Engineers & Planners (E&P) Co. Ltd. has fiercely defended its $100 million acquisition of the Azumah gold concession in the Upper West Region, declaring it a landmark commercial deal and rejecting any attempts to politicise the transaction. The company issued a detailed statement stressing that the purchase was initiated long before the 2024 elections and […]
Black Volta project Azumah Resources Ghana Limited has pushed back against Engineers & Planners (E&P) in the ongoing dispute over the Black Volta Gold Project. It is declaring that the development of Ghana’s next major gold mine must be led by capable, law-abiding partners, not those who cannot deliver. “We are confident that this Government […]
A high-stakes mining dispute between Engineers & Planners (E&P), the construction firm owned by Ibrahim Mahama, and Azumah Resources, a gold developer backed by global private equity, has exploded into an international legal showdown. The battle, now before the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), has escalated into claims and counterclaims exceeding $100 million. At the […]
A dramatic incident of mistaken identity has sent shockwaves through the Madina UN community in Accra, as a woman presumed dead and mourned by her family after this year’s Hajj pilgrimage astonishingly returned home alive on Wednesday, July 3. The unexpected reappearance of Fatima Kassim, days after her funeral had been held, left residents bewildered […]
A major search and rescue operation is continuing through the night in Texas after flash floods killed at least 24 people and left many girls missing from a Christian summer camp. There was little warning as the Guadalupe River rose 26 feet (7.9m) in less than an hour and flooding that followed swept away mobile […]
Self-styled evangelist cum former fetish priestess Patricia Asiedua, widely known as Nana Agradaa, has been convicted by the Accra Circuit Court for charlatanic advertisement and defrauding by false pretences. The conviction follows her promotion of a fraudulent money-doubling scheme that misled congregants of the Godsway International Heaven Church into surrendering their money during an all-night […]
The Tertiary Education Workers Union of Ghana (TEWU-GH) has declared an indefinite strike, effective today, following the expiry of a seven-day ultimatum issued to relevant authorities on June 24. The strike responds to what TEWU-GH describes as the “egregious and unjustifiable” recognition of the minority union, TEWU-TUC, as the official workers’ representative on the Governing […]
Effective today, the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) will no longer accept manual applications for programme accreditation for all tertiary institutions in Ghana. The Director-General of GTEC, Professor Ahmed Abdulai Jinapor, who announced this, explained that the decision would help cut down on paperwork, increase efficiency, reduce waiting time for accreditation and most importantly, cut […]
Thailand’s Constitutional Court has suspended Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra, who has come under mounting pressure to resign over her leaked phone conversation with former Cambodian leader Hun Sen. The clip, in which Paetongtarn called him “uncle” and criticised a Thai military commander, sparked public anger and a petition for her dismissal, which the court is now considering. That would […]
The Presiding Archbishop and General Overseer of Action Chapel International (ACI), Archbishop Nicholas Duncan-Williams, has expressed his fervent hope for a Ghana where citizens will no longer feel compelled to travel abroad in search of greener pastures but rather journey only for leisure and holidays. Speaking at the National Day of Prayer and Thanksgiving held […]
The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has urged the government to prioritise the completion of the long-awaited teaching hospital at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology to enhance academic work. He said the hospital project was still not completed even though there had been tremendous progress. “I am passionate about this project because […]
The National Labour Commission (NLC) has directed the Divisional Union of the National Identification Authority (NIA) under the Public Services Workers Union (PSWU) to immediately call off its ongoing strike. The directive was issued after a hearing on Thursday, June 26, during which both the union and government representatives were engaged on the legality of […]
