3 Cops Implicated In $160, 000 Scam
Three unnamed police officers at the East Legon Police station in Accra have been implicated in a $160, 000 gold scam being investigated by the Police Intelligence and Professional Standards (PIPS)...
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Gold Down On Fed Comments
Gold futures on the COMEX division of the New York Mercantile Exchange fell on Thursday as a member of the U. S. Federal Reserve indicated that they could raise interest rates sooner than expected....
Obinim Supporters Scream ‘leave Our Angel Alone’
Hundreds of followers of Bishop Daniel Obinim have massed up at the Nima Police Station in Accra to demand the release of their Pastor. Obinim was arrested Tuesday in connection with a gold fraud...
Rio2016 An Appraisal of the Ghanaian and African Performances
2102 medals were awarded at the just ended Rio Olympics. The International Olympic Committee has records of all the results but does not have an official medals table that ranks countries according...
Shatta Wale Shows Off GhC35,000 Jewelry?
Shatta Wale is obviously one of the most controversial and discussed celebrities in Ghanaian history. The "Dancehall King" constantly stays in the lime light for his eccentricity and confident...
Usain Bolt Completes ‘triple Triple’
Usain Bolt ended his Olympic career by claiming an unprecedented 'triple triple' and his ninth gold as Jamaica won the 4x100m relay final in Rio. Bolt, 29, had won the 100m and 200m in Rio and is the...
Meet First Kenyan Woman To Win the Olympic Marathon
Jemima Sumgong became the first Kenyan woman to win the Olympic marathon, beating Eunice Kirwa of Bahrain. Ethiopia's world champion Mare Dibaba took the bronze medal as her compatriot and race...
Phelps Bows Out of Games With Gold In Men’s Relay
Michael Phelps won his 23rd Olympic gold in what looks like being his final Games, as Britain took silver in the men's 4x100m medley relay. Phelps, 31, secured his fifth gold of Rio 2016 when he...
Meet Vikas, Boxer Who Want Nothing But Gold
Just one win away from winning an Olympic medal after a comprehensive victory over his opponent in his pre-quarterfinal bout, Indian boxer Vikas Krishan says he wants nothing less than a gold in the...
Phelps Beats Ryan Lochte To Win 22nd Gold
Record-breaking Michael Phelps became the first swimmer to win four successive Olympic gold medals in one event by beating Ryan Lochte in the 200m individual medley. Phelps, 31, won his 22nd gold -...
10,000 Mineworkers Lose Jobs
Over 10,000 mineworkers across the country have lost their jobs over the past three years, the Ghana Mine Workers Union (GMWU) has stated. General Secretary of GMWU, Prince William Ankrah, made this...
King Reigns In ‘statement’ Breaststroke Win Over Efimova
Rio de Janeiro (AFP) - American Lilly King vanquished drugs-tainted Russian Yulia Efimova to win 100m breaststroke gold in a race emblematic of the doping cloud shadowing the Rio Olympics. King, a...
Records Tumble As Phelps Adds To Legend
It was a night of records in the Rio 2016 pool on Sunday as Michael Phelps added to his Olympic gold medal haul. Three world records were set: Katie Ledecky in the women's 400m freestyle, Adam Peaty...
AngloGold’s Share Capital Increases
The issued ordinary shares of AngloGold Ashanti (AGA) increased to 408,003,687 as of June 30, 2016. This was as a result of the issue and listing of additional ordinary shares over the period on the...
Surveying the Gold Coast Role of the British Army
It is not coincidental that the Survey Department in Accra is located within a military zone, a Cantonment if you like, where it has always been since its establishment by the colonial authorities....
Radio Gold, Montie FM Shut down in Protest as Contemnors Sentenced to 4 Months in Jail
Two Accra-based radio stations, Radio Gold (90.5fm) and Montie FM (100.1fm) both owned by a company called Network Broadcasting Company, have temporarily shut down in solidarity with the three...
Fall in Cocoa and Gold Prices Affecting Ghanaian Economy
(Sunyani,GNA) – Global decrease in prices of gold and cocoa are major contributors to the fall of the economy in 2013, Mr Edward Ato Sarpong, Deputy Minister of Communication said on Tuesday.
He...
Jaw-dropping Photos That Expose the Human Cost of South Africa’s Mines
Talented Photographer Ilan Godfrey, in a photoseries called "For Legacy of the Mine",explores the human cost South Africa’s monolithic mining industry, tracing the threads of exploitation and...
800m Olympic Gold Medalist, Martha Bissah meets President
President Mahama has given a personal cash reward of GH¢10,000 to “amazing” junior Olympics gold winner, Martha Bissah and charged the Ghana Olympic Committee (GOC) to pay special attention to...