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The Paramount chief of the Talensi traditional area, Tongraan kugblisong Nanlebegtang, has warned both licensed small scale miners and illegal miners in the area to stop mining with immediate effect. He made this known in a press conference at his palace in Tongo, in which he called on the Minerals Commission to help him sanitise mining within his traditional area. TV3’s Upper East correspondent Tanko Mohammed Rabiu reports that the Tongraan’s call is to support the ultimatum given by the Lands and Natural Resources Minister to illegal miners. The Paramount chief of Talensi traditional area maintained that mining activities have…

Ghana’s Chief Justice, Justice Georgina Theodora Wood, who retires from the judiciary in June this year, is to be appointed to the Council of State, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has revealed. Her appointment to the Council will be in line with a provision of Ghana’s 1992 Constitution, which requires a former Chief Justice to be included in the 25-membership of the Council. Article 89(2)(i) of the Constitution states there shall be a Council of State which shall consist of “one person who has previously held the office of Chief Justice”. In view of the absence of a living former…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has confirmed a justice of the Supreme Court, Sophia Akuffo as a “worthy successor” to the outgoing Chief Justice. She would be the second female Chief Justice, pending approval, when Mrs Georgina Theodora Wood retires in June this year. “I have no doubt that Justice Akuffo will be a worthy successor to Chief Justice Wood and uphold jealously the independence of the Judiciary,” President Akufo-Addo declared on Friday as he outdoored Justice Akuffo as the next head of the judiciary – the third arm of government. Discipline Making indirect reference to the recent judicial scandal…

Pastors in the country have been urged to allow the use of their pulpits as a platform to combat illegal mining. There has been months of sustained crusade against illegal mining known as galamsey in the country under the auspices of the Lands and Natural Resources Ministry. The Christian Council of Ghana (CCG) and the Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Conference (GCBC) made the call in a joint communiqué issued today. The religious bodies said they were “satisfied” with the president and government’s efforts  to protect water bodies, farmlands, forest reserves among others and their commitment to end illegal mining in the…

Archbishop Nicholas Duncan Williams has reiterated that there are a “brigade of lairs” around leaders in political positions and leaders in the church who only seek the downfall of their superiors. The Founder and Leader of the Action Chapel International in an interview said it takes grace and the spirit of discernment to manage such people. “There are brigades of liars around people in authority and you’ve got to be very wicked to deal with those people because they don’t like you. When Lady Diana was asked what are you afraid of, she said she’s not afraid of anything but…

Human rights lawyer, Nana Oye Lithur, has backed President Akufo-Addo on his nomination of Supreme Court judge, Justice Sophia Abena Boafoa Akuffo, as Ghana’s Chief Justice as she exalts the latter for her professional achievements. Describing her as “one of the finest legal brains” in the country, the former Gender and Social Protection Minister said God will guide Justice Akuffo to chart a part that would ensure that ” justice will roll like waters and righteousness like an everflowing stream in Ghana,”. Justice Akuffo was named by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo Friday to succeed Justice Georgina Theodora Wood who…

The National Health Insurance Scheme is currently indebted to the Christian Health Association of Ghana (CHAG) hospitals in excess of 200 million cedis. This is years of accumulated arrears the government has failed to settle service providers under the scheme. “Over the years several efforts have been made by CHAG to reclaim our money but to no avail,” the Christian Council of Ghana (CCG) and the Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Conference (GCBC) lamented in a communiqué. The communiqué was issued after the two religious bodies’ annual joint meeting which was held at Osu Ebenezer Presbyterian Church, Accra on Wednesday May 10,…

US President Donald Trump has warned fired former FBI chief James Comey against leaking material to the media. In a tweet on Friday he said Mr Comey had “better hope that there are no ‘tapes’ of our conversations”. Mr Comey, who had been leading an inquiry into alleged Russian meddling in the US election, was fired by the president on Tuesday. Mr Trump has since insisted he was told by Mr Comey that he was not under investigation. Mr Trump said he had been told twice by Mr Comey over dinner and once over the phone that he was not…

The man believed to be the boyfriend of a 22-year-old woman whose killing has shocked South Africa has appeared in court in Johannesburg to face murder charges, local media report. Karabo Mokoena’s mother wept as she arrived at the hearing. A widespread online campaign to find Mokoena was called off on Wednesday when her father confirmed her death. The case has sparked a fierce debate about the levels of violence faced by women in South Africa. Police are still waiting for DNA tests to confirm the identity of the body, which they said was “badly burned”. The case has prompted…

The founder of Action Chapel International, Archbishop Nicholas Duncan Williams has indicated that not all pastors or men of God are called to relate with politicians adding that it takes special grace to navigate such terrains. Making references to biblical times, the renowned man of God said “Daniel was called to stand in the courts of Kings, Princes and Princesses and he could speak against Kings and prophecy against them and they couldn’t touch him. “Jeremiah was a prophet to the nation and anytime he spoke and prophecy against the Kings, he was put in prison. So everybody has his…