Investigative journalist and author Jacques Pauw has described the Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN) and “Prophet†TB Joshua as one of Africa’s most influential men, who tried to bribe him during an interview. A guesthouse under construction at the Lagos headquarters of the SCOAN collapsed on Friday. Three extra storeys were being added to the ...
District Directors of education in the Northern Region have defied the Ghana Education Service (GES) directive asking pupil teachers across the country to vacate their post. For a simple reason of failing to upgrade themselves whilst in active service, the GES acting Director General, Charles Aheto Tsegah recently announced that all pupil teachers should be ...
President John Mahama has eulogized the late Ghanaian poet, Professor Kofi Awoonor as “a great intellectual the country was privileged to have.” The renowned poet was killed in the West Gate mall attack in Kenya in 2013 when he was in that country as guest speaker for the annual Storymoja Hay Festival. He praised the ...
A South African rescue team has flown to Nigeria to help locate missing South Africans believed to have been inside a church hostel when it collapsed last week in Lagos. The team will be able to sign death certificates and check that survivors are getting adequate treatment. Of the 80 confirmed deaths, at least 67 ...
TRACE TV and Airtel will soon be presenting a unique mobile song competition. It’s the first song contest of its kind in Ghana where contestants can win simply by calling in a short code number. There is even an option to rehearse on a phone karaoke that scores the performance. Without having to stand in ...
The Rent Control Department has condemned the decision by Commission of Human Rights and Administrative Justice(CHRAJ) to pay rent advance in excess of the mandatory six months. According to the Chief Rent Officer, Addo Soin Dombo, the commission also violated the rent laws by paying the Commissioner’s rent in dollars. Addo Soin Dombo is therefore ...
Torture has become such an integral part of policing in Nigeria that many stations have an informal torture officer, Amnesty International says. Both the military and police use a wide range of torture methods including beatings, nail and teeth extractions and other sexual violence, it says. One woman accused of theft in Lagos said she ...
Guinea has sent a team to find missing health officials who were attacked two days ago while visiting a village to raise awareness about Ebola. Unconfirmed reports suggest they may have been kidnapped or even killed. The officials had fled Wamey village in Nzerekore region after their group was pelted with stones. The Ebola outbreak ...
The Government has set up an Ebola Screening centre at the Hajj Village in Accra to screen pilgrims before they embark on the holy pilgrimage to Mecca. The move is to ensure that the pilgrims are adequately protected before embarking on the journey to Saudi Arabia. About 5,000 Ghanaian Muslims are expected to make the ...
The trailer of the much awaited The Art of Ama Ata Aidoo has been released online. Ama Ata Aidoo is a poet, playwright and novelist. In a world where women make up less than 10% of directors and only 15% of screenwriters internationally, it’s a struggle to tell the story of any woman, especially an African woman. According ...
The Headmaster of the Sekondi School for the Deaf in the Western Region has said the school’s creditors are threatening to cause his arrest following the school’s inability to settle its debts. Kofi Frimpong in an interview with Citi News said the situation has arisen because government has failed to release funds needed to run ...
The much anticipated October 18 national delegates’ congress of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) may suffer a set back as two card-bearing members of the party are seeking a court injunction to stop the exercise. The two; Rexford Agyei Frimpong and Opong Kyekyeku say the October 18 date is a violation of the party’s ...
Gunmen have attacked a teacher training college in the Nigerian city of Kano, with officials saying at least 15 people have been killed. The attackers exchanged fire with police outside the college before running inside. Another 34 people were injured. It is not clear who was responsible, although suspicion will fall on militant Islamist group ...
People in Scotland have begun voting on whether the country should stay in the UK or become an independent nation. Voters will answer “Yes” or “No” to the referendum question: “Should Scotland be an independent country?” With 4,285,323 people – 97% of the electorate – registered to vote, a historically high turnout is expected. Votes ...
Head teacher of Lingbunga Primary school in the Tolon District of the Northern Region has been demoted for persistent absenteeism from school. He is now serving as a teacher in the same school whilst facing the Tolon GES Disciplinary Committee. Public Relations Officer of Tolon District Education directorate, Godfred Donna told Citi News the demoted ...
The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) will on Thursday release a time table for the ongoing load shedding exercise. The Energy Ministry has disclosed that the power rationing will be intensified due to disruption of gas supply from Nigeria following labour unrest in that country. This means a shutdown of the Asogli Power plant which ...
The Greater Accra Regional branch of the Ghana Private Roads Transport Union (GPRTU) is calling on the government to amend the law on the compulsory use of seat belts in all public transport vehicles. According to them the directive is better suited to vehicles that ply intercity but not intra city vehicles. The Driver Vehicle ...
A former Municipal Chief Executive of the Ledzokuku Krowor Constituency(LEKMA), Daniel Amartey has accused the Greater Accra Regional Chairman of the National Democratic Congress(NDC), Ade Coker of negligence and incompetence. According to Mr. Amartey, the series of court injunctions placed on a number of the party’s constituency elections in the Greater Accra region is as ...
A total of 12 primary schools in the Tolon District of the Northern Region have been affected by a severe rainstorm which ripped off the roofs of their classroom blocks. One of such schools is Woribogu Ahmadiya Primary School where all upper primary pupils there have resumed studies under trees. With the continuous rains, the ...
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