Ghana’s failure to decisively tackle illegal mining could expose the country to accusations of complicity in violent extremism and terrorism in the Sahel, the Minister for Environment, Science and Technology, Dr Zanetor Agyeman-Rawlings, has warned. She said proceeds from illegal mining were allegedly being used…
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Emotions ran high at the Kotoka International Airport this morning as Madam Doris Adu Gyamfi, mother of 15-year-old Javits Frimpong, departed Ghana for the United States to join her family in mourning her son. Javits, a young Ghanaian boy, was brutally killed in the Bronx,…
The Ashanti Regional Police Command has arrested three suspected members of a motorcycle gang accused of terrorising residents of the Breman-Kronum-Suame enclave in the Ashanti Region. The suspects are alleged to have engaged in illegal midnight motorcycle racing on public roads, while attacking and robbing…
The Member of Parliament for Ningo-Prampram and Minister for Communication, Digital Technology and Innovations, Samuel Nartey George, has met the Defence Minister, the Chief of Defence Staff and the three Service Commanders to discuss a military operation in his constituency that triggered public controversy. The…
Two foreign nationals have been arrested in Ghana in connection with the 46.7 kilogrammes cocaine bust in Beirut in Lebanon at the weekend. They are currently in the custody of the Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC) in Ghana, assisting with investigations.
By Gifty Amofa, GNA Accra, Nov.4, GNA – The Wa High Court has sentenced a 29-year-old tricycle rider to 14 years improvement in hard labour for defiling girl,…