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Rains Cause Havoc In Kumasi, Obuasi
Torrential rains that fell in the Ashanti Region on Sunday has caused a lot of havoc, exposing the daunting task facing government of Ghana in fighting floods. The rains, which started from about...
Rescuers Search For 14 Missing In Ghana Illegal Mine Collapse
Rescuers in Ghana are racing against time to find 14 missing miners trapped after an illegal pit collapsed in the country's south officials said Monday. Police said they are still searching for...
‘Deepen Community Relations’
Ashanti Regional Minister, Simon Osei-Mensah has urged management of Asanko Gold Mine in the Amansie West District of the region to deepen relations with the communities and engage them especially on...
India Eyes Sale of Its Debt-Laden Airline
New Delhi is hoping to privatise Air India to make the ailing national carrier more competitive, but experts say debts of at least $8 billion could deter buyers. India's finance minister said on...
South Africa’s AngloGold Ashanti May Cut 8,500 Jobs
AngloGold Ashanti, the world's third largest gold miner, said Wednesday it was considering 8,500 job cuts in South Africa as part of a turnaround strategy to curb losses. "This restructuring...
Minister Urges Asanko Gold To Prioritise Dev’t of Host Communities
The Ashanti Regional Minister, Mr. Simon Osei-Mensah, has urged management of Asanko Gold, a gold mining company in the Amansie West District of the Ashanti Region, to deepen relations with their...
AngloGold Sets New Safety Benchmark
Anglogold Ashanti has stated that it has set new safety records and achieved its first ever March quarter without a fatal accident, as it reported operating results for the three months to 31 March,...
Obuasi Residents Enjoy Free Sickle Cell Screening
The Information Services Department (ISD) in the Obuasi district in collaboration with Anglogold Ashanti has successfully organized a series of programmes to mark this year’s edition of World...
Hearts Drown Sharks As AshGold Record 3-0 Win Over Allies
Hearts of Oak travelled to Elmina in Week 19 of the 2016/2017 Ghana Premier League to record a 2-0 win over debutants Elmina Sharks. Kwame Kizito and Winful Cobbina were the goalscorers for the...
Ghana Premier League – Week 19
The Ghana Premier League resumes this weekend as teams are poised to settle for good results for a better position on the table. Others have their eyes on occupying the top spot. The results will...
NTP Receives GHc215,000.00 In Fight Against TB In Ghana
Persues Mining Ghana Limited, on Wednesday, donated GHȼ215,000.00 to the National Tuberculosis Control Programme (NTP) to help organise the 20th Union Africa Conference (UAC) on Tuberculosis (TB)....
Indonesia Tackles Illegal Mining Boom
Hulking excavators claw at riverbanks on Indonesia's Sumatra island in the hunt for gold, transforming what was once a rural idyll into a scarred, pitted moonscape. It is one of a huge number of...
Anglogold Ashanti Pledges Support To Fight Water Bodies Challenges
Anglogold Ashanti Iduapriem Gold Mine has pledged to work with government and other stakeholders in the extractive sector to help minimise environmental challenges facing the country’s water bodies...
Nadia Buari Reveals Identity of the Father of Her Twins
Actress Nadia Buari has revealed the identity of the father of her twins. On Father’s Day, Sunday, June 18, Buari posted a photo on Instagram with the caption: Happy Father’s Day to the king of...
Stop Destroying Cocoa Farms For Gold
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), Mr. Joseph Boahen Aidoo, has raised alarm over the destruction caused by activities of illegal gold and diamond miners to the vast cocoa...
Ecobank Secures Approval of US$400 Million Capital Positioning and Restructuring
Ecobank has secured shareholders’ approval to raise $400 million in its convertible bonds to restructure its operations and strengthen the group’s capital position. This was secured at the Annual...
John Mensah Insists He Is Not Done With Football
Former Black Stars captain and defender John Mensah popularly known as "Rock of Gibraltar" insist that his football career has not ended even though he has been inactive for some time. The tough...
Thunder TV Apologises and Withdraws Porn Content
One of the television stations cited by a petition to the National Media Commission for showing pornographic movies has withdrawn the content with immediate effect. Primenewsghana can confirm Thunder...
Nominees For AIF 2017 Announced
The African Innovation Foundation (AIF) today announced the top 10 nominees who will be contending for the 2017 Innovation Prize for Africa (IPA), to be awarded in Accra, Ghana on 18th July 2017....