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Accra, Ghana – The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) is on a manhunt for credentialled service providers who are demanding extra money (out of pocket payments) for medical services covered by the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS). In collaboration with the law enforcement agencies, the Authority has hastened its investigations …

Tamale, Ghana – MTN Ghana’s subscriber base grew by 0.6 million to 25.0 million, as the company improved its network and customer experience, a statement from the company has said. According to the statement, continued demand for data and increased adoption of more digital payment services supported the company’s active …

Tamale, Ghana – MTN Ghana’s operational performance in the first quarter of 2021 was anchored on its execution of various ‘Ambition 2025’ initiatives in data, MoMo and digital services. Amid accelerated digitalisation, the mobile network operator has committed to spend US$149 million in total capital expenditure in the year to …

Accra, Ghana – Gender activist and Minister for Communications and Digitalization Ursula Owusu-Ekuful has appealed to feminists not to extend their hard-line activism on feminism to their marital homes. “You need to compartmentalize your life. You cannot be driving in 5th gear all the time and trying to change the …

Sagnerigu, Ghana – The National Insurance Commission and the Motor Transport and Traffic Department (MTTD) of the Ghana Police Service will soon clamp down on vehicles with fake and invalid insurance policies in the country, Deputy Commissioner of the NIC Kofi Andoh has hinted. According to Mr. Andoh, there are …

Accra, Ghana – The Communications and Digitalization Minister, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful has advised people who practice LGBT to keep it private as Ghanaians cannot be compelled to accept a practice which is culturally and socially abhorrent. In an interview with Nana Aba Anamoah on Starr Fm, she noted that Ghanaians are …

Mrs Felicia Tettey was born on 04 June, 1984 at the Kamina Barracks in Tamale the Northern Regional capital to WO2 Konaah Louis and Mrs Uncilla Konaah. Education She attended the Northern School of Business in Tamale, and proceeded to the Tamale Polytechnic where she obtained HND in Management. She …

Tamale, Ghana – Legal Resources Centre (LRC), non-profit legal advocacy organisation based in Accra, has trained six Citizen Monitoring Group (CMG) members from six selected districts in the Northern Region. The one day training workshop held in Tamale on Wednesday was in response to the 2018 Integrated Criminal Justice Case-Tracking …

Tamale, Ghana – A renowned Ghanaian Islamic scholar, Sheikh Ilyas Hajj Umar has raised concern about the shortage of Caregivers in Muslim communities. In his estimation, many wealthy Muslims have disregarded the maxim that, “Sharing is caring,” making it difficult for the destitute to earn a living. According to Sheikh …

Tamale, Ghana – The University for Development Studies (UDS) community is excited over the appointment of Mr. Nurudeen Issah Abubakar as the new Registrar designate. Mr. Abubakar’s elevation follows the recent enskinment of the incumbent Registrar, Dr. A. B. T Zakariah as the Chief of Buipe Traditional Area (Buipewura) in …