghana Association of Banks (GAB), John Awuah, has said that banks will soon transition into bigger fintech companies in the country. With banks in the country continuously making investments to expand their digital footprints, the CEO said he foresaw a future where banks would no longer be competing […]
The nine schoolchildren who drowned in a canal at Fanaa, a suburb of Bortianor in the Ga South municipality in the Greater Accra Region, have been buried. They were buried yesterday at the Bortianor Cemetery after a burial service at Tsokome, also in the municipality. The event was attended by the Greater Accra Regional Minister, […]
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has disclosed government is prioritising value addition in the natural resources sector to ensure the state derives optimal benefits. The government, he said, is also strengthening local content and local participation as well to ensure Ghanaians have more roles in the extraction of these resources. According to him, this is […]
The High Court in Accra has rejected an attempt by the founder of the defunct Capital Bank, William Ato Essien, to renegotiate a GH¢60 million settlement to the state. Essien who was convicted for stealing over GH¢90million of Bank of Ghana’s liquidity support to the bank was supposed to have paid 20 million of the […]
