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The police have arrested and charged Nana Agradaa’s lawyer, for verbally assaulting police officers who were in the process of arresting Agradaa in a different matter. According to the prosecution, Theophilus Donkor, rained insults on a female police officer and used abusive words such as “you are idiot, stupid policewoman, …

The Ministry of Health has called for a review of the National Health Insurance Act that has scheduled the payments of outstanding claims to service providers from within three months to four weeks. This is to enable the ministry to be able to have a more convenient payment schedule as …

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) will from today to January 24, roll out the latest phase of a nationwide mass COVID-19 vaccination exercise to help increase the uptake of the COVID-19 vaccine. The exercise is the sixth in the series of the National COVID-19 Vaccination Days Campaign launched in February …

A faulty air-condition is suspected to have caused the inferno that killed the late Sergeant Owusu Asante Baafi at Apromase near Kumasi on Monday dawn. The deceased security officer, said to be 35 years old, was unfortunately burnt beyond recognition together with his wife, Yaa Achiaa, and their three months …

Electricity consumers could have been spared the burden of having their tariffs increased by as much as 30 percent if the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) had not been overly conservative with the contribution of hydro power, which is the cheapest source in the energy mix, the Institute for Energy …

The Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has intercepted a briefcase containing an amount of 80 million CFA (GH¢1.5 million) found to be fake at an unapproved route within the country’s territory along the Ghana-Togo border at Aflao. The said briefcase, according to the Ag. Commissioner of Customs, …

There must be a deliberate and continuous effort to sustain the progress made with Africa Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) and looking forward to more progress to help the African continent on a better scale of preference. This is according to the Minister of Communications and Digitalisation and Member of …

Minister of Communications and Digitalisation, Hon. Ursula Owusu-Ekuful has said nothing will stop the Akufo-Addo administration from making Ghana the digital enabler, and a place for bridging the digital gap for other African countries with the use of AfCFTA (African Continental Free Trade Area). “For all these reasons and many …

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament has referred 26 budget management centres (BMCs) under the Ghana Health Service (GHS) to the Attorney General for prosecution. The centres failed to adhere to the procurement law, the Auditor-General’s Report for 2021 alleges. The Chairman of the PAC, Dr James Klutse Avedzi, …

PANELLISTS at a forum in Accra have urged the government to expedite action on gender equality in the country’s economic and political space. They said the issue of women’s representation at all levels was long overdue, and that the delay in ensuring gender equity was pushing the country away from …