NDC STATEMENT ON COURT RULING. (PHOTO). #PRESS RELEASE.

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 NDC STATEMENT ON COURT RULING Our attention has been drawn to a ruling by the Federal High Court sitting in Lokoja this morning, wherein His Lordship, Honourable Justice Isah Dashen, gave a ruling on an application filed by an unregistered association known as Peace Movement Party. The public knows that by December 2025, the Nigeria Democratic Congress  as an association complained of INEC’s refusal to register us as a political party, whereupon we proceeded to the Federal High Court. The Federal High Court upheld our constitutional right to freedom of association under the Constitution and compelled INEC to register us, which INEC did. Since then, we have started political activities, embarked on the registration of members, held congresses from ward to national levels, held conventions, and concluded primaries to all offices following INEC’s timetable. We have been fully participating in all INEC activities without let or hindrance. NDC also fielded candidates, and fully pa...

GHANA REWRITES MINING LAWS TO SECURE LARGER SHARE OF GOLD REVENUES. (PHOTO).


 Ghana rewrites mining laws to secure larger share of gold revenues


Ghana is preparing to overhaul its mining laws to secure a bigger share of revenues from soaring gold prices, with authorities saying the current framework no longer reflects market realities or national interests.


“What we have since 2014 is a policy that has not been reviewed,” Isaac Andrews Tandoh, acting chief executive officer of the Minerals Commission, told AFP. “We had to do something to bridge this gap.”


The planned reforms would revise a mining code that regulators say offers foreign mining companies favourable tax and royalty terms, leaving the state with a limited stake in a sector that remains central to Ghana’s economy.


The west African nation says it is seeking tighter control over its natural resources as global demand for gold and other critical minerals continues to rise, following similar moves by countries including the Democratic Republic of Congo, Mali and Tanzania.


Climbing gold prices


Gold prices have surged sharply, jumping more than 65 percent in 2025 and climbing to record highs of $5,500.


Ghana, the world’s sixth-largest gold producer, relies heavily on foreign firms for production, including US-based Newmont, South Africa’s Gold Fields and AngloGold Ashanti, and Australia’s Perseus Mining.


Under proposed reforms expected to be presented to parliament by March, mining royalties would increase from the current three to five percent range to between nine and 12 percent, depending on global gold prices, Tandoh said.


Ghana’s mining agreements typically lock in fiscal terms for between five and 15 years in exchange for large-scale investments that can exceed $500 million to develop or expand mines.

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