A cargo truck believed to be carrying gallons of engine oil on Friday night, June 11, 2021, skidded off one of the flyovers at the Kwame Nkrumah Interchange in Accra. The incident, according to an eyewitness, occured around 9:00pm. The eyewitness who spoke to citinewsroom.com said, the truck started reversing midway into its journey when […] The post Cargo truck skids
The women of Kpachiyili in the Tolon District of the Northern Region have appealed community members to end the wanton felling of shea trees in order to save the next generation from poverty. According to them, Shea nuts have secured many homes for decades, hence the need to protect the trees against short-term gains. The […] The post Green
As part of the national tree planting exercise to preserve the environment and restore the country’s greenery, waste management company, Zoomlion Ghana Limited, has partnered with the Forestry Commission to plant over 600,000 trees in the Greater Accra Region. The exercise, which was replicated in the remaining fifteen (15) regions of the country, kicked off […] The post Zoomlion,
The Municipal Chief Executive for the West Mamprusi Assembly, Arimyao Somo Lucky, has joined residents, mainly civil servants of the district assembly to clear heaps of filth piled up due to years of continuous neglect. Two weeks ago, Citi News reported on the deplorable sanitation situation in the West Mamprusi Municipality. The Assembly’s leadership faced […] The post West
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Friday, June 11, 2021, took part in the planting of over five million trees under an exercise dubbed: “Green Ghana Day”. The President planted a tree at the forecourt of the Jubilee House, as part of the nationwide exercise. “Today’s nationwide exercise will not be a one-off event. We […] The post Green Ghana Day
The Achimota School District Police Command has arrested 43-year-old Richard Bokor for attempted robbery on the GIMPA road in Accra. According to police, the suspect smashed the side glass of a vehicle in an attempt to rob its occupant. This arrest brings to four, the number of suspected robbers arrested on the stretch in one […] The post 43-year-old suspect
The Minority in parliament is demanding the immediate abrogation of any contract between Ghana and any entity for the procurement of Sputnik V vaccines. According to the Ranking Member on the Health Committee, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, revelations about the government procuring vaccines at $19 per dose instead of $10 smacks of financial impropriety and cost […] The post Minority
The General Assembly of the United Nations on Friday, June 11, 2021, elected Ghana to serve a two-year term on the United Nations Security Council for the period January 2022 to December 2023. Ghana secured 185 votes out of 190 votes cast. “With this, Ghana secured the highest votes compared to the 4 other countries […] The post Ghana elected onto UN Security Council appeared
A French court has sentenced a 28-year-old man to four months in prison for slapping France’s president, Emmanuel Macron, in the face. Damien Tarel was quickly arrested after the swipe that caught Macron’s left cheek with an audible thwack on Tuesday, as the French leader was greeting a crowd. The court in the southeast city […] The post Man who slapped Emmanuel
The Upper West Region Office of the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA), in collaboration with the Upper West Regional Pharmacy Council, has seized an undisclosed quantity of tramadol from three Over The Counter Medicine Sellers (OTCMSs) in the Wa Municipality. The OTCMSs were fined administrative charges of GH¢5000.00 each per the dictates of the Public […] The post FDA
The World Bank has approved a $200 million Ghana COVID-19 Emergency Preparedness and Response Project Second Additional Financing, to procure and deploy COVID-19 vaccines for 13 million people. The project, in collaboration with the COVAX Facility COVID-19 vaccine acquisition, will provide financing to support the government to strengthen the resilience of Ghana’s health systems to […] The post World
Former President John Agyekum Kufuor on Friday, June 11, 2021, took part in the ‘Ghana Green Day’ exercise by planting a tree at Peduase in the Eastern Region. The government through the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources embarked on planting five million tree seedlings nationwide on June 11, as part of the Green Ghana […] The post Kufuor participates
Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has planted a tree as part of the Green Ghana Project. The Asantehene joined the Deputy Minister-designate for Lands and Natural Resources, Benito Owusu-Bio, the Ashanti Regional Minister, Simon Osei Mensah, and other government officials to plant the trees at the Royal Golf Park on Friday, June 11, 2021. The […] The post Otumfuo partakes in
A fellow at the Centre for Democratic Development (CDD), Kwame Sarpong Asiedu has criticised the government for its decision to procure Sputnik V vaccine through middlemen. He said the action is not prudent and goes against the World Health Organization’s ideal way of procuring vaccines. A Norwegian news tabloid, Verdens Gang, reported that Ghana has […] The post Justification
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Members of the Parliamentary Select Committee on Environment, Science and Technology, have paid a working visit to Panbros Salt Industries and Empire Cement, a new cement factory being constructed along the Weija Road. The MPs embarked on the tour in a bid to get first-hand information on some concerns raised by the salt company over […] The post MPs
The Technical University Teachers’ Association of Ghana (TUTAG), will on Monday, June 14, 2021, lay down their tools. This was announced by the group in a statement issued after they addressed the media on their conditions of service that has expired since 2006. According to them, the government has failed to address their concerns after […] The post TUTAG
The 21 alleged LGBTQI activists arrested on 21st May 2021 for an unlawful meeting to champion the LGBTQI movement in the Volta Region, have been granted bail by the Ho Circuit Court 2 presided over by His Lordship Justice Yaw Owoahene-Acheampong. The suspects, who were said to have been arrested at a conference in the […] The post Ho Circuit Court grants bail to 21 LGBTQI
The 21 alleged LGBTQI activists arrested on 21st May 2021 for an unlawful meeting to champion the LGBTQI movement in the Volta Region, have been granted bail by the Ho High Court 2, presided over by His Lordship, Justice Yaw Owoahene-Acheampong. The accused persons, who were said to have been arrested at a conference in […] The post Ho Court grants bail to 21 LGBTQI activists
In this edition of the #CitiCBS Bernard Avle and the team discussed the Ghana Green Project where Government seeks to plant5 million trees. The coordinators for the project were interviewed. The Director of the Institute for Environment and Sanitation Studies at the University of Ghana, Professor Chris Gordon was also interviewed on the issue. The […] The post Citi Breakfast Show,
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