The management of Bright Senior High School has jumped to the defence of its proprietor saying he had no hand in the incident of violence recorded at his school in the ongoing West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE). Though the proprietor, Bright Amponsah, has been accused of ordering students to attack officers of the West […] The post Our

Business Links Africa, a network of Ghanaian professionals, academicians, and entrepreneurs across the globe have presented Oxygen Concentrator and assorted personal protective equipment to the Effia-Nkwanta Regional Hospital in Sekondi. The GHS36,000 worth of items came from the voluntary contributions of the over 200 members spread across the globe to aid the hospital to deal […] The post Ghanaian

14 students in some Senior High Schools (SHS) in the country have been dismissed following recent acts of indiscipline and vandalism recorded during the conduct of the 2020 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE). These students have also been barred from writing their remaining papers in the ongoing examination organised by the West Africa […] The post GES

The Proprietor of the Bright Senior High School in Kukurantumi, Bright Amponsah has been granted bail following his arrest for allegedly inciting final year students to attack WAEC officials invigilating the ongoing WASSCE papers at the school. He was picked up together with four teachers of the school by police officers from the Koforidua Divisional […] The post Bright

The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Friday, 7th August 2020, swore into office six (6) Justices of the Court of Appeal, at a ceremony at Jubilee House, the seat of the nation’s presidency. The newly appointed Justices, comprising four men and two women, are Justice George Koomson, Justice Edward Amoako Asante, Justice Novisi Afua […] The post Akufo-Addo swears

Distinguished economists from Ghana and abroad, on Friday, presented new research on a wide range of health interventions that will improve the delivery of healthcare in the country. They presented their findings as part of the “Ghana Priorities” project, an initiative being spearheaded by the National Development Planning Commission (NDPC), in collaboration with the Copenhagen […] The post Economists

The government has made savings of GHS1.5 billion in under-declared taxes in the telecommunications sector following the implementation of the Common Platform (CP) in the telecommunications sector since 2017. “The introduction of the CP has uncovered that, prior to the introduction of the policy, GHS470 million in taxes was lost from potential under-declarations between 2015 […] The post KelniGVG’s

Absa Bank Ghana Limited has been awarded Partner Champion by Enactus Ghana for its role in supporting youth empowerment and development. The bank received the award at the maiden virtual edition of the Enactus National Competition. According to the organisers, the award is in recognition of Absa Bank’s commitment to community and youth development as […] The post Absa

The National Democratic Party (NDP) says it is targeting to win 15 out of the 47 parliamentary seats in the Ashanti Region in the 2020 general elections. The party founded by former First Lady, Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings says members who picked nominations to contest for the parliamentary seats have begun engaging constituents ahead of the […] The post Konadu’s

The UEFA Champions League is back for the first time since March and it’s serving up some tantalizing encounters all across Europe. With four quarter final places yet to be decided, the return legs of 4 round of 16 games have all riding on the games. It is an opportunity for gamers to pick the […] The post #UCLisBack: Betway

The Electoral Commission has justified the compilation of the new voters’ register insisting the 16.6 million voters captured in the new register so far is a fair count of voters. Over 19.8 million voters, the electoral management body says would have been recorded if an entirely new register was not prepared. At the EC’s Let […] The post Holding

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has relocated the centre for the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) at the Bright Senior High School (SHS) in Kukurantumi to Ofari Panin Senior High School, following a recent attack on its officials. The students of Bright SHS launched the attack after allegedly being incited by their […] The post WAEC

The Electoral Commission (EC) registered 16,663,699 persons during the mass voters registration exercise. These figures from the commission are provisional. Since the EC’s last briefing the four top regions remain the Greater Accra Region, Ashanti Region, Eastern Region and Central Region. The commission noted that the Greater Accra Region lost some grounds “in percentage terms […] The post 16.6

Corruption Watch, an affiliate of the Center for Democratic Development-Ghana (CDD-Ghana), says it stands by its report about the Awutu Senya West MP, George Andah, captured in its vote-buying report issued on July 24, 2020. Corruption Watch had published a series of reports on alleged vote-buying that occurred during the New Patriotic Party’s parliamentary primaries. […] The post We

The Ranking Member on Parliament’s Education Committee, Peter Nortsu-Kotoe, is demanding urgent disciplinary action against students found culpable of acts of vandalism recorded during the 2020 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE). The Akatsi North Legislator in a Citi News interview condemned the actions of the students and said the punishment must also be […] The post Students

The Conference of Heads of Private Second-Cycle Schools (CHOPSS) is calling for comprehensive investigations into the violent incident that occurred at the Bright Senior High School in the Eastern Region yesterday. Final year students of the school assaulted officers of the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) allegedly because of the strict invigilation in the ongoing […] The post Persons

Three centuries ago, American poet, Ralph Waldo Emerson, wrote his way into the ranks of philosophers. Asked to distinguish between idiots and the wise he replied, “Use what language you will, you can never say anything but what you are.” The night Professor Naana Jane Opoku Agyeman was inaugurated, on July 27, 2020, I remembered […] The post Naana Jane and the crooked MPs [Article]

Citi News has gathered that the proprietor of Bright Senior High School at Kukurantumi in the Eastern Region has been picked up by police from the Eastern Regional command. The arrest follows allegations of assault by some students of the school on WASSCE invigilators upon his command. The students also attacked a journalist who was […] The post Bright

The tragedy of the Akufo-Addo administration is not only the colossal debt it has saddled Ghanaians with. It is not only the huge fiscal deficit he has created even before #COVID-19. It is not only the hundreds of projects he has abandoned causing taxpayers money to go waste. It is not only his poor infrastructure […] The post John Mahama writes: The tragedies of Akufo-Addo

The Ghana Immigration Service GIS has been provided with logistics by the European Union to augment efforts by the government in ensuring safe migration by securing Ghana’s borders in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. The items which include vehicles, laptops, motorbikes and medical supplies amounting to 280,000 Euros will strengthen the capacity of GIS […] The post GIS