Chiefs in the Banda township of the Brong Ahafo Region have promised to curse the unidentified group which threatened the lives of non-indigenes in the area if they do not own up and apologise for the threats. The chiefs issued a one-week ultimatum to the people behind the recent threats, a group calling itself the ...

The Ghana Health Service has resumed recruitment of trainee nurses to serve in various health facilities in the country. This comes almost a year after suspending the process across the country. A letter addressed to all regional health directors in the country from the Service on Monday, March 20 said the Minister of Health, Kwaku ...

A commercial plane on Monday made a crash landing in poor weather at an airport in South Sudan, causing several injuries among the 43 on board. “It is miraculous, completely,” said Ateny Wek Ateny, the South Sudanese presidential spokesperson. “There are only minor injuries. There was no single death.” The incident took place at the ...

Sheriff’s deputies in Los Angeles handcuffed rapper Wyclef Jean after mistaking him for a robbery suspect. Wyclef said he was returning from a recording studio when he was pulled over early Tuesday morning. He said he was never told why he was being cuffed and that he told police they had the wrong person. “They ...

The Ghana Football Association has rubbished claims that the current technical team of the Black Stars has been dissolved. Uncertainty over who becomes the successor to Avram Grant has sparked a number of reports in the media surrounding the back room staff. The head coach’s position is currently occupied by the assistant manager of the ...

The US has announced a ban on large electronic devices from cabin baggage on flights from eight countries in the Middle East, North Africa and Europe. Bombs could be hidden in laptops, tablets, cameras, DVD players and electronic games, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said. The measure will affect nine airlines operating out of ...

The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA), will commence a demolition exercise to remove structures constructed without permits in the Accra metropolis on Wednesday, March 22, 2017. The AMA in a statement made mention of unauthorized structures around the Odaw River, Korle Lagoon, Old Fadama among others, and has ordered persons responsible for such structures to remove them ...

Residents of the Millennium City Estates are living in fear and panic as a result of attacks on their homes and families. The Millennium City Estate is one of the biggest estates in the Gomoa East constituency in the Central Region, which has Kasoa a sit’s capital. The Estate has more than two hundred labelled ...

President Akufo-Addo has said that he is aware of the high expectations of Ghanaians for him to turn around the fortunes of the country. He said the New Patriotic Party’s overwhelming victory in the December 2016 elections, has placed a burden on him to meet the numerous expectations. Speaking to the Ghanaian community in Geneva, ...

Over 100 children seeking admission into the School of the deaf at Koforidua in the Eastern Region, have been put on a waiting list due to lack of adequate facilities and structures to accommodate them. The School, which currently has over 230 students, is facing congestion challenges at its dormitory and classrooms. In an interview ...

Parliament on Tuesday approved the 10 Deputy Regional Ministers appointed by President Akufo-Addo about two weeks ago. They were screened by Parliament’s Appointments Committee last week, and approved by consensus by both the Majority and Minority members on the committee. The Deputy Ministers are however expected to be sworn into office by the President. Below ...

The Citi Breakfast Show on Tuesday March 21, 2017 focused on open defecation and measures that can be taken to resolve it.

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Brong Ahafo Region has rejected claims by a chief in Kintampo that the takeover of the tourist facility by the supporters, might have contributed to the freak accident that claimed 19 lives over the weekend. In the aftermath of the incident, the Chief of Kyeremankomam, where the site is ...

A planned demonstration against the Akufo Addo government in Tamale, Tuesday March 21, 2017 was foiled by the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Kandahar Boys group. A group calling itself the Coalition of Concerned Youth groups of Tamale planned the foiled demonstration. The protesters in red armbands were chased away from their converging point at the ...

The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) has announced that it has agreed to allocate some space on the streets of Accra to hawkers. A statement by the Assembly said it has after a meeting with various hawker-groups in the metropolis, agreed to give them space on some major streets to sell. According to a statement signed ...

Currency analysts have stated that the Bank of Ghana’s auction of 120 million dollars in the first quarter of this year, to contain the cedi’s depreciation has begun yielding the intended results. According to them, the move would have been more effective if the Bank of Ghana increased its supply of dollars in the first ...

Government intends to construct toilet facilities in various homes across the country as an effective measure of addressing open defecation, the Minister of Sanitation, Kofi Adda, has revealed. The Minister’s promise follows threats by the World Bank to withdraw support to Ghana if measures are not taken to address Ghana’s sanitation challenges. The World Bank ...

The Bureau of Public Safety (BPS) has called for the arrest and prosecution of persons who forcefully took over management of the Kintampo Waterfalls without authorization prior to the tragic incident that occurred at the tourist site over the weekend. “Arrest and prosecute all persons who forcefully took over the management or facilitation roles of ...

An Accra High Court has found former Executive Secretary of the Narcotics Control Board (NACOB), Akrasi Sarpong guilty of contempt, after he condemned the court for granting bail to drug suspects in an ongoing case. Mr. Akrasi Sarpong openly disagreed with the court after it granted bail to one Chief Sunny Ikechukwu Benjy Eke, a ...