A dead whale has been washed ashore on the Tettekpoe beach at Keta in the Volta Region. Scores of residents around the area thronged the coastline to catch a glimpse of a whale which was discovered dead on Tuesday.  The lifeless marine mammal was noticed in the early hours of the day. A Wildlife Officer ...

Authorities at the Opoku Ware Senior High School in the Ashanti Region, have appealed to government to help them improve their infrastructure to ensure the success of the Free Senior High School programme. The headmaster of the School, Dr. Alexis Nimoh made the appeal when the Senior Minister, Yaw Osofo Marfo, Trade and Industry Minister, Alan ...

Former Deputy Finance Minister, Cassiel Ato Forson,  has denied media reports suggesting that he sanctioned the purchase of some ambulances that were declared unfit to be used for that purpose. The country incurred a $2.4 million loss after 30 ambulances were procured in 2014 by the Ministry of Health, but were later found to be faulty. With ...

Employees of the Volta River Authority (VRA), say the proposed sale of its thermal plants by government defies modern business logic and can’t address the problems of the power producer. Addressing the media today [Tuesday], Chairman of the Senior Staff of VRA, Cephas Duse said the current challenges faced by the state power producer is as ...

Quantum Power as refuted claims it required the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) to invest in its project to provide the infrastructure required for the importation of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG). Quantum, in a statement, said it did not need help from the GNPC as the project infrastructure cost, including all pipelines, “were to be fully borne ...

The magistrate at the Ablekuma Central District of the Sanitation and Motor Court, Her Ladyship Linda Emmisah, has fined two people, Samuel Dodoe and Esther Opoku, both residents of Mataheko, an amount of 480 Ghana cedis each, last Friday. According to the prosecutor, Madam Patience Geraldo, Samuel Dodoe, 54, was summoned because of the absence ...

Several structures demarcated as kitchens for caterers under the school feeding programme are in a deplorable and unclean state in several schools in the  New Juaben Municipality of the Eastern Region. Some of the caterers operating in those deplorable structures have had to battle with snakes and other reptiles that find their way into the makeshift ...

US President Donald Trump has warned of the threat from “rogue nations” in a speech to the UN General Assembly, singling out North Korea and Iran. In his debut speech to the body in New York, he warned America would destroy North Korea if it was forced to defend itself or its allies. He mocked ...

Rio Ferdinand is launching a new career as a professional boxer, two years after he retired from football. The 38-year-old’s move into the ring is being backed by betting company Betfair, which announced the news on Tuesday. Former Manchester United and England defender Ferdinand works as a TV pundit and he has his own clothing line. “I’m ...

Bayern Munich and Germany goalkeeper Manuel Neuer will be out until January after surgery on his broken left foot. The 31-year-old World Cup winner sustained the same injury to the same foot in April and suffered a repeat in training on Monday. Bayern are in the same Champions League group as Celtic and Neuer will miss their ...

More reports continue to put into question the scope of free education in Ghana, as checks by Citi News at the Nungua Senior High School in Accra indicate that students are being charged for school uniforms. The government has consistently noted that the cost of school uniforms has been absorbed under the free Senior High ...

The government has begun valuation of the properties belonging to businessman Alfred Woyome as it seeks to retrieve the GHc 51 million judgment debt wrongfully paid him. According to sources at the Attorney General’s office, some security personnel and officials from the Ghana Valuation Board were sent to the Trasacco residence of Mr. Woyome to value ...

A former Managing Director of SIC Insurance, Peter Osei Duah has called for more investigative powers for the National Pensions Regulatory Authority (NPRA) to enable it adequately regulate the industry. He said the Authority is constrained in its oversight role over the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) due to the lack of express ...

The National Identification Authority (NIA), has disclosed that Ghanaians abroad will not be left out in the ongoing national registration exercise which commenced last week with President Nana Akufo-Addo taking his card. Speaking on the Citi Breakfast Show on Tuesday, Executive Secretary of NIA, Prof. Ken Agyeman Attafuah, said his team will liaise with Ghana’s ...

The company providing the voting system for the re-run of Kenya’s presidential election says the equipment will not be ready in time, putting the planned date in jeopardy. The Supreme Court annulled last month’s vote, citing irregularities. It was won by the incumbent Uhuru Kenyatta. French firm OT-Morpho says it needs to reinstall the complex ...

The three living former Presidents of Ghana, Jerry John Rawlings, John Agyekum Kufuor and John Dramani Mahama, will soon be issued with the National Identification Authority (NIA) cards also known as Ghana cards. The Executive Secretary of NIA, Prof. Ken Agyeman Attafuah, who made the revelation on the Citi Breakfast Show on Tuesday, said the ...

A journalist from north-eastern Nigeria has won the third BBC World News Komla Dumor Award. Amina Yuguda is a news presenter on local network Gotel Television, where she has reported on high-profile news stories, including the Boko Haram insurgency. She will start a three-month placement at the BBC in London in September. The award was ...

There is police presence at the premises of the New Times Corporation in Accra, as workers continue to protest against management and board members. The workers remain resolute in their quest to prevent their Managing Director, Carol Annang, and members of the board from entering the premises. Workers of New Times Corporation, responsible for the ...

The Ghana National Fire Service is ready to protect all farms which will be earmarked for the cultivation of crops under the government’s Planting for Food and Jobs programme. The Fire Service is wary of the threat of bush-fires, which are rampant during dry seasons, and its effect on the programme. In an interview with Citi News ...

The Petroleum Commission has begun engaging some oil companies to give the Tema Shipyard a face-lift. The Director of Special Services at the Petroleum Commission, Kwaku Boateng, said this would strengthen the capacity of the Shipyard to fabricate parts locally for use in the Petroleum industry. “Tema Shipyard has a good capacity to ensure that ...