The Information Services Department (ISD) in the Obuasi district in collaboration with Anglogold Ashanti has successfully organized a series of programmes to mark this year’s edition of World Sickle Cell Day in Obuasi. The programme which took place between Monday, 19th June and Friday, 23rd June, 2017 was under the theme: “Know your sickle cell ...
Ghana and Huawei have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for strategic ICT cooperation between Huawei and Ministry of Communications of the Republic of Ghana. As a result, Huawei will serve as the strategic ICT partner of the Ghanaian government and leverage on the company’s rich global ICT experience to boost ICT development, transfer ICT ...
Government has announced the construction of an onshore natural gas transmission pipeline from Takoradi in the Western region to Tema in the Greater Accra region to transmit natural gas to power generation plants. It follows the signing of a Project Implementation Agreement (PIA) for the Aboadze-Tema Natural Gas Transportation Pipeline and gas infrastructure Project. The ...
The metropolitan archbishop of the Catholic Archdiocese of Cape Coast, His Grace, Most Rev. Mathias K. Nketsia visited the people of Denkyira Obuasi and celebrated Mass with them. The Archbishop encouraged the people to foster unity in the town and also work hard to regain the image of the town and its people. Denkyira Obuasi ...
The Minority in Parliament is calling for the immediate withdrawal of the proposed 2017 National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) formula from the Floor of Parliament. In the Minority’s view, the proposed NHIA Fund formula in its present state is at variance with the National Health Insurance Act, 2012, Act 852, since there has been no ...
The Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation (BOST) says the controversy over the sale of contaminated fuel is serving no purpose other than to distract from the financial rot overseen by the previous BOST Managing Director, Kingsley Kwame Awuah-Darko. The rot under Kwame Awuah-Darko left a close-to-$300 million debt, according to BOST. Following Citi News making known claims to ...
More than a quarter of the world’s population now uses Facebook every month, the social network says. “As of this morning, the Facebook community is now officially two billion people,” founder and chief executive Mark Zuckerberg posted. The milestone comes just 13 years after the network was founded by Mr Zuckerberg when he was at ...
Companies across the globe are reporting that they have been struck by a major ransomware cyber-attack. British advertising agency WPP is among those to say its IT systems have been disrupted as a consequence. The virus, the source of which is not yet known, freezes the user’s computer until an untraceable ransom is paid in ...
Venezuela’s Supreme Court has been attacked by grenades dropped from a helicopter in what President Nicolás Maduro called a “terrorist attack”. Footage on social media shows a police helicopter circling over the city before shots and a loud bang are heard. The police officer said to have piloted the stolen aircraft issued a statement denouncing ...
Lawyer and member of the Justice Dzamefe Commission of Inquiry, Moses Foh-Amoaning, believes that the commission’s work has not hurt the image of the Black Stars as being claimed. The commission was set up after the 2014 World Cup to look into reasons why Ghana failed miserably at the tournament.reasons why Ghana failed miserably at ...
The manager of Ghanaian rapper, Ponobiom, Ashley Brobbey is reported to have been assaulted at Kasoa Sallah Festival yesterday, Citi Showbiz has gathered. According to the MC of the show, Dan Lartey, who also works with Flex newspaper, while Ponobiom was performing, some young men mounted the stage to slap his manager who was also ...
The manager of Ghanaian rapper, Ponobiom, Ashley Brobbey is reported to have been assaulted at Kasoa Sallah Festival yesterday, Citi Showbiz has gathered. According to the MC of the show, Dan Lartey, who also works with Flex newspaper, while Ponobiom was performing, some young men mounted the stage to slap his manager who was also ...
National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament for Bolgatanga Central, Isaac Adongo, has lambasted Vice President Bawumia’s justification of government’s decision to borrow $15 billion from the Chinese government, labeling the move as “frightening, scary and reckless,” particularly when he, Dr. Bawumia, criticized the Mahama government for contracting a much lesser amount. According to him, ...
Government is seeking to leverage Ghana’s natural resources, specifically bauxite, through its recent partnership with the Chinese government that saw the latter pledge to commit over 15 billion dollars to Ghana’s economy. According to the Economic Adviser to the Vice President, Dr. Gideon Boako, government through the agreement will construct bauxite refineries which will generate ...
It is an undeniable fact that correcting Ghana’s housing deficit would require concerted efforts by both the government and private sector. At Citi FM’s Housing Forum which came off on Tuesday at the Alisa Hotel, discussants identified the systemic challenges facing the housing sector and looked at ways to correct the trend. These bordered on ...
The first President of independent Zambia, Dr. Kenneth David Kaunda, has urged the President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, to continue to shine the torch of Africa, and help deliver the progress and prosperity for the longsuffering masses of Africans. According to Dr. Kaunda, “your contribution as President can make a huge difference ...
The government of China is expected to pump some $ 19 billion into Ghana’s economy. Ghana, according to the Vice President, Dr. Mahamadu Bawumia, was able to secure the commitment due to new financing model designed by the Economic Management Team. Below is an infographic detailing how the said amount will be disbursed to the ...
The government is gradually losing momentum in the fight against illegal mining popularly known as galamsey. This is according to a former Deputy Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Kwabena Mintah Akandor, who has stated that the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government is not using the right approach to fighting the illegality. He said the ...
A project from Ghana was among fifteen finalists selected for a World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE) prize. The project, called REACH (Reaching and Teaching Out-of-School Children in Ghana), is dedicated to helping Ghanaian children who have been out of school for an extended period transition back into primary school. Students enrolled in REACH are ...
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