Citi News can confirm that government over the weekend took delivery of Thirty Four [34] cars for the presidency, ten of which have bullet resistant exterior. Our sources say the luxury cars arrived on a Global African Airlines cargo plane. The presidential fleet contract was awarded by the John Mahama administration barely a week before ... The post Gov’t takes delivery of 34 ‘Mahama

Business owners in Accra have identified the cedi’s depreciation as their major challenge and want the government to stem the situation. They contend that the development continues to impact their operations adversely hence require a solution to the perennial issue. The comments come three days ahead of the  President Akufo Addo’s state of the nation ... The post Cedi depreciation

GCB Bank has announced that it has maintained 22 branches of defunct UT and Capital banks. This follows the completion of the full integration of the systems of the two banks. The twenty two branches were part of a total of fifty-three branches assumed by GCB Bank in August 2017. A statement on the move ... The post GCB Bank retains 22 branches of UT, Capital banks appeared first

A former Executive Secretary of the Free Zones Board, Kojo Twum Boafo, has been interrogated by officials of the Economic Organised Crime Office, [EOCO], and his passport seized. According to Citi News’ Fred Djabanor, Mr. Twum Boafo was interrogated for several hours today [Monday], and was only released after 5:00pm. According to Djabanor, although details ... The post EOCO grills

A former Executive Secretary of the Free Zones Board, Kojo Twum Boafo, has been interrogated by officials of the Economic Organised Crime Office, [EOCO]. According to Citi News’ Fred Djabanor, Mr. Twum Boafo was interrogated for several hours today [Monday], and was only released after 5:00pm. Fred Djabanor said although details of the probe are ... The post EOCO grills NDC’s Kojo Twum

A private legal practitioner, Professor Kwaku Asare, has criticized the Attorney General, Gloria Akuffo, for directing that the controversial Legal Profession Regulations be withdrawn and re-laid in Parliament. Professor Kwaku Asare is the Ghanaian US-based lawyer whose suit got the Supreme Court to cancel the use of examinations and interviews as requirements for law school ... The post Prof.

Government today [Monday], February 5, 2018, launched what it calls “Operation Calm Life” to combat criminal activities in the Northern Region. About 300 security personnel drawn from all the law enforcement agencies have been put together for the initiative. The move is to augment the patrols of security  personnel in the wake of armed robbery ... The post ‘Operation

Two private Kenyan TV stations are now back on air after being shut down for seven days. “Government switches NTV and KTN News back on after seven days,” privately-owned NTV said on its live feed on YouTube. But the stations are only available on pay TV platforms. Two other stations – Citizen TV and Kikuyu-language station ... The post Two Kenyan TV stations back on air appeared first

The government has come out with yet more assurances over the operationalization of the idle $217million University of Ghana Medical Center. This is despite the initial gassurance that a concrete announcement on the resolution of the impasse between the University and the Ministry of Health would be made by the end of last week. The ... The post UG, MoH miss Medical Centre settlement

As part of efforts to improve power supply in the Central Region, the Electricity Company of Ghana [ECG], is constructing a 33kV Switching Station at Asebu in the Abura-Asebu- Kwamang Kese District of the Central Region. The construction of the Switching Station adds to the numerous interventions by the management of the Electricity Company of ... The post ECG to construct switching

GCB Bank has collapsed at least thirty-one (31) branches of the defunct UT and Capital banks. This follows the completion of the full integration of the systems of the two banks. It is unclear how many branches each belonging to UT or Capital banks have been collapsed. But Citi Business News understands that the move ... The post GCB Bank shuts down over 30 UT, Capital banks’

The Auditor-General, Daniel Yaw Domelevo, says he has applied to the Attorney General to grant him powers to prosecute persons indicted in the Auditor General’s report. Addressing journalists on Monday, February 5, 2018, Mr. Domelevo said “…if a fiat is given by the Attorney General to Audit Service just like it has been given to the ... The post Give me power to prosecute

As part of efforts to ensure that students in Ashaiman improve their performance academically, the Member of Parliament for Ashaiman, Ernest Henry Norgbey, has launched the second edition of the Ashaiman constituency inter-schools quiz competition. The initiative, according to the Member of Parliament, seeks to encourage students to take their books seriously. About one hundred ... The post Ashaiman

A group calling itself the Nanumba Youth Association (NAYA), has expressed concern about the mounting insecurity in Bimbilla and its environs, and has appealed to government to as a matter of urgency, take actions that would calm tensions and restore peace. The group also indicated that, the security personnel stationed in Bimbilla are few, hence ... The post Youth group calls

The Director General of the Criminal Investigations Department [CID] of the Police Service, DCOP Maame Tiwaa Addo-Danquah, has charged police crime officers to diligently apply the Domestic Violence Act (732, 2007) and Domestic Violence Regulations (LI 2237, 2016) in dealing with gender related violence cases. She said a thorough understanding of the regulations will aid ... The post Apply

The Minister for Food and Agriculture, Dr. Owusu Akoto Afriyie, has said the government’s aim is to create over five million jobs for Ghanaians under the “Planting for Food and Jobs” programme in the long-term. “750,000 [jobs] is nothing, I want to employ five million people not 750, 000,” he said. Dr. Owusu Akoto Afriyie’s ... The post We will employ

Two of the biggest players in self-drive technology will meet in a San Francisco courtroom on Monday. Ride-sharing firm Uber is being sued by Waymo, the self-driving company spun out of Google. Uber is accused of stealing and using trade secrets relating to Lidar (light detection and ranging) – one of the technologies that enables ... The post Uber v Google: Self-drive tech

South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma has defied his party and refused to step down, according to media reports. He and senior members of the African National Congress (ANC) held talks on Sunday but no details of their meeting have been released. Facing corruption allegations, Mr Zuma was replaced as ANC leader in December. Party leaders, who may ... The post Zuma ‘rejects ANC request’

The Industrial and Commercial Workers Union [ICU], of the Trades Union Congress [TUC], has served notice it will petition Parliament to stop the National Health Insurance Authority [NHIA], from increasing the NHIS levy. The Health Insurance Authority has announced plans to increase the health insurance  scheme levy by 1 percent, moving it from 2.5 to ... The post ICU to petition

A young mother in China is selling her breast milk on the street to raise money for her sick daughter’s medical bills. In a video posted by Pear Video on the Miaopai video website, the mother and her husband explain they need to raise at least 100,000 yuan (roughly £11,250) for one of their children, ... The post Breastfeeding mother sells milk to fund hospital bills