Residents of Kpetoe in the Agortime Ziope District of the Volta Region on Sunday, July 5, 2020, massed up at the District Police Head Quarters over the arrest of some persons suspected to be Togolese nationals. The suspects, mostly aged are said to have allegedly entered Ghana illegally to participate in the ongoing voter registration […] The post Kpetoe:
Ghana as country has not always existed. It is an artificial creation by the European Imperialists turned Colonizers driven by economic exploitation and ‘cultural civilization.’ On the basis of the two main creation accounts – Biblical Accounts and the Evolutionary Theory – all ethnic groups in Ghana today did not originate from Ghana. They all […] The post Nicholas
Some health professionals in the country have written to the Electoral Commission asking the electoral management body to pause the ongoing voter registration exercise until safer ways of conducting the exercise are identified to prevent further spread of COVID-19. According to them, suspending the exercise will help prevent needless Coronavirus deaths in the country. “Pause […] The post Pause
The District Chief Executive (DCE) of Pru East District in the Bono East Region, Joshua Kwaku Abonkrah has disclosed that the district is getting new projects including a new market in Yeji among others under the one million, one constituency program. Joshua Abonkrah who took the contractors round to the various sites for the projects […] The post Pru
The Navrongo Municipal Police Command has arrested about 10 suspects involved in a clash following renewed land dispute between the people of Doba and Kandiga on Saturday, July 5, 2020. The recent clash, according to the Command occurred when the people of Doba attacked the people of Kandiga because they were jubilating over the release […] The post Over 10 persons arrested
Member of Parliament (MP) for Ningo Prampram, Samuel Nartey George, has advised the Auditor-General, Daniel Yao Domelevo, to abort any plans of going to court over a directive he received from President Akufo-Addo to proceed an on accumulated leave. “Mr. Domelevo, don’t go to court. The court of the public opinion, the people of this […] The post Don’t
The Chamber of Petroleum Consumers (COPEC) has lamented the recent increase in the price of fuel. According to COPEC fuel prices have increased from GHS4.65 to GHS4.820 per litre. An increment in the BOST Margin by Cabinet from 3 pesewas to 6 pesewas for a litre of petroleum product led to the increase in fuel […] The post Government must provide fuel subsidies
The Office of former President, John Agyekum Kufuor has dispelled rumours that he has been infected with the novel coronavirus. In an interview with citinewsroom.com, Special Aide to the ex-President, Dr. Kwabena Osei Adubofuor said reports suggesting that Kufuor and some members of his family are in isolation over COVID-19 fears are untrue and must […] The post Kufuor
Ghanaians have been asked to disregard information that indicates that the President, Nana Akufo-Addo has been flown to London to receive treatment for coronavirus. This is according to the Director of Communications at the Presidency, Eugene Arhin. The Information Minister, in a statement yesterday [Saturday] disclosed that Akufo-Addo is on a 14-day self-isolation after getting […] The post Akufo-Addo
President of IMANI Africa, Franklin Cudjoe, has described as needless the explanation given by the government for the deployment of security personnel to the Volta Region and other border towns. On Citi TV‘s current affairs show, The Big Issue, he stated that the deployment has nothing to do with the importation of the disease into […] The post Government’s
A bomb explosion at a restaurant in the southern Somali town of Baidoa has killed six people, officials have told the BBC. There has also been a suicide bomb attack close to the port of the capital, Mogadishu, which injured at least seven. Militant group al-Shabab said it was behind both incidents. The UN-backed government […] The post Six die after restaurant attack in Somalia
Six students of the Accra Girls Senior High school have tested positive for the novel coronavirus. Citi News gathered that some students of the school showed symptoms of COVID-19 and were isolated in the school’s sickbay on Monday, June 29, 2020. Health officials from the Ayawaso East Health directorate were called in to deal with […] The post Six Accra Girls SHS students
The government in Spain’s Catalonia region has re-imposed coronavirus controls on an area of 210,000 people after a sharp rise in infections. President Quim Torra said no-one would be allowed to enter or leave Segrià, an agricultural area west of Barcelona which includes the city of Lleida. The local lockdown began on Saturday afternoon with […] The post Coronavirus:
The inaugural edition of the country’s first ever initiative that seeks to empower former footballers has officially come to an end. Spearheaded by the globally acclaimed sports betting company, the Betway 12th Man programme concluded in an intimate graduation ceremony in Accra on Saturday, 4 July 2020. Through its innovative approach to empowering former footballers, […] The post Betway
Six persons have been killed and 12 houses torched during a clash over a renewed land dispute between the people of Doba and Kandiga in the Kassena-Nankana Municipal and Kassana-Nankana West District of the Upper East Region. Two others have also sustained various degrees of injury and are currently receiving treatment at the War Memorial […] The post U/E: Six killed,
A teacher is in the grips of the Northern Regional Police Command over his alleged role in dishonestly appropriating eight voter registration form 1A without authorization from Electoral Commission (EC) officials. This was after the 44-year-old suspect, Alhassan Abdullai Mohammed failed to secure the consent of the registration officer. Confirming the incident to Citi News, […] The post N/R:
The Railways Development Minister, Joe Ghartey, has attributed the delay in completing the Western Railway redevelopment on the Coronavirus-induced border closure. Joe Ghartey who is also the MP for Essikado-Ketan who was speaking to Citi News after briefing the Western Regional House of Chiefs said, although they should have been laying tracks at certain portions […] The post Border
As part of promoting live band music in Ghana, rock band music group, Dark Suburb has launched its maiden edition of Band Culture TV reality show. The Band Culture reality show is a live band music competition which will create the platform for 12 talented group of bands to exhibit their craft and also compete […] The post Dark Suburb launches live band music reality show
More than 150 medical doctors and dentists have so far tested positive for COVID-19 since the outbreak of the disease in Ghana in March 2020. This was disclosed by the Ghana Medical Association (GMA) in a statement. The association says four of these doctors have died after contracting the virus. GMA in a statement noted […] The post GMA worried as over 150 doctors contract
Ghana’s coronavirus case count is now over 20,000. The latest update by the Ghana Health Service (GHS) shows that 697 new cases have been recorded, pushing the total count to 20,085. Five more people have succumbed to the disease, making the death count 122. The post 697 new COVID-19 cases push count to 20,085; death toll now 122 appeared first on Citinewsroom
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