Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has also called on the people of the Savannah Region to reward President Nana Akufo-Addo for creating the region. After urging the electorate in the Yendi Constituency to do same after sealing the peace process in Dagbon, Dr. Bawumia reminded the chiefs and people of Wasipe Traditional area in the […] The post Reward

A non-governmental organisation, Child Rights International has called for the immediate reopening of schools. According to the NGO, the partial reopening of schools for Junior High School (JHS) and Senior High School final year students has proven that it will be safer for students to be in school than stay at home. The Director of […] The post Reopening

The spillage of the Bagre Dam in Burkina Faso coupled with torrential rains in the Upper East Region have submerged the White Volta bridge at Kobore in the Bawku West District of the Upper East Region. The situation has left hundreds of passengers stranded with a lot of livestock washed away. Upper East Regional Directorate […] The post U/E: White Volta

Police in the Central Region are investigating the death of a 12-year-old boy who jumped from a three-storey building at Ayikooayikoo in Cape Coast. According to the deputy Public Relations Officer of the Central Regional Police Command, Sergeant Evans Ettie Isaac, the police have arrested Luckman Alabi, father of the deceased, to assist in investigations. […] The post C/R:

In this edition of The Voters’ Diary on Citi FM, Abena Nyamekye Ampadu hosted Bernard Avle and Godfred Akoto Boafo. They analysed previous manifestos by the major political parties in Ghana. Citi97.3 · Voters’ Diary, Monday September 7, 2020 The Voters’ Diary is Citi FM and Citi TV’s flagship election programme that offers the stations’ […] The post Voters’ Diary,

Flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama, has chided the Akufo-Addo government for not continuing policies and programmes aimed at addressing the socio-economic needs of Ghanaians that were initiated under the previous government. The former president explained that the current administration has neglected building vigorous social and economic infrastructure that is aimed […] The post Mahama

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has been elected as the new Chairman of Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) at the ongoing 57th ECOWAS Summit being held in Niamey, capital of Niger. The Ghanaian President takes over from President of the Republic of Niger, President Mahamadou Issoufou. President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is scheduled […] The post Nana Addo elected ECOWAS

The Sekondi High Court today, September 7, 2020, adjourned the case involving the accused murderers of the Takoradi kidnapped girls due to COVID-19 infections at the Western Regional office of Legal Aid. The court was expected to sit today to continue hearing witnesses’ accounts but had to adjourn to October 5, 2020, as one of […] The post Takoradi

The United Nations office in Ghana has distanced itself from an award scheme set up by one Kwame Owusu Fordjour. The awards, known as the Blueprint Global Challenge Awards, were handed out to several high profile personalities in Ghana. Recipients of the awards were made to believe that it was linked to the UN and […] The post UN Ghana distances itself from Kwame Fordjour’s

Zenith Bank (Ghana) Limited has become the first in Ghana to roll out the Eazypay GH Dual Card, combining the e-zwich and Gh-Link functions. Powered by the Ghana Interbank Payment and Settlement Systems (GhIPSS), the Eazypay Card is accepted on all local bank ATMs, POS terminals and Hybrid terminals on the Gh-link platform as well […] The post Zenith

The Minister for Education, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, is worried about what he calls the “digital divide” amid attempts to digitise education in Ghana. Speaking on the Citi Breakfast Show‘s Ed-Tech Monday, the Education Minister noted that the inequality gap was a key challenge in improving remote and distance learning education. Though families with means […] The post NAPO

The flagbearer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama believes Ghanaians are increasingly losing faith in the country’s democracy. According to him, this is due to the numerous unfulfilled campaign promises churned out by the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) during the run-up to the 2016 general elections. He has therefore charged […] The post NPP’s

A group known as the Diaspora Patriots in Ghana Foundation (DPG) has condemned what it calls ethnocentric comments supposedly being promoted by the Flagbearer of the opposition National Democratic Congress, NDC. It has thus called on the NDC Leader “to immediately render an unqualified apology to the good and united people of Ghana.” An article […] The post Diaspora

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at Vodafone Ghana, Patricia Obo-Nai, has joined a host of African Leaders and international Community to share her thought on Africa’s Economic Recovery after COVID-19 at this year’s Bruegel Annual Meeting. Bringing the private sector perspective on the panel, Patricia Obo-Nai, disclosed that in March when the COVID-19 pandemic hit the […] The post Vodafone

The newly-acclaimed flagbearer of the National Democratic Party (NDP), Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings, has charged members of the party to work hard to secure parliamentary seats for the party in the upcoming polls. “We’ve got to make sure that we encourage people within the NDP. Each member within the NDP should be able to identify […] The post Nana

United Kingdom-based Ghanaian multi-instrumentalist, Kwame Yeboah, has disclosed that he does not get called to help in the Ghanaian Music Industry. Speaking on Citi TV’s lifestyle variety show, Upside Down, the keyboardist and music director for Kojo Antwi told the host Ato Kwamina and Frema Adunyame even though he wishes to contribute more to the […] The post I

UK-based Ghanaian multi-instrumentalist, Kwame Yeboah, has disclosed that he does not get called to help in the Ghanaian music industry. Speaking on Citi TV’s lifestyle variety show, Upside Down, the keyboardist and music director for Kojo Antwi, said even though he wishes to contribute more to the Ghanaian music industry, he seldom receives any invitation […] The post Call

UK-based Ghanaian multi-instrumentalist, Kwame Yeboah, has disclosed that he does not get called to help in the Ghanaian music industry. Speaking on Citi TV’s lifestyle variety show, Upside Down, the keyboardist and music director for Kojo Antwi, said even though he wishes to contribute more to the Ghanaian music industry, he seldom receives any invitation […] The post I

Amazon says it has banned foreign sales of seeds in the US after thousands of Americans received unsolicited packets of seeds in the mail, most from China. The online retail giant told the BBC that it will now only allow the sale of seeds by sellers based in the US. US officials said gardeners should […] The post Mystery seeds: Amazon bans foreign plant sales in US appeared

Some residents of Dome Faase in the Greater Accra Region whose properties running into thousands of cedis were allegedly destroyed by military officers, want to be compensated by the government. The military invaded the area after two of their men were physically assaulted by the community over boundary disputes between the Mponuahene of Akyem Apedwa […] The post Dome