President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is elated that a demonstration exercise organised by some opposition political parties including the National Democratic Congress (NDC) against the compilation of a new voters’ register recorded no casualties. Speaking at the 71st New Year School at the University of Ghana on Tuesday, Nana Akufo-Addo complained that the situation was […] The post Demonstrations
It has emerged that the embattled Chief Executive Officer of Menzgold, Nana Appiah Mensah, also known as NAM1, fired warning shots at his residence when some angry customers of his defunct gold dealership company besieged the premises last week. According to Citi News’ Hanson Agyemang, the prosecutor reading the charge sheet for the case revealed […] The post Charge
Nineteen graduate teacher trainees who were arrested on Monday, 13th January 2020 for unlawful picketing at the Ghana Education Service (GES) headquarters will be arraigned on Wednesday, 15th January 2020. The graduate teacher trainees from 2016, 2017 and 2018 batches of various Colleges of Education, were at the GES headquarters to demand postings. But a […] The post Arrested
An Accra Circuit court has granted bail to the President of UT Holdings, Prince Kofi Amoabeng. The famous business leader was put before court on Tuesday to face charges of stealing and money laundering in the collapse of UT Bank Ghana Limited. He was granted bail, by the court presided over by Justice Essandor, to […] The post UT Bank founder, Kofi Amoabeng granted bail appeared
The founder of UT Group, Prince Kofi Amoabeng has been put before an Accra circuit court for his role in the collapse of his bank in 2017. Mr. Amoabeng is facing charges of stealing and money laundering. Citi News‘ court correspondent, Fred Tettey Djabanor said Kofi Amoabeng was put before court together with the CEO […] The post Defunct UT Bank’s
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of defunct Beige Bank, Mike Nyinaku has been remanded in police custody. He is to be held there for one week. This follows the dismissal of a bail application by his lawyers who assured the court that he will cooperate with the ongoing trial. Although the application was not opposed […] The post Court remands CEO of collapsed Beige Bank,
The Inter-Party Resistance against New Voters Register says it will consider taking legal action against the Electoral Commission (EC) if all attempts to get the compilation of a new voters’ register fails. The group over the weekend staged a demonstration in Tamale against the EC’s decision to compile a new biometric voters’ register for the […] The post Court
Bernard Avle interviews Dr. Bossman Asare, the deputy chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC) of Ghana on issues related to the new voters’ register. In this interview, Bernard sought to know whether Ghana needed a new voters’ register or not. Some political parties and civil society organizations believe that Ghana does not need a new […] The post Bernard
The Supreme Court has dismissed an application for a review of its decision on the Exton Cubic case. Lawyers of the mining company, Exton Cubic, applied to the court seeking a review of its earlier ruling overturning the decision of the High Court which quashed the revocation of the company’s lease to mine bauxite at […] The post Supreme Court dismisses Exton Cubic’s
Armed police officers were deployed on Tuesday morning to the Subin Constituency office of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) after some delegates threatened to lock up the facility. The aggrieved NPP delegates accused the Member of Parliament of the area, Eugene Boakye Antwi, and some party executives of bias. According to them, the MP and […] The post Subin: Police
34 people have been confirmed dead while several others are in critical condition after an intercity bus with registration number GR 5704-18 collided head-on with another bus with registration number GN 3780-10 at Dompoase near Elmina in the Central Region. The crash occurred on Tuesday dawn. According to the Public Relations Officer for the Ghana […] The post Central
The National Road Safety Authority (NRSA) has called for a new policy direction on the use of motorcycles and tricycles for commerce in the country, following the death of 732 people between January and December last year. That, it said, was necessary, in view of the widespread use of motorcycles for commercial and private activities, […] The post Road Safety Authority
Two more hospital projects being built by the Euroget De-Invest Group are scheduled for completion and handing over by the close of June this year 2020. The two district hospitals are among nine hospitals being constructed by the Egyptian investment company, Euroget De-Invest, across the country, two of which were inaugurated in Wa in the […] The post Tepa, Nsawkaw district hospitals
A man had to be rushed to hospital after taking a sexual stimulant “used for breeding bulls” that left him with three-day erection. The man in Mexico, whose name and age is unknown, is believed to have taken the stimulant as he excitedly planned to have sex with a 30-year-old woman. However, he ended up […] The post Man suffers three-day
The co-founder of Lead-Afrique International, Letitia Ohene-Effah stressed the importance of soft skills when she appeared for the Effective Living Series on the Citi Breakfast Show. She noted that hard skills were important to any profession, however, soft skills like how you communicate with people and your composure are important as well and the defining […] The post Effective
Bernard Avle interviews Dr. Bossman Asare, the deputy chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC) of Ghana on issues related to the new voters register. In this interview, Bernard sought to know whether Ghana needed a new voters’ register or not. Some political parties and civil society organizations believe that Ghana does not need a new […] The post Dr.
Two Chinese nationals and six Ghanaians suspected to be involved in illegal mining have been arrested in separate swoops within Bekwai, Koniyaw, Subri and Edwinase, all in the Bekwai Municipality. The arrests were carried out by an Operation Vanguard team on Sunday, January 12. The suspects are Miss Jiang Hog, 49; Wen Liang Yi, 52; […] The post Bekwai: Two Chinese,
Cyber-security experts are urging Windows 7 users to upgrade their operating system. Microsoft is going to stop supporting Windows 7 from Tuesday so that it can focus on “newer technologies”. As a result, Windows 7 users will no longer receive the all-important security updates and patches that keep their machines safe. One in four Windows […] The post Microsoft ends Windows 7 support
A Nigerian church accountant has been sentenced to 18 years in prison over the theft of 15.5m naira ($43,000; £33,000) in donations. Ibrahim Aku of the Church of Brethren in Adamawa State, pleaded guilty to six counts that included forgery and obtaining money by false pretence, according to Vanguard newspaper. He was then sentenced to three […] The post Nigeria: Church
Police in Lesotho are looking for Maesaiah Thabane, the wife of the prime minister, for questioning in connection to the killing of his former wife two years ago. Mystery surrounds Ms Thabane’s whereabouts since Friday when a court issued a warrant for her arrest after she failed to appear for questioning. She was given until […] The post Lesotho’s first
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