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Dean Ablakwa, a UK-based Ghanaian has been deported to Ghana despite having no criminal record. The 34-year-old former NHS nurse’s deportation casts shadows over the British government’s treatment of Commonwealth nationals in the wake of the Windrush scandal. Dean Ablakwa, who has been jobless since June 2017, has been relying on donations from relatives in the United Kingdom. “It’s been ...

The Secretariat in charge of the National Cathedral of Ghana has rubbished reports that the Gay community is partially funding the controversial religious edifice. Reports have it that the community through their UK counterparts has parted with $25 million to support the construction of the Cathedral. However, the executive director of the Secretariat Dr. Paul Opoku-Mensah in a statement said, ...

Former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA), Sylvester Mensah, has denied assertions that the Authority under his tenure made payments to waste management company, Zoomlion without following due processes. According to him, all payments made by the Authority are authorised by the Ministry of Health, which also supervises the release of the monies to the ...

Global multinational health firm, Immeri Global, has chosen Ghana to commence operations in Africa. The company is focused on improving the health and quality of life of people around the world through scientifically proven, patented products and naturally formulated products. The firm held a grand launch of its operations in Ghana at the Kempinski Hotel Gold Coast City in Accra. ...

The Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Dr Ernest Addison, has said the central bank decided to revoke the licence of Heritage Bank recently because its majority shareholder, Mr Seidu Agongo, failed the “fit and proper person” test, thus, “unsuitable” to own or run a bank in Ghana. Dr Addison told journalists on Friday, 4 January 2019 at a press ...

The Inter Ministerial Committee on Illegal Mining (IMCIM) Task force has stormed the site of Nawara mining Company at Akyem Nsuapemso in the Fanteakwa South District of the Eastern Region and set ablaze four excavators and pumping machines, arresting some workers in the operation. According to sources, the action was taken following continues complaint from the Chiefs and Opinion leaders ...

The current head and three former Chief Executive Officer (CEOs) of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) and Zoomlion, have been ordered to refund a total amount of GHC411, 433, 086 following revelations of wrongful payments made to the waste management company during their respective tenures. In separate letters to the four CEOs of the Authority; Sylvester Mensah, Ras Boateng, ...

Bishop Charles Agyin-Asare has wondered whose example in the Bible doomsday prophets in Ghana follow, reiterating that neither did Jesus nor his disciples frighten nor blackmail people with such prophecies during His days here on earth. It has been a trend in Ghana for self-styled prophets to make streaks of gloomy prophecies every New Year’s Eve. 31 December 2018 was ...

The founder and leader of the Glorious Word and Power Ministries International, Rev. Isaac Owusu Bempah says the irate youth who attacked his church over his New Year’s eve predictions were not Muslims. According to Rev Bempah, he attended Ahmadiyya schools in his youthful days and he knows Muslims to be peaceful people who will not resort to violence over ...

President Nana Akufo-Addo has, in consultation with the Council of State has appointed a former Rector of the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA), Professor Stephen Adei, as the Chairman of the National Development Planning Commission (NDPC). In accordance with the provision under Article 87 of the 1992 Constitution, the core mandate of the NDPC is to “advise ...