Tag Archives: ILLEGAL

The Upper East Regional Director of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA), Kasimu Abudulai, has bemoaned increasing reports of clients being asked to pay illegal charges when they visit healthcare facilities in the region. He said some members of the public in the region, who are beneficiaries of the National …

Some concerned students of the University of Ghana (UG), have held a protest dubbed ‘Ya br3 Mo’ to register their displeasure with the recent increment in Academic Facility User Fees (AFUF). The protest, which took place today, Friday, 3 February 2023, saw the students converge at the Obra Spot in …

Police in Krobo have arrested a woman on a residential property for illegally replacing her meter. According to sources at angelonline.com.gh, officials of the Electricity Company of Ghana had installed a new prepaid meter in the home of the woman, but routine checks by officers uncovered that the culprit had …

The Attorney-General, Godfred Yeboah Dame has in a legal opinion indicated that a mandatory Debt Exchange programme would be illegal. Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta on Monday announced domestic bondholders with the exception of Treasury bill holders will be affected by the debt exchange program. Per the arrangement, bondholders will get 0% interest …

The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) Chief Executive, Dr. Bernard Okoe-Boye has said the decision to revoke the licences of credentialed healthcare providers charging illegal fees is non-negotiable. According to him, the NHIA is paying one and a half billion cedis annually to healthcare providers for claims submitted to the Authority for …

A joint police-military operation led by officials from the Northern Electricity Distribution Company (NEDCo) in the Tamale metropolis on power theft has resulted in the arrest of nine suspects with several others issued with court summons. Forty-eight percent of power consumed in Tamale is lost to illegal connections. The exercise …

A Luv News investigation has found that some illegal gold miners are totally dependent on oxygen as a result of their exposure to mining dust that has caused irreversible damage to their lungs. Autopsy reports revealed that over 70% of lung tissues sampled from mine workers contain dust and heavy metals. As …

A Senior Lecturer at the Kumasi Technical University (KuTU) Dr Collins Kankam Kwarteng has suggested for the establishment of a special court to deal with offenders of illegal mining, popularly known as ‘galamsey’ in the country.   According to the lecturer who is also Marketing Expert, government must be aggressive …

Three(3) Chinese illegal miners including a female and two(2) Ghanaians have been arrested in Atiwa West Municipality in the Eastern region. The illegal miners were arrested during the weekend whilst mining with excavators destroying the vegetation and polluting the Birim river. Their mining equipment were confiscated. The accused have been …

A Tarkwa Circuit Court presided over by Hathia Ama Manu has sentenced two Nigerians to 20 years for engaging in illegal mining (Galamsey). The convicts, Ayodele Jackson and Benjamin Obin, were arrested at Bepoase, near Prestea in the Western Region. The two men, who were sentenced on October 7, pleaded …