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Ashanti Regional NSS Director suspended after abuse of Manhyia Hospital nurse

The embattled National Service Scheme director in the Ashanti region has been suspended after a video went viral of him insulting a nurse on duty at the Manhyia District Hospital. According to the Ghana National Service Scheme in a statement sighted by GhanaWeb, the decision to suspend Alex Opoku-Mensah was …

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No ban on small-scale mining – Mireku Duker

George Mireku Duker, Deputy Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, has opposed calls for the government to ban small-scale mining as a way of tackling illegal small-scale mining a.k.a galamsey. According to him, any form of ban on small-scale mining will do the country more harm than good. Speaking to …

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Qatar ’22: Ghanaians arrested for selling match tickets

Some Ghanaian football fans have been arrested in Qatar for selling World Cup match tickets. This was disclosed by the Minister for youth and sports, Mustapha Ussif on Tuesday, 29th November 2022, when in the company of the Ambassador of Ghana to Qatar, Mohamed Noureddine Ismail and some security operatives …

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Ursula Owusu-Ekuful enjoying World Cup in Qatar, shares photo with Patrick Kluivert

Ghana’s Minister of Communications and Digitalisation who doubles as the Member of Parliament for Ablekuma West Constituency, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful is currently in Qatar for the FIFA World Cup. On Wednesday, November 30, Ursula took to her Facebook page to share a ‘unique’ photo of herself and former Dutch footballer, Patrick …

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Sack Ofori-Atta after passage of Appropriation bill – NPP MPs to Akufo-Addo

Spokesperson for the majority MPs asking for the removal of the Finance Minister, Lawyer Andy Kwame Appiah-Kubi says they expect the President to act on the request to get Mr. Ken Ofori-Atta out of office in the coming days. In an interaction with Journalists in Parliament, Mr. Andy Kwame Appiah-Kubi …

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Leave Ghana if you get the chance – GRNMA to unemployed nurses

The President of the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA), Perpetual Ofori-Ampofo, has bemoaned the high unemployment rate among trained nurses in the country. Ofori-Ampofo said that most trained nurses are at home doing nothing because they are not being absorbed by the government, and the private sector is …

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Drivers who drive for more than 8 hours to pay over GH¢60,000 penalty – NRSA warns

The National Road Safety Authority (NRSA) has warned that Transport Companies who deploy just one driver for an eight-hour or more journey will pay a penalty of not less than Gh¢60,000 The Director in Charge of Regulations, Inspection, and Compliance at the NRSA, Kwame Kodua Atuahene, says it was against …

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Marriages collapsing under Akufo-Addo’s government – Ato Forson

A Ranking Member on Parliament’s Finance Committee, Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson, has alleged that a number of marriages have collapsed with others on the verge of hitting the rocks due to the current economic woes Ghanaians are experiencing under the Akufo-Addo government. Mr. Forson observed that many marriages have gone …

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Manhyia Hospital: The story behind the attack on a nurse by a doctor’s father

On Tuesday, November 29, 2022, GhanaWeb reported about a clash between the Ashanti Regional Director of the National Service Scheme, Alex Opoku-Mensah, and a nurse at the Manhyia District Hospital in the Ashanti Region. A furious Mr. Opoku-Mensah is heard in a voice recording of the incident insulting and threatening …

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