The Central Regional Police Command has arrested five persons suspected to have taken part in the tragic killing of Captain Maxwell Adam Mahama at Diaso, a town near Denkyira-Obuasi. Confirming the arrest to Citi News, the Central Regional Minister, Kwamena Duncan, said police acted on some leads after investigations in the town on Tuesday. “We went there ...

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) Minority in Parliament, has charged the government to waste no time in finding and prosecuting the killers of Captain Maxwell Adam Mahama. In a statement extending condolences to the murdered Army Captain’s family, the Minority urged the government to “as a matter of urgency to explore all legal and legitimate means ...

Economist, Dr. Lord Mensah has suggested that the response to government’s 15 year energy sector bond will determine the investor confidence in the Ghanaian economy. In his view, the interest to be paid by the government would demonstrate the assurance that their investments will yield positive results. Government is currently seeking a transaction advisor for ...

The Rebecca Agroh Memorial Foundation (RAM Foundation), a Non-Governmental Organization committed to the development of women through advocacy and skills training, has marked this year’s menstrual hygiene day in Mafi-Kumasi SHS, with a call to break the stigma associated with menstruation among young girls.   As a result of inadequate education on menstruation, there have ...

The Rebecca Agroh Memorial Foundation (RAM Foundation), a Non-Governmental Organization committed to the development of women through advocacy and skills training, has marked this year’s menstrual hygiene day in Mafi-Kumasi SHS, with a call to break the stigma associated with menstruation among young girls.   As a result of inadequate education on menstruation, there have ...

Students of Accra Technical University who were disallowed from writing their exams over late payment of fees have been given a second chance to do so. The school’s authority has agreed to fix a new date for them to take their papers. Some students of the school, including those in their final year, staged a protest ...

The Central and Western Fishmongers Improvement Association (CEWEFIA), has launched an action plan aimed at curbing child labour and child trafficking in the fishing industry in Elmina. The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) sponsored campaign, seeks to tackle the root  causes of poverty among fishermen and fishmongers, on the premise that poverty is ...

First Lady Mrs. Rebecca Akufo-Addo, has cut the sod for the construction of a new GHC 10 million Maternity Unit for the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH), following fund-raising events recently held in Accra and Kumasi to provide the funds to kick-start the project. The unit, which is planned to be completed in four month’s ...

Former President Flt Lt Jerry John Rawlings has called for calm and restraint as the security agencies investigate the unfortunate lynching of a serving military officer at Denkyira-Obuasi. In a statement issued on Tuesday, the former President expressed his sincere condolences to the wife, family and the unit of the late Captain Maxwell Mahama for ...

A surgeon, who is the only permanent doctor for 750,000 people, has been honoured for performing more than 1,000 operations a year in Sudan. Dr Tom Catena, 53, a Catholic missionary from New York, received the Aurora Prize for Awakening Humanity. He has worked in Sudan for more than 10 years, during the ongoing war ...

The Chiefs and residents of Sumbrumgu, a suburb of Bolgatanga in the Upper East Region, have indicated that, they will resist any attempt by government to relocate the proposed Bolgatanga Airstrip from Anateem to Sherigu. The group has alleged that, there is a calculated attempt by the Upper East Regional Minister, Rockson Bukari, and the Aviation ...

Thirteen South Sudanese soldiers have gone on trial accused of raping foreign aid workers and murdering their local colleague. The incident in the capital, Juba, last July resulted in a UN report which accused UN peacekeepers of failing in their duty to protect civilians. It happened as rival forces in the civil war clashed in ...

A Chinese dating app for lesbians that has more than five million users has been shut down. The app, Rela, is no longer available in the Android or Apple app stores, and its website and Sina Weibo account have been deleted. Users began to notice that the app was not accessible last week. It is ...

Golfer Tiger Woods was found “asleep at the wheel” with the engine running when he was arrested, US media reports say. The former world number one golfer was found at the wheel of his Mercedes, in the right lane, and had to be woken by a police officer early on Monday. Charged with Driving Under ...

A Koforidua Circuit Court has remanded the 14 suspects who were arrested on Monday for masterminding a demonstration, that led to an attack at the Somanya branch of Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG). The 14 led some residents to also vandalize the Somanya Police station in the Eastern Region, where they freed four suspects in ...

The Defense Minister, Dominic Nitiwul has said his outfit will not rest until it establishes the full facts on the death of Captain Maxwell Mahama who was lynched and burnt in the Central Region. Capt. Mahama met his untimely death on Monday morning when some angry youth in Diaso attacked him, mistaking him as an ...

President Nana Akufo-Addo has indicated his resolve to ensure that the perpetrators of the grisly murder of Captain Maxwell Adam Mahama, are brought to light and made to face the rigours of the law. President Akufo-Addo, in his first official comment on the tragic incident, expressed his condolence to the family of Captain Mahama, and ...

The Nduom School of Business and Technology (NSB&T), will engage the general public in a special Open House (opening of NSB&T facilities), event on Thursday June 1st June, 2017. The School is part of the Nduom University that is under development. NSB&T is situated at Aboabo, Ayensudo, near Elmina in the Central Region. The occasion ...

President Nana Addo has stated that, it is in the economic interest of Ghana and her enterprises for the process of West African integration to succeed and become real as soon as possible. According to President Akufo-Addo, his programme for Ghana’s social and economic transformation, spurred on by a monetary policy that will stabilise the ...

The Central Regional Minister, Kwamena Duncan, has admonished the military to desist from applying brute force on residents of Diaso following the death of an officer, Captain Maxwell Adam Mahama. The Regional Minister made the remark in a Citi News interview following the lynching of Captain Mahama, at Diaso in the Upper Denkyira West District on ...