Prudential Life Insurance Ghana (“Prudential”), a leading insurer in the country, has today announced their partnership with three institutions; United Way Ghana, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the School of Languages, University of Ghana to fund projects that are set to impact over 23,000 Ghanaians. United Way Ghana is bringing together local expertise in […] The post Prudential
The Upper West Regional Police Command is on a manhunt for a gang of men who allegedly beat up a teacher and stripped him naked after accusing him of sleeping with a married woman in Wa. In a statement issued and signed by the Regional Police Public Relations Officer, Inspector Gideon Boateng, the Command said […] The post U/W: Police on manhunt for persons
One person has been killed while another is battling for his life after a group of Nigerians clashed at a local pub in Kasoa. According to Citi News sources, the incident happened last Friday. The two groups were reportedly fighting over a woman. This led to a man identified as Obinna Chucks, a Nigerian national, […] The post One person stabbed to death during clash at
One person has been killed while another is battling for his life after a group of Nigerians clashed at a local pub in Kasoa. According to Citi News sources, the incident happened last Friday. The two groups were reportedly fighting over a woman leading to a man identified as Obinna Chucks, a Nigerian national, being […] The post One person stabbed to death after clash at
The Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for the Awutu Senya East Municipal Assembly, Michael Yaw Essuman Mensah, has indicated that a lot more is needed to be done in the area of educating Ghanaians on the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19). This, he said, had become necessary because many of the citizenry are still taking the virus […] The post Let’s intensify education on
The enterprise unit of Vodafone Ghana, Vodafone Business has launched Business Runway Webinar Series to empower Small and Medium Scale Enterprise (SMEs) with the requisite skills, insights and opportunities that will enable them manage and build thriving businesses. The knowledge-sharing platform, which is also aimed at building the capacities of SMEs and sharing best practices […] The post Vodafone
Western Regional Minister, Kwabena Darko-Mensah, has given assurance to the effect that his region was jealously guarding against a surge in COVID-19 cases. “As a region with few COVID-19 patients, we are doing everything humanly possible to jealously guard against a surge and even halt the spread,” he stated. He said that explains why the […] The post We’re
The Progressive People’s Party (PPP) National Chairman, Nana Ofori Owusu, has criticised Ghana’s two main political parties for, in his view, a lack of substance in their debates over the years. Speaking on The Big Issue, Mr. Owusu described the recent back and forth between the National Democratic Congress and the New Patriotic Party as […] The post Political
Australia’s second-most populous state of Victoria declared a state of disaster on Sunday and imposed a nightly curfew for the capital Melbourne as part of its harshest movement restrictions to date to contain a resurgent COVID-19. Melbourne, Australia’s second-largest city already under a reimposed six-week stay-home order, has struggled to rein in the disease, with […] The post Australia
The Member of Parliament for Mpraeso, Seth Kwame Acheampong, believes the membership of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) is thrown into disarray anytime the Vice-President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, speaks. The Mpraeso legislator held that the NDC is no match for Dr. Bawumia on matters of the economy. “…anytime Bawumia speaks, the spines of brother […] The post Bawumia
Turkey on Saturday confirmed 981 more recoveries from the novel coronavirus, bringing the tally to 215,516, according to the country’s health minister. Citing Health Ministry data, Fahrettin Koca said on Twitter that a total of 996 people contracted COVID-19 over the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of cases in the country to 231,869. […] The post Turkey: Coronavirus
The Food and Drugs Authority (FBA) has said the Bernice Alcohol-Based Hand Sanitiser brand is safe for use by the public following some alarm raised over the content of the product. There was a viral video on social media suggesting that this brand of hand sanitiser contained harmful amounts of acid. A man is seen […] The post Bernice Alcohol-Based Hand Sanitiser safe for
Nine of 95 Ghanaian nurses who travelled to Barbados to work for two years have tested positive for COVID-19. They are said to be asymptomatic, according to the acting Chief Medical Officer of Barbados, Dr. Kenneth George. “It should be noted that all of the nurses went into a 14-day quarantine on arrival,” Dr. Kenneth George […] The post Nine Ghanaian
For the fourth day in a row, India has recorded more than 50,000 new cases of the coronavirus, bringing the total in the country to more than 1.7 million. Most of the new cases, more than 30,000 of them, were detected in the south-eastern state of Andhra Pradesh, now one of the worst-affected areas in […] The post India’s coronavirus cases surpass 1.7 million appeared
As the voter registration exercise enters its last leg, the Electoral Commission (EC) has cautioned political parties against bussing non-residents to specific registration centres to influence electoral outcomes. Speaking to Citi News, the Acting Director of Public Affairs for the Commission, Sylvia Annoh, also cautioned guarantors against charging fees to vouch for applicants. “The Electoral […] The post EC
The Deputy Campaign Manager for the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Alex Segbefia has taken a swipe at the Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, after his recent criticism of the John Mahama administration. According to Mr. Segbefia, “the biggest problem Bawumia has now is credibility.” He made reference to Dr. Bawumia’s past comments on the rate […] The post Bawumia
Ghana has recorded 787 new COVID-19 cases. This pushes the cumulative case count to 37,014. Out of this figure, 14,524 are from routine surveillance and 22,490 from enhanced contact tracing. This was contained in an update by the Ghana Health Service on Sunday, August 2, 2020. Meanwhile, a total of 33,365 clinical recoveries have also […] The post 787 new cases push Ghana’s
President Akufo-Addo says his administration is looking towards a loan system that will adequately cater for deprived students who can’t pay for tertiary education. This comes on the back of his administration’s much-touted free Senior High School and Technical and Vocational Education and Training introduced in 2017. Following this, there have been growing concerns about […] The post We’re
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has reacted to reports on social media that some papers of the yet to be written 2020 West Africa Senior School Certification Examination (WASSCE) have leaked. In a press release, it said the images being circulated with versions of the Integrated Science Papers to be administered on 3rd August […] The post WAEC alerts
China is celebrating the completion of its BeiDou Navigation Satellite System that could rival the US Global Positioning System (GPS) and significantly boost China’s security and geopolitical clout. President Xi Jinping, the leader of the ruling Communist Party and the People’s Liberation Army, officially commissioned the system on Friday at a ceremony at the Great […] The post China
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