A member of the Local Organising Committee for Ghana’s 2014 World Cup Campaign, Hon. Kojo Adu-Asare, has confirmed that fans will no longer be sent to Brazil to cheer  the Black Stars in the tournament. His statement comes on the back of complaints of some fans who had been scheduled to go to Brazil but ...

The leaders of three communities where the Gas plant is located on Tuesday have declared their support for Awulae Panyinle Amihere, Omanhene of Eastern Nzema for placing a court injunction on the construction of the plant. The plant is situated at Atuabo in the Ellembelle District of the Western Region. The leaders said the management ...

The Speaker of Parliament, Edward Doe Adjaho has asked the Ministry of Health to provide the House with the report on the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) missing babies. “This is a serious issue and all of us should be concerned…If our mothers, wives and sisters go to hospitals to deliver and cannot find their ...

Second-half goals from substitutes Marouane Fellaini and Dries Mertens enabled Belgium to come from behind and beat Algeria 2-1 in their Group H opener. There was as much relief as joy for Marc Wilmots’ side at Belo Horizonte’s Estadio Mineirao, although they ultimately merited a win that had looked unlikely until the coach began shuffling his ...

The Black Stars declared a state of emergency immediately after Monday’s painful 1-2 defeat to the USA and headed straight from the stadium to the airport to fly back to Maceio to prepare for Germany in their next Group G game on Friday. The Stars packed bag and baggage into a waiting coach and after ...

The Game of Thrones season four finale “The Children” has become the most pirated show in history, according to data from TorrentFreak. Legally, according to official US ratings, 7.1 million people tuned in for the final episode. However in pirate world, a few hours after the episode appeared online, Demonii tracker reported that 254,114 people were ...

Microsoft Devices has announced that the Nokia XL, the flagship large screen offering under the Nokia X family of affordable smartphones that run Android apps, has began selling in Ghana. With a 5″ In-Plane Switching captive colour touch screen, the Nokia XL brings the large screen experience at an unbelievably affordable price point. The device further augments ...

Significant progress has been made in terms of primary school enrolment particularly over the past few years due to strategies such as school feeding programme, capitation grant and free school uniforms to improve access to education, according to a United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) report. The report, which used the Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) and ...

Members of the New Patriotic Party in the United Kingdom at the weekend took the lead to launch Nana Akufo-Addo’s 2016 presidential candidacy bid with the launch of  Akufo-Addo 2016 UK. The campaign group in UK last Sunday fired the first salvo from the diaspora in a bid to convince NPP delegates that Nana Akufo-Addo still ...

The Government and Hospital Pharmacists Association (GHOSPA) is calling on government to settle outstanding issues concerning the unpaid salaries of their members. The  association is optimistic that if government makes the effort to pay the outstanding amounts owed them; they will be motivated to provide better services to patients. The pharmacists are challenging government  over their ...

Caleb Ayiku speaks on ‘Shaping Organisational Culture’ on Citi FM’s Management Development Month series

Political science lecturer at the University of Ghana, Dr. Alidu Seidu is asking that the chairperson of the Convention People’s Party (CPP), Samia Nkrumah conduct an introspection of her leadership style. Ms Nkrumah has been accused by her Vice chairpersons of being autocratic while sidelining the national executives in running the affairs of the party. ...

Last Friday saw the grand opening of  Samini’s Dancestardom Lounge and Restaurant in Dansoman, Accra. The centre comprises a night club, restaurant and a sitting area which overlooks a performance stage.  It also has a small practice golf court. The Dancehall King told Graphic Showbiz at the event  his desire to run a business that ...

The District Chief Executive for Agona East, Martin Luther Obeng has pledged to personally enroll some three pregnant BECE candidates in Senior High Schools if they obtain the pass grade. This comes after the Ministry of Education served a notice on Monday warning to sanction supervisors who prevented pregnant girls from writing the on-going Basic ...

A group calling itself Coalition of Mamprugu NPP Constituency Executives is calling on the government to order the contractor of the Walewale-Nalegerigu Bukurugu road to return to the site and complete the project. The call was made at a press conference held by the Coalition, which is made up of all the five constituencies in ...

A former deputy Attorney General (AG), Kwame Osei Prempeh has told Citi News, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) is likely to lose the 2016 elections if anyone contests Nana Akufo-Addo in the flagbearership race. The former Member of Parliament (MP) for Nsuta-Kwamang argued that similar contests in 2008 and 2012 did not only divide the NPP but ...

 Citi News checks at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital(KATH) have revealed that the two midwives suspended over Suweiba Mumin’s missing baby are still at post. This is because the ministry has failed to officially communicate its directive to the hospital. KATH came under attack sometime in February this year when a baby born by one Suweiba ...

Thousands of youth in the Upper East region are demonstrating to protest the removal of Dr Ephraim Avea Nsoh as their Regional Minister. According to the youth, Dr. Nsoh’s dismissal is likely to cost the NDC in the 2016 election. Dr Ephraim Avea Nsoh was relieved of his post as the Upper East regional minister ...

Former Nollywood star Richard Mofe Damijo, has dismissed reports that he is ill. He said that the speculations were made as a result of his drastic weight loss. In an interview published in the Sunday Sun of Nigeria, RMD explained why he is now slimmer. According to him, he decided to change his lifestyle and ...

My torturous sleepless night was because I kept analyzing yesterday’s Ghana v USA game in Natal, Brazil in my head. What possibly went wrong after dominating play? We didn’t deserve to lose I kept saying to myself. My night was more torturous because I shudder we will crash out of the tournament soon. There are ...