Tag: Illegal mining
NPP leadership holds emergency meeting over Wontumi’s 20-year jail sentence
The leadership of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has convened an emergency meeting to review the court judgement that sentenced…
High Court sentences Chairman Wontumi to 20 years in prison for illegal mining
The Accra High Court has sentenced Bernard Antwi-Boasiako, the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), popularly known…
Parliament passes Tribunals Bill
Parliament has passed the Tribunals Bill, 2026, following an extended sitting that concluded in the early hours of the morning.…
Irate youth gives one-week ultimatum to illegal miners to vacate mining site
Irate youth of Atronie in the Sunyani Municipality has given illegal miners one-week ultimatum to remove their machines, mining equipment and vacate…
24 arrested in Atewa Forest Reserve as task force cracks down on illegal mining
A multi-unit Rapid Response Team has apprehended 24 suspects for illegal mining operations within the Atewa Range Forest Reserve. The…
NAIMOS arrests 8 in illegal mining raid, seizes pump-action guns
Eight people, including four Chinese nationals, have been arrested in a targeted operation against illegal mining along the Boin River,…