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Council of State Member, Sam Okudzeto, has advised the discontinuation of prosecution and subsequent deportation of Aisha Huang, a Chinese illegal miner, is a wrong use of discretion. The lawyer and former Member of Parliament told the host of Joy News’ UPFRONT, Raymond Acquah, that the decision is against national interest. “Why can’t our officials sit and appreciate that there is something ...

A 10-year-old girl has drowned at Akim Awisa in the Birim South District of the Eastern Region . The deceased identified as Akosua Frimpomaa drowned Wednesday, April 24, 2019 around 4pm in river Kosiko after a heavy downpour in the area a day before. Many hours of search by a joint team of Police and the National Disaster management organization ...

The families of the three kidnapped girls from Takoradi have lost confidence in the police, a spokesperson has said. Michael Hayford Grant told GHone TV “the police have disappointed the three families” ever since the CID boss Maame Tiwaa Addo Danquah announced that they know “where the girls are”. Reports on Tuesday indicated that the three kidnapped young ladies had ...

The Power Distribution Services (PDS) Ghana Ltd. has announced that it will cut off power in parts of the country on Friday. The outage will be a result of scheduled maintenance works to improve service delivery. The power outage will last from 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM on Friday, April 26. The affected areas include Adentan, Dodowa, Pantang, Oyarifa, Teiman, ...

Policy think tank, IMANI Africa, has accused the Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC), Dr K. K. Sarpong, of engaging in a conflict of interest situation in a US$4.4 billion petroleum agreement between Ghana and Aker Energy Ghana Limited. At a press conference in Accra Thursday morning, the Vice President of IMANI Africa, Mr Kofi Bentil, ...

The governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) is set to hold a 3-day training seminar for its National and Regional executives as well as some selected government appointees. The training which starts Friday, April 26, 2019 to Sunday, April 28, 2019, will be held in Koforidua, the Eastern Regional capital. “The training seminar is being held under the theme: “REENERGIZING, RETOOLING ...

The Opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) is accusing the Electoral Commission (EC) of deliberately undermining the Inter Party Advisory Committee (IPAC). According to the largest opposition party, the Jean Mensah-led commission conceals vital information from key stakeholders, one of such, is the failure of the EC to disclose its budget for the upcoming limited voter registration exercise. The NDC is ...

The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) has accused the Interior Minister, Ambrose Dery of showing little or no interest in the establishment of an independent police complaints commission (IPCC). The IPCC when established is expected to address cases of human rights brought against the police service. There have been a number of cases of police brutalities in the country, the ...

A former associate of deported Chinese illegal miner has opened the lid on ‘galamsey queen’ who, puffed up by a colluding horde of security officials, unleashed a reign of terror. The eye-opener, Christian Addo Kuffuor told Joy FM’s Super Morning Show Thursday, he witnessed Aisha Huang pull out a gun and without flinching, load bullets into a Ghanaian, killing him ...

The Minority in Parliament has raised alarm that Ghana could lose a staggering $7 billion in the latest oil discovery by Hess/Aker petroleum. According to the minority, the discovery which is estimated to be around $30 billion in today’s crude oil price, cannot be deemed to be part of the expired exploration agreement signed between Ghana and Aker petroleum. “The ...