The Ministry of Water Resources Works and Housing is working on a policy that will ensure that landlords charge not more than one month rent advance. The policy when approved will also relax the mortgage regime and also make it impossible for landlords to vary rent contracts to the disadvantage of tenants. In an interview ...

Citi News has gathered that some crew from TV Africa were picked up by operatives suspected to be from the National Security when they went to do a follow up from Adjei Kojo after the demolition exercise. Confirming the incident on Eyewitness News, a deputy News editor at TV Africa, Nii Tettey Ablorh said ‘’yes ...

Ghana will have another go at another major athletic competition when Flings Owusu-Agyapong, runs in the women’s 60 metre heat at the ongoing World Indoor Athletic Championships in Sobot, Poland.  The heat will take place on Saturday and she will have Jamaican athlete Veronica Campbell-Brown, who is competing for the first time since she was ...

Six Vietnamese women have been rescued from sex trade in Takoradi in the Western Region. The women, aged between 25 and 35 years, were lured into the country by some Chinese to work in a restaurant but ended up being used for sex trade in the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis. The Head of the Anti-human Trafficking Unit ...

The District Chief Executive for Asutifi North in the Brong Ahafo Region, Hon. Eric Addae has disclosed that approval has been given to the Ntotroso College of Nursing to admit its first batch of students in September this year to produce Diploma of nursing in various disciplines in the health sector following its approval and ...

During his presentation of the State of the Nation Address, the President, His Excellency John Dramani Mahama stated that “At  the  recent  World  Economic  Forum  in  Davos,  (Switzerland),  a  prominent  item  on  the  agenda  was  the  topic  of  “inequality.”    Various  development  and  social  justice  organizations  cited  it  as  one  of  this  decade’s  top  global ...

The Eastern Regional Director of Communication of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mr. David Prah, has cautioned supporters of the party who are interested in contesting for parliamentary seats in the Region to desist from campaigning against sitting Members of Parliament (MPs). He said the Regional executive of the party were not happy about the ...

Whether you prefer the iPad, Galaxy Tab or Kindle Fire, the tablet market has become a big part of the mobile computing landscape. In fact, studies show that 42% of American adults currently own tablets, and sales reflect it. Market intelligence firm IDC released two forecasts on Thursday: one for tablets and one for PCs, ...

Sellas Tetteh has called up thirty (30) players into the men’s U-20 national team for their impending Africa Youth Championship qualifying in May. After three successive screening exercise the Black Satellites coach on Thursday announced his squad which includes five members of Ghana’s silver-winning side at the Africa Nations Championship – CHAN. Asiedu Attobrah, Paul ...

Ghana name eight members of the bronze-winning squad at the previous FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup in the final team for Costa Rica. Naomi Anima, Jane Ayieyam, Vida Opoku, Gladys Amfobea, Samira Abdul-Rahman, Belinda Anane, Laadi Issaka and Azume Adams are all selected in the list of 21 submitted for the tournament. Fuseina Mumuni, who ...

Manchester United manager David Moyes has thanked the club’s fans for their loyalty in what he admits has been a “difficult” first season. Moyes succeeded Sir Alex Ferguson, who ended his 26 years as United boss by winning a 13th league title, on 1 July. However, United lie seventh after only 13 wins from 27 ...

Outgoing Volta Regional Minister, Nii Laryea Afotey Agbo has told Citi News, the protracted curfew on Nkonya and Alavanyo is likely to be lifted before he takes over as new Minister in the Greater Accra Region. The Minister stated that the two towns have adhered to the peace treaty that was signed last year. The ...

Every year, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) provides more than eleven million schoolgirls with food to help keep them in education and around three million vulnerable women with special nutritional support. This year, on International Women’s Day (March 8), WFP is celebrating how empowering women can boost global efforts to end hunger. “Giving ...

Nollywood stars lost their game against their Ghanaian counterparts in a novelty match played on Thursday evening at the Kumasi Stadium in Ghana. They were beaten 3-1 by the Ghanaian actors in a fun-filled game. Ghana opened scores in the first 20 minutes of the match and scored another in the second half. Sopiriye Fiberesima ...

Two of three children who stopped to swim in stagnant water on their way to farm in Sawla in the  Northern Region were reported dead. The unfortunate incident happened on Friday March 7, 2014. District police Commander for Sawla divisional police command, ASP Francis Numadu confirmed the incident to Citi News. He said the stagnant ...

Pressure group, Alliance for Accountable Governance (AFAG), is calling for an immediate exclusion of school pupils from Independence Day parades. The group says the annual ritual of having school children march on Independence Day is archaic and primitive. Citing Thursday’s incident where hundreds of school children were drenched in rain during the Ghana’s 57th Independence ...

The Northern Regional Police command has increased the presence of security personnel in Bimbila Township and its environs. Fighting broke out on Thursday March 7, 2014 between the two feuding factions in the area over the burial of Nakpaa-Naa Salifu Dawuni. There were reports of sporadic gunshots in Bimbila Township during which one person died ...

Singapore has topped 131 cities globally to become the world’s most expensive city to live in 2014, according to the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU). The city’s strong currency combined with the high cost of running a car and soaring utility bills contributed to Singapore topping the list. It is also the most expensive place in ...

Turkey’s embattled prime minister has warned that his government could ban social media networks YouTube and Facebook after a raft of online leaks added momentum to a spiralling corruption scandal. Recep Tayyip Erdogan has already tightened his government’s grip over the Internet, generating criticism at home and abroad about rights in the EU-hopeful country. “There ...

President Vladimir Putin rebuffed a warning from U.S. President Barack Obama over Moscow’s military intervention in Crimea, saying on Friday that Russia could not ignore calls for help from Russian speakers in Ukraine. After an hour-long telephone call, Putin said in a statement that Moscow and Washington were still far apart on the situation in ...