New and existing businesses seeking documentation for their operations should be able to do so within a relatively shorter period effective end of this month. It follows the implementation of a rapid reform action plan towards reducing the duration of registration and cost of doing business in Ghana. The new agenda being pursued by the ...

First Lady Rebecca Akufo-Addo has urged all Ghanaians and institutions to contribute generously to the project aimed at building a new mother and child unit at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in the Ashanti region. Mrs. Akufo-Addo made this passionate appeal at a fundraising event held at the Manhyia Palace under the patronage of Asantehene ...

Eyewitness News with Umaru Sanda Amadu

The tensions in Somanya that escalated into a clash between angry residents and police, along with the setting on fire of a police car, also led to the escape of four suspected criminals in police custody. A statement from the Police Service urged the public to assist in the recapture of the escaped suspects after ...

Delegates at the World Health Organisation (WHO) Assembly have requested for the development of a five-year global strategic blueprint for public health preparedness and response to epidemic outbreaks. The document is expected to be submitted to the WHO Assembly in 2018. The strategic plan is supposed to be based on guiding principles including; consultation, country ...

Golf star Tiger Woods was arrested on a drink-driving charge in Florida early on Monday morning, police say. Police recorded the arrest at 07:18 local time (11:18 GMT). The golfer was released a few hours later, records from Palm Beach County police show. He was arrested in the town of Jupiter at around 03:00 local ...

A South African man was left traumatized after being drugged and raped ‘numerous’ times over three days by three female assailants. The 23-year-old’s ordeal began when he hailed down a communal taxi in eastern Pretoria on Friday – which had three young women inside. The taxi began to change direction and the man was ordered ...

A court run by militant Islamists in southern Somalia has stoned a married man to death for adultery. Dayow Mohamed Hassan, 44, was buried neck-deep and pelted to death with stones by al-Shabab militants. He was convicted of being in an adulterous relationship with a woman and impregnating her, despite having two wives, an official ...

Some angry residents of Somanya in the Eastern Region, have clashed with police following the arrest of a man believed to have masterminded a violent demonstration last week Friday, against the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG). The agitated residents torched a police vehicle during the clash. The Eastern Regional Police Command has since dispatched a team reinforce security ...

Sulley Muntari’s father passed away on Monday aged 62. Muntari’s father, Alhaji Muniru Muntari, had been battling illness for some time. A friend of the Muntari family confirmed the news to Citi Sports. Alhaji Muniru Muntari was a former footballer himself, and later coach of Okwahu United and Kano Pillars, all in their prime. His ...

The World Bank has cautioned government to control current expenditures, especially spending on the wage bill. In 2016, Ghana’s wage bill as a percentage of national income was over 40 percent. According to bank, the wage bill and debt servicing are the two largest expenditure items essential for the success and sustainability of the fiscal ...

The Managing Director of Heritage Bank Limited, Patrick Fiscian, together with some members of his Executive team, has paid a courtesy call on the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, at the Manhyia Palace. The visit was to formally introduce the bank to the Asantehene ahead of the scheduled roll-out of a number of state-of-the-art branches ...

The Citi Business Festival will kick off this week with a series of outdoor and on-air programmes. The festival will be launched on the 1st of June at the head office of MTN Ghana, Ridge. After the launch on the 1st of June, the festival will kick off  with a series of outdoor business fora. The ...

The Minister in charge of Public Procurement, Adwoa Safo, has warned various Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs), as well as Ministries, Department and Agencies (MDAs), to stop terminating government contracts without recourse to her Ministry. Her warning follows the termination of contracts by some  heads of various MMDAs and MDAs, a few days after ...

The Prof. Kwesi Botchwey led committee investigating the National Democratic Congress’ (NDC) woeful election performance in December 2016, is expected to submit its report to the party on Tuesday, May 29, 2017. The committee had been touring the country and meeting with various individuals and groups to gather information for the past four months, on ...

Some students of the Accra Technical University, including final year students on Monday protested against a decision by the institution to disallow them entry into the examination hall over the late payment of their fees. According to them, even though the University extended the initial deadline of April 7 to May 25, with a GhC50 ...

The Ghana Armed Forces has defended the deployment of some of its men to protect Geo Professional Services Company, a mining company in the Amansie West District in the Ashanti Region, found to be operating illegally. According to the military, the deployment was made following a request by the Ashanti Regional Security Council. The Ashanti ...

Military personnel found protecting an illegal mining site in the Ashanti Region, were deployed there in 2014, upon the request of a former Deputy Regional Minister, Joseph Yamin. The Ashanti Regional Minister, Simon Osei-Mensah, revealed this to Citi News after being briefed during a Regional Security Council meeting on the issue. The soldiers were deployed to ...

The Ashanti Regional Police Command says it has commenced an operation to reopen investigations, and possibly re-arrest members of the pro New Patriotic Party (NPP) vigilante group, Delta Force, who freed thirteen of their colleagues  who were standing trial in open court. The eight suspects, who were standing trial for the offense, were set free ...

The Fifa Under-20 World Cup has reached the knock-out phase in South Korea with Senegal very much in contention. The West Africans, who finished second in Group F behind the United States but ahead of Saudi Arabia on goal difference, will play Mexico in Incheon on Thursday. However, the young Lions of Teranga will face ...