The Black Stars were held to a 1-1 draw by the Cranes of Uganda in the African Cup of Nations qualifier in Kumasi after a second half penalty from Andre Ayew cancelled out Uganda’s first-half lead. Kwesi Appiah named a strong starting 11 for the game, with Leicester City left wing-back Jeffrey Schlupp handed a ...

Ghanaian businesses lack the capacity to grow and are unable to compete with international firms because they fail to have their financial statements audited. That, according to Ms Dorothy Amengo, the Head of Account and Business Development of Ernst and Young (EY), organisers of “EY Entrepreneur of the Year Award”, remained a major threat to ...

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The captain of the Black Stars, Asamoah Gyan, reportedly left the senior national team’s camp in Kumasi barely an hour before their African Cup of Nations qualifier against Uganda. The player has since rejoined the squad for the warm-up ahead of the game . According to Citi FM’s Sports Editor Gary Al-Smith, Gyan  left for ...

There are mixed reactions from New Patriotic Party (NPP) executives in the Northern Region over comments by their Chairman Daniel Bugri Naabu to “smoke out” delegates who did not vote for Nana Akufo-Addo at the super delegates’ congress. Bugri Naabu in a live interview on Eye Witness News claimed that all delegates in the region ...

The Greater Accra Regional Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has warned Michael Teye Nyaunu to refrain from discussing matters relating to the party. Joseph Ade Coker told Citi News, the former Lower Manya Krobo legislator is no longer a member of the NDC therefore; he has no locus to call on party members ...

It’s a boy! Congrats to Damilola Adegbite and Chris Attoh. The Nigerian-Ghanaian celebrity couple have welcomed their first child – a baby boy. Damilola and Chris who celebrated their love via a grand proposal in New York a few weeks ago and now proud parents. The new dad announced the news via instagram with this ...

Ethiopia’s Lietchuor camp, home to almost 40,000 refugees from South Sudan, has been made uninhabitable by flooding, Doctors without Borders (MSF) said. The medical charity said in a statement on Friday that the camp in Ethiopia’s Gambella region resembled “a lake dotted with islands’.’ “The road built on a strip of elevated land is the only ...

Mining Services Giant, Metso Minerals Ghana has been slapped with a legal suit for contempt of court following the termination of appointment of its Former Managing Director and Finance and Administrative Director. Metso Minerals Ghana was hit with the suit after it went ahead to fire the two though the court ordered them not to ...

Citi Business News has learnt that Ghanaian companies in the oil and gas sector have received 584, 221 ,448.1 dollars in contracts since Ghana started drilling oil in 2010. According to the Communications Consultant at the Energy Ministry, Edward Bawa ,”as at March this year(2014) this is the total value of service that has gone to ...

The Ministry of Energy and Petroleum has confirmed to Citi Business News that the current nationwide load shedding exercise is due to the damage to a major gas pipeline from Nigeria. This coupled with maintenance works on the country’s power plants , low levels of water in the Akosombo and Bui dams have compounded the ...

The Minister of Interior Mark Woyongo has hinted of a massive recruitment drive to get more competent lawyers into the Police Service as a way of strengthening its legal department. According to him, the move will help address the problem of “shoddy prosecutions” which dents the integrity of the service. Speaking in an interview with Citi ...

The Northern Regional Secretary of the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC), Alhaji Umar Yussif Alhassan  has dispelled calls by a group calling itself NDC John for John Movement on delegates to vote all incumbent executives out of office. The group’s Secretary, Salifu A. Baba earlier in an interview with Citi News described the NDC Northern Regional executives ...

Citi FM’s Umaru Sanda Amadu has been presented with his international award after being adjudged one of the winners in the 2014 WASH Media Awards for their excellence in reporting on water, sanitation and hygiene related (WASH) issues. Sanda won the WASH in the future: The Post 2015 Development Agenda with his documentary “Water Wahala.” ...

Prosecutors at the International Criminal Court have asked for the case against Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta to be adjourned indefinitely. ICC chief prosecutor Fatou Bensouda said she still did not have enough evidence to proceed with the trial, which was due to resume next month. The trial has already been delayed several times, with key ...

Controversial former Member of Parliament (MP) for Lower Manya Krobo constituency, Michael Teye Nyaunu has challenged members of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to contest President John Mahama in the party’s presidential primaries. He was of the opinion that it will be wrong for President Mahama to stand for the flagbearership position unopposed. “Somebody must ...

As the apathy surrounding the Black Stars ahead of their African Cup of Nations qualifier against Uganda keeps growing, Sports Minister Mahama Ayariga has announced that the gates of the Baba Yara Stadium will be opened for free on Saturday. His decision would see the players and the Ghana Football Association breathe a huge sigh ...

Following the devastating fire on 2 September 2014 at the Big Brother house in Johannesburg, M-Net and Endemol SA have spent the last 48 hours searching both locally and internationally for a venue in which to produce Season 9 of the highly popular Big Brother Africa reality show. After exploring all possible options, the team ...

The youth in Nkanfoa in the Cape coast in the Central Region have demonstrated against the Municipal Assembly over the location of a landfill site in the area. According to them, the landfill site has contributed to the increasing number of cholera-related deaths in the area. Some of the demonstrators told to Citi News’ Central ...

Health Minister, Dr. Kwaku Agyemang Mensah says government is set to announce new measures to intensify its fight to curb the spread of the cholera outbreak. A cholera outbreak in seven regions in Ghana has claimed about 90 lives and affected over 10,000 people. The Health Minister was hopeful that the renewed efforts between his ...