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Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia on Thursday hinted that the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) is willing to provide funding support to children with kidney disease due to the high cost of treatment.

An auction house in Belgium was forced to cancel the sale of three skulls of Africans killed during the colonial period in what is now modern Democratic Republic of Congo. The skulls – belonging to people killed between January 1893 and May 1894 – were put up for sale by Vanderkindere auction house in Brussels. It has sparked anger in the country and on social media with human rights organisations calling it “dehumanising and racist”. The rights group called Collectif Mémoire Coloniale et Lutte contre les Discriminations (CMCLD) has called for a rally in Brussels to denounce the sale, and…

Armed men affiliated with Ethiopia’s rebel Oromo Liberation Army have been blamed for kidnapping more than a dozen staff working for the Dangote Cement factory – owned by Nigerian billionaire and richest man in Africa, Aliko Dangote. Two officials of the company told the BBC the company service bus was ambushed on Wednesday morning in Ada’a Berga district, less than 90km (56 miles) west of the capital Addis Ababa. A senior official at the company told the BBC 17 staff members who were on their way to a mineral extracting site had not returned yet. According to the company, it…

Uruguay forward Luis Suarez says Ghanaians should blame Asamoah Gyan for the crucial penalty, he missed for Ghana during the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. Suarez, at a press conference ahead of the much-awaited clash against Ghana, refused to apologize to Ghanaians after he denied Ghana and Africa a place in the semifinals with a last-minute handball in Ghana’s post. The 35-year-old said, “I don’t need to apologize. I’d apologize if I injured a player but in this situation, I handled the ball, I take a red card and the Ghana player missed the penalty. It’s not my fault.…

The Commercial Division of the Accra High Court has rejected the terms of settlements reached between state prosecutors and the founder of Capital Bank, William Ato Essien. Mr. Essien, per the agreement, agreed to pay GH₵90 million in total: GH₵30 million today and GH₵60 million in an agreed instalment settlement with the state. But the presiding judge, Justice William Kyei Baffour, who was ready with his judgment, says the state appears to have been compromised. He said the law that the state and the accused based their agreed settlement on, does not apply to the instant case, and such settlements…

The Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC) has confirmed that the narcotic substance it intercepted on Tuesday, November 22, 2022 at the Central Post office is amphetamine, a narcotic drug worth US$ 1.4 million.

World football body, FIFA has appointed Daniel Siebert from Germany as the man to officiate the Group H clash between Ghana and Uruguay.

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has released provisional results of candidates who sat for the 2022 WASSCE, cancelling the entire results of 518 candidates. A total number of 422,883 candidates made up of 203,753 males and 219,130 females from 977 schools took part in the examination, the Council said in a state issued on Thursday, December 1, 2022. This figure is 5.25% lower than the 2021 entry figure of 446,352. A total number of 2,818 (0.67%) of the candidates who registered were absent from the examination. According to the statement, some 3,845 candidates who sat for the examination had…

Mr. Mustapha Ussif The Minister of Youth and Sports, has called on Ghanaian supporters to render their unflinching support to the Black Stars as they take on nemesis Uruguay on Friday.

A 26-year-old man was recently charged with forgery and breach of trademarks after it was discovered that his red Ferrari F430 was actually a modified Toyota MR Coupé. Italy’s Guardia di Finanza made the unusual seizure during a routine check in the town of Asti, Italy. Although the red Ferrari featured all the iconic elements of the F430, from the prancing horse logo on the bonnet and steering wheel, to the rims, brake calipers and iconic headlights, something about the vehicle seemed wrong. It’s unclear whether the motorist had the necessary documents to prove that his car was a genuine…