Author: Krobea

Yenyeya Small Scale Mining Group and Porbotaaba Small Scale Mining Group operating underground mining in Gbane in the Talensi District of the Upper East Region are calling on the Minerals Commission and, by extension, the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources to grant them medium- or large-scale mining licenses in order to expand their operations. Shaanxi Mining Company Limited, a subsidiary of China Gold Resources Group Company, is providing technical support services to the two companies with huge investment in the area of machinery, technology and technical expertise. The Gbane community is the heart of gold mine in the Region…

Kenya’s veteran politician Raila Odinga has been confirmed as the main opposition coalition’s presidential candidate for August’s election. Mr Odinga, 72, is set to face incumbent President Uhuru Kenyatta, the man who beat him in 2013. This will be the fourth time Mr Odinga runs for president. He also ran in the disputed 2007 poll. The violence that followed led to the creation of a unity government in which Mr Odinga served as prime minister. Mr Odinga will represent the National Super Alliance (Nasa), which is a coalition of the country’s main opposition parties including the candidate’s Orange Democratic Movement.…

The much talked about and anticipated maiden National Baby and Toddler Fair comes off Friday, April 28 at the Accra Mall. It is scheduled to end on Monday, May 1. It starts from 9.00am – 6.00pm each day. The maiden edition of the Fair will be exhibiting manufacturers, products and providers of babies’ and toddlers’ services. The family will also have loads to patronise. Organizers Onua 95.1 FM and Planet One Multimedia promise patrons and exhibitors value for their time and money. There will also be surprises on the days as there will be so much at the Fair. Source:…

The Northern Regional Police Command was on Thursday, April 27 forced to grant bail to 11 supporters of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Sagnerigu Constituency who were picked up on the evening of Wednesday for engaging in unlawful demonstration. The 11 were among some supporters who burnt car tyres at the Tamale Sports Stadium Roundabout in protest against President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s nominee of Chief Executive for the Sagnerigu District. The act, police revealed, is against the law as the protestors prevented other road users from usage of the road; hence the arrests. The Command also revealed…

Sixty-nine illegal mining machines have been confiscated and destroyed by an anti-galamsey taskforce in Dunkwa-on-Offin, Central Region. The ‘Stop Galamsey Operation’ Taskforce at Dunkwa-On-Offin in the Central Region destroyed 19 machines on Tuesday and followed up with 50 machines on Wednesday. The machines were used by illegal miners operating on River Offin, which serves as the major source of water for residents in the Upper Denkyira East District. The taskforce was set up by the Chief of Dunkwa-On-Offin, Okofrobuor Obeng Nuako III, in collaboration with the Dunkwa-On-Offin Small Scale Mining Association and it has representations from the Bureau of National…

Turkey’s police force has suspended more than 9,000 officers over alleged links to the US-based Islamic preacher Fethullah Gulen. It said the action had been taken on the grounds of national security. President Tayyip Erdogan accuses Mr Gulen of instigating a failed coup against him last July – a charge the cleric denies. Earlier, authorities detained more than 1,000 people in the latest operation against alleged Gulen supporters. The nationwide sweep was one of the largest such operations carried out in Turkey in months. As well as the 1,009 detained on Wednesday, arrest warrants were issued for another 3,224 people,…

The Ghana Internet Service Providers Association (GISPA) has urged all domestic corporate businesses and academic institutions to embrace the Ghana Internet eXchange (GIX) by connecting their traffic to it since it will beat down cost and increase the value of data consumption. GISPA noted that currently only 25 per cent of local traffic is exchanged in Ghana and called on the National Communications Authority (NCA) to ensure that it is mandatory for all the telcos to direct about 90 per cent of local traffic through the GIX. Speaking to 3FM 92.7, President of Ghana Internet eXchange Association (GIX) Ernest Brown…

Former Member of Parliament for Akwatia Constituency Baba Jamal has sent the strongest warning yet to the rank and file of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to forget coming to power in 2020 should they decide to settle on another candidate instead of John Dramani Mahama. “John Mahama is not just affable and well marketed but he is the only president in the history of this country who has done a lot of developmental projects in a short time,” he said about the immediate past president. “We can all see it around us. For four years Ghanaians can attest to…

One person died on the spot while three others sustained serious injuries on Thursday morning when a Toyota Camry skidded off the Mallam Junction stretch of the N1 highway unto the main Mallam-Kasoa road. The injured were sent to the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital for treatment while the deceased was also sent to the morgue of the same hospital. The accident occurred around 4am when the Toyota Camry with registration number GR 499-16 was driving from the Awoshie-Baah-Yard stretch of the N1 to the Mallam Junction interchange. An eye witness told Onua FM that the Camry was on top speed from…

A faulty traffic light near Niagara Hotel at Adabraka in Accra caused accidents in the early hours of Thursday. Two vehicles, a Honda Civic with registration number GC 4327-12 and a Sprinter commercial vehicle with registration number GE 8138-14 collided at the traffic intersection in a struggle to beat the confusion. The Honda Civic was from Adabraka to Asylum Down while the Sprinter was from Accra Central to the Kwame Nkrumah Circle. An eyewitness explained that both drivers were on top speed and so the Sprinter somersaulted after the collision. There were three people on the Sprinter but no one…