Nearly fifteen thousand youth have converged on the El Walk Stadium in Accra undergoing a recruitment procedure to enrol into the Ghana Immigration Service. Out of this number, only five thousand are expected to be selected to join the service, according to Citi News’ Felicia Osei. The applicants, made up of mostly unemployed youth are ... The post Over 15,000 undergo

Pressure group, OccupyGhana, has called for the TV Licence regime to be repealed and replaced because of its obsolete nature. OccupyGhana in a statement said the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC), must focus on introducing new laws that take modern trends into consideration. “What is required is not a forcible re-implementation of it, but a root-and-stem ... The post Scrap

The Economist Intelligence Unit, EIU, expects post-election unrest from groups affiliated to ruling governments to continue for at least the next four years because of government’s inability to provide ample jobs for the youth. This is seemingly because of the governing New Patriotic Party’s inability to satisfy the needs of foot-soldiers. In its outlook report ... The post Lack

The General Secretary of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia, is convinced that his party would recapture power from the governing New Patriotic Party, NPP, if elections were held today. In his view, Ghanaians have clearly noticed that the NPP lied to win power, for which reason they are messing up in ... The post ‘NDC would win

The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA), has defended its decision to charge vehicle owners in the country for the provision of First Aid boxes. Some car owners who had gone to register their vehicles at the DVLA’s offices in Accra expressed their frustration on Wednesday, after they noticed that they had been charged about GH¢108 for ... The post ‘Mandatory’

A 25-year old unemployed lady who threw a broken wine glass at her boyfriend’s left rib during a misunderstanding over another woman, has been ordered to stay 100 meters away from him. She will in default of the order go to jail for 12 months. Bilasssa Mansah is also said to have pulled a cutlass ... The post Court orders lady to stay away from her ex-boyfriend appeared first on

Life Relief Foundation and the Western Region Civil Society Advocacy Group, have urged state actors in the fight against HIV/AIDS not to relegate their respective roles in the fight against the disease. The group believes that failure to stay on course with preventive steps which have so far seen the reduction and a subsequent control ... The post Continue support towards HIV/AIDS

Ghanaian gospel musician Obaapa Christy has been ordained as reverend minister at a church in the United States of America. The ordination took place on 17th December, 2017 at Divine Prayer Line at Sprinfield, Virginia – USA by Bishop Dr. Adonteng Boateng. She had left for the United States of America for a three-day convention at ... The post Obaapa Christy ordained as pastor in US appeared

Officers at the Ashanti Regional Revenue Office of the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC), have said payments of TV license fees have been encouraging for the past few days. Officials have attributed the development to the to setting up a special TV License Court to deal with offenders, as well as discussions on the matter. Residents ... The post Kumasi residents queue to pay TV

Tech firms are working to fix bugs that could allow hackers to steal personal data from computer systems. Google researchers said there were “serious security flaws” in chips made by Intel, AMD and ARM, affecting devices which use them. The industry has been aware of the problem for months and hoped to solve it before ... The post Rush to fix ‘serious’ computer chip

Hector Bellerin’s stoppage-time goal rescued a 2-2 draw for Arsenal in a pulsating and controversial Premier League clash with Chelsea. It looked like Chelsea had come from behind to triumph when Marcos Alonso struck six minutes from time, after Jack Wilshere’s first league goal since May 2015 had been cancelled out by an Eden Hazard penalty. But the ... The post Arsenal

Donald Trump was “befuddled” by his election win, did not enjoy his inauguration and was scared of the White House, according to a new book. Journalist Michael Wolff’s Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House also purports to lift the lid on Ivanka Trump’s secret presidential ambitions. The book details Mr Trump’s regard for ... The post 10 explosive revelations

As the eleven courts set up to deal with TV license defaulters begin work today [Thursday], the Director-General of the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation [GBC], Dr. Akuffo Annor-Ntow, has explained that prosecution of defaulters is not the corporation’s priority in the interim. Speaking to Citi News, he said it would be unreasonable to expect the courts start prosecuting people ... The post We’re

The Teshie desalination plant has been shut down to allow for the renegotiation of the contract which is said to be costing government GHc 6 million monthly. “It has been shut down since [January 1, 2018], to enable us go in to renegotiate and whatever the outcome of the renegotiation is, that will be implemented,” the Head of Communications ... The post Teshie

There are mixed reactions to the prediction that the cedi will depreciate to 6 cedis to a dollar by 2022. The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) based in the UK, has predicted that the local currency will perform poorly against the dollar within the next four years due to some external pressures and political uncertainties. But ... The post Mixed reactions meet GH¢6 to $ 1 prediction