North Korea has warned the US not to take provocative action in the region, saying it is “ready to hit back with nuclear attacks”. The comments came as North Korea marked the 105th anniversary of the birth of its founding president, Kim Il-sung. A huge parade in Pyongyang was held amid speculation current leader Kim ...

Sylvester Stallone is suing film studio Warner Bros over profits he says he is owed from the 1993 film Demolition Man. Stallone says Demolition Man made at least $125m at the box office, and under his deal with the studio, he is entitled to at least 15% of that. His lawsuit says “motion picture studios ...

Even before government takes action ahead of the expiration of its three-week ultimatum to illegal miners to cease their activities, some miners in the Western Region have voluntarily turned in their excavators. According to the Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, John Peter Amewu, government has so far received over 70 excavators. Speaking to Citi ...

Civil society group, CitizenGhana Movement, is asking the Electoral Commission (EC) to furnish it with copies of the annual audited accounts and assets and revenues of all 24 registered political parties. The group, in a statement, indicated that it had written to the EC on the 29th of March, 2017 in this regard. The group said ...

A Deputy Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Benito Owusu Bio, has reiterated the Akufo-Addo administration’s resolve to win the war against illegal mining, even if it meant losing votes in the 2020 elections. The Deputy Minister was reacting to comments made by some illegal miners at the Akwatia Diamond Market in the Eastern Region ...

A combined team of Police and Military personnel will be deployed during the Easter period to maintain law and order during the festivities. The personnel will be situated at some public centers and security installations to guarantee public safety and security. Speaking to Citi News, the Public Relations Officer of the Accra Regional Police Command, ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is expected to launch the national ‘Planting for Food and Job programme’ at Goaso, capital of the Asunafo Municipality in the Brong-Ahafo Region on April 19. Mr Kwaku Asomah-Cheremeh, the Brong-Ahafo Regional Minister, disclosing this, explained that the programme was a new initiative and intervention introduced by the government to ...

Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta has disclosed that the government is committed to ending its agreement with the IMF in April 2018. This according to him has made it necessary for the government to consider alternatives in addressing deficits and maintain a sound economy for businesses to thrive. The comment by Mr. Ken Ofori-Atta is a ...

The Ghana Revenue Authority(GRA) has announced that it will slap the statutory 125% interest fine on persons and companies that fail to pay their withholding taxes monthly. According to the GRA, failure to pay withholding taxes on due dates will attract an interest of 125% fine of the statutory rate, compounded monthly on the outstanding ...

The Ghana Revenue Authority(GRA) has announced that it will slap the statutory 125% interest fine on persons and companies that fail to pay their withholding taxes monthly. According to the GRA, failure to pay withholding taxes on due dates will attract an interest of 125% fine of the statutory rate, compounded monthly on the outstanding ...

The Customs division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has raked in an estimated 2.7 billion cedis for the first quarter of 2017, Finance Minister Ken Ofori Atta has revealed. This represents 19.23 percent collection of its total 2017 revenue target of about 14 billion cedis. By this, the Customs division is anticipating a revenue collection ...