The Ghana Securities Industry Association, the umbrella body for organizations licensed by the Securities and Exchange Commission, is urging the government to consider increasing the payouts to collapsed fund management companies whose funds are with the receiver. A Governing Council Member of the Association, Kisseih Antonio, in an interview with Citi Business News said while […] The post Increase

The Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC), says it is working to have Air Malta, Malta’s national carrier, to begin operations to Ghana by the end of the 2nd quarter of this year. This will make Ghana the first destination of the Airline in Sub-Saharan Africa. Currently, the airline which has its hub at the Malta […] The post Air Malta to open 1st Sub-Saharan Africa’s

The Minister of Works and Housing, Samuel Atta Akyea has touted the investments made by the Akufo-Addo government to tackle perennial flooding in Ghana. He says the over GH?200 million allocated by the current government so far cannot be matched by any other government in the country’s history. Addressing a group of journalists on a […] The post Prosecuting

Thirty-three persons made up of 32 males and 1 female have successfully gone through the vetting process of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Bono Region as the party prepares to go for its parliamentary primaries in April. The 33 persons as confirmed by the party would be contesting in the 12 constituencies in […] The post NPP parliamentary primaries: 33 aspirants

Two members of the Convention People’s Party (CPP) have filed a suit against the party’s acting National Chairperson, Hajia Hamdatu Ibrahim Haruna and two others, praying the court to restrict the party’s newly constituted Central Committee from organising the national congress scheduled for March, 2020. The plaintiffs are: Bright Akwetey, Chairman of CPP Legal and […] The post Two

The #HeritageCaravan visited a village called Duko, off the Tamale-Bolga Road, to donate clothes and some money to the people. The post Heritage Caravan donates to the Duko people appeared first on Citinewsroom - Comprehensive News in Ghana, Current Affairs, Business News , Headlines, Ghana Sports, Entertainment, Politics, Articles,

A 24-year-old man, Abdulai Karim, is in the grips of the Bono Regional Police Command for allegedly robbing and raping his victims. He was arrested on Sunday, February 23, 2020. According to the Police Command, Abdulai Karim has allegedly been robbing and raping female victims since 2019. He alleged to have raped 11 women in […] The post Man suspected of robberies,

The Trades Union Congress (TUC) has tasked the government to use the macroeconomic gains it has chalked over the last three years to improve the living conditions of the ordinary Ghanaian. According to the TUC, the key highlights in macroeconomic indices and the positive outlook of Ghana’s economy by international rating companies do not currently […] The post Macroeconomic

The parties that are against the compilation of a new voters’ register have questioned the Electoral Commission’s claims that the biometric verification devices that are currently being used are obsolete. According to them, the fingerprint machines are still strong enough to be used again. The post Opposition parties dispute EC’s claims that BVDs are

Former president of the Ghana Football Association (#GFA), Kwesi Nyantakyi has been formally charged by the state following Anas Aremeyas Anas’ exposé on corruption in Ghana football. Kwesi Nyantakyi, together with the former Northern Regional Chairman of the GFA, Abdulai Alhassan have been slapped with charges of fraud and corruption. Mr Charles Puozuing, the lawyer […] The post Kwesi

In this edition of the news review on the Breakfast Daily, David Kwaku Sakyi hosts Amma Frimpong (Gov’t Communications Team Member) and Naa Odarkai Lamptey Addy (Communications Team Member, NDC). Among the topics discussed include; 1. Airbus scandal Gov’t Writes to SFO for Identities of Ghanaian officials involved – The Finder 2. Compilation of new […] The post News

President Nana Akufo-Addo has expressed his satisfaction with the measures Government has put in place to deal with the threat of the novel Coronavirus disease (COVID-19). President Akufo-Addo made this known on Wednesday, 4th March 2020, when he paid visits to the Kotoka International Airport, the Tema General Hospital and the Greater Accra Regional Hospital. […] The post Nana

A Tema-bound train from Accra ran into a faulty vehicle parked close to a rail line near a mechanic shop at Alajo on Tuesday. The Area Civil Engineer for Accra, Zaphanea Asante Akuffo told Citi News that there was nothing the train driver could have done to avoid the truck. “When he got there, it […] The post Train rams into faulty vehicle parked near rail

The last few months following international media and major news outlets have left a lot baffled how the deadly Coronavirus outbreak has metamorphosed into becoming a world crisis which seems to have no control in sight. Even America with its hardline protective gear has gotten its share of what began as a Wuhan province disease. […] The post Kennedy

At the risk of not allowing my voice to be stifled by those who wish I was never born to take a position on issues that speak to the afflictions of my dearest nation, I write to you to officially bring to your attention my indignation over your deafening silence on the Airbus SE corruption. […] The post Ernest Owusu Bempah writes open letter to Mahama

At least one person has died from meningitis while another diagnosed of the disease is receiving treatment at the Bolgatanga Regional hospital in the Upper East Region. The female deceased, aged 80, was diagnosed with Streptococcus Pneumonia Meningitis at the Tongo district hospital in the Talensi District. She was later referred to the Bolgatanga Regional […] The post One death from meningitis

Italy is set to close all schools and universities in a bid to contain the spread of coronavirus, as the death toll in the country rose to 79. The government ordered classrooms across the country to shut until mid-March, news agencies including Ansa and the state-run RAI reported. Italian prime minister Giuseppe Conte reportedly agreed on the […] The post Coronavirus:

Teacher unions in the Western and Western North Regions have sworn to resist the passage of the Pre-Tertiary Education Bill in its current form. The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT), Teachers & Educational Workers’ Union (TEWU), Coalition of Concerned Teachers Ghana (CCT-Ghana) and National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) are the unions kicking against […] The post GNAT,

Ms Lydia Akanvariba Lamisi last Thursday defeated two candidates to replace her late husband, David Adakudugu as the National Democratic Congress (NDC) parliamentary candidate for the Tempane Constituency. A nurse by profession, Ms Lamisi polled 402 votes to beat Mr Cletus Azaabi, a lecturer at the Saint John Bosco College of Education, Navrongo and Dr […] The post Widow

The Minister of Health, Kwaku Agyeman Manu has outlined new measures the government has put in place to prevent the spread of coronavirus into the country. Mr. Manu, on Wednesday, March 4, 2020 briefed Parliamentarians on the state of the country’s preparedness. The measures include the setting up of a 100-bed facility in a remote […] The post Health