A US-based Ghanaian surgeon, Dr Moses deGragt-Johnson has been indicted after allegedly falsifying $26m in claims from private health insurers and the US government. The Ghanaian born surgeon who is facing 58 counts of indictment has been accused of performing unnecessary procedures on patients, billing health care companies millions for surgeries he never performed and […]
Just a month after joining her mates in school in the United States of America, Ghanaian pupil Maame Akua Manukure has shown her superior brain power by topping her class. She is based in New Rochelle, and attends the Trinity Elementary school in New Rochelle, where she joined in October 2019 and was able to […]
A US government website has been targeted by hackers claiming to be from Iran. The website for the Federal Depository Library Program, fdlp.gov, showed a picture of Donald Trump being punched in the face, along with a message from ‘the Islamic Republic of Iran’. Below the President’s bleeding face were the words ‘Hacked by Iran […]
The future of medical care is increasingly female. For the first time ever, women now make up the majority of medical students enrolled in U.S. schools, the Association of American Medical Colleges announced this week. Women comprised 50.5% of all medical school students in 2019. Across applicants and new enrollees, the number of women increased, while […]
Minister of Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has said the termination of the concession agreement with Power Distribution Services (PDS) won’t affect Ghana’s relations with the United States of America (USA). His comment follows an alert raised by Chairman of the Public Interest and Accountability Committee, Dr Steve Manteaw. “Already the relationship between the two countries […]
President Nana Akufo-Addo wants Ghana’s relationship with the United States of America to focus on trade and investments. According To The President, “We Are Looking For A New, More Progressive Agenda Between Us, Which Is An Agenda Where Ghanaian And American Enterprises Will Get Together To Promote The Economic Relations Between Our Two Countries Whereby […]
Some 7000 Ghanaians marked for deportation are part of people the US immigration authorities will be dealing with as it begins raiding some cities to arrest and deport individuals illegally residing in the country. The US government has not hidden its feelings about the presence of illegal immigrants since Donald Trump took office as president. […]
President Donald Trump has postponed the ICE’s planned operation that would have targeted 2,000 families who have received deportation orders. As the Washington Post reported, the raids were to be conducted as part of a “family op” across 10 cities. The raids were set to begin Sunday, nearly a week after Trump tweeted that “ICE will begin […]
An American retired teacher identified as Kathy Coll has filed a lawsuit against a Nigerian Catholic priest. The woman alleged that she had been raped by the priest three years ago in December 2016. 68-year-old Coll had explained that the incident had occurred in her home when the priest claimed he was there to drop […]
A Ghanaian national Patrick Owusu has been slapped with a 40-month time served sentence for hindering his deportation to Ghana. US officials told Daily Mail GH Owusu will still be shipped out “once he has completed his sentence.” The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that a District Court Judge […]
The United States of America (USA) has deported 642 Ghanaians convicted of various offences, including acts that undermined border control and the integrity of the US immigration system, in three years. A report on the activities of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) in the 2018 fiscal year said […]
A Mississippi state lawmaker has been accused of drunkenly assaulting his wife because she was taking too long to undress for sex. Doug McLeod, 58, was arrested on Saturday night in George County on a minor domestic violence charge. His fellow Republicans in the state said Mr McLeod should resign immediately if the claims are […]
