Human Rights

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Accra, Ghana – The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) has cautioned the general public against some imposters collecting people’s Ghana cards under the guise of helping them to link it to the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) card. Executive Management in a Disclaimer stated that the Authority has not in …

Tamale, Ghana – Gender advocates in the Northern Region have repeated calls on government and parliament to show enough commitment to issues affecting the socio-economic development of Ghanaian women and girls. The members of leading gender advocacy organization called Network For Women’s Rights in Ghana (NETRIGHT), believe many Ghanaian women …

Tamale, Ghana – The Concerned Youth Groups of Northern Ghana, an amalgamation of eight different youth groups in Northern Ghana, is accusing management of the Tamale Teaching Hospital (TTH) of deliberately trying to undo the gains chalked in recent years under the previous administration of Dr. David Zaawumya Kolbilla. CYGNG …

Tamale, Ghana – The Henry Djaba Memorial Foundation has asked the government of Ghana to make it mandatory and ensure that provision is made for sign language interpreter services in all its programmes and activities for the benefit of deaf people. The  charity organisation encouraged duty bearers, government agencies, civil …

Tamale, Ghana– Rudder Communications has released names of its 2020 most influential personalities from Northern Ghana. The release of the list of names forms part of the implementation of  its annual human capital development project dubbed: “The 100 Most Influential Personalities From Northern Ghana” (The 100 MIPs). The project uses …

Accra, Ghana – Scancom Plc. (MTN Ghana) would like to inform its customers, shareholders and other stakeholders that it filed papers on Friday 4th September at the Supreme Court seeking to review the High Court’s recent decision regarding the declaration of MTN Ghana as a Significant Market Power (SMP). This …

Accra, Ghana –  Scancom Plc. (MTN Ghana) would like to inform its customers, shareholders and other stakeholders that it has taken note of the September 1, 2020 judgment of the High Court of Justice (Commercial Division) which dismissed the company’s application for a judicial review of the declaration of MTN Ghana as a …

Bolgatanga, Ghana – Director of Membership and Regional Operations (MRO) at the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA), Head Office, Mr. Ben Kusi says the Authority targets 100 percent coverage of all prison inmates in Ghana. According to him, the Authority is determined to cover the remaining 10 percent following Vice …

PRESS RELEASE Nigeria Will No Longer Tolerate Harassment of Its Citizens in Ghana – FG The Nigerian Government is deeply concerned by the incessant harassment of its citizens in Ghana and the progressive acts of hostility towards the country by Ghanaian authorities, and will no longer tolerate such. In this …