The ten Junior High School (JHS) students who made it to the finals of Citi FM’s Literacy Challenge, have been named, to participate in the final contest, that will see the overall winner take home an amount of Gh10,00 among other prizes. The announcement was made on the Citi Breakfast Show today [Monday]. Out of ...

The rate at which subscribers of mobile money are being defrauded by both criminals and some staff of telecom companies has reached alarming proportions. The service, which has been touted as the innovation to bring banking to the doorsteps of the unbanked, is turning out to be a monster depriving mostly poor people of their ...

A group of jobless bonded physician assistants is demanding immediate employment from government. They have threatened to picket at the Ministry of Health to have their employment issues addressed. The group, who graduated from the Kintampo College of Health in the Brong Ahafo Region between 2013 and 2015, say the government is yet to recruit ...

Management of Shaanxi Mining Company operating in the Gbane area of the Talensi District of the Upper East Region, have warned that illegal mining activities in the area could lead to more deaths if urgent steps are not taken to cover all illegal mining pits as directed by the Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, John Peter Amewu. ...

Mr. Mutawakil Abdulai, the acting Upper East Regional Manager of the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA), has said there is a syndicate in the region engaged in the procurement and issuance of fake licenses and number plates. He therefore cautioned the public to be wary of it. “We thought that some people from other ...

The Assembly Member for Abesaasi-Twebaabi electoral area in the Berekum Municipality of the Brong-Ahafo Region, Atta Jacob, has said that plans are underway to constitute a task-force to commence an operation christened, ‘Operation Cow Leg’,  which seeks to drive away recalcitrant Fulani herdsmen in parts of the region. According to him, the nomadic herdsmen, who ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has promised to “deal firmly” with North Korea after exit polls suggested he won a clear victory in Sunday’s election. Mr Abe had called an early election for an increased mandate to deal with “crises” facing Japan, including the threat from Pyongyang. Local media report Mr Abe’s ruling coalition has ...

Government may be targeting at least 19 percent interest rate on the energy bond to be issued to clear the debts in the energy sector. Citi Business News understands this is relatively higher compared to the estimated 18 percent rate on the ten year domestic bond. Sources close to the bond issue also indicate that the ...

The Ashanti Regional Directorate of NADMO, has donated 60 mattresses, 90 Mosquito nets, plastic buckets, bowls, cups and other relief items to the T. I. Ahmadiyya  Senior High School, Fomena, in the Adansi North District of the Ashanti Region. Parts of the new girl’s dormitory block were gutted by fire two weeks ago. Another incident ...

Financial analyst and social commentator, Sydney Casely-Hayford, has said the retrospective sanctions imposed by the National Communications Authority (NCA) on some radio stations must be challenged in court. Speaking on Citi FM’s news analysis program The Big Issue, he explained that, although he is not against the NCA sanctions on the defaulting radio stations, the regulator has ...

The Youth wing of the Tijaniyya Muslim Movement, is advocating for the establishment of Islamic hospitals within Zongo Communities in Ghana. According to the group, such facilities will cater for the health needs of people living in Muslim dominated areas, and will conform to best Islamic practices in healthcare delivery. There have been concerns in ...

Kwabena Nsekyire, the Ashanti Regional Coordinator of the National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO), has said his outfit will embark on a massive spraying exercise to control bed bug infestation in second cycle schools in the region. This exercise is to make sure all dormitories are free from bedbugs. The exercise comes after suit numerous reports ...

The average base rate among commercial banks remained at 26.6 percent in September 2017 as recorded in August 2017. The base rate is the lowest rate at which a bank would lend to its customers. According to the Bank of Ghana’s Annual Percentage and Average Interest report, of the thirty-one banks that were surveyed, Unibank still ...