Citi FM on Wednesday cut the sod for the construction of a bore hole for residents of Korleman, a town located in the Ga West Municipality of the Greater Accra Region. Korleman, a farming community is one of two communities that benefited from the station’s Help a Christmas Child Project. Citi FM decided to ...
The Kenyan election official whose body was found earlier this week had been severely tortured and strangled to death, an autopsy has found. Chris Msando had deep scratches and cuts on his back and hands, the chief government pathologist said. Mr Msando was in charge of Kenya’s computerised voting system for next Tuesday’s presidential elections. ...
Management of Golden Star Resources, operators of the Prestea Underground Mine in Prestea in the Western Region has indicated that baring any last minute technical glitch, the underground mine which has been shut down for 15 years will start commercial operations in October this year. This move according to the company is after series of ...
Skype’s recent redesign may be the source of much divisiveness, but that isn’t stopping Microsoft from adding new features. Starting today, you can now send money via PayPal right from your conversations. It’s a shot across the bow to Facebook, which has long support payments via Messenger, not to mention Apple, which is implementing a ...
The Akufo-Addo administration breached Financial Administration Regulation 193 and doctored figures during its mid-year review, according to the Minority in Parliament. At a press conference addressed by the Ranking Member on Parliament’s Finance Committee, Cassiel Ato Forson said the Minister of Finance reversed interest payments to the tune of GHc 758.5 million and reviewed the GDP ...
Appolonia City has announced a partnership with Ghana Home Loans which will see the construction of 100 housing units in Accra by mid 2019. The move also forms part of private investor efforts to reduce Ghana’s housing deficit. The country’s housing gap is estimated at 1.7 million. The high cost of properties has however been ...
Mrs Barbara Asher Ayisi, Deputy Minister of Education, has described as worrying the number of uncompleted school projects by successive governments. She said this after inspecting some abandoned school projects in the Cape Coast North Constituency on Monday. Mrs Ayisi said it is unclear why some of the school blocks which have been completed some ...
President Donald Trump signed into law Wednesday morning legislation that levies new sanctions against Russia and restricts Trump’s own ability to ease sanctions in place against Moscow. The bill is one of the first major pieces of legislation that was sent to Trump’s desk, and it represents a rebuke of the President by giving Congress ...
The Ghana Health Service has taken delivery of polio vaccines. This comes three weeks after Citi News reported the shortage of the vaccines in the country following government’s indebtedness to the distributor, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). However in an interview with Citi News’ Farida Shaibu, the National Programme Manager for immunization at the ...
The Chief Executive Officer of the Community Water and Sanitation Agency, Worlanyo Siabi wants government to establish a special security agency with specialized security personnel to protect Ghana’s natural resources. According to him, government’s deployment of security personnel to fight the galamsey menace in the country is not sustainable hence the need for a radical ...
Small Scale Industries in the country have intensified moves to fully benefit from government’s one district, one factory policy. According to them there has been little consultation with small scale businesses with regards to the program. The situation has compelled them to submit proposals to the various ministries which they believe will be used as ...
Some companies that were earlier awarded a contract to tow broken-down vehicles on the country’s roads have threatened court action against the National Road Safety Commission (NRSC). According to the Head of communications for Ruttchn Company limited, Evans Dzide, the NRSC acted in bad faith by awarding the contract to the Road Safety Management Company ...
Many of us have a life full of promises and opportunities. We have dreams, sometimes those dreams come true but for many children especially in rural Ghana, their dreams are almost cut short from the moment they are born. This is due to a common deformity known as cleft lip palate. Cleft is a common ...
Carrie Fisher is given an “amazing” send-off in her final Star Wars film, according to co-star John Boyega. The London-born actor said he shares “many scenes” with the late actress in Star Wars: The Last Jedi and that the sci-fi franchise “keeps her alive”. Fisher, who played the part of Princess – later General – ...
Despite the growing public outrage against the implementation of the mandatory tow tax, the Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) has thrown its weight behind the move. According to the union, the spate of road accidents by abandoned broken down vehicles on Ghanaian roads will reduce if the tow tax is implemented. The Roads and Transport Committee ...
Despite the growing public outrage against the implementation of the mandatory tow tax, the Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) has thrown its weight behind the move. According to the union, the spate of road accidents by abandoned broken down vehicles on Ghanaian roads will reduce if the tow tax is implemented. The Roads and Transport Committee ...
Apple boss Tim Cook has defended his company’s decision to comply with the Chinese government’s demand it remove VPN software from the App Store. Virtual Private Networks are often used to skirt censorship and surveillance in countries with tight restrictions on internet use. The company has been heavily criticised for removing several VPN apps, and ...
Usain Bolt says athletes who dope must “stop or the sport will die” as he prepares to race for the final time in his illustrious career. Bolt, an eight-time Olympic champion and icon of world sport, will retire after this month’s World Championships. The Jamaican, 30, will run in the 100m and 4x100m at the ...
Kanye West’s company is suing insurance firm Lloyd’s of London for $10m (£7.6m) over his cancelled tour. Very Good Touring claims Lloyd’s is hinting it’ll refuse to pay out because of a medical condition, caused by marijuana use, that led to dates being called off – something he denies. The company is also demanding interest ...
Turnout numbers for Sunday’s controversial vote in Venezuela have been “tampered with”, the company that provided the voting system alleges. Venezuela’s electoral authorities said more than eight million people voted in the elections for a new constituent assembly. But the CEO of Smartmatic, Antonio Mugica said the actual turnout differed by at least one million. ...
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