Leaders of South Africa’s governing ANC party are meeting to decide the future of President Jacob Zuma. The National Executive Committee (NEC) is likely to ask him to step down, says BBC Africa correspondent Andrew Harding. ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa acknowledged on Sunday that the issue was causing “disunity and discord”. Mr Zuma, 75, faces ... The post South
The Environmental Protection Agency [EPA], has ordered the shut down of the plastic processing unit of the Shinefeel Ghana Company Limited at Asutsuare in the Shai Osudoku District of the Greater Accra Region. This was after a trip to the facility by a three-man team of the EPA from Accra. After a site tour, the ... The post Asutsuare: EPA orders closure of Chinese factory’s
Aduana Stars Head Coach, Yusif Abubakar, has expressed discontent at his side’s below par finishing in their 1-0 loss to Libyan side Al Tahaddy in the first leg of the preliminary round of the CAF Champions League on Sunday. The Dormaa-based club was guilty of squandering clear cut opportunities to equalize after Mahmoud Ali had ... The post Our finishing let us down- Yusif Abubakar appeared
President Nana Akufo-Addo has appointed Mrs Elsie Awadzi as the Second Deputy Governor of the Bank of Ghana. She replaces Dr. Johnson Asiamah who resigned on January 5, 2018. Mrs Awadzi is an international economic and financial lawyer with a total of 21 years of professional experience working in various capacities in Ghana and outside. ... The post Elsie Awadzi appointed as BoG
President Nana Akufo Addo has appointed Mrs Elsie Awadzi as the Second Deputy Governor of the Bank of Ghana. She replaces Dr. Johnson Asiamah who resigned on January 5th this year. Mrs Awadzi is an international economic and financial lawyer with a total of 21 years of professional experience working in various capacities in Ghana and ... The post President Akufo Addo appoints
The 2017/2018 edition of the Basic Education Certificate Examination [BECE], for private candidates, commenced today [Monday], in forty-four centres across the country. The examination, which is organized by the West African Examinations Council [WAEC], offers an avenue for candidates of previous examinations to improve their grades. It was first introduced in 2014. Public Relations Officer ... The post BECE
A Former Deputy Attorney-General, Dr. Dominic Ayine, has filed a suit to challenge the nomination of Martin Amidu for the position of Special Prosecutor. Dr. Ayine’s lawsuit, which has been sighted by Citi News, contends that Mr. Amidu, being 66 years of age, is too old to hold public office, under which the Special Prosecutor’s office falls. ... The post Amidu ‘too
A Minority Member on Parliament’s Appointments Committee, Mahama Ayariga, has told Citi News his side will go into the vetting of the Special Prosecutor nominee, Martin Amidu without any biases. He said the National Democratic Congress (NDC) members on the Committee, will not frustrate the process, but will ensure that Martin Amidu passes the test ... The post We’ll grill Martin
The Environmental Protection Agency [EPA], since the early part of 2017, has been aware of the operations of the Chinese toiletries and plastics manufacturing company, Shine Feel, whose supposed unsafe operations, have now forced the closure of the Osudoku Senior High Technical School. Speaking to Citi News, an Executive Director in charge of Technical at the EPA, ... The post EPA
The Environmental Protection Agency [EPA], since the early part of 2017, has been aware of the operations of the Chinese toiletries and plastics manufacturing company, Shine Feel, whose supposed unsafe operations, have now forced the closure of the Osudoku Senior High Technical School. Speaking to Citi News, an Executive Director in charge of Technical at the EPA, ... The post EPA
A man who donated a kidney to the woman he loves was overjoyed at saving her life – but saddened when she said no to marriage. Simon Louis popped the question to Mary Emmanuelle after nursing her back to health following both their ops. He had carried a torch for her over two decades and had secret ... The post Woman rejects marriage proposal from man who donated kidney to
Utility service providers in the country are demanding an upward adjustment in their tariff, despite assurances given by the President to reduce electricity tariff. The utility companies, who are currently meeting the Public Utility Regulatory Commission (PURC) in a Joint Consultative forum in Accra, want tariffs increased by about 200 percent. Speaking to Citi Business ... The post Utility
Cabinet has approved a five-year strategic plan to transform Technical and Vocational, Education Training (TVET) across the country. Under the plan, all public pre-tertiary and tertiary TVET institutions with delivery fragmented under 15 Ministries, will be realigned under the Ministry of Education. The implementation of the plan will also see the following; Establishment and operationalization ... The post Cabinet
Road transport operators have urged the public to ignore reports of an increase in transported fares. Describing such reports as malicious, a statement from the operators said discussions were currently ongoing for a possible review of fares, but no decision has been taken. “We are alarmed by such false information being thrown around by some group ... The post Ignore
Former Attorney General, Martin Amidu, has publicly apologized to all well-wishers who cannot attend his vetting by the Appointments Committee of Parliament on Tuesday, February 13, 2018, as the Special Public Prosecutor. In a statement copied to citifmonline.com, Martin Amidu, who wished to have all his supporters attend the vetting, explained that he was asked ... The post Martin
Farmers at Asuature in the Shai Osuduku District of the Greater Accra Region, and surrounding communities, risk losing their livelihoods because of supposed toxic waste released by Shine Feel, a toiletries and plastics manufacturing Chinese company in the area. The Osudoku Senior High Technical School has been shut down because of a harmful smoke emitted from ... The post ‘Toxic
The head of the Agricultural Science Department of the Osudoku Senior High Technical School at Asutuare in the Shai Osudoku District of the Greater Accra Region, Martin Fianu, has told Citi News that the severe pollution by a toiletries and plastics manufacturing Chinese factory in the area, compelled the transfer of the school’s Assistant Headmaster. Speaking ... The post ‘Toxic’
The Ministry of Education and three of its agencies, Ghana Education Service, Teacher Education Unit and the Council for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (COTVET), have trained some journalists drawn from the ten regions of Ghana. The three-day training workshop was to help build the capacities of journalists to adequately and efficiently report on ... The post Education
Three to four billion pounds of criminal money in Europe is being laundered through cryptocurrencies, according to Europol. The agency’s director Rob Wainwright told the BBC’s Panorama that regulators and industry leaders need to work together to tackle the problem. The warning comes after Bitcoin’s value fell by half from record highs in December. UK ... The post Criminals
The 2017 Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership has been awarded to Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, former President of Liberia, the Mo Ibrahim Foundation announced today [Monday] following a meeting of its independent Prize Committee. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, who served two terms as President of Liberia from 2006 to 2017, is the fifth recipient of ... The post Ellen
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