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“Fellow Ghanaians, as you will notice, we are not playing the national anthem. In other words, this is not a coup. I ask for nothing less than a REVOLUTION-something that will transform the social and economic order of this country. Fellow citizens, it is now left to you to decide how this country is going to go from today. We are asking for nothing more than the power to organize this country in such a way that nothing will be done from the Castle without the consent and authority of the people. In other words, the people, the farmers, the…

The Minerals Commission has asked Ghanaian small-scale miners to form alliances that will see them become a large-scale operator in the country’s mining industry. Board Chairman of the Commission, Samson Kwaku Boafo , who made the suggestion explained such a move would help enhance their income and also help the government achieve its agenda of Ghana Beyond Aid. He observed Ghana’s mining industry has the potential of making the country economically independent if properly organized. The Minerals Commission has been engaging small-scale miners on responsible mining devoid of destruction of water bodies and farmlands. Mr. Kwaku Boafo, said government’s ban…

Fire has destroyed parts of the Abuakwa-Dadease market in the Atwima Nwabiagya District of the Ashanti Region. About 70 structures were razed down Friday by the inferno destroying items worth thousands of Ghana cedis. It was a nightmare for some traders at the market as they watched the fire destroy their wares and sums of money. The fire is reported to have started around 11pm on Thursday from one of the shops stocked with firecrackers. Several properties were destroyed despite the intervention of personnel from the Ghana National Fire Service. It took the Fire Service about two hours to bring the…

A security man who destroyed four air-conditioners belonging to the State for non-payment of his salaries by the Ministry of Food and Agriculture  has been fined GH¢960 or in default, spend four months in jail. Mustapha Yakubu who works with Animal Production Unit of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MOFA) committed the crime over non-payment of his salaries by ministry for the past seven months. Though he denied the charge of causing unlawful damage, the Accra District Court presided over by Ms Aret Nsemoah found him guilty at the end of the trial. Sergeant Joyce Ofori, who led the…

The Chief Executive of the National Petroleum Authority, Hassan Tampuli,  who chairs the board of the MUSIGA Presidential Grandball, on Friday night supervised a successful event aimed at raising funds for  aged musicians in the country. This will ensure that the aged musicians and active ones will benefit from their composition when they retire. The well attended event, which had President Akufo-Addo in attendance, also had participants coming from the business community. Mr. Tampuli in a speech acknowledged the tremendous role artistes in the country have played in the past and continue to play, asserting that their welfare ought to…

The Ghana-Togo Solidarity Movement, a group formed by Ghanaians to support the fight for freedom for citizens of Togo, is set to hold its solidarity walk on Saturday, December 30. The rally to be held at the Kawukudi park is to draw the attention of local and international communities to the political crisis in Togo. The first rally on December 16 was disrupted by the police who claimed the gathering was unlawful, but was disputed by the organisers. About 19 supporters of the Movement including the convener Bernard Anbataayela Mornah were arrested. In an interview with 3FM News on Friday,…

The Association of Small Scale Miners has welcomed the president’s decision to subject its members to a vetting process before they are allowed to mine. According to the Association, the decision is long overdue and should have been the first plan for government in the fight against galamsey. The Director of Operations of the small scale miners, Emmanuel Yirenkyi said this on 3FM’s Sunrise on Friday. He said the idea of thoroughly checking and investigating miners before they are given the opportunity to operate is “something the Association has been fighting since 2013” when they inaugurated a committee to fight…

Nine people have been killed in two attacks on Coptic Christians in Helwan district, south of Cairo, Egypt’s interior ministry has said. Six civilians and a policeman died when a gunman tried to storm a church but was intercepted and arrested, it said. It said the man had previously attacked a Coptic-owned shop in the same area, killing two brothers. The so-called Islamic State (IS) has claimed its “soldiers” carried out the church attack. The interior ministry’s account differs from an earlier version of events given by Egypt’s health ministry. The initial report said 12 were dead, and suggested there…

He wasn’t always a pastor. At least, when we met eight years ago and fell in love with each other, there was no indication that he was going to become a pastor. His dream was to become a lawyer. He loved to talk to people and loved to argue his case firmly. I didn’t doubt his capability to turn out a lawyer because he was cut for it. The day he proposed to me, the only word I could think about was a yes. I said yes and till date, it remains one of the happiest days of my life.…

He wasn’t always a pastor. At least, when we met eight years ago and fell in love with each other, there was no indication that he was going to become a pastor. His dream was to become a lawyer. He loved to talk to people and loved to argue his case firmly. I didn’t doubt his capability to turn out a lawyer because he was cut for it. The day he proposed to me, the only word I could think about was a yes. I said yes and till date, it remains one of the happiest days of my life.…