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The Chief Executive Officer of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA), Sylvester Mensah has welcomed the order by Parliament to immediately review of the capitation programme being piloted by the Authority. “I think that it is a welcome call. We have always believed in collaboration in stakeholder engagements and we have engaged Parliament in all ...

About 1,925 people were sentenced to death in 57 countries globally, including Ghana. Ghana was on record of sentencing 14 people, all men to death that year. The Director of Amnesty International Ghana, Mr Lawrence Amesu, who said this at the launch of the 2013 Global Death Penalty Report in Accra on Thursday, said the global ...

 More than 250 people died in last Saturday’s boat capsize on Lake Albert between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda, a minister has said. This is a sharp increase on the initial death toll, partly a result of the vessel carrying many more passengers than the official capacity of 80. The boat was taking ...

Parliament has ordered an immediate review of the controversial capitation program being piloted by the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) after a vote. The NHIA introduced the contentious program some three years ago  to curb what officials called increasing health insurance fraud around the country. But, the Authority’s decision to pilot the program in the ...

President John Dramani Mahama has asked Ghanaians irrespective of political affiliations to join forces with the government to change the fundamental structures of the economy through value addition to the country’s primary products. He said the fundamental structures of the economy must be changed if the country was to witness a move away from the ...

Okyeame Kwame has been officially unveiled as a brand ambassador of local bank, Guaranty Trust Bank (Ghana) Limited. At an event held in Accra on Wednesday the bank said he would be the face of its GTCrea8product, a card-based interest bearing student account designed to allow undergraduates and institutions to maintain a value adding relationship. “It has been long in coming ...

Confirming the continental appeal and acceptance of the much talked about Africa Fashion Week (AFW), Pokello and Elikem, the Big Brother Africa The Chase stars have become ambassadors for the fashion show billed to hold between May 17 and 18, at the Intercontinental Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos. The Africa Fashion Week Nigeria (AFWN), organized by the Founder ...

Kenya’s Chief Justice has urged nationals of the East African country to resort to the shrine instead of the courts to resolve their differences. He said Christians and Muslims can also rely on their various faiths to address disputes. The obviously frustrated Chief Justice, Willy Mutunga, told Kenyans in a speech that even witch-doctors can ...

A 27-year-old man in Zimbabwe has surprised the nation by pleading to be appointed as the official hangman or executioner for the country. Vumani Sibanda from Old Magwegwe claims he has a received a calling from God to apply for the job. He caused a stir, Wednesday, when he barged in a live court proceeding ...

President John Mahama on Thursday played host to the President of Benin, Yayi Boni where they discussed topical issues bordering on the supply of power to Benin. President Yayi Boni who was on his way to an ECOWAS meeting in Yamousoukro in Ivory Coast, stopped over for the discussions. According to President Mahama, Ghana has ...

In what may be considered an outlandish addition to the hordes of explanations as to why the Ghanaian economy is ailing, relations of Tetteh Quarshie, the man credited with the introduction of cocoa into the country say unless he is recognised and honoured appropriately, the economy will continue to yield poor returns. Nii Somua Akropong ...

The Ghana Boxing Association (GBA) has revealed that it is yet to receive any official announcement from the camp of Aryeetey Powers over his decision to withdraw from the April 18 bout with Braimah Kamoko. The boxer made the revelation earlier on Thursday to the disappointment of the many who had purchased tickets for the ...

The Ministry of Health is yet to send an official letter to the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) asking him to proceed on leave. The Ministry earlier this week ordered the CEO, Professor Ohene Adjei to proceed on leave after his outfit failed to produce the babies who went ...

The Public Health Directorate of the Ghana Health Service has indicated that persistent malaria and typhoid conditions could be signs of the deadly Ebola virus. The deadly disease is transmitted to people from wild animals and spreads through human-to-human contact. Head of Disease Surveillance at the Ghana Health Service (GHS), Dr. Badu Sarkodie in an ...

CAL bank has appointed the Acting Director General of SSNIT Ernest Thompson as a member of its board of directors. Ernest Thompson was appointed by the board of the bank as a director on the 6th of February this year to fill a casual vacancy. The vacancy was created following the resignation of Ernest Kakra ...

Family members of businessman Samuel Denis Ayibah who was shot dead at his home in Tema, on Tuesday night are appealing to the Police to speed up investigations to bring the perpetrators to book. The wife of the deceased, Nana Ama and his elder brother, Stephen Baffo in an interview with Citi News expressed the ...

Doha, Qatar – An American couple accused of starving their adopted daughter to death has been found guilty and sentenced to three years in prison. The court also imposed a fine of $4,120 on Thursday. The verdict by Judge Abdullah al-Emady concludes a controversial case that saw Matthew and Grace Huang from Los Angeles, California, jailed ...

Homosexuality in Kenya is as bad a problem as terrorism, the ruling party’s parliamentary leader has said but argued against stepping up legal sanctions on the grounds that existing laws were tough enough. Aden Duale, the majority leader from President Uhuru Kenyatta’s ruling Jubilee coalition, was responding to a group of MPs demanding tougher laws. ...