Nuhu Mahama Akalbila, brother of late Upper East Regional Chairman of the NPP, Adams Mahama was arrested on Saturday, May 6, on the orders of the Regional Minister, Rockson Bukari for allegedly misconducting himself against the minister. Speaking to Citi News, Rockson Bukari said, he went to the Gambibgo village to greet a bereaved family ...

A Defence Counsel for the two alleged killers of the late J. B. Danquah Adu, Member of Parliament (MP) for Abuakwa North has prayed an Accra High Court for a firm date so that jury would be empanelled and his address be taken by the court. Mr Muneeru Kasim, who held brief for Mr Augustines ...

The senior and junior staff workers union executives of the Tema Shipyard have blamed the General secretary of the Maritime and Dock Workers Union for the purported confusion at the company. According to the union executives, Mr Owusu Koranteng who is the General Secretary of the Maritime and Dock Workers Union is unhappy with the ...

It was a poor first half of opportunities in the attacking third, with an own goal from Lys Mousset, who failed terribly to head clear Marko Arnautovic’s excellent corner just over half an hour in, the difference at the break. Junior Stanislas equalised 62 minutes in, but it didn’t take long for Stoke to respond, ...

The National Democratic Congress legislator for the Wa Central constituency, Rashid Pelpuo has described as mysterious results of the 2016 polls. According to him, the NDC did everything possible to fulfill the needs in the country yet the people of Ghana kicked them out from power. He made the comment on Citi FM’s News analysis ...

Members of the Abura-Asebu-Kwamankese District Assembly in the Central Region have rejected the District Chief Executive nominee for the area, Felicity Aba Hagan. 25 out of the  43 members voted against her at the assembly meeting on Friday to approve her nomination. The nominee had 17 members who voted in her favour in a poll ...

The World Bank is confident of a rebound in Ghana’s economic growth this year. To this end, the Bank has projected a growth target of 6 to 7 percent for 2017. It is however expecting the figure to inch up higher in 2018 and subsequent years. The 6 to 7 percent growth target by the ...

American heavyweight legend Mike Tyson on Thursday unveiled plans to launch a boxing fitness franchise named after him. The Mike Tyson Academy will open branches in the Middle East, Africa, Europe and South America. Plans for boxing and fitness centres are currently underway in Bahrain, Morocco, the United Arab Emirates, India and Switzerland, among others. ...

A Kumasi Circuit Court, presided over by Mrs. Mary Nsenkyire, has remanded in prison a man allegedly caught with 240.35 grams of marijuana. Yaw Frimpong, 28, is facing a charge of possessing narcotic drug without lawful authority and had pleaded not guilty. He was ordered by the court to make his next appearance on Thursday, ...

A few years ago, political, traditional and religious leaders together with citizens were seen in gutters with gloves and boots; wheelbarrows and shovels cleaning the country on the first day of every month dubbed National Sanitation Day. But the story is different today. After auditing some prime areas in Accra, Citi News gathered that parts ...

President Nana Akufo Addo has given himself an ambitious task of constructing a rail line from Accra to Ouagadougou. Speaking at a state dinner in Burkina Faso held in his honour by President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, President Akufo Addo said infrastructural development is one of his topmost priorities. According to him, “it would be, ...

Few days after Shatta Wale had publicly professed his fondness for gospel giant SP Kofi Sarpong, the latter has also described his admiration for the former. SP Kofi Sarpong, in an interview with citifmonline.com said he was not surprised by Shatta Wale’s statement because they had been very good friends. However, he stated that he ...

Britain and the United States on Friday said Boko Haram was preparing to kidnap foreigners in remote northeast Nigeria, which is in the grip of a food crisis caused by the conflict. The Foreign Office in London said it had received reports the Islamist militants were “actively planning” to seize foreign workers in the Bama ...

Students from the Basic Education Department of the faculty of Education, University of Cape Coast (UCC) have organised a day’s educational exhibition to showcase their knowledge and skills acquired in the field of basic education. The annual event which is mostly held in the second semester of the academic year was mainly patronised by staff and students ...

Citi FM‘s Family Breakfast Table for first time parents came off at the Holiday Inn Hotel in Accra today, Saturday May 6, 2017. The Breakfast Table was part of Citi FM’s events scheduled for the month of May which the station has tagged as the Family Month. Aside the event for the First Time Parents, ...

Seven persons on remand at the Nsawam Medium Security Prison were yesterday set free under the “Justice For All Programme” (JFAP), an initiative meant to decongest the country’s prisons. One of those set free spent 11 years on remand for alleged robbery with the trial yet to commence at the law court. The young man, ...

A law in France banning the use of unhealthily thin fashion models has come into effect. Models will need to provide a doctor’s certificate attesting to their overall physical health, with special regard to their body mass index (BMI) – a measure of weight in relation to height. The health ministry says the aim is ...

The First Lady, Mrs Rebecca Akufo-Addo, has launched a fund-raising event to mobilise 10 million Ghana cedis to build a bigger maternity block for the Okomfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH). Under the “Save a child, Save a mother project,” the maternity facility would help create more space to accommodate pregnant women who attend the hospital ...

Citi FM’s Family Breakfast Table for first time parents is currently underway at the Holiday Inn Hotel in Accra. The Breakfast Table is part of Citi FM’s events scheduled for the month of May which the station has tagged as the Family Month. Aside the event for the First Time Parents, other other activities lined ...

“God knows I have done my best for Kimbly; but I can no longer continue thinking about his death. I have to move on now and find ways of pushing my two other siblings.” These were words from 16-year old Vanessa Kyei, Kimbly’s elder sister when I visited the family home at Pig Farm in ...