Author: SAMUEL
Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah has said the era of temporarily deploying soldiers and other security personnel to galamsey sites is over. e noted that government has resolved to permanently station these security personnel including soldiers to galamsey sites to prevent illegal miners from returning to their destructive activities. Speaking in an interview on TV3’s Hot Issues, Sunday, October 12, 2025, the Minister explained that a first batch of 400 troops have been trained and ready to be deployed to specific galamsey sites to be on guard at these areas. He revealed that the Ministry through…
Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah has assured Ghanaians that government will repeal the Legislative Instrument (L.I.) 2462 which allows the President to approve mining in forest reserves if deemed to be in the “national interest.” Speaking on TV3’s Hot Issues, Sunday, October 12, 2025, the Minister noted that his outfit is currently collaborating with the Attorney-General to revoke the law. He emphasised that a new L.I. 2501 will be put into force which will revoke the amended L.I 2462. “We have to also reform the laws. We thought that what was so important in it was…
The search for 12-year-old David, who was swept away by the Okrudu River at Kasoa after a heavy downpour, has come to a sad end. His body was found four days later at Fijai in the Gomoa East District. David reportedly drowned while trying to retrieve his slippers, which had fallen into a gutter as he made his way to pick up his siblings from school. Witnesses say the slippers drifted toward the Okrudu River, and in his attempt to get them back, he was caught by the strong currents and swept away. Confirming the recovery of the body, the…
Kow Abaka Essuman, lawyer and NPP member, has painted a grim picture of Ghana’s environmental state, describing the impact of illegal mining as “heartbreaking” and an existential threat to the country’s future. Essuman recounted what he witnessed during recent travels across mining areas. “When you fly over Takoradi, you see what looks like Milo flowing through the country, brown water everywhere. It’s heartbreaking,” he said in an interview on Starr FM monitored by Lovinghananews.com. “When you drive through Chibi at night, you see people coming out from the bushes in their Wellington boots. It’s happening now.” He emphasised that the…
Kow Abaka Essuman, a lawyer and member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has called for a collective and non-partisan approach to tackling illegal mining, widely known as galamsey, describing it as a “national matter” that demands unity beyond political lines. Speaking on Starr Chat with Bola Ray monitored by Lovinghananews.com, Essuman cautioned that the country’s long-standing battle with illegal mining would remain futile if political parties continued to weaponise it. “We cannot play politics with it,” he said. “Mining has been with us for many years. It’s one of our biggest foreign exchange earners, and we can’t do without…
Security analyst Professor Kwesi Aning has cautioned that the newly established National Anti-Illegal Mining Operations Secretariat (NAIMOS) risks suffering the same fate as previous anti-galamsey initiatives if systemic corruption and weak institutional structures are not addressed. Prof. Aning emphasized the need to protect the personnel deployed under the initiative from the corrupt influences that derailed earlier operations such as Operation Vanguard and Operation Halt. “These are our sons and brothers in uniform. They are only about four hundred. The question is, how do we protect them from the same corruption that undermined Operation Vanguard and Operation Halt? If we do…
The Minister for Health, Hon. Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, has appealed to the Ghana Health Service (GHS) to show leniency toward Ms. Bernice Aboagye, the staff nurse at the Nkenkaasu District Hospital who was recently issued a query letter over alleged unprofessional remarks made against him on social media. In a press release issued by the Ministry of Health on Sunday, October 12, 2025, and signed by its spokesperson, Tony Goodman, the Minister acknowledged the GHS’s swift response in upholding professional standards but urged the Service to “temper justice with mercy” in handling the matter. “The Minister commends the Ghana Health…
Shatta Michy has shared a deeply introspective view of her personal growth, describing her journey as one of authenticity, healing, and rediscovery. Reflecting on her evolution, Michy dismissed the idea that she has simply “turned a new leaf,” explaining instead that she is now living in alignment with her true self. “Knowing myself more, I don’t think it’s a new leaf per se. I’m living my authentic self right now. This is who I am and supposed to be as a person,” she said during a recent forum. “Sometimes life decides to break us to rebuild us, and that is…
Entrepreneur, singer, and actress Diamond Michelle Gbagonah, popularly known as Shatta Michy, has opened up about her personal growth, healing process, and how solitude has become an essential part of her life journey. Speaking at a recent forum, the former partner of dancehall star Shatta Wale revealed that she has learned to embrace quiet moments as a source of strength and self-discovery. “I would say I’m a good friend to solitude. I like to be with myself, analyze the situation I’m in at the moment, and sort of get it together before I get out,” Michy shared. “I don’t go…
Minister of State for Government Communications, Felix Kwakye Ofosu, has praised President John Dramani Mahama’s unwavering commitment to fighting illegal mining, stating that the President has made it clear that “no one is too big to fall.” The Abura-Asebu-Kwamankese MP revealed that President Mahama has demonstrated strong political will by ordering investigations into alleged illegal mining activities involving even high-ranking party officials. “Both publicly and privately, President Mahama has told everybody in the NDC that as far as he’s concerned, nobody is too big to fall if they get involved in galamsey,” Kwakye Ofosu stated during a panel discussion on…