Some youth groups of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Ashanti Region have expressed readiness to collaborate with government in fighting illegal mining also known as galamsey in the country. Youth activist and communicator,  Brogya Gyamfi made the assertion when they met with the Minister of Lands Natural Resources, John Peter Amewu in ...

The government in Italy has ruled that children must be vaccinated against 12 common illnesses before they can enrol for state-run schools. Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni blamed a decrease in vaccinations in part on a “spread of anti-scientific theories”. Italy has recorded nearly three times as many measles cases so far this year than for ...

It seems several ladies have suffered various sexual abuses from the Police Constable in Dzodze in the Volta Region who is in Police custody for allegedly defiling a thirteen year old girl. Constable Kennedy Sarfo, 28 years old is said to have developed a habit of sexually exploiting young girls in the town and threatening them ...

At least 17,000 public sector workers are yet to receive their April 2017 salaries for non-biometric SSNIT registration. A statement from the Finance Ministry and copied to Citi Business News said about 9,300 out of the over 26,000 affected workers have been paid after successful validation. According to the Finance Ministry, the payments amounted to ...

Citi FM’s Family Breakfast Table on family finance is currently underway at the Holiday Inn Hotel in Accra. The event is part of series of family programs put together by Citi FM in the month of May dedicated to strengthening marriages and family bonds. Earlier this month, the leading English speaking station hosted an event for ...

A number of families turned up for Citi FM’s Family Breakfast Table on family finance at the Holiday Inn Hotel in Accra on Saturday. The event is part of series of family programs put together by Citi FM in the month of May dedicated to strengthening marriages and family bonds. Earlier this month, the leading English ...

Former National Youth Organiser of the People’s National Convention who ditched his party and joined the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Abu Ramadan said he took that decision because of Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. According to him, Akufo-Addo was his source of inspiration hence when it came to deciding which party to join after realizing that ...

The Shareholders of the Ghana Oil Company Limited (GOIL) has affirmed Mr Peter Kwamena Bartels, a former Minister of the Interior as the Chairman of GOIL Board of Directors at the 48th Annual General Meeting. He takes over from Professor William A. Asomaning. The Shareholders also confirmed Mr Patrick Akpe Kwame Akorli, GOIL Group Chief ...

The Sagnarigu chief, Naa Yakubu Abdulai has charged government to resolve the Dagbon chieftaincy stalemate between the Abudu and Andani royals within the first year of President Nana Akufo Addo’s stay in office. He unequivocally said Dagbon’s peace and unity is nonnegotiable for which reason government should permanently solve the problem. Sagnarigu Naa Yakubu Abdukai ...

The US Federal Communications Commission has voted to overturn rules that force ISPs to treat all data traffic as equal. Commissioners at the agency voted two-to-one to end a “net neutrality” order enacted in 2015. Ajit Pai, head of the FCC, said the rules demanding an open internet harmed jobs and discouraged investment. Many Americans ...

Jihad Chaaban, the Marwako Fast Food Supervisor, who is being held for assault on Thursday, sent audience in court laughing when he identified and demonstrated his encounter with the victim on the day of the incident. Chaaban who is accused of dipping the face of Ms Evelyn Boakye into blended pepper in a blender identified ...

More than a year after the death of the superstar musician Prince, his sister and five half-siblings have been declared his legal heirs. The singer died in April 2016 at his Paisley Park studios, from an accidental overdose of the painkiller fentanyl. He did not leave a will and did not have any children. Reports ...

Reports suggest as many as 140 people, including civilians, may have died in an attack on an airbase in Libya. It was originally thought 60 people died when a government-allied militia tried to take over the Brak al-Shati base on Thursday. The UN-backed government’s defence minister and the commander of the militia have both been ...

Bibiana Steinhaus will become the first female to referee in the Bundesliga. The 38-year-old police officer has been named as one of four new referees in Germany’s top flight for 2017-18. Steinhaus – the partner of English ex-Premier League and World Cup referee Howard Webb – has refereed second-tier games for six years. “I am ...

The Mim Carpenters Association in Asunafo North Municipal of the Brong Ahafo Region has repaired over 900 damaged furniture in four public schools for free. The schools included the Adenkyekye R/C, Abeberese M/A, Nyankomago M/A, Basic Schools and Bediako R/C Cluster of Schools where pupils were seen to be lying on the floor to write. The Association ...

The eight Delta Force members who were freed could be re-arrested if there is enough evidence to establish their guilty, a former Commissioner of the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), Justice Emile Short has said. “If there is due evidence to link them with the offence, they can be re-arrested because they ...

The Eastern Regional branch of the Food and Drugs Authority have destroyed 3 tonnes of unwholesome confiscated goods at Koforidua in the Eastern Region. The goods which were confiscated by the authority after a market surveillance through out the region ranges from Sardines, energy drinks, cosmetics, margarine, milk powder, tomato paste, biscuits, can and bottle ...

The Eastern Regional branch of the Food and Drugs Authority have destroyed 3 tonnes of unwholesome confiscated goods at Koforidua in the Eastern Region. The goods which were confiscated by the authority after a market surveillance through out the region ranges from Sardines, energy drinks, cosmetics, margarine, milk powder, tomato paste, biscuits, can and bottle ...