Citi Business News has gathered that GCB Bank has terminated the appointments of about 450 workers of defunct Capital and UT banks. Workers of the two banks were pulled into the work force of GCB Bank following the revocation of the license of the two banks by the Bank of Ghana(BoG). Persons familiar with the ...

The Public Utilities Workers Union’s (PUWU) agitations over the privatization of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) and its demand for severance packages, have found their way to the High Court. PUWU has sued ECG, the Attorney-General and the Millennium Development Authority (MiDA), over the dispute on the need for the payment of redundancy package to ECG ...

Newmont Mining Corporation, the parent company of Newmont Ghana Gold Limited (Ahafo Mine) and Newmont Golden Ridge Limited (Akyem Mine), has for the third time in a row ranked overall industry leader in sustainability on the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index (DJSI World). This year, 942 companies participated in RobecoSAM’s Corporate Sustainability Assessment, which evaluates ...

Thirteen (13) students of the Islamic Senior High School (ISSEC) in Kumasi, are facing the school’s Disciplinary Committee for misconduct. The students, comprising nine females and four males, appeared in a video that went viral on social media which showed them danced to the popular ‘One Corner’ song from one of their classrooms. The students ...

The Central Regional Police command has deployed about forty officers to one of Ghana’s busiest and fastest growing towns, Kasoa, to complement the fight against the high crime rate in the area. In recent times, residents of Kasoa and its environs have complained about the frequent robbery attacks and called for increased protection from the ...

President Donald Trump has described the gunman who killed 59 people and injured 527 in Las Vegas on Sunday as “a sick man, a demented man”. Speaking at the White House, he said he would look at gun laws “as times goes by” but did not elaborate. Police are still trying to find out why ...

Tens of thousands of people took to the streets of Catalonia on Tuesday to protest against Sunday’s violent crackdown by Spanish police on an outlawed independence referendum for the region. Metro stations shut down in Barcelona, pickets blocked dozens of roads and state workers walked out in response to a call for a general strike ...

The Lands and Natural Resources Ministry has said that all small-scale mining companies found to be hiding under the disguise of reclamation, but continue to mine, will not have their licenses renewed. The sector Minister, John Peter Amewu, who made the announcement during a tour of C&G Alaska Mining Company, operating in the Amenfi East District ...

The Minister of Communications, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, has backed the sanctions imposed by the National Communications Authority (NCA), on 131 radio stations. According to her, the crackdown by the regulator on the stations as part of measures to sanitize the country’s communications sector, deserves commendation. Speaking to journalists after Parliament resumed sitting today [Tuesday], Ursula Owusu-Ekuful said:”We all need to recognize that the NCA has ...

The National Organizer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has accused the President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwah Akufo-Addo, of peddling falsehood about the state of the economy he inherited from the previous administration According to Kofi Adams, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government took over the most stable economy of any administration in ...

The National Youth Authority has offered training to its Regional and District Directors in the country aimed at preparing them to deliver on the president’s mandate. At a two-day Orientation and Training Workshop held in Koforidua, the Chief Executive Officer of the Authority, Emmanuel Asigri, tasked the Regional and District Directors of the Authority to discharge ...

It’s not always that bosses are celebrated, but Citi FM has presented the perfect opportunity for listeners to do this. The station has launched a new promotion called ‘The Best Boss Promotion’ ahead of the International Boss’ Day on October 16, 2017. The promo gives listeners the chance to win daily prizes and an exclusive ...

President Nana Akufo-Addo has named Member of Parliament for Akim Swedru, Kennedy Osei Nyarko, as the new Deputy Minister of Agriculture. This was captured in a communication from the Presidency and read on the Floor of Parliament by the Speaker, Mike Oquaye. “Mr. Speaker, following the resignation of the former Deputy Minister for Agriculture, Hon. ...

President Nana Akufo-Addo has named Member of Parliament for Akim Swedru, Kennedy Osei Nyarko, as the new Deputy Minister of Agriculture. This was captured in a communication from the Presidency and read on the Floor of Parliament by the Speaker, Mike Oquaye. “Mr. Speaker, following the resignation of the former Deputy Minister for Agriculture, Hon. ...

Kwame Mensah, an unemployed man, who defiled a ten-year-old girl in the Achimota Forest Reserve in Accra, was on Monday sentenced to 20 years imprisonment by an Accra Circuit Court. Kwame Mensah pleaded not guilty, but was however found guilty on the charge of defilement by the court presided over Mrs. Abena Oppong Adjin-Doku. Mensah ...

Over 422 artisans have graduated from the Informal Sector Department of the Institute of Open and Distance Learning (I.O.D.L) at the Koforidua Technical University. The graduates who were drawn from six municipalities in the Eastern Region, received TVET training in techniques in modern hairdressing, beauty therapy/cosmetology, trending design and fashion, masonry, carpentry, electricals, auto-mechanics, refrigeration, ...

Elected members of newly formed Ghana Association of Doctors in Residency (GADOR), have pledged to collaborate with government to ensure it achieves its dream of making Ghana a medical tourism hub in West Africa. According to them, government must strengthen the residency training system, empower specialists and give them the needed support to be at ...

The Managing Director (MD) of Dannex, Mr Yaw Opare-Asamoah has been honored with the 40 under 40 award in manufacturing. The award was bestowed on him over the weekend in Accra at the 40 under 40 Awards ceremony. The Forty under 40 Award is to identify, honour and celebrate a cross-section of Ghana’s most influential ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has announced that his government will soon roll out a programme that will see every school going child from basic to the secondary level enjoy free chocolate every day. According to him, this will boost local consumption of cocoa products. Speaking at this year’s World Cocoa Day celebration in Kumasi ...

Ghanaian boxing legend, “The Professor” Azumah Nelson was honoured with the WBC Champion Award at the 55th World Boxing Council (WBC) Convention in Baku, Azerbaijan on Monday. The event brought together close to 500 delegates from the 164 countries which make up the WBC and it looked to discuss important issues related to boxing at ...