Rwanda has banned mosques in the capital, Kigali, from using loudspeakers during the call to prayer. They say the calls, made five times a day, have been disturbing residents of the Nyarugenge district, home to the capital’s biggest mosques. But an official from a Muslim association criticised it, saying they could instead keep the volume ... The post Rwanda bans Kigali mosques
A newly installed pedestrian bridge has collapsed at Florida International University and police say there are several fatalities. Images of the buckled structure at the college in Miami were shared across social media on Thursday afternoon. The 950-ton span only went up on Saturday, CBS Miami reports. Local media report that an unknown number of ... The post Florida
Government has signed a 39 million dollar loan agreement with the African Development Fund (ADF) to support government’s planting for food and jobs program. The facility is to finance the Savannah Zone Agricultural Productivity Improvement Project (SAPIP). A statement from the Finance Ministry and copied to Citi Business News said the project will be implemented over a ... The post Govt
The Alliance for Women in Media Africa (AWMA), will host the maiden summit on the state of Ghanaian women in media on Tuesday 20th March 2018, at the British Council Hall in Accra. The summit will discuss the state of women journalists in Ghana and their role in advancing the country’s socio-economic agenda. The theme ... The post AWMA to hold maiden ‘women in media’
A former Chief of Staff who served in the Kufuor administration, Kwadwo Mpiani, has backed calls for a review or removal of the constitutional age limit for Ghanaians who wish to contest for the presidency. Speaking to Citi News, Mr. Mpiani said the country could miss out on some competent persons by limiting the pool of potential ... The post Mpiani,
The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), has explained that the fertilizer supply contract at the centre of the lawsuit involving a former Ghana COCOBOD Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Stephen Opuni, and Seidu Agongo of Agricult Ghana Limited, a subsidiary of the Zeera Group of Companies, had been terminated before the legal action. COOBOD said the decision was ... The post Fertilizer
The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), has explained that the fertilizer supply contract at the centre of the lawsuit involving a former Ghana COCOBOD Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Stephen Opuni, and Seidu Agongo of Agricult Ghana Limited, a subsidiary of the Zeera Group of Companies, had been terminated before the legal action. COOBOD said the decision was ... The post Zeera boss’
Ricky Nana Agyeman, known in showbiz as Bullet, has revealed that some musicians are demanding money before they perform at Ebony’s tribute concert slated for 23rd March, 2018. The manager of the deceased dance hall artiste who vented his spleen on the matter, described the artistes in question as ‘hypocrites.’ According to Bullet, because of the ... The post Some artistes
The issue of music royalties has been a big topic for Ghanaian musicians as regards how effective systems and structures governing their intellectual property have been. Recently, rapper M.anifest told the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) in an interview that he had not received a penny from the Ghana Music Rights Organisation (GHAMRO) as royalties since ... The post I
The International boxing Organisation has formally written to BabyJet promotions to notify them of Emmanuel “Game Boy” Tagoe’s mandatory challenger. An intercepted email from the IBO’s President Ed Levine, charged Emmanuel Tagoe to defend his IBO World Lightweight title against Russian Fedor Papazov not later than the 15th of June 2018. Papazov beat Howik Bebraham ... The post IBO
Two students of the Ejura Islamic Senior School in the Ejura/ Sekyedumase Municipality of the Ashanti Region have been confirmed dead after a vehicle run over them. The two were part of a group of four female students returning from school to their homes when a Nissan Navara pickup from Atebubu heading to Sunyani, lost ... The post Two Ejura Islamic SHS students killed in car
Hundreds of young and energetic dancers converged on the premises of TV Africa to take part in the auditioning for the station’s latest TV reality show dubbed “Bumper To Bumper.” The new show, which will bring together the finest dancers and dance groups in the country to compete for mouth-watering cash prizes, started auditioning on ... The post TV
Former President John Dramani Mahama has said he is in support of calls for the review or removal of constitutional age limits for Ghanaians who wish to contest the high office of the presidency. Speaking at the Commonwealth Africa Summit in London on Wednesday, Mr. Mahama said the restrictions for the presidency could be reduced to ... The post Mahama backs
Former President John Mahama has said he is in support of calls for the removal of constitutional age restrictions for a Ghanaian to become president. Speaking at the Commonwealth Africa Summit in London on Wednesday, Mr. Mahama said the restrictions for the presidency could be reduced to that of a parliamentary aspirant. In my country, young people ... The post I’m
Police in the Ashanti Region have arrested a 48-year old man who is involved in the production and distribution of local and foreign alcoholic drinks suspected to be harmful. Yaw Nambu Dosu, alias Joe, was arrested after the International Federal of Spirit Producers (IFSP) lodged a complaint about his operations. Police also retrieved 48 boxes ... The post Man arrested for
An Accra High Court has dismissed Accra Great Olympics’ request to place an interlocutory injunction on the Ghana Premier League, paving the way for the competition to start this weekend. In presenting their case, Olympics asked for an extension of the injunction period to one month within which the GFA would hear their protest against ... The post Great Olympics appeal dismissed;
A former Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Hanna Tetteh, has said the government’s ‘Ghana ‘Beyond Aid’ agenda is good for achieving self-sufficiency and prosperity, but it must be a medium-term goal, saying it cannot be achieved in the remaining years of this government. Although some persons in the opposition NDC have punched holes ... The post ‘Ghana
33-year-old Richard Appiah Akoto, an ICT pupil teacher at Betenase M/A Junior High School at Sekyedomase in the Ashanti Region, who went viral on social media last month after he posted photos of himself improvising by drawing the entire Microsoft Word window on a blackboard to enable his pupils understand how the software functions, received ... The post Ghanaian
The La Sanitation and Motor Court has sentenced three persons to eight months each imprisonment for indiscriminate dumping of refuse in some parts of Accra. The three, Mawuli Kumodzie, Peter Nytel and Abdul Razak, who were sentenced on their own plea were unable to pay a GH?600.00 fine equivalent to 50 penalty units when they ... The post Three jailed 2-yrs for indiscriminate
The youth wing of the opposition National Democratic Congress [NDC] in the Volta Region, is unhappy that the government did not consider the Volta Region in the creation of new districts. In a statement signed by the NDC Regional Youth Organizer, Egypt Komla Kudeto, the youth expressed misgivings about government’s fixation on the splitting of ... The post NDC youth
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