Some invigilators of the ongoing Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) in the Northern Region have taken a swipe at the West African Examination Council (WAEC) for not distributing the question papers on time. According to the angry invigilators, the situation is hampering the nationwide exercise conducted in the region. One of them in a Citi ...
The Executive Director of the United Nations Populations Fund (UNFPA), Babatunde Osotimehin, is dead. The former Nigerian Health Minister is reported to the have died on Sunday evening at his home in New York. The cause of his death is yet to be known. Born on February 6, 1949, he attended Igbobi College from 1966 to ...
Various stakeholders on Monday 5th June 2017, observed this year’s World Environment Day at Winneba in the Effutu Municipal Assembly of the Central Region, under the theme ‘Connecting People to Nature.’ The gathering was made up of 250 participants, including students, teachers, government officials, opinion leaders and managers of non-governmental organizations. Addressing the gathering, a ...
The Minister of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, Professor Frimpong Boateng, has stated that the country cannot achieve its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) aimed at ending poverty and protecting the planet if the country’s biodiversity is not achieved. The Professor, who made this statement while addressing a gathering at this year’s World Environment Day Celebrations ...
The Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) of Sunyani, Evelyn Kumi Richardson, has encouraged candidates sitting for this year’s BECE examination in the Municipality, not to demonstrate signs of fear, but be determined to put in their best into the exams to succeed. She said as their first major examination, it was an opportunity to demonstrate their ...
Vålerenga and Brøndby have today agreed on a transfer of Adam Larsen Kwarasay Citisports can confirm. The former Vålerenga Strømsgodset, Rosenborg and Portland Timbers goalkeeper has signed an agreement that extends out in 2020 and reunites him with Ronny Deila. The goalie is ready to play when the Norwegian transfer window opens and will stay and begin ...
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) administration should not pay for the 43 new vehicles ordered for the presidency if it did not request for them, the Executive Director of Imani Ghana, Franklin Cudjoe has suggested. A former Presidential staffer in the Mahama administration, Dr. Clement Apaak, had claimed that his government ordered the vehicles a few days ...
The Investment Opportunities Forum, which is part of the long-month Citi Business Festival, is underway at the Alisa Hotel in Accra. The event is in partnership with the Ghana Investment Promotion Center (GIPC). Other organizations present at the forum include various Chamber of Commerce from across the world stationed in Ghana as well as state ...
A total of 19,871 candidates from 530 Junior High Schools in the Upper East Region, are taking part in this year’s Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE). Out of the number, 9,821 are males, while 10,050 are females writing in 79 examination centers across the region. The Upper East Regional Minister, Rockson Bukari Ayine, accompanied by ...
The Investment Opportunities Forum, the next outdoor event on the calendar of the Citi Business Festival will be held today, June 6, at the Alisa Hotel at 9am. The event is in partnership with the Ghana Investment Promotion Center (GIPC) and it is aimed at addressing challenges that face locals and foreign investors in Ghana. ...
The Ghana Chamber of Mines has stated that it will engage government on how to implement the gold refinery policy to benefit the mining sector. Lands and Natural Resources Minister, John Peter Amewu earlier hinted of government’s plan to soon roll out a gold refinery policy to retain most of Ghana’s gold. According to Mr. ...
Coral Paints has presented a brand-new Hyundai Accent salon car to a 50-year-old painter, Mr. Mensah Koevi, the second winner in its ‘Paint your dream into reality’ promotion. Four cars remain to be won in the promotion which ends in October 2017. Mr. Koevi received the key to the brand-new Hyundai Accent salon car at ...
One of the largest clinical trials for prostate cancer has given “powerful results”, say UK researchers. A drug for treating prostate cancer that has spread was found to save lives when offered earlier, a study found. The trial looked at abiraterone as an additional treatment in patients with prostate cancer who were about to start ...
The trial of US comedian and actor Bill Cosby for sexual assault has begun in Pennsylvania. Former university employee Andrea Constand alleges he drugged and molested her in 2004. Mr Cosby, 79, says he is innocent and the encounter was consensual. The trial is expected to last about two weeks. It is being seen as ...
The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has left Ghana to attend meetings of the United Nation’s Advocacy Group of Eminent Personalities on the UN 2030 Sustainable Development Goals in Belgium and the United States of America (USA), in his capacity as co-Chairperson of the Group. He is also expected to attend the G-20 Partnership for ...
The race of life is not won by the swift nor the powerful, but by those with the strong will to make good use of every moment their maker presents to them. Some children through no faults of theirs grow up with certain physical challenges that make them often marginalized and are faced with lack ...
A former Presidential staffer, Dr. Clement Apaak has failed to prove his claims that the John Mahama government ordered 43 new vehicles for the presidency few weeks before leaving office on the behest of the current government. Dr. Apaak, the Buila South MP, who first made the claim on Citi FM’s ‘Big Issue‘, had promised to provide ...
Apple has announced a voice-activated loudspeaker powered by its virtual assistant Siri. Like devices by Amazon and Google, Apple’s HomePod speaker can respond to questions and control smart home gadgets such as lights. Analysts say Apple has been slow to improve its Siri virtual assistant and launch a smart speaker, after Amazon launched its Echo ...
The Member of Parliament for Ododiodioo constituency, Edwin Nii Lantey Vanderpuye, has urged candidates of this year’s Basic Education Certificate Examination (B.E.C.E) to write the exams with all seriousness. According to him, the basic examination is an important part of the educational ladder. Speaking to the media at a ceremony to assist the B.E.C.E candidates ...
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