The Ghana Armed Forces has refuted reports that some soldiers are providing security for mining firms in forest reserves. “GAF wishes to state categorically that there are no military personnel deployed for such activities and no Soldier is providing security for any mining company in any forest reserve in any …

A video making rounds on social media show men believed to be involved in illegal mining in a gun battle with authorities at Asaman Tamfoe in the Eastern Region . Although the details of what led to the scary shooting are unknown, men wielding firearms could be seen in the …

The Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel Abdulai Jinapor, has said persons in charge of institutions regulating mining activities in the Amansie South District of the Ashanti Region should be held responsible for the destruction caused by illegal miners. Illegal miners have returned to the area and are destroying …

Close to Thousands of residents at Kyebi in the Akyem Abuakwa South Municipality and Akwatia in the Demkyembour District of the Eastern Region have been displaced by floods after heavy downpours on Wednesday, September 28, 2022.   At Akwatia and Bodua in the same district, close to a thousand residents …

A British Airways ferry flight (A380) from Johannesburg en route to London Heathrow Airport on Thursday, made a technical stop at Kotoka International Airport (KIA). This is the second time an A380 aircraft has operated or landed in Accra. According to a report on the official Facebook page of the …

Two persons have sustained gunshot wounds at Samreboi in the Western Region.   This happened after a section of the youth reportedly prevented personnel of Akonta Mining Limited from sending more mining equipment into the Tano Nimri Forest reserve. The company is said to have been mining in the reserve …

Tension is mounting at Akropong-Akuapem in the Eastern Region after the National House of Chiefs on Thursday, September 29, 2022, upheld the legitimacy of the Okuapehene Oseadeeyo Kwasi Akuffo III. This is a confirmation of an earlier ruling by the House of Chiefs last year. The ruling has renewed tension …

The Minority in Parliament says its privy to some incontrovertible evidence that shows a whopping $100m of Ghana’s oil money has been diverted.   According to a statement issued by Ranking Member, Mines and Energy Committee, John Abdulai Jinapor, revenues accruing from about 944,164bbls of crude lifted in the Jubilee …

The Coalition of Youth Organisers has waded into the “unfortunate” incident last weekend when President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo was booed by patrons at the Global Citizen Festival staged at the Black Star Square in Accra. The embarrassing incident was widely reported by the media, leaving political parties divided on …

Some passport applicants in the country are seething with anger following the inability of passport offices across the country to release their passports despite the expiration of their collection dates.   According to Starr News sources, the passport office is currently only attending to priority cases as the company which …