The administrators of group WhatsApp chats could be sent to prison, according to a new law. People who run accounts that see people share false or misleading information could be sent to prison under new rules meant to stop the spread of fake news in India. The new rules hold the admin of any group ...
Members of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) have been urged not to use violence to oppose President Akufo-Addo choice of Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives. Ahead of the announcement, some groups in various parts of the country have given strong indications they will resist appointees of a certain caliber who they believe would not ...
Labour Analyst, Austin Gammey has advised the over 26,000 workers likely to miss their April salaries to negotiate for an extension of the implementation date of the policy. The workers’ plight follows a directive from the Finance Ministry for the Controller and Accountant General to halt the payment of salaries as the workers failed to ...
Russian hackers are targeting the campaign of French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron, say security experts. Phishing emails, malware and fake net domains were all being used as attack techniques, said Feike Hacquebord, from security company Trend Micro. The attackers are believed to be part of the same group that targeted the US election. Russia has ...
Some operatives of National Security have reportedly stormed the residence of former Minister for Sports, Edwin Nii Lante Vanderpuye, to retrieve some vehicles they believe belong to the state, the former Minister has revealed. In an interview with Citi News’ Umaru Sanda Amadu, the Odododiodoo legislator said the situation has left his wife, who is ...
The five Chinese and their Ghanaian counterparts arrested in March 2017 for mining illegally on River Ankobra at Dawule in the Nzema East Municipality of the Western Region, abused Ghana’s immigration laws, a Senior State Attorney George Sackey has said. According to the State Attorney, the Chinese made false representation contrary to section 23 (1) ...
iSpace, a technology and creative hub, has groomed 33 young people who pitched their business ideas in a presentation over the weekend. Mr Josiah Eyison, Founder of iSpace, said the hub trained people, especially young women who wanted to be entrepreneurs, but lack the technology and resources to start up their businesses. “We provide resources ...
A Circuit Court in Accra has ordered the arrest of a Reggae/Hi-life Artiste for failing to appear before it in a £25,000 stealing case. When the matter was called, M.C. Morinton Kobby, otherwise known as Emperor Messiah, who is alleged to have absconded with the said money, could not be found, hence prosecution prayed the ...
A group calling itself the Concerned Youth of Atiwa, has held a demonstration to put pressure on President Akufo-Addo, to appoint a District Chief Executive (DCE) from Atiwa East, to represent the Atiwa District in the Eastern Region. The group, numbering about 200, marched through the principal streets of Anyinam, with placards indicating their unpreparedness ...
The Okyenhene, Osagyefo Amoatia Ofori Panin, has urged government institutions to consider purchasing Kantanka vehicles manufactured in the country by Apostle Kwadwo Sarfo for their office use. The Okyenhene, head of the Akyem Abuakwa Traditional Council, is of the view that purchasing made in Ghana cars by Kantanka group of companies will not only provide ...
Deputy Minister of Youth and Sports Pius Enam Hadzide says they are keen to help Kwesi Appiah to become a success in his second spell with the Black Stars. Appiah, who was reappointed as the Black Stars coach earlier this month, was reported to have lacked support from the previous government in his first stint ...
In spite of all the recent scathing bashing at comedian DKB over his lacklustre performance at the Easter Comedy Show, ace satirist Kwaku Sintim-Misa (KSM) has asserted that DKB is still King of GH Comedy. Last week, it was reported that former First Lady, Nana Konadu Agyemang Rawlings walked out during his performance at the ...
A Thai man filmed himself killing his baby daughter on Facebook Live, before taking his own life, Thai police say. The 21-year-old hanged his daughter, and then himself, at a deserted hotel in Phuket on Monday, reportedly after an argument with his wife. Facebook sent condolences to the family for the “appalling” incident and said ...
The Ashanti Regional Police Command has arrested a notorious robber who has been on the police wanted list for a series of attacks on Chinese Mining sites at Manso Watreso and its surrounding areas. Philip Kwadwo Danso, 28, was arrested along with 30-year-old Kwadwo Asamoah Daniel after the Obuasi Divisional Police Command on Sunday, April 23, ...
The Citi Breakfast Show on Tuesday, April 25, 2017 discussed the state of environment and plans to rid filth in the country.
A team of Police officers, led by the Police Director-General of Operations, COP Christian Tetteh Yohuno, has visited the scenes of the double murder at Nkonya Ahenkro and Nkonya Tayi on a fact-finding mission. The team was delegated by the Inspector-General of Police, and was accompanied by the Crime Scene Management Team from the CID Headquarters, ...
The Northern Regional Minister, Salifu Saeed today [Tuesday] met with the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) constituency Chairmen in Tamale ahead of the official announcement of the final list of Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executive nominees. It is expected that the much-awaited final list could be announced on Wednesday, April 27, 2017 and it ...
The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) seems to be overwhelmed by the indiscriminate dumping of refuse on pavements, streets and open spaces within the metropolis. Speaking on the Citi Breakfast show, the AMA’s Public Relations Officer, Numo Blafo, admitted that it will be difficult for the assembly to apprehend perpetrators of the act but his outfit ...
The Jamong and Jafog Bimoba clans in the Bunkprugu/Yunyoo District of the Northern Region, have renewed their commitment to peaceful coexistence. The two clans in the past gained media prominence because of bloody clashes which resulted in several deaths, casualties and destruction of property worth millions of cedis. As part of steps adopted to end ...
One thing that has become clear since the Government began to take the galamsey problem seriously is that the actual scale of the woeful pestilence has been under-estimated by most people in Ghana. Some people think it’s “a few” water-bodies that have been “tampered with” by galamseyers. But that’s not true. The Atewa Forest Range ...
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