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Exclusive Video: 20 soldiers brutalise 8 Nanlamtaaba workers minutes after 13 Earl employees arrested

Eight workers of Nanlamtaaba Enterprise, a licensed Ghanaian small-scale mining firm in the Upper East Region, have lodged a formal complaint with the Upper East Regional Police Command after...

Police arrest drug dealer with Indian hemp, Tramadol at Ghana-Burkina border town

The Upper East Regional Police Command has arrested a 36-year-old suspected drug dealer, Tumbana...

Digital Threats Are Real: WAJSIC equips African journalists with skills to stay safe online

For many investigative journalists and activists in Africa, the biggest threat today does not...

EDITORIAL: A Belated, Insincere Ban – Talensi Traditional Council’s Selective Agenda

There are reports that the Talensi Traditional Council, at a meeting on Saturday, 26...

Exclusive Video: 20 soldiers brutalise 8 Nanlamtaaba workers minutes after 13 Earl employees arrested

Eight workers of Nanlamtaaba Enterprise, a licensed Ghanaian small-scale mining firm in the Upper East Region, have lodged a formal complaint with the Upper...

Police arrest drug dealer with Indian hemp, Tramadol at Ghana-Burkina border town

The Upper East Regional Police Command has arrested a 36-year-old suspected drug dealer, Tumbana Ane, at Paga — a Ghanaian border town near Burkina...

Digital Threats Are Real: WAJSIC equips African journalists with skills to stay safe online

For many investigative journalists and activists in Africa, the biggest threat today does not come with a gun — it comes through their phones...

EDITORIAL: A Belated, Insincere Ban – Talensi Traditional Council’s Selective Agenda

There are reports that the Talensi Traditional Council, at a meeting on Saturday, 26 September 2026, announced a ban on illegal mining in Talensi. There...

Ghana Armed Forces, Minerals Commission Must Explain as Deployment of ‘Soldiers’ Almost Caused Bloody Chaos in Talensi This Week

High Court Order Ignored Talensi was almost in the news again this week for a disturbing reason. A bloody clash nearly broke out after some...

GES Warns SHS Heads: Stop charging PTA dues, other unauthorised fees or risk removal

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has warned heads of Senior High Schools and Senior High Technical Schools (SHS/SHTS) to stop charging unauthorised fees, or...

EDITORIAL: Minerals Commission Fuelling Talensi Conflict — Institution Is Useless and Dangerous Now

There is a word Ghanaians use when an institution is not just failing but betraying its purpose. The word is "useless". For the Minerals Commission,...

Gun Battle in Tilli Forest: Three suspects dead, two police officers injured

Tilli Forest in Bawku West, a district in Ghana’s Upper East Region, turned into a battleground on Sunday, 20 September 2026, after a gunfight...

EDITORIAL: The traditional leader who is loud for the Chinese interest but silent when his people die in the Chinese mine

The abundant gold in Talensi, a deprived district in Ghana’s Upper East Region, has brought two things to Gban (also spelt Gbane): money for...

Two Yamaha scooters, Gh¢29k and hard drugs retrieved as police arrest 7 in Zebilla

Police in the Upper East Region have smashed a suspected armed robbery network operating in Zebilla, Garu and Binduri, leading to the arrest of...

Ghana: WAJSIC raises alarm as journalist jailed in Sri Lanka placed among crime syndicates he exposed

The Whistleblowers, Activists and Journalists Safety International Centre (WAJSIC) says investigative journalist Chamikara Bandara faces an imminent threat to his life in custody in...

Bolgatanga Girls’ SHS Case: Court grants watchmen bail in the sum of Gh¢100,000 each

The two watchmen who allegedly sexually abused a 14-year-old student with special needs at the Bolgatanga Girls' Senior High School (BOGISS) have been granted...

Binduri Joint Security Operation: One Dead, AK-47 Retrieved

The Upper East Regional Police Command, in collaboration with the military, has carried out an intelligence-led operation in the Binduri District following a recent...

Leaked NEDCo memo claims Mahama approved post-retirement contract for MD despite Presidency suspension directive; Board Chair confirms

On Wednesday, 2 April 2025, the Office of the President announced the immediate suspension of post-retirement contract appointments for retired public service staff. The directive,...

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