Lawyer for the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Victor Adawudu, has expressed optimism of settling the lawsuit brought against the party by a member in the Ashanti region out of court. A former president of the Tertiary Education Institutions Network (TEIN) of the NDC at the Akrokerri School of Education, Linus Njonola, has secured a court injunction ...

Financial Analyst, Sydney Casely-Hayford says the cedi has not appreciated in value against other major foreign trading currencies as it is being reported. The Cedi from the beginning of the year depreciated against major trading currencies by about 40% which adversely affected cost of living and trading activities in the country. But within the past ...

An advance team of the newly established UN Mission for Ebola Emergency Response (UNMEER) will arrive in Accra on Monday, September 29, 2014. The team would be led by the UN Secretary-General Special Representative and Head of UNMEER, Anthony Banbury. A press conference is scheduled to take place at 13:30hrs (1:30 p.m local time) at ...

President Barack Obama has acknowledged that US agencies underestimated the threat posed by the Islamist insurgency in Syria. In a frank TV interview, he said that al-Qaeda had been beaten in Iraq by US forces working with Sunni tribes. But they took advantage of the power vacuum in neighbouring Syria to emerge as Isis, later ...

A little over a week after Apple delayed the launch of its much-buzzed HealthKit platform due to a bug, the first batch of HealthKit-enabled app are now available. FitPort ($1.99) — which monitors health information and tracks steps taken, calories burned and other data— is among the first HealthKit-compatible apps listed in the Apple App Store, as ...

The Presidential Commission set up to investigate the participation of Ghana at the 2014 World Cup has revealed some shocking expenditure during the process. These include the payment of about $20,000 to an agency for giving directions to a Brazilian supermarket where ingredients could be bought for cooking meals for supporters during the World Cup, ...

Residents of the Guinean capital Conakry, hit hard by Ebola, say they are afraid to seek treatment at hospitals for fear of being poisoned by doctors, as the death toll across West Africa passed the 3,000 mark. Local resident Tairu Diallo said on Friday that people living in his neighbourhood refused to seek medical help ...

President John Dramani Mahama has announced government plans to establish two gold refineries to process and add value to the country’s gold production. President Mahama announced this when he addressed the Ghanaian community Massachusetts, USA, as part his 10-day official visit to that country. He said the establishment of the refineries would not only give ...

Lionel Messi says he “never imagined” he would reach 400 career goals, after surpassing the landmark with two goals in Barcelona’s 6-0 win over Granada. The Argentine was the star of the show in his side’s demolition of the Andalusian side, with two goals and two assists to see him rack up his 400th and 401st goals for ...

Hong Kong police used tear gas for the first time on Sunday to disperse pro-democracy protests and baton-charged the crowd blocking a key road in the government district after Hong Kong and Chinese officials warned against illegal demonstrations. The city’s Admiralty district had descended into chaos as chanting pro-democracy protesters converged on police barricades surrounding ...

The Mayor of the City of Newark, Ras J. Baraka has honoured the First Lady of Ghana Lordina Mahama with an award and citation for her philanthropic work and dedication to Ghanaians and the Ghanaian community in the City of Newark, the State of New Jersey, USA. The award to the First Lady, by the ...

Engineers of the Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCo) have told citifmonline.com that they are currently working to restore power to major parts of the Central  Region that were cut off following a fire outbreak that ravaged one of their substations at Winneba junction on Saturday evening. The fire affected power supply to areas such as  Kasoa, Winneba, Swedru, ...

A spice commonly found in curries may boost the brain’s ability to heal itself, according to a report in the journal Stem Cell Research and Therapy. The German study suggests a compound found in turmeric could encourage the growth of nerve cells thought to be part of the brain’s repair kit. Scientists say this work, ...

Air France says it will only operate 45% of its scheduled flights on Sunday after talks with pilots failed to produce an agreement to end a 14-day strike. More than half of its pilots planned to strike, the airline said. Pilots’ union SNPL offered to end the strike late on Friday if an independent mediator ...

In the past, many wives were homemakers. They stayed at home to take care of the home and the family. Today, however, with the biting economic pressure, most families can’t afford this luxury. The woman must work to contribute to the upkeep of the home. Even in cases where a man can afford everything, many ...

Hollywood star George Clooney has married human rights lawyer Amal Alamuddin in Venice, in one of the most eagerly anticipated events of the showbusiness year. A host of fellow stars descended on the Italian city’s canals for the union between the film world’s most eligible bachelor, 53, and Ms Alamuddin, 36. The ceremony was celebrated ...

An advance team of the newly established UN Mission for Ebola Emergency Response (UNMEER) will arrive in Accra on Monday, September 29, 2014. The team would be led by the UN Secretary-General Special Representative and Head of UNMEER, Anthony Banbury. A press conference is scheduled to take place at 13:30hrs (1:30 p.m local time) at ...

Mariam Ibrahim, the Sudan woman who escaped a death sentence imposed for renouncing her faith, says she wants to campaign for others who face religious persecution. Speaking to the BBC in the US, where she is seeking asylum, Ms Ibrahim said she hopes to return to Sudan one day. Ms Ibrahim earlier received an award ...

A Political Scientist says the financial bailout from the International Monetary Fund may have come  “too late” to salvage the country’s ailing economy. According to Dr. Richard Amoako Baah, the  Head of the Political Science Department at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), the country’s economic problems had spun out of the ...