Thibaut Courtois says he is “talking to Chelsea” over a new contract but admitted that he and his agent would “listen” if Real Madrid got in touch. The 25-year-old’s current deal at Stamford Bridge expires in 2019 and speculation has linked Courtois with a return to the Spanish capital, where he previously spent three years ... The post My agent will listen
President Akufo-Addo has stated that introducing a single currency for countries in the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) will encourage trade activities amongst members of the regional bloc. He said the plan, when eventually rolled out, will help reduce the exportation of raw materials outside West Africa and ensure value addition to basic ... The post ECOWAS
A delegation from Kenya’s Department of Immigration Services (KDIS) has rounded up a-four-day working visit to the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS). The visit was to learn at firsthand, the structure, operations and training regime of the GIS and to tap into the Service’s wealth of experience to reposition the KDIS. It is expected that a ... The post Kenyan Immigration Service
The Supreme Court today, Wednesday, February 21, 2018, ordered SIC and Ivory Finance, to resort to the High Court for the hearing of the merits of an allegation of fraud leveled against Ivory Finance. SIC’s appeal is in relation to a guarantee case which has been in court for the past five years. In November ... The post Supreme Court upholds SIC’s appeal against
Constitutional Law Professor, Kwaku Asare, has called on Parliament to summon the Director of Legal Education at the Ghana School of Law over the mass failure of the school’s graduating students in their final examination. Results from the bar qualifying exam, released on Tuesday, showed that more than 80% of students who wrote the examination ... The post Parliament
The management of the Youth Employment Agency [YEA], has served notice it will take on new service providers to handle its Youth in Sanitation Module from June this year [2018], when the government’s contract with Zoomlion, a subsidiary of the Jospong Group of Companies expires. YEA says the decision has become necessary following its assessment ... The post YEA
President Akufo-Addo has reaffirmed that the implementation of common currency for ECOWAS member states cannot be rescheduled beyond the 2020 deadline date. According to him, it is imperative for countries in the West African Sub-region to work at achieving the convergence criteria required for the implementation of the ECO single currency in two years. Speaking ... The post We
Former Deputy Minister of Tourism, Dzifa Gomashie has called on workers in the tourism and hospitality industry in the Volta Region to promote the cultural heritage of the region by encouraging visitors to learn the basics of the Ewe Language. She suggested exposing tourists to the artifacts that identify the uniqueness of the region. Madam ... The post V/R: Teach tourists
A Koforidua Circuit Court B has granted bail to the four suspects standing trial for allegedly carrying out a robbery attack on the New Juaben South New Patriotic Party (NPP) Constituency Secretary, Isaac Agyabeng. The court, presided over by her Ladyship Mercy Addae-Kotei, granted them bail in the sum of GHc 100.000 each. The suspects: ... The post New Juaben NPP organizer,
Some minority Members of Parliament want the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta summoned to provide the true state of the country’s debt stock. According to NDC MP for Ho Central, Benjamin Kpodo, failure to capture debts such as the ones incurred from the collapse of Capital and UT Banks, indicate that government has not accurately reported ... The post Minority
The superhero film made history at the Presidents Day box office after continually beating expectations; globally, it has earned $426.6 million. In a defining moment for diversity and Hollywood, Disney’s and Marvel Studios’ Black Panther debuted to a record-shattering $242 million at the Presidents Day box office, according to updated estimates. The bold superhero film ... The post ‘Black
A joint task force made up of the Ghana Armed Forces and Ghana Police Service has been commissioned in the Volta Region in line with the nationwide rejuvenation of “Operation Calm Life” aimed at clamping down on criminal activities in the country. Personnel drawn from the two security agencies in the region are to be ... The post ‘Operation Calm Life’
The opposition National Democratic Congress [NDC], has announced that it will end the re-registration of its members next week Wednesday, February 28, 2018. The party began the manual re-registration of its members in December 2017, when it decided to abandon its biometric register after claims that some non-NDC members were on the register. “The National ... The post NDC to end re-registration
A law lecturer at the University of Ghana, Dr. Opoku Adusei, has described as disappointing the fact that over 80% of students who sat for the final exams of the Ghana School of Law in May 2017 failed. He attributed the cause of the mass failure on a number of factors including the one-year Ghana School ... The post Blame 1-yr law school course for mass failure – Law
The Ministry of Health has admitted to serious challenges with MRI machines in most government health facilities. A number of Ghanaians have complained to Citi News that they are forced to pay exorbitant fees at private health facilities for MRI scans due to the breakdown of government-owned machines. Speaking to Citi News, the Health Minister, Kwaku Agyeman Manu, ... The post ‘Broken
The Ministry of Health has admitted to serious challenges with MRI machines in most government health facilities. Citi News has reported on complaints from patients who say they are forced to pay exorbitant fees at private health facilities for MRI scans due to the breakdown of government-owned machines. Speaking to Citi News, the Health Minister, ... The post ‘Broken
US evangelist Billy Graham – one of the most influential preachers of the 20th Century – has died aged 99. Graham became one of the best-known promoters of Christianity, preaching to audiences worldwide in large arenas, beginning in London in 1954. – Source: BBC The post US preacher Billy Graham dies appeared first on Ghana Ne
The Central Region in 2017, did not record any cholera case according to the Regional Director of the Ghana Health Services, Dr. Alexis Nang-Beifubah. In the Regional Director’s words, “The Region never recorded any epidemic-prone disease; the Region did not record meningitis, cholera, yellow fever”. The Regional Director made this known in his address on ... The post C/R:
The Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection, Otiko Afisa Djaba, has filed an application for stay of execution pending appeal of an order by an Accra high court which granted an American couple the chance to travel out of the country with a 4-year-old girl they adopted. The couple, Ethan Michael Ram and Hilary ... The post Otiko Djaba ‘fights’ American couple
The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) has introduced a waste segregation program in some Senior High Schools in the capital. According to the AMA, the program forms part of efforts to inculcate a waste management culture in the citizenry. Speaking to Citi News, the Chief Resilience Officer and Sustainability Advisor at the AMA, Desmond Chris Appiah, ... The post AMA introduces waste
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