Lands and Natural Resources Minister, John Peter Amewu, has condemned the police assault on a journalist on Tuesday when some protestors besieged the Police Headquarters in Accra to demand the...
As a news editor, I keenly listen to speeches and addresses of newsmakers with the hope of reading in between the lines to convey the correct message to the eagerly awaiting public of news consumers....
The government of Nana Akufo-Addo has been taking giant strides towards ensuring that illegal mining commonly known in Ghana as galamsey becomes a story of the past, together with all its associated...
The Minister of Lands, Forestry and Natural Resources, John Peter Amewu, has revealed that government is in the process of procuring drones worth about three million dollars ($3m) to facilitate the...
Government has with immediate effect withdrawn the purported mining leases granted to Exton Cubic Group Limited to mine bauxite deposits at a forest reserve in Nyinahin in the Atwima Mponua District...
Information reaching Today indicates that some police officers from the Asankragua District Police Command in the Wassa Amenfi West District of the Western Region on Monday, July 24, 2017 besieged...
MINERALS Commission of Ghana has warned politicians across the political divide to stop the habit of interfering in the fight against illegal small scale mining activities which is destroying water...
More than 20% of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s mining revenue is being lost due to corruption and mismanagement, a campaign group says. According to a Global Witness report, the money is being...
Pop diva Beyonce unveiled her newborn twins to the world early Friday, posting a glamorous photo on Instagram and announcing their names. "Sir Carter and Rumi 1 month today," reads the caption on the...
The Lands and Natural Resources Ministry has said it will deploy a combined team of military and police personnel to illegal mining areas to stop galamsey. This forms part of efforts to sustain the...
The Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources has named some mining firms that will from henceforth have military protection. This comes weeks after the sector Minister, Peter John Amewu, criticized...
The Prestea mine collapse victims were given a mass burial as rescue team could not find the 22 trapped persons… The illegal miners who were trapped in a Galamsey pit at Prestea in the Western...
It was Tuesday 30th May 2017. Many Ghanaians had woken up to viral videos of the gruesome killing of a soldier. That soldier turned out to be Captain Maxwell Adam Mahama, now Major. The news, in no...
Russia’s oil giant Rosneft said Sunday it had discovered a new oil field near the Laptev Sea, which could be the biggest on the shelf. Rosneft said in a statement that it had discovered new...
Government has announced the reopening of the Ghana School of Surveying and Mapping (GSSM). The school was recently closed down following recent clashes over the acquisition of its land. Speaking at...
The ongoing “war” waged by government against illegal miners has already chalked some successes. But like many believe, Lands and Natural Resources Minister, John Peter Amewu cannot continue...
Contractors of the new ultra-modern office complex of the Ashanti Regional Head Office of the Lands Commission say the project will soon be completed and handed over for use. The new office complex...
Following a tour of some mining sites, Lands and Natural Resources Minister, John Peter Amewu, has ordered the foreign-operated Geo Professional Services to shut down with immediate effect. The...
Lands and Natural Resources Minister, Peter Amewu, has caused the arrest of four expatriates operating an illegal gold mine at Tontokrom in the Amansie West District of the Ashanti Region. The mining...
Following a tour of some mining sites, Lands and Natural Resources Minister, John Peter Amewu, has ordered the foreign-operated Geo Professional Services to shut down with immediate effect. The...
