The Managing Editor of the Insight newspaper, Mr. Kwesi Pratt Jnr. has called on the leadership of the Ghana Police Service to explain to Ghanaians why the service personnel was directed not to provide security for today’s (Friday) durbar in commemoration of the Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election violence. Mr. Pratt in addressing the gathering at […] The post Kwesi

More than 300 students of the Oppong Memorial Senior High School at Kokofu in the Ashanti Region have been displaced after fire razed the boys’ dormitory of the school. Although the cause of the fire is not yet known, the incident started at about 11 am on Thursday while the students were in class. All […] The post A/R: Over 300 boys stranded after

More than 300 students of the Oppong Memorial Senior High School at Kokofu in the Ashanti Region have been displaced after fire razed the boys’ dormitory of the school. The incident started at about 11 am on Thursday while the students were in class. The cause of the fire is not yet known. All their […] The post A/R: Over 300 students stranded

Former President John Mahama has said President Nana Akufo-Addo’s failure to fully accept the recommendations of the Emile Short commission of enquiry makes a mockery of the law. Speaking at a durbar to commemorate one year since the Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election degenerated into violence, he said the inaction of the government had compromised the […] The post Nana

A drug molecule “invented” by artificial intelligence (AI) will be used in human trials in a world first for machine learning in medicine. It was created by British start-up Exscientia and Japanese pharmaceutical firm Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma. The drug will be used to treat patients who have obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Typically, drug development takes about […] The post Artificial

Russia’s increasing use of facial recognition technology is being challenged by a civil rights activist in court. Mayor of Moscow Sergei Sobyanin said earlier this month that live facial recognition cameras were operating “on a mass scale” in the city. This, argues Alyona Popova, poses a threat to privacy and human rights. She is being […] The post Russia’s

An Accra High Court has acquitted and discharged Lebanese national Hadad Rabih, who was accused of raping his Ghanaian house-help. The court presided over by Justice George Buadi, said the evidence put out by the prosecution did not support the allegation of rape. According to him, all the eight witnesses brought by the prosecution failed […] The post Lebanese national,

Kenya’s High Court has halted a controversial biometric ID scheme until new data protection laws are enacted. Sensitive information, such as contact details, fingerprints and a person’s profession, was collected last year. The idea was to integrate all the data the government has about an individual on various systems under one overarching ID number. The […] The post Kenya

The number of coronavirus cases worldwide has surpassed that of the Sars epidemic, which spread to more than two dozen countries in 2003. There were around 8,100 cases of Sars – severe acute respiratory syndrome – reported during that outbreak. But nearly 10,000 people have been infected with the new coronavirus, which emerged in China […] The post Global coronavirus

Management of the Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Ghana Limited has clarified that the termination of the appointment of its Country Manager, Seth Adu-Baah, has no ties with ongoing moves to restructure the company. In a statement to justify its decision, the company said, how the two developments have been misconstrued by a section of the […] The post Dismissal

The Member of Parliament for Shama in the Western Region, Ato Panford, has told Citi News that he will be making a statement on the floor of Parliament to demand the appearance of the Lands and Natural Resources Minister, to answer questions on Illegal clay mining activities in the district. The Shama MP, who was […] The post Member of Parliament

The National Chairman of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr. Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo has lambasted government for abandoning victims of the violence that marred the Ayawaso Wuogon by-election on January 31, 2019. Ofosu-Ampofo was speaking at a durbar organized by the Coalition of Civil Society Organizations Against Political Vigilantism to commemorate the 1st year anniversary […] The post Ofosu-Ampofo

Residents living in parts of Accra hit with frequent power cuts over the past weeks are unhappy with the ECG’s management of the cuts. Citi News’ Farida Yussif checks Dansoman, Mamprobi, Spintex, and others which have been affected. The post Accra consumers demand explanation from Electricity Company of Ghana over power outages

Farmers at the Ashaiman Irrigation site of the Irrigation Development Authority scheme are threatening a demonstration against the alleged sale of scheme land by the Ashaiman Municipal Assembly, the Irrigation Development Authority and the Ashaiman Divisional council. The post Ashaiman Farmers to demonstrate over sale of Irrigation Development

Farmers at the Ashaiman Irrigation site of the Irrigation Development Authority scheme are threatening a demonstration against the alleged sale of scheme land by the Ashaiman Municipal Assembly, the Irrigation Development Authority and the Ashaiman Divisional council. The post Irrigation at Ashaiman: Farmers to demonstrate over sale of scheme lands appeared

The Member of Parliament for Ningo-Prampram, Sam George who was assaulted on January 31, 2019, during the Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election, has indicated he will file a suit against President Akufo-Addo next week, to challenge contents of Government’s White Paper on the Emile Short Commission of inquiry report. According to him, he will push Akufo-Addo […] The post Sam

The Minority in Parliament has vowed to resist moves by the government to grant a tax waiver of $23.9 million to Platinum Properties Limited for the Pullman Accra Airport City Hotel and Serviced Apartments. The government wants the waiver on materials, plants, machinery and equipment procured by the company. The request has been tabled in […] The post We’ll

The Volta regional health directorate has expressed optimism about the 18 new ambulances designated for the various constituencies in the Volta region, but have requested for speed motorboat ambulances for riverine communities in the Oti Region. The post Volta Regional Minister defends re-commissioning of ambulances appeared first on Citinewsroom

Ghana’s total public debt reached GHS214.9 billion cedis as at November 2019. According to the Bank of Ghana’s latest data on economic figures, this represents 62.1 percent of the total value of all goods and services produced in the country for the period. Out of the amount, the external debt component reached 111.9 billion cedis, […] The post Ghana’s Public debt stock now

The Ghana Railway Company Limited’s train moving from Tarkwa to Takoradi on Thursday suffered a derailment while on a test run. The incident occurred at about 3pm at Benso forcing the company to leave behind two of the coaches. The train was returning to Takoradi on the second day of its planned 3-day test run […] The post Tarkwa-Takoradi train derails during test run