Zimbabwe’s incoming leader Emmerson Mnangagwa has promised to create jobs after returning from exile to take over from Robert Mugabe. “We want to grow our economy, we want peace, we want jobs, jobs, jobs,” he told a cheering crowd in Harare. Some estimates say 90% of Zimbabweans are unemployed. Nearly three-quarters live on less than ...

Former President John Dramani Mahama on Wednesday signed a book of condolence opened in memory of the late host of Asempa FM’s late afternoon political show, Ekosii Sen, Kwadwo Asare-Baffour Acheampong. John Mahama, who signed the book at the Multimedia head office in Accra, was accompanied by the Greater Accra Regional Chairman of the opposition ...

Executive Vice-President of Goldfields Ghana Limited, Alfred Baku, has disclosed that Goldfields Ghana spent $15 million on the Black Stars when they were title sponsors of the national team for a period of six years. He made mention of this at the launch of the 2017 Professional Golfers’ Tournament, which was held at the Goldfields ...

The Public Utilities Workers Union (PUWU), is opposing the appointment of another Deputy Managing Director for the Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL). The Deputy Managing Director is to be in charge of Special Projects, but PUWU argues that the appointment is needless and a duplication of roles. In a resolution on the matter, forwarded to ...

Mariah Carey is in talks to sign up to Jay-Z’s Roc Nation management company. The ‘All I Want For Christmas Is You’ singer sacked her manager of three years Stella Bulochnikov earlier this month, and according to The New York Post’s Page Six column she is about to sign with Roc Nation, whose top artists ...

The founder and leader of the All Progressive Party (APC), Hassan Ayariga, has described the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government’s 2018 budget as an ‘Azonto budget’, because in his view, it is bereft of cogent measures to address the pertinent challenges Ghana faces. According to him, the budget is only stuffed with unrealistic promises meant ...

The Volta Region’s Joint Consultative Committee on the creation of the proposed new region is of the view that carving out a new region to be known as the ‘Oti Region’, will end years of neglect stemming from colonial days. It is the sense of neglect that has informed their petition for a new region, the Secretary ...

Ghanaian chemical engineer and innovator, Dr. Thomas Mensah, has advised government to ensure that the country has a bullet train within the next three to four years. This according to him, will help the country fast track its development. “We can have this in three years… latest 2021. When I started talking about this to ...

Zimbabwe’s former vice-president, whose sacking sparked events leading to the shock resignation of long-time leader Robert Mugabe, will be sworn in as the new president on Friday, state TV says. Emmerson Mnangagwa, who fled to South Africa two weeks ago, had arrived back in the country, it added. His dismissal led the ruling party and ...

The U.S. government on Tuesday urged businesses to act on an Intel Corp alert about security flaws in widely used computer chips as industry researchers scrambled to understand the impact of the newly disclosed vulnerability. The Department of Homeland Security gave the guidance a day after Intel said it had identified security vulnerabilities in remote-management ...

The Colleges of Education Teachers Association of Ghana (CETAG), have called off the three-week-old strike they declared over the failure of government to pay salary arrears owed them since October 2016. The General Secretary of CETAG, Prince Obeng-Himah, confirmed to Citi News that the teachers would return to the classrooms following assurances from the government that the arrears ...

Leadership of the Colleges of Education Teachers Association of Ghana (CETAG), whose members are on strike, are expected told hold a crucial meeting today [Wednesday], to deliberate on their next line of action. The meeting follows new rounds of negotiations by executives of CETAG and the Education ministry. The teachers declared the strike a fortnight ...

The Interior Minister, Ambrose Dery, has told Parliament that the two suspected criminals who were recently shot in Police custody at Asawase in the Ashanti Region, were individuals who had been robbing and terrorizing residents of Kumasi. According to him, the suspects were shot when they attempted to escape custody, whilst the police conducted a ...

The Winneba High Court has nullified the September 15 elections, organized by the UTAG branch of the University of Education, Winneba. The court presided over by His Lordship, Justice Kwamena Ato Mills-Graves, declared the elections as unconstitutional. The September elections organized by University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG), excluded members of the Kumasi and Ashanti ...

Founder and Leader of the All People’s Congress (APC) Party, Hassan Ayariga, has described government’s flagship free SHS policy as an embarrassment to students and parents. Speaking to journalists, Mr. Ayariga said the governing NPP is desperate for credibility, and is therefore implementing policies such as the free SHS in a haphazard manner. “Who says ...

Government, last Thursday, November 16, 2017, laid before Parliament a Legislative Instrument (LI) for the creation of some new districts in the country. The LI seeks to also carve some municipalities from other assemblies, and also elevate some existing districts to municipality status. The infographics below capture features of a Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies, as ...

The Ministry of Health has launched a national E-Health project and bio-Surveillance system to link public hospitals and clinics to a common database. The e-health system is expected to end the movement of folders across departments in various health institutions. The system will also allow doctors and administrators access to information for effective health delivery. ...

Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri has “suspended” his resignation, which sparked a crisis when he announced it while in Saudi Arabia two weeks ago. Mr Hariri said President Michel Aoun had asked him to “put it on hold ahead of further consultations”. The two men held talks in Beirut a day after Mr Hariri flew ...

A 29-year-old resident of the Zenith Electoral Area in Takoradi in the Sekondi -Takoradi Metropolis, has been arrested after he reportedly set his mother’s house on fire on Tuesday. The Western Regional Public Relations Officer of the Ghana Police Service, ASP Olivia Adiku, confirmed the suspect is in custody. All items belonging to the suspect’s ...

Government is to spend four million cedis only on the temporary rehabilitation of the two major bridges at Buipe and Yapei in the Northern Region. Roads and Highways Minister, Kwasi Amoako Atta, who ordered a temporary closure of the two bridges, made this known in a Citi News interview in Tamale. He promised that rehabilitation ...