Shatta Michy, wife of dance hall artiste Shatta Wale is unfazed by plans by the Accra Metropolitan Assembly to demolish her pub at East Legon in Accra. The Diamond Pub and Grill is among other structures lying within the East Legon Green Belt zone which have been earmarked for demolition by the assembly. In a ...

A combined anti-galamsey (illegal mining) task-force and monitoring team in the Upper-Denkyira East and West Districts in the Central Region has confiscated and destroyed 26 dredging boats and 58 dredging engines used by illegal miners on the Offin River. The illegal miners who, usually operate at night in the river around Subin Hill, Kyekyewere, Akwaboso ...

An Accra High Court has ordered publishers of the Daily Post newspaper and its editor, Michael Dokosi, to pay an amount of GHc 800,000 to the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) board Chairman, Hackman Owusu Agyeman. The amount was awarded as damages for a defamatory publication against him. The court made the order after it found ...

Financial and Tax division of the High Court has ordered the confiscation of property belonging to convicted drug trafficker, Nayele Ametefe. The properties, comprising houses located in East Legon and Kumasi, came up for litigation when Nayele’s mother contended that she owned them. Delivering her Judgment, the Justice Georgina Mensah Datsa said the evidence provided left ...

The National Peace Council has now called for a probe into the allegations surfacing at the Electoral Commission as a result of a public dispute between the EC Chairperson, Charlotte Osei, and her two deputies. Speaking on the Citi Breakfast Show, Chairman of the Council, Professor Emmanuel Asante, who had earlier called for an arbitration process ...

This week, some workers of the Electoral Commission of Ghana has petitioned the President to remove the Chairperson of the commission Mrs. Charlotte Osei. According to their lawyer, it is alleged that: Mrs. Osei breached the Procurement Law in securing goods and services. She is a one-woman show because she solely contracted the services of ...

The latest salvo in the growing rift within the Electoral Commission (EC) saw the deputy Chairperson of the commission in charge of Corporate Services, Georgina Opoku Amankwah, accuse her boss, Charlotte Osei, of being unfit to head the EC. “In my view, the chairperson rather lacks the requisite managerial skills in public administration. This needs no ...

The Acting National Chairman of the New Patriotic Party, Freddie Blay, believes the progressive implementation of the NPP manifesto programmes and policies aimed at improving the livelihood of Ghanaians indicate President Nana Akufo-Addo  is on top of his job. According to Freddie Blay, although President Nana Addo six months in office has been preparatory, and ...

Charlotte Osei, the Electoral Commission (EC) Chairperson was a disruptive presence at the EC following her appointment, if statements from the deputy Chairperson of the Commission in-charge of Corporate Services, Georgina Opoku Amakwah are anything to go by. Tensions within the EC in recent times have seen Mrs. Osei accuse her deputies of making her job ...

Microsoft has confirmed that it will continue to offer its graphics program Paint. In a recent update, it had listed Paint as a feature that would be either removed or no longer developed. Paint, renowned for its simplicity, has been part of the Windows operating system since its launch in 1985. Microsoft suggested it would ...

Participants of Citi FM’s “Big July Get Away” on Tuesday had the experience of their lifetime cruising on the beautiful ever-green  Indian Ocean. The trip which began on Sunday saw 38 participants flying from Accra to Mauritius via South Africa. They are currently lodging at the plush Ravenela Attitude hotel where they will in speed ...

An Insurance Consultant, George Addae has impressed on authorities to amend Ghana’s insurance laws to allow insurance companies undertake the mandatory towing of vehicles. He explains to Citi Business News the new provisions will among others spell out the modalities in carrying out that mandate. “Now to create a levy on the motor insurance car policy will ...

Government has insisted it will not subscribe unto the Policy Sector Initiative (PSI) with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) after the deal expires in December 2018. The NPP argues that the fund’s intervention has least improved the economy. Former Finance Minister, Seth Terkper has suggested that Ghana signs onto the PSI to benefit from financial advice and ...

Justin Bieber has cancelled the rest of his Purpose World Tour because of “unforeseen circumstances”, his publicist has said. The move will affect 14 dates in Asia and North America over the next three months. Bieber has performed more than 150 shows since the tour promoting his 2015 album Purpose began in March 2016. The ...

Teenagers caught carrying out hacking and cyber-attacks could soon be attending a rehab camp that aims to divert them away from a life of crime. The first weekend camp for offenders was held in Bristol this month as part of the National Crime Agency’s (NCA) work with young computer criminals. Attendees learned about the responsible ...

A controversial new book about the last days of former South African President Nelson Mandela has been withdrawn by the publisher. Mandela’s family had complained that the book, written by his doctor of almost 10 years, contained personal details. The publisher said it had pulled the book “out of respect” for the family. It added ...

West Ham have completed the £16m signing of striker Javier Hernandez from German club Bayer Leverkusen. The former Manchester United forward has signed a three-year contract. In May, Hernandez – widely known by the nickname Chicharito, which means ‘little pea’ – became Mexico’s all-time leading scorer. “The Premier League is the best league in the ...

Pupils of Wuug primary school in the Talensi District of the Upper East Region who have been studying under the sun since the school’s roof was ripped off by storm in April 2016, want the government to re-roof the school. The Wuug Primary School is the only school facility serving the entire community, but the ...

A former director of elections at the Electoral Commission (EC), Albert Arhin has said that the current dispute between the Electoral Commission’s (EC) management team will have a negative effect on the country’s growing democracy. According to him, it will further dent the Commission’s credibility in the sight of the public. “Before the 2016 elections, ...