The walkway under the Old Achimota overhead appears to have been converted into a dumping site with heaps of refuse almost spilling over onto the road. Street sweepers under the Zoomlion National Youth Employment Programme module, are also along with pedestrians and residents, contributing to the refuse heaped there. The sweepers who interacted with Citi ...
Three robbery suspects have been arrested by police in the Eastern Region for allegedly robbing some drivers in separate incidents on the Nsutam-Apedwa Highways. The suspects were apprehended by some residents of Akyem Obretema and almost lynched, but for police intervention. The three have been identified as Buhari Dramani aged 23, Bismarck Ofori aged 19 and ...
Police in the Eastern Region has arrested three suspects for allegedly robbing some drivers in separate incidents Nsutam-Apedwa Highways. The suspects were apprehended by some residents of Akyem Obretema and almost lynched, but for police intervention. The suspects have been identified as Buhari Dramani aged 23, Bismarck Ofori aged 19 and Yaw Owusu, aged 17. ...
In a quest to support pupils and students prepare effectively for their final West Africa Examination Council (WAEC) exams, Vodafone Ghana in partnership with RevoEducation has introduced a ‘Free Passco’ platform on its ‘Instant Schools’ portal. Instant Schools is an online platform where students and pupils can access a wide range of educational materials with ...
Members of the Coalition of Unemployed Bonded Diploma Nurses in Ghana have threatened to March to the Flagstaff House if they are not given clearance to work at the various health institutions in the country. According to them, they will carry out the threat if their three day protest at the Ministry of Health fails ...
The Paramount Chief of the Bawku traditional area, Naba Asigri Abugrago Azoka II, has pledged the unflinching support of his traditional area to the Akufo-Addo government to successfully execute its development agenda. Naba Azoka II lauded President Akufo-Addo for continuing certain projects of the previous government especially the Bolgatanga-Bawku-Pulmakom road and the Temmne dam among ...
The Registrar General’s Department is anticipating the full implementation of laws on intellectual property as it re-sensitizes individuals and organizations on global standards of protecting one’s intellectual property. The sensitization forms part of Ghana’s participation in the World intellectual property day which comes off on Wednesday, April 26, 2017. It also forms part of moves ...
The Ghana National Fire Service has said blame for the Saturday fire at Coconut Grove Regency Hotel in Accra should be directed at the management of Group Nduom. The offices of GN Bank, Gold Coast Securities, Amansan TV and Business Television Africa were all affected by the fire at the hotel, which the fire service said could have been avoided ...
Currency analysts are impressing on the Bank of Ghana to intensify its efforts to stabilize the forex market and help forecasting in the market. It follows the central bank’s decision to halt the auction of dollars to banks in a bid to address the depreciation of the cedi. Governor of the Bank of Ghana Dr. ...
A former Vice Chancellor of the University of Ghana, Professor Ernest Aryeetey has criticized successive governments over what he says is the adoption of tax reforms as short term policies towards economic development. He argues that the relatively longer periods of maturity of tax reforms have compelled governments to rush through the process of implementing ...
The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has revealed that the ultimatum given businessman, Ibrahim Mahama to pay close to GHc 12 million was because two of his companies flouted the agreed payment plan. The companies in question are MBG Limited and Holman Brothers with the former expected to pay some GHc 800, 000 monthly and the latter ...
A total of 18 houses, three schools and a fence wall belonging to the Holy Family Hospital in Techiman have been badly damaged as a result of a rainstorm that hit the Techiman Municipality of the Brong Ahafo Region on Monday dawn. Domestic items such as refrigerators, cooking utensils, learning and teaching materials, clothing, foodstuff, and ...
A total of 18 houses, 3 schools and fence wall belonging to the Holy Family Hospital in Techiman have been destroyed as a result of a rainstorm that hit the Techiman Municipality of the Brong Ahafo Region on Monday dawn. Domestic items such as refrigerators, cooking utensils, learning and teaching materials, clothing, foodstuff, and personal computers were ...
The Bank of Ghana(BoG) has hinted that it will soon announce a decision on the recapitalization of banks in the country. The central bank announced measures to increase the minimum capital requirement of banks in the country this year from the current 120 million cedis. Speaking to Head of Citi FM’s Business Desk, Vivian Kai ...
Ghana’s First Lady, Rebecca Akufo-Addo, has appealed to corporate organizations in the country to assist in the fight against malaria to help boost productivity and subsequently economic growth. According to the First Lady, although enormous achievements have been made in the fight against the disease, current research shows that nine working days are lost per each ...
The National Organiser of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Kofi Adams, has condemned the Economic and Organised Crimes Office’s (EOCO) handling of a case involving Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Engineers and Planners, Ibrahim Mahama, under the New Patriotic Party (NPP) administration. He believes EOCO’s decision to invite Mr. Ibrahim Mahama and interrogate him ...
The Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, John Peter Amewu, has said that all illegal miners will be engaged in tree planting and other reclamation programmes to help restore lands affected by the illegal activity. According to him, this could serve as an alternative source of livelihood for the illegal miners who have been ordered ...
A police officer with the Garu police command in the Upper East Region, Constable Peace Agbemefo, was found dead in her room on Monday afternoon with a gunshot wound. The Garu police commander, ASP Alexander Tieku confirmed the death to Citi News but declined to comment on the matter adding that, the death had been reported to ...
Wikipedia’s co-founder Jimmy Wales is planning a news service that combines the work of professional journalists and volunteers. His goal is for Wikitribune to offer “factual and neutral” articles that help combat the problem of “fake news”. The service is intended to be both ad-free and free-to-read, so will rely on supporters making regular donations. ...
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