The Danquah Institute has a appointed a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Psychology of the University of Ghana, Dr. Kingsley Nyarko as its new Executive Director. Dr. Nyarko is expected to intensify the Institute’s role as a training center for future leaders, especially in the Danquah-Dombo-Busia ideology. Dr. Kingsley Nyarko who contested in the New ...

The Minority has threatened to go to court in a bid to compel the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) to halt the implementation of the 3 percent VAT flat rate scheme. According to the Minority, the scheme was not consistent with existing laws governing Value Added Taxes and as such, its implementation was illegal and should ...

The government has paid road contractors about GH¢600 million for work done in various parts of the country. This is despite an earlier comment by the Roads Ministry that the previous National Democratic Congress (NDC) government left an ‘empty’ Road Fund coffers. The Roads Minister, Kwasi Amoako Attah told Citi News that the first payment ...

The Ghana Police Service has warned workers in the public service to be wary of the activities of fraudsters who have devised new strategies to defraud them. In a statement issued on Thursday, the Police said the fraudsters pose as staff of the Controller and Accountant General’s Department to lure unsuspecting public sector workers to ...

President Akufo-Addo has officially commissioned the Sankofa Gye Nyame field for the commencement of the commercial exploration of oil. The Sankofa Gye Nyame oil field is the third after the Jubilee and TEN oilfields all in the Western region. The production was preceded by a commemorative turning of the valve on the FPSO John Agyekum ...

Ghana’s Black Stars have dropped one place in the latest FIFA rankings, with Nigeria, Egypt and Cameroon also enduring slumps. Ghana now lie in 50th place overall and are 9th in Africa. African champions Cameroon dropped four places to 36th (5th in Africa) after their poor showing at the FIFA Confederations Cup, while Nigeria dropped ...

The National Communications Authority (NCA) will soon sanction over 100 radio stations for various infractions of the frequency regulation. The affected radio stations would suffer penalties ranging from suspensions to revocations of their frequencies depending on the gravity of the offence. The Minister of Communications, Ursula Owusu revealed this at the inauguration of a 9-member ...

Heads of some Basic Schools in the Breman and Breman-West communities in the Kumasi Metropolis, have appealed to the Ghana Highway Authority (GHA), for the urgent construction of speed ramps and pedestrian crossing on that stretch of the Kumasi-Offinso highway. This is to help address the worrying frequent vehicular accidents where  pedestrians and school children ...

Dr Papa Kwesi Nduom, the founder of the Progressive Peoples Party (PPP), has called on the Government to show more commitment towards supporting the private sector by creating the enabling environment for local businesses to thrive. The private sector, he said, was a key component in accelerating the country’s economic development. Dr Nduom made the ...

Dr Papa Kwesi Nduom, the founder of the Progressive Peoples Party (PPP), has called on the Government to show more commitment towards supporting the private sector by creating the enabling environment for local businesses to thrive. The private sector, he said, was a key component in accelerating the country’s economic development. Dr Nduom made the ...

The Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation Company Limited (BOST) and the National Petroleum Authority have been dragged to court over the contaminated fuel saga. The Managing Director of BOST, Alfred Obeng, Movenpinaa Energy, Zupoil and MacWest have all been joined to the suit filed by a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) called Strategic Thinkers Network-Africa. BOST had ...

The Volta River Authority, (VRA) has disconnected electricity supply to the campus of the Evangelical College of Education at Bimbilla for the nonpayment of bills. The disconnection affected the administration block of the College, Residence of staff and some street lights. The Vice Principal of the college, Alhaji Mohammed Anas told Citi News that the ...

The President ,Nana Akufo-Addo has commissioned the Floating Production Storage and Offloading Vessel (FPSO) John Agyekum Kufuor to formally kick-start the production of oil in commercial quantities from the Sankofa Gye-Nyame Fields. The symbolic ceremony was done offshore by the President turning the production valve of the FPSO and opening a Subsea Well Choke. A ...

A Senior Lecturer at the Guidance and Counseling Department of the Catholic University of Ghana-Fiapre in the Brong Ahafo Region, Prince Affum has advised graduating students from the country’s universities to create job opportunities for themselves by diversifying into areas that will make them self-employable. He urged graduates to develop entrepreneurial skills and take advantage ...

Carenet Ghana, one of the local implementing Partners of the GSAM Project has made some strides in awakening the spirit of communal and participatory democracy among citizens in the Volta Region. Social accountability does not only facilitate social development but provides an avenue for awareness creation amongst citizens on issues such as allocation of budgets ...

School pupils of Sakote Kindergarten (KG) in the Nabdam District of the Upper East Region who studied virtually under trees will now have a sigh of relief after Action Aid Ghana commissioned a two classroom complex for them. The fenced two classroom block furnished with furniture has mechanized borehole, toilet and play ground facilities valued ...

It’s not the first time that I had the opportunity to travel elsewhere in Ghana where life was a bit different from what was in my eyes ordinary. Indeed in 2012 I joined UNICEF go up North on field visits to some of their education and health projects in some communities in Tamale. It was ...

Chief Executive of L’AINE Services Limited, Dr. Mrs Ellen Hagan has been adjudged the “Ultimate Woman of the Year” (Yaa Asantewaa) Award at the just ended EMY Awards 2017, which was held at Kempinski Hotel on 24th June 2017. Dr. Mrs. Hagan was the only woman honored out of 31 awards for men.  She was ...

Eight people – including seven children – have died in a stampede ahead of a football match in Malawi, police say. Dozens more were injured in the crush at Lilongwe’s Bingu national stadium. The stampede reportedly happened as thousands of people tried to find seats ahead of a friendly between top sides Nyasa Big Bullets ...

France plans to ban all petrol and diesel vehicles by 2040, the country’s new environment minister has announced. Nicolas Hulot made the announcement as he unveiled a series of measures as part of newly elected President Emmanuel Macron’s plan to make the country carbon neutral by 2050. Mr Hulot said he recognised the target would ...