Some parents whose wards attend the Adenta Community School are predicting a likely disaster following what they describe as serious structural defects in the building. The worried parents who spoke to Citi News said the building is yet to see any refurbishment after the issue was reported to authorities months ago. The school was built by ...
International Relations Analyst, Dr. Vladimir Antwi-Danso, believes government must be resolute in whatever decision it takes on the continuous stay of the two former Guantanamo Bay detainees being hosted by Ghana. Speaking on Eyewitness News, Dr. Antwi-Danso stated that “the government must be firm, not rude and we can get what we want also,” as he advised ...
The United States Embassy in Ghana has explained that the decision on visa allocations to government officials, including MPs and former Presidents visiting the US unofficially is in accordance with already existing US law. The embassy in a statement indicated that, under US law, when a diplomat or official applies for a new visa for personal ...
The Akufo-Addo administration’s ‘One District One Factory’ initiative has received a major boost in the form of $2 billion from the Chinese government’s private sector development corporation. This followed the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding for a funding facility worth up to $2 billion between a number of Ghanaian banks and the private sector, led ...
One of the highlight events of the Citi Business Festival—The Innovation Summit will come off today, Saturday [June 24, 2017] at the Labadi Beach Hotel at 6:30pm. The Innovation Summit is a conversation on how to create value for the business community through innovation. It will feature a panel of industry practitioners who will be ...
The Council for Independent Universities (CIU) has called for a review of the current affiliation system of young universities imposed by the National Accreditation Board (NAB). Professor Osei K. Darkwa, the Chairman of CIU, said he believed that private universities had reached a stage where they needed a radical departure from the current affiliation system. ...
The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has introduced an online reporting system called Safety Watch System (SWS), to enable health workers to report on safety issues related to drugs, vaccines and other regulated products to the Authority. The SWS was also to complement the already existing system for reporting adverse events using the paper Adverse ...
Research conducted by the Migrating Out of Poverty Research Programme Consortium, has shown that 70% of migrants from the Northern part of Ghana believe migration has enhanced their lives. Speaking at a media training workshop at the Centre for Migration Studies in Accra on Thursday, Director of the consortium, Professor Mariama Awumbila, explained that “often ...
The Majority in Parliament has reminded the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Minority its time in power did not see them reach into the stabilization fund to increase the producer price of cocoa, following drops on the world market in the 2012/201313 and 2013/2014 crop seasons. Addressing a Press Conference on Friday, the Deputy Minister for ...
More than 140 people are feared buried in a landslide in Sichuan province in south-western China, state media say. About 40 homes were destroyed in Xinmo village in Maoxian county, after the side of a mountain collapsed at about 06:00 local time (22:00 GMT Friday). Rescue teams are frantically searching for survivors trapped beneath rocks. ...
Ghanaian dancehall artiste Stonebwoy will be performing at the 2017 BET Experience Main Stage on June 25, 2017. BET International via its Instagram page made this announcement on Thursday, June 22, 2017. Stonebwoy who won the 2015 BET Award for Best International Act: Africa, has been nominated again this year in the same category. He ...
Ghanaian midfielder Kingsley Sarfo is the third most expensive signing in the history of Swedish giants Malmo FF. The 22-year-old sealed the move from Swedish side Sirius on Thursday afternoon after passing his mandatory medical earlier in the day. The talented winger was signed for $1.5m on a four-year contract. The Ghanaian thus becomes the ...
An update to Snapchat that shows publicly posted images on a searchable map has raised safety concerns among parents. Snap Map lets people search for places such as schools and see videos and pictures posted by children inside. It also lets people locate their “friends” on a map that is accurate enough to determine where ...
Some Members of Ghana’s Parliament have not taken lightly the US Embassy’s decision to withdraw protocol visa allocations to government officials, including Members of Parliament and former Presidents visiting the US unofficially. The MP for Tempane constituency and a Deputy Attorney General, Joseph Kpemka, has expressed fears this development could mar diplomatic relations between the Ghana and the US. ...
The Director of the Legon Centre for International Affairs and Diplomacy, Professor Henrietta Mensa-Bonsu, has charged government to prioritize national interest in its handling of the case involving the two Guantanamo detainees. The Supreme Court on Thursday declared as unconstitutional the hosting of the two detainees in Ghana. Parliament has therefore been asked to place ...
Aside from the strain of the uncertainty of his continued stay in Ghana and dealing with separation from his wife, Mahmud Umar Muhammad Bin Atef, one of the ex-Guantanamo Bay detainees being hosted by Ghana, is currently dealing with malaria. A legal representative of Bin Atef, George Clark, revealed to Citi News’ Umaru Sanda that ...
Tanzania’s President John Magufuli has been condemned for comments that girls who give birth should not be allowed to return to school. An online petition has been set up and a pan-African women’s organisation is mobilising to get the president to apologise and reverse his comments. Mr Magufuli warned schoolgirls at a rally on Monday ...
Tax Analyst, Abdallah Ali Nakyea is pushing for a critical review of Ghana’s tax regime to reduce the massive economic losses due to illicit financial flows. He argues that though the canker is depriving the country of huge revenue, a stricter implementation of the existing laws should prevent any further losses. The Global Financial Integrity ...
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