The Minister of Energy, Boakye Agyarko, has tasked the new Board of the Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation Company (BOST) to intensify efforts to increase the strategic reserves of petroleum products in the country. He maintains that failure to increase the stock of petroleum products in due time, could trigger price hikes. In addition, BOST’s ...

Twenty people have been arrested on Tanzania’s semi-autonomous archipelago of Zanzibar for alleged homosexuality, police say. The 12 women and eight men were picked up in a hotel where they were receiving training about HIV/Aids education programmes. Earlier this year, authorities banned many private health clinics from providing HIV/Aids services, saying they encouraged gay sex. ...

Christian Atsu scored his first-ever Premier League goal in his 10th appearance in the competition, despite making his English top-flight debut in August 2014. Captain Jamaal Lascelles scored his second goal in as many games as Newcastle beat Stoke City to record their third successive Premier League win and climb inside the top four. Christian ...

Crystal Palace lost their fifth straight Premier League game and here’s what happened in the 3pm kick-offs. Huddersfield 1-1 Leicester Laurent Depoitre scored on his full Premier League debut as Huddersfield and Leicester fought out a 1-1 draw at the John Smith’s Stadium. Depoitre, a £3.5million summer signing from Porto, broke the deadlock 40 seconds into the second half ...

A former Trade Minister, Dr. Ekow Spio Garbrah, believes the extension of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) program by the government, should lead to lower interest rates for businesses in the country. According to him, such a move will rather enhance trading activities in the country, while inviting other countries to trade with Ghana. Government ...

The incoming President of the National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT), Angel Carbonu, has appealed to the Ghana Education Service (GES) to reinstate the two head teachers who were sacked for allegedly charging illegal fees under the free SHS programme. Mr. Carbonu on Citi FM’s news analysis Programme , The Big Issue, sent a direct appeal to ...

Actor Harry Dean Stanton, known for his roles in films like The Godfather II, Alien and Cool Hand Luke, has died of natural causes at the age of 91. The Kentucky-born star had a career which spanned more than six decades, appearing in dozens of films, including 1984’s Paris, Texas and Repo Man. More recently, ...

Twenty-seven years ago, Madonna set the template for modern pop concerts with her Blond Ambition world tour. From its hydraulic stage to Jean-Paul Gaultier’s iconic costumes, it raised the bar for stadium-sized spectacle. Now, after seven huge world tours, the star tells the BBC she’s “exploring” a smaller-scale show in the future. “I’ve done so ...

Crystal Palace became the first club in top-flight history to lose their opening five games without scoring as Roy Hodgson’s first match as manager ended in defeat by Southampton. The Eagles paid for slack defending in just the sixth minute when a Dusan Tadic cross-shot was parried to the feet of Steven Davis, who side-footed ...

The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA), has made a proposal to the government to levy tobacco and alcohol to fund the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS). According to the Authority, the proposal is one of the options of finding additional sources of funding to sustain the NHIS policy, since the 2.5 percent NHIS levy collected ...

Founder of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Jerry John Rawlings, believes his party must redeem its image in the eyes of Ghanaians if it is to stand a chance in 2020 elections. Coming off its comprehensive defeat in the 2016 elections, Mr. Rawlings said a cleanup and the “restoration of our integrity” is paramount. “We don’t like to ...

The Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC), has signed a Gas Sales Agreement (GSA) with GAZPROM. The agreement was sealed on Friday, September 15, 2017 in Accra. The GSA will see GAZPROM construct a re-gasification terminal at Tema. This is also expected to add about 1000 MW to Ghana’s power supply. Speaking during a courtesy call ...

An 18-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of a terror offence in connection with Friday’s attack on a London Tube train. The man was held in Dover on Saturday by Kent Police and taken to a local police station. The arrest is “significant” but the terror threat level remains at “critical”, Metropolitan Police Deputy ...

The incoming President of the National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT), Angel Carbonu, believes the Ghana Education Service’s sanctioning of head teachers for allegedly charging illegal fees under the Free SHS policy, was inconsiderate looking at the infrastructure constraints in those schools. “All the heads that have been found to be guilty came from schools ...

Professor Agyemang Badu Akosa has bemoaned the Health Ministry’s lack of involvement and failure of successive governments in the training of doctors and other health professionals. Currently, there are 79 districts hospitals with no doctors, and 82 districts without a hospital in the country. Out of the 7,724 hospitals in the country, over 5000 are ...

Management of the Takoradi Branch of Stanbic Ghana Limited has refuted news making rounds on social media that the bank is endorsing the NPP’s Free SHS policy by wearing government’s primary and Junior High school uniforms. According to the Takoradi Branch Manager of the bank, Richard Doku Tetteh, in a Citi News interview, it is not ...

Management of the Takoradi Branch of Stanbic Ghana Limited has refuted news making rounds on social media that the bank is endorsing the NPP’s Free SHS policy by wearing government’s primary and Junior High school uniforms. According to the Takoradi Branch Manager of the bank, Richard Doku Tetteh, in a Citi News interview, it is not ...

The Okyenhene, Osagyefuo Amoatia Ofori Panin, is pushing for a mandatory abdication of chiefs on attainment of the ripe age of 75 years. He said such chiefs would have passed their productive period of life and must have no difficulty letting go their hold of the stool. He added that any traditional ruler after about ...

Want more energy and a better mood? In this article, Beauty and Tips takes a look at the top 10 foods that are rich in B vitamins. B vitamins are a complex issue. Whenever someone goes vegetarian, and especially whenever someone goes vegan, anyone who has even a slight interest in nutrition will probably pop the question: ...

Passionate lovemaking originated within the mind of God to bless you and make your life easier. To help you accomplish the three purposes for your creation, God designed special hormones of love to be released during frequent, ecstatic lovemaking. These hormones help you become more loving toward your mate and children. They promote bonding with your ...