The Police have launched full-scale investigation into circumstances that led to an alleged service patrol team providing protection for Surveyors on a disputed land. The said land is situated at Katamanso, in the Kpone Katamanso Municipality of the Greater Accra Region. The patrol team, with service vehicle bearing registration number GP 175, based at Lakeside Estate in Accra on September 6, 2022 was reportedly sighted on the land, together with persons who claimed to be private security men
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Youth Employment Agency (YEA), Kofi Agyepong, says the absence of relevant skills will continue to create high rate of unemployment in the country, despite the availability of vacancies for employment. Mr Agyepong, who was speaking at the 2022 Job Fair in Sunyani, therefore, called for the need to change the patterns of “our investments into well enhanced skills that will stay with our youth forever.” He said “I have been asking myself since I took
A fresh case has been filed at the Accra High Court by the Attorney-General (A-G), Godfred Yeboah Dame, against En Huang, aka Aisha Huang, a Chinese national who has gained notoriety in illegal mining activities, which is popularly known among locals as galamsey, in Ghana. The A-G filed four criminal accusations against the ‘galamsey queen, which if found culpable, could spend a maximum of 20 years imprisonment or could be fined up to 30,000 penalty units, an equivalent of GH¢360,000. En
The Police have launched full-scale investigation into circumstances that led to an alleged service patrol team providing protection for Surveyors on a disputed land. The said land is situated at Katamanso, in the Kpone Katamanso Municipality of the Greater Accra Region. The patrol team, with service vehicle bearing registration number GP 175, based at Lakeside Estate in Accra on September 6, 2022 was reportedly sighted on the land, together with persons who claimed to be private security men
Dr Nana Kwame Nkrumah, a lecturer at the University of Ghana Center for International Affairs and Diplomacy says Ghanaians will definitely choose the Minister for Trade and Industry, Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen over former President John Dramani Mahama, should both candidates get the nod to lead their respectively political parties – the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and National Democratic Congress (NDC) Speaking in an interview with The Chronicle, the lecturer contended that looking at the 125 factories
The Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel Abu Jinapor, has warned illegal miners that it is still an offence to mine near river bodies and forests and that anyone caught will be made to face the full rigours of the law. In a statement issued after chairing a ministerial Coordinating Council on illegal mining in Accra, last week Friday, he said the ban imposed on reconnaissance, prospecting and/or exploration activities in Forest Reserves, except in exceptional circumstances, is still
The Minister for Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has appealed to investors who attended the just-ended Ghana-Canada Investment Summit (GCIS) to consider the huge opportunities in the country and direct their investment here for higher returns. Addressing the diaspora investor community at the six-day Summit, organised by the Ghana Investment Promotion (GIPC) in Toronto, Canada, on Thursday September 15, 2022, the Minister said the stable political atmosphere, coupled with the vast investment
An Accra Circuit Court, presided over by Evelyn Asamoah, has jailed a civil servant working with the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources, Gabriel Gyamara Sarpong, to fifteen months. The court sentenced Sarpong on his own plea of guilty for defrauding by false pretenses, contrary to Section 13(1) of the Criminal Offences Act 1060(Act 29). He was jailed last week Friday, 16th September 2022. Nevertheless, Sarpong would be tried for falsely pretending to be a public servant, since he pleaded
As a result of the decision of the egoistic Russian President, Vladimir Putin, to invade Ukraine and the effect of Covid-19 on the global economies, crude oil prices have hit the roof top. Here, in Ghana, the ex-pump prices of the commodity have been on the ascendency for some months now. Since petrol and diesel are the drivers of our national economy, local prices of these commodities, including food, are also on the rise. The Chronicle is, therefore, shocked that instead of helping to ameliorate
Two churches in Adansi, the Methodist Church and the Church of Pentecost, are to establish vocational and technical institutions at Adamso and Ampunyasi, both in the Akrofoum District. While the Methodist Church is to build the institute at Adamso, the Church of Pentecost has chosen Ampunyasi for its project. The District Chief Executive (DCE), Mr. Maurice Jonas Woode, disclosed this when he and the Member of Parliament (MP) for the area, Mr. Alex Blankson, commissioned a 12-seater water closet
The Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) Foundation has sponsored selected artisans from some districts to take their National Vocational Training Institute (NVTI) examination across several parts of the Ashanti Region in its quest to support the youth to acquire certificates and startup tools. The Executive Director of the Foundation, Dr. Dominic Eduah, said the Skilled Artisan Project (SAP) was a livelihood empowerment programme designed and sponsored by the GNPC Foundation with its implementation
The Atwima Rural Bank made a profit of GH¢148,797 in 2021, as against a loss of GH¢2,097,740 in the year 2020, the Board Chairman of the Bank, Mr. Eric Appiah, has disclosed at the 28th Annual General Meeting. He said in spite of the ravages of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Bank navigated through uncharted waters and moved from a loss position in 2020, to a profitable position in 2021 through the strategic leadership of the Board and management. Chairman Appiah gave the assurance that the Bank
The Director-General of the National Patrol Department of the Ghana Police Service, COP Paul Manly Awuni, says “the Police Administration is taking pragmatic steps to weed out miscreants and criminals masquerading in Police uniforms from the service to restore our reputation and good image.” The initiative, he noted, would put an end to any act of bribery, extortion, corruptible activities, and worse of all, police personnel involvement in violent crimes such as robbery. According to him,
This may be the third time, if not more, that I have had the occasion of sharing my opinion on the matter of mining, with the El Salvador’s experience. It looks very obvious that some people want this unregulated and illegal mining in Ghana, to be out of the reaches of discipline. In fact, it looks like mining in general is having field days and every one in that industry is doing what they want without considering the long-term diverse effects this will have on this country. El Salvador, on
Four people have been rescued from the rubble of a collapsed four-storey building in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. The building, which was supposed to be a six-storey building, collapsed on Saturday while contractors were on the fourth floor. “Four persons (have been) rescued and taken to the hospital,” according to a statement shared around 9 p.m. on Saturday by the Commissioner for Information in Akwa Ibom State, Ini Ememobong. Rescue operation was still going on, according to the statement. The
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has arrested an ex-convict, Onyeka Charles Madukolu at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja Lagos. NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi disclosed this in a statement on Sunday, saying that the 44-year-old man was nabbed for importing 5.90 kilograms of cocaine concealed in cans of deodorants and ladies’ lip gloss into Nigeria. “Onyeka who was sentenced to seven years imprisonment in Ethiopia for drug trafficking offences and released from prison
President Muhammadu Buhari departed Abuja yesterday, Sunday, September 18, for New York, United States to attend the annual meeting of world leaders, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA77). The theme for the 77th session which opened on Tuesday, September 13 is: “A watershed Moment: Transformative Solutions to Interlocking Challenges.” Key topics of discussion at the UNGA this year include; the war in Ukraine, the energy crisis, climate action, ending the COVID-19 pandemic, and a special
The Nigerian Senate said it would address the 2023 budget deficit of N11.03 trillion through the amendment of the relevant provisions of the Finance Act. This was made known by the Senate Committee on General Services, Senator Sani Musa, stressing that they will dwell on areas of making the various revenue generating agencies to triple their targets as will be handed over to them by the parliaments. Sani spoke after the Senate ‘makeshift’ Chambers was inspected by the Senate President, Ahmad
The Queen’s funeral on Monday will be one of the biggest gatherings of royalty and politicians hosted in the UK for decades. Invitations went out over the weekend to an anticipated 500 heads of state and foreign dignitaries. And of course there will be family, friends and courtiers in the congregation too. The guest list has not been confirmed but here’s what we know so far about who is expected to attend, who is likely to be on the list – and who is not definitely not coming.
About two million people in southwestern Japan have been ordered to evacuate ahead of a powerful typhoon forecast to hit the region on Sunday, according to public broadcaster NHK-World Japan. Unprecedented storms and rainfall could strike Japan’s southwest island of Kyushu, the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) warned on Sunday, calling the typhoon “large and very strong.” “In Kagoshima Prefecture, there is a risk of storms, high waves and storm surges like never experienced
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