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President Nana Akufo-Addo has been asked to immediately dismiss the Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Kwaku Asomah Cheremeh and the Chief Executive officer of the Forestry Commission, Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie, over the increasing exportation of rosewood trees. The Member of Parliament for Builsa South, Dr. Clement Apaak made the call relying heavily on a report by a US-based organization, Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) that despite the ban on rosewood in the country, a total of 6 million rosewood trees have been exported to China while government claim the ban is in place. The report titled “Ban-Boozled: How corruption and…

The University of Mines and Technology (UMaT) Tarkwa is collaborating with the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) to use mobile technology to help combat diseases and pests that affect cocoa production in Ghana. The mobile application dubbed COCOANET was developed by a group of students of UMaT to, among others, help farmers and field staff identify (diagnose) various diseases and pests which attack cocoa plants. This will facilitate the application of the appropriate remedy to the affected cocoa and reduce costs incurred in the treatment of cocoa farms. A delegation from UMaT, led by Professor Jerry S.Y. Kuma, Vice Chancellor, was…

Highlife legend, Kwame Boa-Amponsem, known popularly as ‘Agya Koo Nimo’, has interceded for the current leadership of Musician Union of Ghana (MUSIGA), urging Ghanaians, especially those in the music industry, to forgive their wrongdoing. The former MUSIGA President observed that the union is riddled with corruption and greediness. “I am sad because morality and corruption are deeps in MUSIGA,” the celebrated King of Palm Wine music asserted. The music professor made the appeal in an interview with Paa Kofi Abronomah on Onua TV at his residence in Kumasi in the Ashanti region. He was commenting on the recent impasses in…

The family of Ruthlove Quayson, one of the three Takoradi kidnapped girls, are confident the new Inspector General of Police James Oppong Boanuh will work to get to the bottom of the kidnap cases in the Western Region. According to the family, their renewed confidence is based on a demonstration of goodwill from the IGP including a personal visit to them. “For now, where we are going to, we think we are in the right direction because for the IGP to move all the way from Accra to Takoradi to encourage us is refreshing,” spokesperson to the family Michael Hayford…

The Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) has discredited reports suggesting that it is undertaking a recruitment exercise. The attention of Ghana Immigration Service, a news release on Tuesday, was drawn to the publications “on unauthorized websites and on social media” announcing ongoing recruitment of personnel by the GIS. “The GIS wishes to inform the general public that it has not embarked on any recruitment exercise. Accordingly, the said publications are false and should be disregarded and be treated with contempt,” it stated. The general public has therefore been reminded that the GIS does not embark on recruitment or enlistment exercises through…

The Upper West Region has consistently maintained below 50 per cent performance in the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) for the past six years. This poor performance at the BECE level, which served as the foundation for the secondary and tertiary levels is attracting lots of dissatisfied concerns among stakeholders in the region. Addressing the Upper West Region Youth Parliament during the International Youth Day celebration in Wa, Mr Justine Kpan, the Public Relations Officer (PRO) for the Ghana Education Service (GES) presented statistics on the abysmal BECE performance in the region for the past six years. He said in…

Businessman and President of the Ghana Rugby Football Union, Herbert Mensah, with support from Sunda International, has donated several products and two bullocks to the Muslim community in Kumasi to coincide with the celebration of Eid ul-Adha the holiest festival of feast on the Islamic calendar.  Eid ul-Adha or the Festival of Sacrifice is celebrated to commemorate the obedience of Ibrahim to Allah in a four day festival across the globe in every Islamic community. The Festival of Sacrifice also marks the end of the yearly Hajj pilgrimage to the holy land of Mecca. The yearly sacrificial ritual is considered…

Portions of a two-storey building housing over 30 shops at Makola were on Sunday torn down under the supervision of the police amidst protest. The Angelina House Shopping Center is situated near the Accra Shopping Mall all within the central business district. In an interview with Mr. Kwame Agyekum Siaw, one of the children of the late J.K Siaw, a business tycoon who owned Tata Brewery and other properties, said a private developer is influencing some of his siblings to sell the property they all inherited. His claim that the property has been sold to a developer was flatly denied…

The Vice President, Alhaji Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has announced that following an appeal by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to the King of Saudi Arabia, the Government of Saudi Arabia has agreed to assist Ghana in the construction of a medical university and 42 senior high schools. The medical university will be established in northern Ghana. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, which would fund the construction of the medical school, would also provide funds for the construction of 42 senior high schools throughout Ghana to increase access to education for the youth, especially girls. Vice President Bawumia underscored Government’s commitment…

Former President, Jerry John Rawlings has sent his family’s warm wishes to Muslims as they celebrate Eid ul Adha. He also advised celebrants to “remember to pray for peace, love and progress in our country and commit ourselves to exorcising negative tendencies that do not benefit us or our society”. Below is his statement to Muslims On the occasion of Eid ul Adha, Nana and I join Muslims to mark the festival of sacrifice. Eid ul Adha celebrates Ibrahim’s will to submit to God through the ultimate sacrifice – his son. It is a period for us to reflect on…