The Ghana Gold Board’s nationwide crackdown on illegal gold trading in Q3 2025 recovered GH¢3,036,990 in cash, along with foreign currencies, gold doré, gold dust, mercury, firearms, phones, and forged documents. Investigations revealed involvement of foreign nationals from the US, Morocco, and Burkina Faso, and possible misuse of Tier 2 licences by some operators. GoldBod…
Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, the former Information Minister and current MP for Ofoase Ayirebi, has compared the NPP’s 2028 Flagbearer battle to the tale in the Bible about King Solomon and the two ladies who were fighting over a kid. At a meeting with party members in his district, he said that some candidates are causing…
The Ghana Gold Board (GoldBod) did very well in the third quarter of 2025, making GH¢691.14 million in sales and having GH¢1.12 billion in cash at the conclusion of the quarter. It made a net profit of GH¢637.39 million after spending GH¢53.98 million. This was because to assay fees from small-scale miners (GH¢244.73 million) and…
Majority Leader Mahama Ayariga said that the 2026 Budget gives Ghanaians much-needed tax breaks, which is a big change from how the last government did things. He said that doing rid of the E-Levy, COVID Levy, and 1.5% withholding tax on gold sales was a clear sign that the government was serious about lowering costs,…
The British High Commissioner to Ghana, Dr. Christian Rogg, has said that the United Kingdom and Ghana are in the process of establishing a new partnership for development. This partnership will go beyond the provision of assistance to include innovation, research, technology, and the exchange of best practices, while also bolstering collaboration in the areas…
Kofi Asare, the Executive Director of Africa Education Watch, has said that parents’ right to pick a school cannot be more important than constitutionally protected rights. He also said on Joy News’ PM Express that schools must respect and safeguard religious freedom. He said that even though Muslim students have been able to pray in…
The principal of Akim State University College, Professor Dominic S.Y. Amuzu, has called on the government to expand the “no fees stress” policy to include students who attend private colleges in order to alleviate the financial pressure on parents. This policy is already in place for students at public institutions. In his address to the…
Sammy Gyamfi, who is the Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Gold Board, has been given his approval by Senyo Hosi, a well-known expert in the fields of finance and economics, due to his strong advocacy for environmentally responsible mining practices and the protection of the environment. Hosi praised Gyamfi on a Facebook post for…
In the Gomoa East and Awutu Senya districts, as well as the Awutu Senya East Municipality, Isaac Arthur, who is the Head of Programmes for International Needs Ghana (INGH), has brought attention to the execution of the Promoting Adolescent Safe Spaces (PASS) initiative in fifteen different villages. In order to provide teenage girls with the…
The Republican politician and former governor of West Virginia, Senator Jim Justice, has reached an agreement to pay more than $5 million (£3.9m) in delinquent taxes in the wake of a lawsuit brought up by the Internal Revenue Service, which alleges that he and his wife did not completely pay their taxes from 2009. After…
