A middle-aged man has been found dead in an uncompleted building at Adweso Estate near the Trinity Presbyterian Church of Ghana in the New Juaben South Municipality of the Eastern Region. The man who is yet to be identified was allegedly slashed in the throat with a kitchen knife found in another room next to […] The post E/Region: Man found dead in uncompleted

Order for substituted service has been served on Net-2 TV presenter, Justice Kweku Annan for defamation. Former Inspector-General of Police (IGP), David Asante-Apeatu, sued the Net-2 TV presenter last month for claiming on the June 16, 2021, edition of his show that, the former IGP is a fence for notorious Ghanaian and Nigerian criminals and […] The post Former

The Volta Regional House of Chiefs has issued an alert to its members in the region over the rising cases of COVID-19. A letter signed by Harry Attipoe, the Registrar of the Volta Regional House of Chiefs, urged the chiefs to ensure strict compliance to all the COVID-19 preventive protocols. According to the letter which […] The post Volta Regional

The Trades Union Congress (TUC) has urged the government to give priority to the six newly created regions in its distribution of the one million jobs it intends to create over the next three years. It also asked the government to give details of the said one million jobs to enable public scrutiny and verification. […] The post Prioritise new regions in one

A report released by the Auditor General’s Department suggests that Ghana lost over GHS12.8 billion due to infractions and other irregularities committed by Ministries, Departments and Agencies, MDAs in the year 2020. Some of the infractions included contract irregularities, tax irregularities, procurement irregularities, payroll irregularities, cash irregularities, challenges retrieving loans from debtors among others. The […] The post Over

A 2020 report of the Auditor-General has unravelled how prepaid meters and conductors procured by the Electricity Company of Ghana, ECG, have been left unused for five years. The abandoned meters and conductors are said to be worth GHS59,161,964.56. Procured between 2014 and 2016, the meters have not been issued out to customers because ECG […] The post Prepaid

Two years after the disappearance of Emmanuel Essien, the Ghanaian who went missing on a Chinese fishing vessel, officials say no one has  been held accountable yet. Mr. Essien was attached to the Chinese vessel  Meng Xin on July 5, 2019 on observer duties but, but disappeared under mysterious circumstances. The Ghana Maritime Police commenced […] The post Probe

A 10-year-old class three pupil of Dompoase M/A primary school has allegedly committed suicide at Atonso Bokuro in the Asokwa Municipality of the Ashanti Region. Reports indicate that the incident occurred on Monday, August 9, 2021, when the 70-year-old guardian of Paul Boateng, the 10-year-old boy, left home to ply her trade at the market. […] The post A/Region:

A Civil Society Organization (CSO), Citizens Movement Against Corruption, has called on the Special Prosecutor, Kissi Agyebeng, to probe further the botched Sputnik V procurement deal by the Health Minister. The Health Minister, Kwaku Agyeman-Manu, has come under intense criticism for breaching procurement processes while trying to secure Sputnik V vaccines for Ghana. Agyeman-Manu confessed that […] The post CSO

The Minister of Finance, Mr. Ken Ofori-Atta, has jumped to the defense of the Health Minister, Kwaku Agyeman-Manu, as calls for his resignation deepen over the botched Sputnik V vaccine deal. Mr. Ofori-Atta insists Ghanaians are being unsympathetic despite the efforts of the Health Minister to secure vaccines for the country when the lives of […] The post Ofori-Atta

The Youth Employment Agency (YEA) has assured that Community Health Workers will not adulterate the healthcare profession, neither will they compete for space with professional health workers. This follows concerns raised by the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA). GRNMA had claimed that attempts by government to re-introduce the training of community health workers […] The post Community

The Wala community in Kasoa in the Central Region has presented to the Chiefs and People of Odukpong Ofaakor the new Wala Chief to lead the Wala people who settled in the community from the Upper West Region of the country. As part of the traditions and customs of the chiefs and people of Odukpong […] The post Wala community in Kasoa installs new chief appeared first on

Police in Nkawkaw in the Eastern Region have found the Hyundai Elantra vehicle belonging to the boyfriend of the late policewoman found dead in a hotel room on Saturday, August 7, 2021. This was confirmed to Citi News by a close source at the Eastern Regional Police Command. Lance Corporal Sarah Adjei was found dead […] The post Nkawkaw: Car belonging

The Nkonsia M/A Junior High School, located within the Wenchi Municipality of the Bono Region, has been partially shut down after some classrooms were smeared with faecal matter. Students and teachers on Monday, August 9, 2021, reported to the school and found faecal matter smeared on the walls and furniture in some classrooms. As a […] The post Teachers

The National Insurance Commission (NIC), in a joint operation with the Ghana Police Service on Tuesday, August 3, 2021, arrested a Lebanese, Gabriel Medawar, for operating an unlicensed Insurance broking firm contrary to section 109 of the Insurance Act 2021 (Act1061). The illegal company operating under the business name, Harmonia Insurance Group, carried its modus […] The post Lebanese

Addressing a regional seminar of the Tertiary Students Confederacy of the NPP (TESCON) on 7th August 2021, at the University of Cape Coast, Dr. Bawumia intimated that the public debt of GHS334 billion in 2021 representing 78.9% debt to GDP ratio which has led to the use of 92% of tax revenue to pay interests […] The post Francis-Xavier Sosu

The 2020 New Patriotic Party parliamentary candidate for Sawla-Tuna-Kalba and Executive Director of NASCO Feeding Minds, Banasco Seidu Nuhu, has presented 50 laptop computers to some tertiary students in the Sawla-Tuna-Kalba District of the Savannah Region. The initiative, dubbed One Tertiary Student, One Laptop, is part of a program to boost the IT experiences of […] The post Former

The Coronavirus disease (COVID-19), has claimed a total of 545 lives in Ghana almost eight months into 2021. This implies that the number of COVID-19 related deaths, which stood at 335 at the end of 2020 has almost doubled in 2021. The death toll is currently at 880. With regard to the active cases, by […] The post COVID-19 claims 545 lives since January

The government says adequate mechanisms have been put in place for the implementation of a review of Ghana’s three year Junior High School education system. The review, according to the government, will be an equal-Learning-opportunity system with a focus on literacy as well as Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics [STEM]. Speaking to Citi News, the […] The post Government

The Gomoa West District Assembly in the Central Region, has indefinitely suspended festivals and related activities in the area. The Assembly in a statement attributed the decision to the surge in COVID-19 cases and subsequent directives by the President, Nana Akufo-Addo. It urged the chiefs and elders of the various communities to comply strictly with […] The post Gomoa