South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma faces a motion of no-confidence as MPs start voting in a secret ballot. The governing African National Congress (ANC) and opposition parties traded barbs in two hours of heated debate on Tuesday, before voting booths were brought out on to the floor. Mr Zuma has already survived seven no-confidence votes. ...
The Ghana Tourism Authority has launched the ‘Jollof Rice Festival,’ a part of its activities to make people patronise made-in-Ghana products. The Jollof Rice Festival scheduled for 26th August, 2017 is being organised to promote Ghanaian cuisine, and is in connection with the “See Ghana, Eat Ghana, Wear Ghana, Feel Ghana campaign initiated by the ...
Former Chief of Staff, Valerie Sawyerr has challenged former Attorney General, Martin Amidu to resign from the National Democratic Congress (NDC). Valerie, in a lengthy article full of barbs targeted at both the former President Rawlings and Martin Amidu said the former should resign from the party because he had “become a so-called crusader, sinking ...
The Governor of the Bank of Ghana(BoG), Dr. Ernest Addison has stated that the central bank will strictly implement the new capital requirement for banks in the country. According to him, the bank will depart from the practice where the new capital requirement is just announced and banks are left not to meet it. The ...
Ghana and Juventus midfielder Kwadwo Asamoah is weighing up the possibility of signing for Galatasaray according to reports emerging from the Turkish and Italian press. The versatile midfielder has seen less than fifty matches in the last three seasons and has emerged as a prime target for Galatasaray boss Igor Tudor who himself featured for ...
Kenya’s First Lady, Margaret Kenyatta was among the thousands of Kenyans who braved the Tuesday morning chill to cast her vote at the St Mary’s School. Wrapped up in a purple shawl, the First Lady stood in a light drizzle as she waited in line for her turn. At their Gatundu home, President Uhuru Kenyatta ...
The Government of Ghana has stressed that it had no intention of interfering in the 2017 Kenyan elections via Peter Mac Manu, who was prevented from entering the east African country as a leader of a team of election observers from the Democratic Union of Africa. This dismissal followed murmurs that Mr. Mac Manu, and the governing ...
The Government of Ghana has stressed that it has no intention of interfering in the 2017 Kenyan elections, via Peter Mac Manu, who was prevented from entering the east African country as a leader of a team of election observers from the Democratic Union of Africa. This dismissal followed murmurs that Mr. Mac Manu, and the governing ...
Residents of Takoradi in the Western Region are furious over the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly’s decision to close down the biggest cemetery in the city. The Assembly notified residents of its intention to shut down the cemetery from August 7, 2017. The Public Relations Officer of the Assembly, John Lesta told Citi News that “the space ...
The debate on the government’s plan to carve new regions out of existing ones has been reignited. President Nana Addo on Monday indicated at a durbar of chiefs and the people of the Bibiani-Anwhiaso-Bekwai District, on the first day of his three-day tour of the Western Region, that the proposal to carve a new region ...
Former Deputy Chief of Staff, Dr. Valarie Sawyerr is unhappy Jerry John Rawlings’ consistent critiques of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), the party he founded. Dr. Sawyerr expressed her outrage over what she described as demonizing comments he made against the current leadership of the party. In an article she accused Mr. Rawlings of “still ...
When will this buzzing sound stop? Aaba! Should I call them ntomtom (Twi word for ‘mosquitoes’) or nwansena (Twi word for ‘flies’)? In the Ga dialect, the mosquito is referred to as tonton and the fly adidon. Yet another day dawns in which we are supposed to share love, peace and laughter … yet again ...
Ghana would need about $21.5 billion to fully revamp its railway sector. According to the Ghana Railway Development Authority (GRDA) the amount is needed to procure new coaches, refurbish existing lines and construct additional 4,007.6 kilometers of railway lines across the country. The Chief Executive Officer of GRDA, Mr. Richard Diedong Dombo, who disclosed this ...
The Brong Ahafo Region is gradually becoming a tertiary education hub with most of the universities concentrated within the regional capital, Sunyani. Until late last year, there were three universities: the Catholic University College of Ghana (private), Valley View University – Techiman Campus (private) – and the University of Energy and Natural Resources (UENR), which ...
Streetlights provide light on streets at night to enhance public safety. Sadly, the state of streetlights in Wa is nothing to write home about – they are either broken down or have developed faults on their own. In addition, some streets have not been provided with streetlights – a situation that poses great danger to ...
The government has been asked to scale up its funding of HIV/AIDS prevention programmes to sustain the fight against the spread of the infection. Ghana has been relying heavily on donor support for the implementation of programmes to control the disease and this is raising serious questions about sustainability. The call was contained in the ...
The 7th annual CHALE WOTE Street Art Festival takes place in Accra from August 14 to August 20, 2017 with over 200 Ghana-based and international artists building and exhibiting works in James Town and 15 venues across the city. This year’s also marks the end of a trilogy theme that began in 2015 with African ...
A group calling itself Concerned Activists of the New Patriotic Party in the Chiana-Paga constituency in the Upper East Region have urged the National Executive Committee and Appointing authorities of the party to rescind their decision in the appointment of three constituency executives into critical positions. The three; Mark Ayamga, constituency organizer, Sylvester Atule Constituency ...
Government’s anti-illegal mining task force, Operation Vanguard has said they will defend themselves if attacked by illegal small-scale miners. The teams have so far arrested over 80 illegal miners in Eastern, Western and Ashanti regions since they began their work last week. Speaking to Citi News, the Public Relations Officer of the task force, Major ...
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