Stop Poisoning ‘Koobi’
Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, Minister of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation has asked traders to stop using formalin to preserve food items since it was dangerous to human health....
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Prof Frimpong-Boateng Urges Fish Mongers
Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, Minister of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation has asked traders to stop using formalin to preserve food items since it was dangerous to human health....
We’re Guilty of Environmental Abuse; Let’s Change – Minister
Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, the Minister of Environment, Science and Technology Innovation, on Monday, asked Ghanaians to be safety conscious and change their attitudes for a safe environment...
Tullow Expands Scholarship Scheme In Local Universities
Tullow Oil Ghana, an oil exploration and production company, has expanded its annual scholarship scheme to include more Ghanaians who study in the country’s universities. The scheme, which formerly...
Government Will Enforce Illegal Mining Law
The Minister of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, Professor Kwabena Frimpong Boateng, says the government will roll out a programme to enforce the law on illegal mining. The programme,...
Government Ready To Clamp Down On ‘galamseyers’
Government is set to clamp down on galamsey operations as a measure to restore water bodies in the country, Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, Minister of Environment, Science, Technology and...
Amissah-Arthur Gets New Mansion
It appears President John Dramani Mahama is not in a hurry to vacate the official residence of the Vice President at East Cantonments area of Accra, after spending huge sums of money to furnish his...
Ayariga Allegedly Negotiates Kickback Deal?
Listeners of Oman FM's morning show "National Agenda" were yesterday (Thursday) held spellbound as the radio station played a voice recording suspected to be that of former Environment Minister...
Ayariga Hot Over MPs Bribe
Member of Parliament (MP) for Bawku Central, Mahama Ayariga, has landed himself in hot waters following a claim he made that MPs were given bribes to approve the nomination of then Minister-designate...
I Swear By Allah, Ayariga Lied – Muntaka
The Minority Chief Whip has descended hard on his colleague Minority Member of Parliament for Bawku Central, Mahama Ayariga, saying the latter lied over his claims about an alleged bribery scandal...
I Have Nothing Personal Against Osafo Marfo – Ayariga
The Member of Parliament for Bawku Central, Mahama Ayariga has clarified that his dissention to the Senior Minister portfolio created by President Akufo-Addo is not borne out of hatred for the...
Akufo-Addo Names Second Batch of Ministerial Nominees
President Akufo-Addo has nominated 12 more individuals to occupy various ministerial positions in his government. This is the second batch of ministerial nominees made by the President after he...
Appoint A Humble Communications Minister
Dr Eric Opoku, a political communications lecturer at the University of Cape Coast, has said incoming president Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo must appoint a Communications Minister who has a good...
Ogoni In Review
The Ogoninews publisher Mr. Fegalo Nsuke caught up with Mr. Ben Ikari who is a prominent Ogoni activist and the following questions drew his responses below. OGN: What is your assessment of the gains...
Mr. Fegalo Nsuke Caught Up With Mr. Ben Ikari Who Is A Prominent Ogoni Activist?
The Ogoninews publisher Mr. Fegalo Nsuke caught up with Mr. Ben Ikari who is a prominent Ogoni activist and the following questions drew his responses below. OGN: What is your assessment of the gains...
Water Pollution, Time To Stop Impending Doom
“Famine and thirst sigh like a scythe across the field of statistics and the desert is a moving mouth”—Derek Walcott (The Fortunate Traveler) During the electioneering campaign, I hardly heard...
Mahama Ayariga Defends €18m Contract Signed After Defeat
Out-going Environment, Science and Technology minister Mahama Ayariga has defended the signing of an €18m waste management contract days after the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) lost...
Nigeria’s Amina Mohammed Confirmed As New UN Deputy Secretary-General
New United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday announced Nigeria’s Environment minister, Amina Mohammed as his Deputy Secretary-General (DSG). Guterres made the announcement...
Ayariga Declared Bawku Central Winner After 3 Days of Collation
Minister of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation Mahama Ayariga has been declared as winner of the Bawku Central parliamentary elections. He polled 22,611 votes to beat closest contender...
Gov’t Officials ‘connived With Woyome’ In the GHC35m Deal – OccupyGhana
OccupyGhana says its evaluation of some documents on the contract government signed with Alfred Agbesi Woyome has revealed government officials either connived with the businessman to defraud the...