The suspension of the District Chief Executive (DCE) for Upper Denkyira West, Daniel Apiannin, was “necessary” in the circumstances, President Nana Akufo-Addo has said. Speaking on the suspension which followed the killing of Captain Maxwell Mahama, the President said the DCE’s comments in the wake of the death were provocative, hence the need for the ...

One of the men suspected to be behind the lynching of Capt. Mahama has been found dead in Modaso, a village near Denkyira- Obuasi. Confirming the incident to Citi News, the Diaso- District Police Commander, ASP Osei Adu-Agyeman, said the dead body was found in a pool of blood by the Police, following a report ...

The first in the series of the business fora in the 2017 edition of the Citi Business Festival has commenced in at the Holiday Inn in Accra. The event is a collaboration between Citi FM and the Ghana Interbank Payment and Settlements Systems (GhIPSS). The key issue being discussed is how to enhance financial inclusion ...

University of Leicester in the United Kingdom, has said it has learnt with regret the death of Ghanaian soldier, Captain Maxwell Mahama, who was lynched by a community that mistook him for a robber. The school in a post on its website said “we have learnt, with great regret, of the death of Maxwell Mahama, ...

A deputy Minister of Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has called for the trial of the suspected murderers of Captain Maxwell Adam Mahama to be broadcast live on TV. Speaking to Citi News, the Deputy Minister noted that,  if the trial is televised “a message will be sent to everybody, not just this one, but of ...

Former President John Dramani Mahama has asked Ghanaians to desist from politicizing the murder of Captain Maxwell Adam Mahama. His appeal comes days after his party, the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), suggested in a statement that President Nana Addo should be held responsible for the incident.   Speaking during a visit to Capt.  Mahama’s ...

A total of 818 residents of Bongo in the Upper East Region, have been displaced by the Monday night rainstorm which affected 24 communities in the area. The affected victims comprise 292 and 193 adult males and females respectively, and 180 and 289 male and female children respectively, including one girl who sustained a leg ...

President Nana Akufo-Addo has suspended the District Chief Executive (DCE) for Upper Denkyira West, Daniel Apiannin, following the murder of Captain Maxwell Mahama. The decision to suspend him today [Thursday] June 1, 2017, was confirmed to Citi News by the Local Government and Rural Development Minister, Hajia Alima Mahama. “The President has directed that we ...

The family of a woman who was lynched over suspicions of witchcraft on Sunday, May 28, has partly blamed the Chief of Pelungu, where the woman was killed for the incident. The deceased, Yenboka Kenna, aged 67, was killed at the Pelungu market in the Nabdam District of the Upper East Region by an angry mob that accused ...

Police in Kyebi on Wednesday arrested three Chinese nationals and their Ghanaian counterpart who were mining in a forest at Segyimase, a village close to Kyebi in the Eastern Region. The three Chinese; Leo, Xing, Xun, and the Ghanaian, Abu Douglas, were flouting government’s ban on all forms of small-scale mining in the country, and ...

Emotions were high amidst the desire for retribution on the part of soldiers gathered at Burma Camp today [Thursday], following the lynching of one of their own, Captain Maxwell Mahama at Denkyira-Obuasi on Monday. The soldiers conveyed their anger over the killing of Captain Mahama in the presence of the Chief of Defence Staff, Major General Obed Akwa, who ...

Emotions were high amidst the desire for retribution on the part of soldiers gathered at Burma Camp today [Thursday], following the lynching of one of their own, Captain Maxwell Mahama at Denkyira-Obuasi on Monday. The soldiers conveyed their anger over the killing of Captain Mahama in the presence of the Chief of Defence Staff, Major General Obed Akwa, who ...

The immediate past General Secretary of the Christian Council of Ghana (CCG), Reverend Dr Fred Degbe, has called on the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) to tighten security during this year’s Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) to ensure the sanity of the examination. He stressed that once this was done, the innocent candidates would not ...

Four officials of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) working at the Kwame Nkrumah Circle interchange in Accra, have been attacked by some angry traders. The traders unleashed their physical aggression on the officials when they tried to evict them from the pavement on Tuesday evening. One of the victims, Yunus Hamza, told Citi News that most ...

Barely a month after fire gutted parts of the Coconut Grove Regency Hotel premises in Accra, management of the facility say the facility is still in business. Contrary to earlier reports that the hotel’s rooms and other adjoining facilities were affected by the fire, the Hotel’s management says its rooms, restaurant, kitchen and other facilities ...

The State has arraigned the two suspects alleged to have murdered the late Member of Parliament for the Abuakwa North Constituency, Joseph Boakye Danquah-Adu before a magistrate again after their release. The two, Daniel Asiedu and Vincent Bosso, were re-arrested after they were discharged by a High Court following a decision by the Attorney-General to ...

The Inspector General of Police (IGP), David Asante-Appeatu, has warned of firm and ruthless action against those who have chosen to be lawless. He said reckless attacks on police stations and other criminal conducts would not be tolerated. He was speaking at the inauguration of a police station that comes with residential accommodation for the ...

The Cape Coast District Court 1, presided over by Her Lordship Rita Amoaninwah Edusah, has remanded in Police custody the seven suspects arrested for their roles in the murder of Captain Maxwell Mahama. Police Prosecutor, ASP Avornyoh, pleaded with the court to remand the suspects for two weeks to allow for further investigations into the matter. A preliminary ...

The Member of Parliament for Afram Plains North in the Eastern Region, Betty Krosby Mensah, has petitioned Parliament over what she describes as the illegal detention of some 24 children in the area by the Gender Ministry and a Non-Governmental Organisation. According to the MP, the children were picked up in April 2017 this year on suspicions they were ...