At least one hundred staff of the Custom Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) at the Tema Port have been interdicted for their alleged involvement in revenue losses. Information available to Citi Business News indicates that the development has spanned between May and July 18, 2017. In addition, the customs division has also embarked on 70 ...
The Institute for Democratic Governance (IDEG) Ghana has joined calls for the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission and her deputies to step aside, following allegations of financial malfeasance levelled against them. Madam Charlotte Osei and her deputies have come under intense pressure to resign, following allegations of corruption made against her by employees of the ...
Ghana’s Producer Price Inflation (PPI) for June 2017 stood at 3.6 percent. This represents a 1.1 percent drop from the 3.7 percent recorded in May 2017. The PPI measures the average change over time in the prices received by domestic producers for the production of their goods and services. Explaining the reasons accounting for the ...
The Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC), Charlotte Osei has said that that commission has not expended monies it accrued from the replacement of voter IDs for Ghanaians ahead of the 2016 December elections. According to her, the EC made over GH¢2.5 million from the replacement process and more than GH¢42,000 cedis from the sale ...
Some residents who reside at the Community 22 annex, Washington, New York, Zenu, BBC and its environs within the Kpone Katamanso District Assembly have threatened to embark on a massive demonstration if efforts are not taken to reshape and construct their roads for them. According to the residents, their roads are so deplorable that private ...
Some residents who reside at the Community 22 annex, Washington, New York, Zenu, BBC and its environs within the Kpone Katamanso District Assembly have threatened to embark on a massive demonstration if efforts are not taken to reshape and construct their roads for them. According to the residents, their roads are so deplorable that private ...
A search party has finally found the remains of a school pupil (name withheld) of Methodist Primary School in Tamale who drowned following floods that affected some communities in the Tamale Metropolitan Area. The corpse was found at Fuo which is one of the flood prone communities in the Tamale Metropolitan Ares. The deceased has ...
Patrons of Citi FM’s BigJulyGetAway leisure trip were on Wednesday treated to a thrilling ride. The team embarked on a full day excursion of some interesting scenic places on the Mauritius Island. The 38 patrons were driven through some principal streets of the capital of Mauritius, Port Loius, where some 150,000 people out of the 1.3 ...
Three women have appeared in court after a pastor says he was raped. Two of the women are alleged to have pinned the man down on a bed while the third carried out the sex attack. A magistrates’ court in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, was told that the victim was owed money by the attackers and he ...
The President of the University of Education, Winneba chapter of the Graduate Students’ Association of Ghana (GRASAG), Stephen Osei Akyiaw, has suggested the need for government to devote enough funds for research to enhance the formulation and implementation of the ‘One District, One Factory’ programme. According to him, a strong link between government’s plan and ...
Disclaimer: I am about to rant and rave all in the name of fun. If you can’t take a joke, you are obviously reading the wrong article. This piece is for the ladies. Fellas, you are welcome to stick around but you have to sit your hiney in the corner and hush up. I need ...
The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) has suspended the capitation programme in the Ashanti region with effect from August 1, 2017. The NHIA has said its board shall undertake a thorough review of the whole Capitation Payment Mechanism and processes and will inform the public of the way forward after the detailed review is completed. ...
The National Coordinator with the Labour-Intensive Public Works (LIPW) under Ghana Social Opportunities Project (GSOP), Robert Austin, has highlighted government’s failings in building the capacity of Ghanaians to benefit from infrastructure projects. Speaking on the Citi Breakfast Show, Mr. Austin said the government could kill two birds with one stone by incorporating capacity building into ...
The government has withdrawn the controversial Special Prosecutor Bill from Parliament. This comes after the Minority in Parliament challenged the procedure in which the Bill was laid, claiming it was unconstitutional. The Majority Leader and Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu, who withdrew the Bill, also withdrew the Zongo Development Fund Bill without ...
A US judge has ordered Apple to pay more than half a billion dollars to a university after the tech firm failed to abide by an earlier court ruling. Apple was sued in 2014 for allegedly using a technology developed by a professor and his students in its iPhone chips without the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s ...
The body of a head porter was been found in a rice shop at Adum in Kumasi, Ashanti Region, on Tuesday. According to an eyewitness who got to the scene a few minutes after the body was found, the porter was a senior high school leaver. Apparently, her parents thought she was with her aunt in ...
If you’ve only dated people within your salary band, then awesome for you. It must be so simple. But it’s happened to myself and my pals a lot: you’re on the first date and obviously flashing cash like you’re Richard Branson because no one wants to say “ooh I can’t afford another cocktail” on a ...
US President Donald Trump says transgender people cannot serve in “any capacity” in the military. He tweeted that he had consulted with military experts and cited “tremendous medical costs and disruption”. The Obama administration decided last year to allow transgender people to serve openly in the military. But in June, Defence Secretary James Mattis agreed to a six-month ...
A total of 597 recruits have successfully graduated from the Pwalugu Police Training School in the Upper East Region. The 597 graduates comprised 322 males and 275 females. They were taken through an intensive course in Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Law of Evidence and Criminal investigations. They were also taken through Basic officer skills, Professional ...
Malta’s President, Mrs Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca, arrived in Accra on Tuesday for a three-day state visit geared at enhancing ties between Ghana and Malta. She was met on arrival at the Kotoka International Airport by Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia. Mrs Coleiro Preca, who was accompanied by her husband Edgar Preca, will call on President ...
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