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The Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, has declared an unwavering commitment to fighting illegal mining in the country with integrity. “I would choose to fight with integrity and die than be corrupted in this dangerous work that will destroy all of us. And that is the pledge we have for the people of Ghana,” he said. He was speaking to journalists after a 16-kilometre journey on the Ankobra River on Thursday, as part of his working visit to illegal mining sites in the Western Region. “We are going to continue. We will not waver, we will…

Hamza Suhuyini has urged NDC serial callers and supporters to make better use of radio and other public platforms by focusing on President John Dramani Mahama’s economic record instead of spending their limited airtime on greetings. The NDC communications team member said party members who get opportunities to speak on radio should use those moments to explain the government’s economic performance in terms ordinary Ghanaians can understand. “When you call into a radio station, instead of saying, I want to greet RCU, I want to greet the woman organizer, the national charmer, I want to greet you, spare that time.…

A member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) communications team, Hamza Suhuyini has said the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has realised that GoldBod and its Chief Executive Officer, Sammy Gyamfi, are central to the NDC government’s economic record and is therefore working to discredit them. According to Suhuyini, the criticism directed at GoldBod is not only about the specific concerns being raised against the institution or its leadership. He believes the NPP understands the political importance of GoldBod to the NDC’s economic narrative. “It is not just because they have issues that we all know against Sammy Gyamfi. It is…

US-based Ghanaian social commentator, Kevin Taylor has warned Mahama Ayariga against opening the government to renewed political attacks over the National Cathedral. Taylor said Ayariga, as the new Minister for Local Government, Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs, was taking an unnecessary political risk by suggesting that the government could still engage churches on the project. “Hon. Mahama Ayariga, you are entangling yourself in needless backlash, and quite frankly, it is too early for you to be taking this kind of political heat as the Minister for Local Government,” Taylor said in a post on social media. His comments followed Ayariga’s position…

Kevin Taylor has warned Sammy Gyamfi that some members of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) are allegedly working with the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) to get him removed from his position as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Ghana Gold Board (GoldBod). According to the US-based Ghanaian social commentator, some NDC members who have access to Gyamfi are allegedly sharing information about him with members of the NPP. “There are some NDC people who are working so hard with the NPP because they need your job,” Taylor said on Loud Silence Media. He claimed some of the people…

Chief Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonnie has said the judiciary’s legal vacation does not suspend court proceedings, with urgent cases continuing to be heard. He said the arrangement allowed judges to take their annual leave while ensuring that cases requiring urgent attention, including injunction applications and applications for the release of bodies, were dealt with. Justice Baffoe-Bonnie made the clarification when he paid a courtesy call on the Minerals Income Investment Fund (MIIF) in Accra on Wednesday as part of his institutional visits. The legal vacation runs from August 1 to September 30 and is intended to provide a break for judges,…

Two people have died and six others sustained injuries after a DAF truck, a Sprinter bus and a tricycle were involved in a crash at Dr Marbel Junction on the Accra-Kumasi Highway. The fatal accident occurred on Tuesday, September 1, and prompted a swift response from the Suhum Municipal Fire Station. According to the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS), firefighters rescued one person who was trapped under the DAF truck and transported the victim to the Suhum Government Hospital. “The accident involved a DAF truck with registration number BF 1722E6, a VW Sprinter bus with registration number ER 195-24 and…

The Presbyterian Boys’ Secondary School (PRESEC-Legon) has eliminated defending champions, Mfantsipim School, to book a place in the semi-finals of the 2026 National Science and Maths Quiz (NSMQ). The second quarter-final contest, held at the University of Cape Coast (UCC) on Monday, lived up to its billing as a “clash of the titans,” with the venue packed beyond capacity as enthusiastic supporters followed the action from outside. The contest featured Mfantsipim School, the defending champions; PRESEC-Legon, the record NSMQ winners; and Presbyterian Senior High School, Bompata, making its maiden appearance at the quarter-final stage. The highly competitive contest generated intense…

Yosuke Nagai was an idealistic teenager who wanted to help war-torn Somalia. He now runs the only foreign-funded reintegration programme for Islamist fighters still operating in the country. Nagai was just 19 when he set up a programme for Somali students in 2011 aimed at tackling the root causes of the brutal insurgency waged in their country by the Al-Qaeda-linked Al-Shabaab. By 2013, he had established a programme to rehabilitate Somali gang members, and three years later, that led to a collaboration with Somalia’s government on reintegrating former members of Al-Shabaab. His teachers had tried to dissuade him, saying it…

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Volta Region has called on President John Dramani Mahama to remove the Acting Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Gold Board (GoldBod), Sammy Gyamfi, from office over what it described as disrespectful conduct towards the Minority Leader in Parliament, Alexander Afenyo-Markin. The Volta Regional Chairman of the NPP, Makafui Kofi Woanya, made the call at a press conference in Ho, where he accused Mr Gyamfi of using a state platform to attack the Minority Leader instead of responding to concerns surrounding the reported $1.7 billion loss associated with GoldBod’s operations. Mr Woanya argued…