Treatment for childhood cancers and the cost of Hydroxyurea, a drug used for the treatment of sickle cell anaemia, are now covered by the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS). The Vice-President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, who announced this, said: “We have started with four cancers among children for now, but we are determined to expand in […]
The Executive Secretary to the President is demanding an apology and a retraction from the founder of United Progressive Party founder, Akwasi Addai Odike for allegedly defaming him. Nana Bediatuo Asante said Mr. Odike comments on illegal mining against him are totally false. In a letter to Mr. Odike on Wednesday, August 24, Mr Asante’s […]
The Asokore Mampong Magistrate Court has issued a warrant for the arrest of 61 persons suspected to be involved in last week’s violence on the campus of KNUST. This comes after two people, arrested in connection with the incident, were denied bail by the court. Three suspects are currently in Police custody. The two suspects […]
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Ghana Chamber of Mines, Sulemanu Koney, has called on the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) and other relevant institutions to ensure that royalties and other funds meant for the direct benefit and development of mining communities are paid on a regular basis into the Minerals Development Fund (MDF). Describing […]
The Vice-President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has said one of the key hindrances to fulfilling God’s purpose on earth is corruption. He said corruption inhibited economic growth and affected business operations, employment and investments. “It also reduces tax revenue and the effectiveness of various financial assistance programmes. The wider society is influenced by a high degree […]
The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has been enskinned Chief under the stool name Yelemenga Naa, meaning the “Chief of Truth” at Issa in the Daffiama/Bussie/ Issa (DBI) District of the Upper West Region last Tuesday. This was in appreciation of his quick response to various requests put to him in his earlier visits to […]
Some National Democratic Congress youth in the Tamale metropolis of the Northern Region have vandalised the party’s Regional Office. Their action is in protest of a decision to let one of the party’s Vice Chairmen, Mr. Ali Adolf act as Regional Chairman. The party’s leadership in the Region took a decision that Mr. Adolf acts […]
The Executive Secretary of the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission, Dr. Ishmael Ackah, has attributed the failure of the Commission to automatically adjust utility tariffs in 2021 to the absence of a board. It has been argued that the recent hike in utility tariffs by a whopping 27.15% and 21.55% for electricity and water respectively is […]
The National Lottery Authority (NLA) has reacted to comments by popular master of ceremonies (MC), Kwasi Kyei Darkwah, (KKD) on why a contract with Ghana Television (GTV) to broadcast lotto draw was terminated. KKD in a TV/radio comment had questioned why United Television (UTV) was the TV station now broadcasting lotto draws instead of the national broadcaster, […]
The La Kpa Wulↄmↄ on Tuesday morning led the sprinkling of kpokpoi, the traditional corn meal and the pouring of libation to signify the return of the Homowo festival celebration to La after a four year break. The Chiefs and people of La have not celebrated the Homowo since 2019 following the death of the […]
One Student of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has been remanded in police custody for threatening to stab some students to death. The student, named as Elvis Nsiah, is in level 200 at the KNUST. He is said to be one of the perpetrators of last week’s hooliganism on the KNUST campus. […]
The police administration has received 1,500 new motorbikes to enhance visibility and effective policing in the country. The presentation of the bikes by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Monday was a sign of another commitment by the government to provide the Police Service with the necessary logistics it requires, to help the Service continue […]
