The Chief Executive Officer of Menzgold, Nana Appiah Mensah is still being held in police custody despite being granted bail by an Accra Circuit court last week. This is because he has not been able to meet the GH¢1 billion bail and related conditions given by the court. The court, as part of the bail […] The post NAM1 still in police custody; unable to meet

Monday, August 5, 2019, has been declared a public holiday to cater for the August 4 Founders’ Day which falls on a weekend. A statement signed by the Interior Minister, Ambrose Dery, said in view of the day falling on a Sunday, the President has by Executive Instrument (EI), declared Monday, August 5, as a […] The post Founders’ Day: Gov’t declares August

Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh, the Minister of Education, says Cabinet has approved proposals for a review of academic user fees of students. He said this was done last month and have been forwarded to Parliament for ratification. Dr Prempeh said this in a speech read on his behalf at the 11th Congregation of the University […] The post Academic user fees approved by Cabinet – NAPO

Four women from Sub-Saharan Africa, including Ghana, are among 20 female business leaders profiled in a publication by IFC–a member of the World Bank Group–for their professional success, despite facing formidable challenges. The publication, Trailblazers – Portraits of Female Business Leadership in Emerging and Frontier Markets, highlights the personal and professional journeys of female business […] The post Ghanaian,

A team of bug-hunters at Google have shared details of five flaws in Apple’s iMessage software that could make its devices vulnerable to attack. In one case, the researchers said the vulnerability was so severe that the only way to rescue a targeted iPhone would be to delete all the data off it. Another example, they […] The post Google reveals flaws in Apple’s iMessage

Rwanda has closed part of its border with DR Congo over the Ebola crisis. At least two people have died from the virus in the eastern Congolese city of Goma, near the Rwandan border. It is one year today that DR Congo declared what has become its worst outbreak, with more than 1,800 people dead […] The post Ebola crisis: Rwanda shuts border with DR Congo

More than 10 offices of Burundi’s main opposition party have been set alight or defaced with human faeces over the last two months, a party official has told the BBC. Therence Manirambona, the spokesperson for the National Congress for Freedom (CNL), said it was part of efforts to discourage democracy and terrify the opposition ahead […] The post Burundi opposition party

The United States believes that Hamza bin Laden, a son of slain al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden and himself a notable figure in the militant group, is dead, a U.S. official said on Wednesday. The U.S. official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, provided no further details, including when Hamza died or where. President […] The post Osama bin Laden’s son believed dead –

Mr Isaac Edele Younge, a graduate student has emerged winner of the KNUST entrepreneurial award instituted by an Alumnus of the university in partnership with the university’s Department of Publishing Studies (DoPS). Mr. Younge was announced the winner of the “K.C. Amese Award” at the DoPS Entrepreneurship Graduation ceremony recently held at the university. Younge is […] The post 3rd

Barclays Bank Ghana has announced it has lined up plans to become the country’s number one lead financial enabler for business activities of small-medium enterprises in Ghana when it transitions fully to Absa by 2020. According to officials of the Bank, with the coming of Absa, they will engage SMEs in a more dynamic way […] The post Barclays poised

Parliament later today is expected to pass four Bills to give effect to proposals from the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta in the mid-year budget review presented on Monday. The bills are the Communication Service Tax Amendment Bill to increase the “talk tax” from 6 percent to 9 percent, the Earmarked Funds Capping and Re-Alignment Bill […] The post Parliament

Philip Addison, lead counsel for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the 2012 election petition case, has picked up nomination forms to contest for the Klottey Korley parliamentary seat in the NPP’s parliamentary primaries. The Former Greater Accra Regional Director of Communications for the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Alhaji Yusif Fofana, who picked up the […] The post Philip

The police team that has joined the Citi TV/Citi FM team for the War against Indiscipline caught the driver of the Health Minister, Kwaku Agyeman Manu, being undisciplined on the road. The team arrested this driver and 29 others and they will present themselves before a motor court. The post WAI: Health Minister’s driver arrested for indiscipline on the road

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The Police has announced a GHc10,000 reward for credible information on the killing of a policewoman by suspected armed robbers at Tamale in the Northern Region. The police have also deployed a specialised team to aid with investigations into the killing which happened on Tuesday. The team comprises of officers from the Criminal Investigations Department […] The post Tamale:

Minority Leader of Parliament Haruna Iddrisu has called for a full-scale Parliamentary probe into the suspension of the concession agreement between the government and the Power Distribution Services (PDS) Limited. Speaking on the floor of Parliament on Wednesday, Mr. Iddrisu said the probe was in order to unearth the full facts surrounding the suspension. According […] The post Haruna

The Electrical Company of Ghana (ECG) has temporarily assumed operations as Ghana’s power distribution company after Power Distribution Service’s (PDS) concession agreement was suspended. The Energy Commission released a statement announcing its appointment of ECG on an interim basis because the agreement between Ghana and PDS had become “impaired.” The commission noted in the statement […] The post ECG

The Minister for Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has rejected accusations that the government was negligent in the exercise of its duty to thoroughly scrutinize documents presented by Power Distribution Services (PDS) before a final agreement was signed for its concession agreement that led to the takeover of the Electricity of Company of Ghana. He said […] The post PDS

The Member of Parliament for Adansi Asokwa constituency, KT Hammond says he is quite certain that Power Distribution Service (PDS) will not be cleared to manage the country’s power distribution service again after its suspension by the government for some breaches in its concession agreement. KT Hammond told Bernard Avle on The Point of View […] The post PDS will not come back –

A former Power Minister, Kwabena Donkor is blaming the Finance Ministry for the Power Distribution Services’ (PDS) concession agreement debacle. According to him, the Ministry played a leading role in the signing of the agreement with the sector minister being the one who appended his signature to finalize the deal. Speaking on Citi TV’s The […] The post Blame