Eight Ho Trainee Nurses Electrocuted
There was pandemonium at the campus of Ho College of Nursing on Saturday when eight students were electrocuted during preparations for the inauguration of a school building. The students were...
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We Erred In Scrapping Nurse Trainee Allowance – Nukpenu
The recent announcement of the restoration of allowances for nurse trainees was in order because government erred in the earlier decision to scrap it, the Greater Accra Regional Organiser of the...
Ghana, France Explore Public-Private Partnership Opportunities
Players in the Ghanaian and French private and public sectors have met in Accra to explore Public-Private Partnership (PPP) opportunities to boost Ghana’s development. The two-day meeting focused...
Nursing Trust Fund Founder Declares Hanger Strike Over Gov’t Snub
The founder of the Nursing Trust Fund, Malcolm Asamoah, will today continue his one-man hunger strike to get government to support his business. The unemployed man has vowed to starve himself until...
Amissah-Arthur Eulogises Mary Grant
The Vice-President, Mr Kwesi Amissah-Arthur, has eulogised the virtues of the late Dr Mrs Mary Grant, describing her as a committed and dedicated person who served her nation with humility and...
NHIS?not Dead
The Minister of Health, Mr Alex Segbefia, has given an assurance that the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) is doing well and is not dead as some people are claiming. He said even though the...
Complete Biography & Profile of Alban S K Bagbin, Minister of Health
Born on September 24, 1957 at Sombo in the Upper West Region, Hon. Bagbin is a graduate of the University of Ghana (1977-1980) and the Ghana School of Law (1980 -1982). He holds an Executive Masters...
Complete Biography & Profile of Dr Kwame Addo-Kufuor, Former Minister of Defence/MP for Manhyia
THE Member of Parliament (MP) for Manhyia , Dr Kwame Addo-Kufuor, who has been confirmed as the Minister of Defence, was born on July 14, 1940, in Kumasi in the Ashanti Region. He had his secondary...
Complete Biography & Profile of Alhaji Limuna Mohammed-Muniru , Minister of State
Alhaji Limuna Mohammed-Muniru is the Minister of State in charge of Human Resources Department and Scholarships at the Presidency An Administrator and a Health Policy Analyst with a focus on Health...
Complete Biography & Profile of Hanny-Sherry Ayittey , Minister for Health
Sherry Ayitey is a Ghanaian politician. She is the minister for Environment, Science and Technology. She has been an active member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC). She was involved with the...
Complete Biography & Profile of Dr. Benjamin Bewa-Nyog Kunbuor , Majority Leader of Parliament
Benjamin Bewa-Nyog Kunbuor, is a Ghanaian politician with a PhD in Law coming from a deprived area in Northern Ghana. He is the Minister for Justice and Attorney General and was once a Member of...
Doctor Dies of Ebola Virus Disease in Nigeria’s Port Harcourt
A doctor in Port Harcourt who treated a primary contact of Nigeria's patient zero for the Ebola outbreak has died from the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD).
The death of doctor has been confirmed by the...
Nigeria Successfully Contains Ebola Virus
The Nigerian Government has announced the successful containment of the dreaded Ebola Virus Disease (EVD).
Onyebuchi Chukwu, minister of health, who made this known in a statement by Dan Nwomeh,...
Secret Plot to Poison Nana Akufo-Addo Uncovered
The ballistic nature of New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Hon. Kennedy Agyapong, went into overdrive on Friday when he accused Kwadwo Mpiani and Dr. Richard Anane,...
Ebola-infected Nigerian Doctor Recovers
The first Nigerian Ebola patient has been discharged from the quarantine unit of the Emergency Operation Centre, EOC, at the Mainland Hospital, Yaba, Lagos.
News of the discharge of the unnamed...
Ghana Armed Forces to Help in Building Ebola Isolation Centres
Field Engineers of the Ghana Armed Forces have been deployed to speed up work on the three designated centers to be set up in the treatment of Ebola in the country in case of an outbreak.
The centers...
Cholera Kills 4 in Ghana and Surges in Cameroon Killing over 75 and infecting some 1,400
The Acting Director of Medical Affairs of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, David Nortey, has described the Cholera outbreak in the country as alarming.
He said four people have died of the disease at...
Nigerian Doctor Tests Positive for Ebola
One of the doctors who treated the Liberian Ebola patient who later died in Lagos has tested positive for Ebola Among those who had contact with the late Liberian on his way to Nigeria, 70 of them...
There Is A Lot To Be Done – President Mahama charges New Ministers
President John Dramani Mahama on Monday charged his ministers to roll up their sleeves and get to work, as there is a lot of critical and urgent work to be done. “Our people are tired of listening...