The Central Bank Governor, Dr Abdul Nashiru Issahaku has resigned. Citi Business News has gathered his resignation takes effect from the 1st of April, 2017. It’s unclear what led to his resignation but the Governor is reported to have cited personal reasons for the move. Dr Issahaku was appointed Governor of the Bank of Ghana by ...
President Donald Trump’s Mexican border wall may be delayed as Republicans consider putting its funding on hold. Senator Roy Blunt said cash for the wall would be left out of a spending bill that must pass by 28 April to avert a partial government shutdown. His remarks came on Tuesday after Mr Trump requested a ...
The Upper East Regional Youth Wing of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has commended President Nana Akufo-Addo for appointing yong people into strategic positions to support him achieve the needed development for the country. Addressing a press conference in Bolgatanga to show appreciation for the appointment of the Upper East Regional youth organizer, Ibrahim Bashiru by ...
Member of Parliament for the Manhyia North constituency is alleging that the National Democratic Congress (NDC) government deliberately sidelined his constituency in the distribution of road projects such as roads. Collins Owusu Amankwah said the constituency has a road infrastructure deficit of about 67 percent. According to him, the neglect of the constituency was “politically ...
The Tamale Metropolitan Assembly under the watch of Iddrisu Musah Superior has served notice to carry a major decongestion exercise within the enclave of the Tamale Business City effective May 15, 2017. The intended exercise which forms part of the new Tamale Mayor’s grand plan to turn the Tamale Metropolis into the hub of the ...
The Ghana Football Association (GFA) will start interviewing shortlisted coaches for the vacant Black Stars job this week, Kwesi Nyantakyi has revealed. The federation president says shortlisted will be interviewed this week by the panel set up by the federation to interview coaches. Nyantakyi made this claim on Wednesday even though the GFA has not ...
Parliament will most likely extend sitting beyond the scheduled date for MPs to rise on Thursday, March 30, according to indications from Majority Leader, Osei Kyei Mensah-Bonsu. Speaking to the media, Mr. Mensah-Bonsu noted that, the House has a lot on its plate, making the scheduled recess tomorrow [Thursday] implausible. “There are outstanding matters and ...
Over 50 Money Lending Businesses across the Southern Belt of Ghana have benefited from Opportunity International Savings and Loans Limited’s (OISL) Risk Management and Financial Reporting Training. The multiple award winning Savings and Loans Company acting according to one of their core objectives of imparting financial knowledge, held the training to improve the capacity of ...
Preparations for the Ghana Music Awards UK (GMAUK) 2017, are already underway and organisers are confident that this year will be bigger and better than last year. The awards ceremony is billed for September 9th 2017 at The Splash Gaumont Palace, formerly Dominion center, The 9 Broadway Woodgreen, London N22 6DS. At a brief press ...
Venerated pathologist and politician, Professor Agyeman Badu Akosa has commended ‘Best Rapper Alive’ Okyeame Kwame for his sterling performance at the recently held Music of Ghanaian origin (MOGO) which took place at the Kempinski Hotel on 25th March, 2017. Speaking to citifmonline.com, he expressed his fondness of the ‘Rap Doctor,’ saying Okyeame Kwame is one ...
President Akufo-Addo has cautioned deputy regional ministers against actions that will undermine the work of their substantive ministers. According to him, the deputies owe it a priority to support their ministers to enable them achieve their set targets. Speaking at the swearing-in of the deputy ministers at the flagstaff house on Tuesday, March 29, 2017, ...
Ghana will be getting a yearly cash injection of USD 100,000 from the Confederation of African Football under the Presidency of Ahmad Ahmad. The Malagasy made this known earlier this week when he met staff of the CAF Secretariat in Cairo on his first working day in charge of football on the continent. Ahmad said ...
The first week of my freshman year of college, Vassar brought in a speaker to discuss consent. The lecture was mandatory and I went with my student fellow group, which consisted of all the other equally awkward and nervous freshman who lived on my floor. If you went to college, try to remember your first ...
The Vice Chair of the Cocoa Affairs Committee of Parliament, Kwame Asafu Adjei, has said the former Chief Executive of Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), Stephen Opuni, should have rejected the GHc70,000 paid him as monthly salary. Asafu Adjei, who is also the Member of Parliament for the Nsuta-Kwamang-Beposo Constituency, said he was shocked upon hearing ...
The plans by the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) to cut down the salaries of top management will not flout any laws, a Labour Consultant, Austin Gamey has said. Speaking to Citi News, Mr. Gamey said COCOBOD’s new approach to remuneration would not be out of the ordinary as long as it was within legal boundaries ...
Apple has issued an iPhone software update after reports of fake ransomware attacks where money was demanded in order to unlock the handset’s browser. A pop-up screen accused the phone owner of accessing illegal pornography or pirating music and could not be removed. However the ransomware was fake – and clearing the browser cache was ...
South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma has not attended the funeral of veteran anti-apartheid activist Ahmed Kathrada at the request of his family. Mr Kathrada called on Mr Zuma to resign last year after he became mired in a series of corruption scandals. Ex-President Kgalema Motlanthe got a rousing applause from mourners when he repeated Mr ...
Citi FM’s Easter Orphan Project has within the last few weeks received a number of donations from its cherished listeners and some benevolent companies in Ghana. The new company to have supported the project is Krugerbrent Security Limited which donated GHc2,000. The Easter Orphan Project is a Citi FM initiative which seeks to support some ...
The umbrella body of local road contractors, the Progressive Road Contractors Association ( PROCA), has asked government to stop the practice of awarding contracts to foreign companies or expatriates. They complain that they often lose out on these contracts, especially to Chinese firms. According to the Association’s first Vice President, Hammond Larbie, this practice is ...
For over a decade, Citi FM as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility initiative, the Easter Orphan Project, has helped inmates of some orphanages in the country including the Baptist School Complex and Orphanage located at Trotor, near Suhum in the Eastern Region. Established in 1999, the orphanage is headed by Archbishop Victor Ofori-Amoah, and over the ...
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