Importers and freight forwarders are anticipating at least 200 dollars cut in cost of clearing goods following the scrapping of the one percent special import levy. They say though the figure is marginal, its timely considering the ultimate impact in reducing the burden on businesses. Finance Minister, Ken Ofori Atta, in the 2017 budget statement ...
Disqualified candidate for the presidency of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA), Lloyd Evans, has vowed to resist the decision by the incumbent executives of the association to kick him out of the race. A statement from the GJA Elections Committee, signed by chairman of the Election Committee, Ben Assorow, said Mr. Evans is “not in good ...
Iddrisu Musah Superior has been overwhelmingly confirmed as the Tamale Metropolitan Chief Executive (MCE). He secured hundred percent of the total votes of 57 to serve as the Tamale MCE of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo’s government. The confirmation was held at the Tamale Sports Stadium on Friday, March 17. As a youth activist ...
Confusion broke out in the Eastern Region Friday afternoon between some executives of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), at a sitting of the Dr. Kwesi Botchwey-led committee, aimed at diagnosing the party’s loss in the December 2016 elections. This comes after some foot soldiers of the party prevented regional executives for engaging in a ...
Hands up if you were a young vibrant young person in the 80s and 90s! Those were the times when ‘Burger highlife’ was the big thing. From the pictures I have seen, those times were the high times. The 80s and 90s were times when Ghanaian highlife music regained the strong image that it used ...
A Psychiatric Specialist at the Psychiatric Department of the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, Dr Albert Sedohia, has confirmed to Citi News that Evelyn Boakye, the Mawarko kitchen employee who was allegedly assaulted by her Lebanese supervisor, attempted suicide Thursday evening. According to Dr. Sedohia, Evelyn nearly succeeded in ending her life, but for the intervention of ...
The Centre for Democratic Governance, (CDD), has said there is no guarantee President Nana Akufo-Addo’s large government would translate to the realization his transformational agenda. President Akufo-Addo’s appointment of 110 ministers and deputies, has been met with widespread criticism, with the CDD itself saying it set a negative record for Ghana, but the president has ...
The Inspector General of Police, David Asante-Apeatu, has said that his administration will work to revamp the Motor Transport and Traffic Directorate (MTTD) of the service, to meet international standards. According to him, the directorate will now serve a dual purpose of protecting lives and also ensuring that the service regains the trust of the public. ...
Former President, John Mahama, has said that the National Democratic Congress (NDC) will “bounce back.” It is unclear what may have inspired the former President’s comment, and what message he seeks to carry across, especially when there is uncertainty as to whether or not he would be contesting the 2020 elections. But according to him, ...
Assembly Members of the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA), have fully endorsed Osei Assibey Antwi, President Akufo-Addo’s nominee for the KMA Metropolitan Chief Executive (MCE) position. Unlike KMA’s election troubles in the past, 132 out of 133 assembly members gave Osei Assibey the nod as the Kumasi Mayor, representing 99.2% approval. The Yes or No election ...
Police in the Volta Region has described as barbaric, the actions of some youth of Adina in the Ketu Municipality of the Volta Region, following clashes between them and workers of an Indian salt company, Kensington Company LTD. The Volta Regional Police Commander in charge of Operations, Chief Superintendent Ebenezer Asare, bemoaned the action of the ...
There’s brewing confusion over the disqualification of Lloyd Evans, one of the contestants for the Ghana Journalists Association’s (GJA) presidency in it’s upcoming elections. The Elections Committee of the GJA, announced the disqualification of Mr. Evans, who is a former President of the Institute of Financial and Economic Journalists (IFEJ), on grounds that he did ...
The Child Protection Network in the Upper East Region has paid the GHc 300 that would allow the endorsement of the medical forms of a 13-year-old rape victim by doctors at the Bolgatanga Regional hospital in the Upper East Region. The 13-year-old girl was sexually violated in October 2016 at Namolgo in the Talensi district. The ...
Anti-corruption group, OccupyGhana, has announced the resignation of the two of its members; George Andah and Yofi Grant from its executive council. The two, however, remain members of group. A statement issued by OccupyGhana thanked the two for their service to its anti-corruption campaign, and wished them well in their new endeavors. George Andah and Yofi ...
On Thursday, 16th March 2017, history was made when Hayatou lost the CAF Presidency to Ahmad Ahmad an unknown name in the circus of African football. The gentle yet cunning man; again proved that everything is possible, and with the right knots and strings pulled, one can attain unprecedented success. Who is Ahmad Ahmad? The ...
President Akufo-Addo has named former Attorney General Ayikoi Otoo, and Gina Blay, wife of acting New Patriotic Party chairman, Freddie Blay, as Ghana’s Ambassadors to Canada and Germany respectively. The two have subsequently received their appointment letters from the presidency. Citi News sources at the Flagstaff House indicated that, the two are among 7 persons ...
We Care for Children, a Non-Governmental Organization, has called on government to support local NGOs promote the teaching and learning of local languages through printing and distribution of study materials. According to the NGO, government’s assistance will help them distribute text books to basic schools even in remote areas. Speaking to Citi News, the Founder ...
Five policemen, including the East Legon District Police Commander, Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Mr Emmanuel Basintale, and four civilians have been arrested in connection with a number of alleged fraudulent gold deals running into several millions of Ghana cedis. The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service which effected the arrests has ...
A pastor in Sierra Leone has unearthed a 706-carat diamond, according to the government, in one of the largest precious stone finds ever made worldwide. The discovery was made by Pastor Emmanuel Momoh in an artisanal mine in the village of Koyadu in eastern Kono district, a government statement said on Thursday. “A 706-carat diamond ...
The Human Rights division of the High Court has ordered government to immediately establish a domestic violence support fund to provide free medical care for domestic violence victims. The order was part of a judgment delivered by the court in a case where a private legal practitioner, Martin Kpebu, filed a suit praying the court for ...
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