Transparency is a critical component of a functioning land administration system, particularly in view of the scarcity of clear and credible information on land availability and transactions, and the poor dissemination of public information on land rights and policies. The spectra of corruption and inequalities are very real in land allocation and management. It is ...

The Confederation of African Football (Caf) will decide the new hosts of the 2018 African Nations Championship (CHAN) on Saturday. Morocco, Equatorial Guinea and Ethiopia all bid to replace Kenya who had their right to host withdrawn by Caf due lack of preparations. The international tournament for locally-based players only is due to kick off ...

The Minority in Parliament has called on President Akufo-Addo, to call officials of his government who have allegedly been interfering in the Bimbilla chieftaincy dispute, to order. According to the Minority, despite the President’s directive for his appointees not to get involved in the dispute, there have been claims that some members of the administration have ...

The state has confiscated 15 truckloads of smuggled petroleum products worth GH¢3.4 million. The total volume of the seized products is 810,000 litres. Additionally, the 15 trucks will be auctioned to the public after the products have been sold to Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs). According to the acting Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National ...

A former Director General of the Ghana Health Service, Prof. Agyeman Badu Akosa, has alleged that “an institutional gang” is working against African scientists and their works. He said these groups and individuals deny African scientists the opportunity to get funding for research work if the scientists do not conform to their dictates. Speaking to ...

The Minority in Parliament is advocating for a change in the name of the proposed Coastal Development Authority to Southern Development Authority. According to Deputy Spokesperson on Employment, Social Welfare and State Enterprises, Richard Quashigah, the zone which has been established for the Authority to administer has a mixture of Coastal and forest zones hence ...

The Minority in Parliament is demanding a change of name for the proposed Coastal Development Authority to Southern Development Authority. According to Deputy Spokesperson on Employment, Social Welfare and State Enterprises, Richard Quashigah, the zone,which has been established for the Authority to administer, has a mixture of Coastal and forest zones, hence the most appropriate ...

Workers of Owere Mines Limited besieged the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources today [Wednesday], to demand the Ministry’s intervention in the failure by the company to pay their salary arrears and other financial commitments. The workers accused the Ministry of not doing much to address their concerns despite assurances from Lands Minister, John Peter Amweu ...

Workers of Owere Mines Limited besieged the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources today [Wednesday], to demand the Ministry’s intervention in the failure by the company to pay their salary arrears and other financial commitments. The workers accused the Ministry of not doing much to address their concerns despite assurances from Lands Minister, John Peter Amweu ...

Job creation, particularly for the youth, undoubtedly is the topmost policy issue that drives fiscal and monetary policy under the Akufo-Addo administration. Recent data from the Ghana Prisons Service shows that youths between 18-35years over the last four years (2012-2015) constitute 76.1 percent of the convicted prisoner population in Ghana. Given this backdrop, Government of ...

The Northern Regional Security Council (REGSEC), has reinforced security in the Nanung (Bimbilla) traditional area, ahead of the burial of the late Nakpaa-Naa Salifu Dawuni on October 12, 2017. Scores of military and police personnel left Tamale today (Wednesday) for Bimbilla, to augment the operations of the team there. This is to avert any untoward situation ...

Midwives and other nurses of the Cape Coast Metro Hospital maternity ward, have given their management up to Friday to provide them security, or they will quit some shifts. The midwives gave a one-week ultimatum to the management of the hospital on October 5, 2017, citing various security lapses in and around the hospital which ...

Tutors of the Bolgatanga Nursing Training College in the Upper East Region, have locked up the office of the school’s principal, Bawa Awula, over allegations of abuse of office and misappropriation of funds. The tutors, who threatened to boycott lectures, are demanding that the principal steps aside to pave way for investigations into his conduct. ...

The wife of producer Harvey Weinstein has said she is leaving him following allegations of sexual harassment from a string of actresses. Georgina Chapman, 41, described Weinstein’s actions as “unforgivable”. Angelina Jolie and Gwyneth Paltrow are the latest women to come forward. Both said the incidents happened early in their careers. On Tuesday, Weinstein also ...

Four days after the gas explosion at Atomic junction in Accra, some commercial drivers who operate from the Atomic Junction Taxi rank have still not been found. Speaking to Citi News, the Chairman of the Haatso-Atomic GPRTU Taxi rank, Paul Koki, said cars belonging to some of the supposed missing drivers, were found to have been ...

The Deputy Eastern Regional Minister, Joseph Tetteh, has called on all men in the country to join the breast cancer awareness campaign. In an interview with Citi News, the Deputy Minister bemoaned the lack of men’s involvement in the fight against breast cancer. “…I believe now is the time to take the bull by its horn. ...

The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission has been ordered by the High Court to include Thirdway Alliance party leader Ekuru Aukot in the October 26 fresh presidential election. High Court Judge John Mativo on Wednesday ruled that there was no legal basis to bar Aukot from participating. “Barring the petitioner from participating is denying him ...

The National Youth Organizer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Sammi Awuku, has on behalf of Ghanaian youth, commended President Akufo-Addo for “justifying the confidence reposed in him by Ghanaians,” following the restoration of the trainee nurses allowance. 58,000 health trainees, comprising nurses and midwives, will be paid their allowance of GH¢400 per person, for ...

India’s Supreme Court has struck down a legal clause that permits men to have sex with their underage wives. The clause, which was part of India’s law on rape, said intercourse between a man and his wife was permissible as long as she was over 15 years of age. The age of consent in India ...

After making some inroads in his fight against illegal mining popularly known as galamsey, the Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, John Peter Amewu, is now courting the support of traditional leaders to help government to bring an end to the use of land guards. The term ‘Land Guards’ is a local expression used to define ...