South Africa’s main opposition leader has been expelled from Zambia to prevent him from attending the treason hearing of his detained counterpart. The decision was taken to ensure Mmusi Maimane did not put “undue pressure” on the judiciary, a Zambian diplomat said. Mr Maimane said his expulsion showed Zambia was becoming a dictatorship. He had ...

The lawyer who requested for more details on the controversial $2.25 billion domestic bond, Victor Adawudu has been taken aback by the Attorney General’s claim that such details are unavailable to her. In an interview with Citi News, Mr. Adawudu said the Attorney General, Gloria Akuffo could at least have solicited information on the bond from ...

Hundreds of the angry residents of Somanya in the Eastern Region, besieged the offices of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) to demonstrate over what they describe as over-billing. The residents had poured out onto the street and blocked major roads in the town to demonstrate their anger over the development. Citi News gathered that ...

The Ghana Armed Forces have been charged to play a pivotal role in the fight against illegal mining, otherwise known as galamsey. President Nana Akufo-Addo, addressing a presentation of colours to the Armoured Reconnaissance Regiment, said Ghanaians were looking up to the Ghana Armed Forces to be at the forefront in the fight against illegal ...

The World Food Programme (WFP has launched a five-year integrated agriculture and nutrition project to assist prevent malnutrition among children and pregnant women in Ghana. The project, known as “Enhanced Nutrition and Value Chain” (ENVAC) is being implemented with funding from Global Affairs Canada. It offers an innovative market-based approach to tackling malnutrition and under ...

A non-governmental organisation, Pencils of Promise is putting up a new classroom block for the Avekpordome Basic School in the Ketu North District of the Volta Region. Pupils of the school have been studying under trees and other precarious structures like shades made of palm fronds but the intervention of the NGO will bring a lot ...

You may remember Disney’s boss revealing that hackers had threatened to leak one of the studio’s new films unless it paid a ransom. Bob Iger didn’t name the film, but it was thought to be Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales. But now Iger has told Yahoo Finance: “To our knowledge we ...

Gunmen have attacked a bus carrying Coptic Christians in central Egypt, killing at least 23 people and wounding 25 others, state media report. The bus was heading towards the Monastery of St Samuel the Confessor in Minya province, about 220km (140 miles) south Cairo, when it came under fire. No group immediately said it was ...

The Attorney General , Gloria Akuffo has confirmed receipt of a letter by Private Legal Practitioner , Victor Adawudu demanding more information on the controversial $ 2. 25 billion domestic bond which issued in April. She has however indicated that details on the said bond the lawyer is seeking to retrieve, is unavailable to her. ...

The National Youth Employment Agency (YEA) says it has deleted about 18, 000 names from its payroll system. This follows some discrepancies found on YEA’s payroll system. YEA suspended payments of allowances in April 2017 when it discovered that some 2,999 beneficiaries were not at post but continue to draw allowances for no work done ...

An eavesdropping equipment supposed to have been procured and installed with about $8 million of the taxpayers’ money are lying unused in the garage of some former officials of the National Communication’s Authority (NCA). This is a claim by George Oppong, a Ghanaian whose company Infraloks Development Limited (IDL) has been indicted in the scandal ...

A cross section of Ghanaians on Friday staged a demonstration to protest against the rising levels of corruption within the public service and government. The demonstration which was organized Accra based radio station, by Adom FM was dubbed the “Fabeworso. It was aimed at compelling the Akufo-Addo government to retrieve monies supposedly stolen officials who ...

This year’s edition of Citi FM’s most patronized business event, the Citi Business Festival, is set to assemble the best resource persons to address pertinent issues in different fields. The infograph below has more on what to expect. – By: Citibusinessnews.com/Ghana

One of the companies cited in the recent National Communications Authority’s (NCA) $ 4 million money siphoning scandal, Infraloks Development Limited (IDL) has threatened to sue the National Communications Authority (NCA) for sidelining it in the said contract. The Director of IDL, Mr. George Oppong in a rejoinder explained that his company on December 7, ...

Former welterweight world champion, Floyd Mayweather Jr. has confirmed that he will be in Ghana in June. The boxer had announced earlier in the year that he would be in Africa on a tour without naming his various destinations. However, on Thursday, he boxer put out a video which had since been published by a ...

Pacy Ghanaian forward David Accam has made history with his club side Chicago Fire in the MLS after becoming the first player in their history to score in five consecutive matches. However his form has been ignored by handlers of the national team of Ghana for the upcoming Afcon qualifier against Ethiopia and the international ...

Kokrokoo Charities Foundation, a Non-Government Organisation (NGO)  founded by Ace Broadcaster, Kwame Sefa Kayi has launched a campaign to raise fund to purchase hundred incubators to be distributed to health facilities across the country. The campaign which was officially out-doored by the wife of Ghana’s vice President Samira Bawumia, was initiated in 2015 with the ...

Ariana Grande’s manager has said “fear cannot rule the day” as he paid tribute to the victims of the Manchester attack. On Monday, 22 people were killed and 64 injured in a suicide bombing after Grande’s concert at Manchester Arena. In a series of tweets, Scooter Braun said: “With extraordinary evil we must fight with ...

Google’s DeepMind AlphaGo artificial intelligence has defeated the world’s number one Go player Ke Jie. AlphaGo secured the victory after winning the second game in a three-part match. DeepMind founder Demis Hassabis said Ke Jie had played “perfectly” and “pushed AlphaGo right to the limit”. Following the defeat, Ke Jie told reporters: “I’m a little ...