Citi TV’s War Against Indiscipline campaign has garnered the support of civil society group, Citizen Ghana Movement. Presenting a letter to the General Manager of Citi FM and Citi TV, Bernard Koku Avle on Tuesday, a leading member of Citizen Ghana Movement, Ato Bonful commended the station for the campaign. He also pledged Citizen Ghana […] The post Citizen

Otumfuo Osei Tutu ll, Asantehene, has announced his commitment to provide protection for water bodies in Asanteman by planting and managing 2.5 million trees around Lake Bosomtwe in the Ashanti Region. Otumfuo made the announcement during the celebration of the Akwasidae Festival at Manhyia Palace on Sunday, July 14, 2019. He reiterated that the objective […] The post Otumfuo

OccupyGhana has called for a probe into the flouting of the bail granted Gregory Afoko earlier. Mr. Afoko remained in custody after being granted GHc500,000 bail with two sureties by a High Court in March 2019. Just as the Inspector General of Police (IGP), David Asante Apeatu and Director-General of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID), […] The post Punish

In what is perhaps the most high profile collaboration of his career,  Dancehall artiste Shatta Wale will be featuring on the Lion King album curated by Beyoncé. Beyoncé curated soundtrack titled The Lion King: The Gift, which will feature new songs performed by multiple artists. Some of the artists include Nigeria’s Yemi Alade, Tiwa Savage […] The post Beyoncé features

Some newly trained teachers are threatening to drag the National Service Secretariat (NSS) to court over what they termed as illegal deductions from their June allowances. According to the teachers who are currently serving as national service personnel, they weren’t informed prior to the deductions last month. One of the leaders of the teachers making […] The post NSS:

Some newly trained teachers are threatening to drag the National Service Secretariat (NSS) to court over what they have termed as illegal deductions from their June allowances. According to the teachers who are currently serving as national service personnel, they weren’t informed prior to the deductions last month. One of the leaders of the Group, […] The post Newly

R. Kelly is due to appear in court in Chicago on Tuesday on charges of recruiting girls and women to have illegal sex with him. Prosecutors say Kelly should not make bail and want him to remain in federal custody as they say he’s a flight risk. The R&B star, 52, is also accused of […] The post R. Kelly expected in court on sex charges appeared first on

A controversial scene in Netflix drama 13 Reasons Why in which a teenage girl kills herself has been removed, two years after it first appeared. Netflix said the decision had been made “on the advice of medical experts”. The first series of the show featured a graphic depiction of Hannah (Katherine Langford) taking her own […] The post 13 Reasons Why:

The Director for Advocacy and Policy Engagement at Centre for Democratic Development (CDD), Dr. Kojo Asante has said the appointment of the former Managing Director of the Maritime Authority, Kwame Owusu, as the Board Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), was based on poor judgment. The former Managing Director […] The post GRA

The National Roads Safety Commission is making a strong case for the beefing up of the commission’s staff strength and stronger collaboration with the media prior to its conversion into an authority. The commission which is celebrating 20 years this year has worked to reduce child, pedestrian and passenger related fatalities resulting in a reduction […] The post Road

Gregory Afoko’s family is considering a legal challenge after the court withdrew the bail previously granted to Gregory Afoko. The family maintains that that judge’s ruling was not within his purview and described it as “completely out of place.” A spokesperson for the family, Nana Yaw Osei Opoku, said to Citi News: Clearly, if you […] The post Afoko’s

Scammers are being targeted by a new tool for UK Facebook users that allows the reporting of fake adverts. The feature came about after Martin Lewis, founder of the MoneySavingExpert website, sued over his name and photo being used on fake Facebook adverts. In return for dropping the legal action, Facebook agreed to donate £3m […] The post Facebook scam-detecting service goes

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Rwanda has added more personnel at the border between Goma in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Gisenyi in Rwanda, to help screen people crossing over, Health Minister Diane Gashumba told journalists on Monday. The first Ebola case has been confirmed in Goma, a city of nearly two million people, which has no hard border […] The post Rwanda on high alert as Ebola reaches

A burglar who left an apology note after breaking into a church and leaving empty-handed has apparently been forgiven by worshippers. The would-be thief reportedly destroyed part of the iron sheet walls of the PEFA church in Engineer town hoping to find cash. They left this note behind, which they signed off “the person who […] The post Empty-handed church burglar begs forgiveness

The Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) says it lacks the financial resources to start preparation for next year’s population and housing census. According to a report of the Finance Committee of Parliament, as at end of May 2019, the service had received GHc 16.9 million out of a total budgeted amount of GHc 477 million. The […] The post Statistical Service

South African former footballer Marc Batchelor has been shot dead near his home in Johannesburg. Batchelor played for Kaizer Chiefs, Orlando Pirates and Mamelodi Sundowns in South Africa. “He was attacked by two men who were driving a motorbike,” a police spokesman Col Lungelo Dlamini told South African Broadcasting Corporation. “He was about to drive into […] The post South

A high-powered Government delegation has held business talks with Management of MPS on Thursday 11th July 2019. This follows the opening of the Terminal 3 at Tema Port. The discussions touched on safeguarding the Government revenue generation, border security and how to effectively harness the investments in Terminal 3 for maximum economical gains from connecting […] The post Tema

The Tema Regional Police Command is on a manhunt for three robbers who attacked a Shell fuel filling station at the Tema Motorway Roundabout on Sunday, July 14, 2019. According a press statement issued by the Tema Regional Police Command and signed by its PRO, DSP Joseph Benefo Darkwah, “the three men arrived at the […] The post Tema Police hunt for fuel station robbers appeared

Citi TV’s campaign to address the incident of indiscipline on Ghana’s roads will not be stopped any time soon. This is according to the station’s Chief Executive Officer, Samuel Atta-Mensah who is confident that the collaboration with the police on the campaign will help to restore sanity on the roads. Speaking on Citi TV’s The […] The post Citi