The big news stories in this edition of Eyewitness news with Umaru Sanda Amadu; Regional Minister paid GHS3,000 to police for kidnappers to release Takoradi woman – Aide We’re seeking second opinion on Takoradi woman’s alleged pregnancy – Police Takoradi woman’s neighbours invoke curses on persons disputing pregnancy claim Citi97.3 · Eyewitness News, Thursday, 23rd […] The post Eyewitness

The Lands Commission says it will from Friday, October 1, 2021, have a one stop verification system for all land searches conducted at the Commission. According to the Commission, reports from its all divisions will be put into one separate report. It made this known in a press statement issued on Thursday, September 23, 2021, […] The post Lands

Government has debunked claims that it has agreed to pay Milovan Rajevac $45,000 a month for his services as the new Black Stars head coach. A three-member committee was set up and tasked to find a new head coach after the dismissal of Charles Kwablan Akonnor and settled on the re-appointment of Milovan Rajevac, the […] The post We’ve not agreed to pay

Give Back Ghana, a Non-Government Organisation founded during the COVID-19 lockdown last year by entrepreneur, Tom Russell, has been selected to receive a further significant community engagement grant from the Grundfos Foundation. Poul Due Jensen, who is also the founder of Danish pump manufacturing company – Grundfos, will secure the grant for the long-term future […] The post Give

Management of the Northern Electricity Distribution Company Limited (NEDCo) has apologized to its customers who were assaulted by officers from the Ghana Police Service during routine monitoring and power theft check operation in some suburbs of Tamale. The incident which occurred on September 20, with videos circulating on social media, saw police officers manhandling some […] The post Tamale:

The National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO) in Somanya will soon prosecute persons who construct, connect and discharge waste into drains and streams in the Yilo Krobo District of the Eastern Region. According to NADMO, these acts of lawlessness in the district do not only deteriorate the existing poor sanitary conditions in the area but also […] The post Somanya:

The personal assistant to the Western Regional Minister, Justice Acquah, has disclosed on Takoradi-based Skyypower FM that, Josephine Panyin Mensah, the woman at the centre of the alleged kidnapping and pregnancy saga in Takoradi was secretly speaking to the mother while in the hands of the suspected kidnappers. Justice Acquah, says investigations so far have […] The post Regional

Police are currently counting on medical officers at Takoradi for a second opinion on the alleged pregnancy of Josephine Panyin Mensah, the woman alleged to have been kidnapped last week with her 9-month pregnancy. The Director of Public Affairs at the Ghana Police Service, ACP Kwesi Ofori, in an interview with Citi News, said the […] The post We’re

President Akufo-Addo’s District Chief Executive nominee for Gomoa West in the Central Region, Bismark Baisie Nkum, has been confirmed by the local assembly. At an election held on Thursday, September 23, 2021, Bismark Nkum got 39 out of the 52 votes cast. Bismark Nkum, who is the President of the National Association of Local Authorities […] The post Gomoa West

The Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel A. Jinapor has said that government is set to launch a National Alternative livelihood programme for illegal miners in the country. Mr. Jinapor said, when launched, the programme will provide a good option for miners to work and support themselves and their families. He disclosed this during […] The post Government

A contempt case brought against the Chief of Air staff, Air Vice Marshal Frank Hanson at an Accra High Court has been adjourned to October 13, 2021. The judge took the decision after the counsel of the accused, filed a written request for more time from the court. Speaking to the media after the court […] The post Chief of Air Staff, Air

The Right to Information Commission (RTIC), has launched ‘Right to Information Week’ (RTI Week) to create awareness on how the public can best exercise their Right to Information, under the Right to Information Act, 2019 (989). The Commission has outlined a week-long program that is set to mark RTI Week and mark this year’s International […] The post Right to Information

The Spokesperson for former President, John Mahama, Joyce Bawa Mogtari, has expressed disappointment about the number of women nominated to serve as Metropolitan Municipal and District Chief Executives by the President. In a statement, she described the list, which featured 38 women, as a “mockery from our ‘Gender Champion’.” In a statement, Joyce Bawah Mogtari […] The post Women

Guinness Ghana has launched the much-anticipated Bright House Experience at an entertaining and star-studded event at the Accra Polo Court. The Bright House Experience, a fundamental part of the Guinness Black Shines Brightest campaign, is a model bar that will serve as a cultural space and a hub for people to connect and energize each […] The post Guinness

Some Metropolitan Municipal and District Chief Executive (MMDCE) nominees have expressed their willingness to improve social-economic development in their respective areas after they’re confirmed. The nominees say they are poised to better position their localities to bring relief to residents. Taking turns on a special MMDCEs focus edition of The Point of View on Citi […] The post MMDCE

The Omanhene of the Juaben Traditional Area, Nana Otuo Siriboe II, has built and handed over a chapel to young worshippers of the St. Stephen’s Catholic Church at Juaben in the Ashanti Region. The gesture was part of activities to commemorate his 76th birthday and the 50th-anniversary of his enstoolment as the Paramount Chief of […] The post Omanhene

The Member of Parliament for Ablekuma South, Alfred Oko Vanderpuije has called on the Fisheries Minister, Mavis Hawa Koomson to institute a legitimate premix fuel committee to ensure proper distribution of the fuel to fisherfolk in the country. This follows agitation by some fisherfolk at Jamestown and Chorkor in the Greater Accra Region that the […] The post Oko

Several security officers and other drivers have been arrested by the police MTTD for disregarding traffic regulations. The errant drivers were apprehended during Citi TV‘s road safety campaign – War Against Indiscipline (#WAI). The exercise, which was carried out on the Gbetsile junction on the Tema-Afienya road, apprehended drivers for driving against traffic, failing to […] The post Security

Some neighbours and co-tenants of Josephine Panyin Mensah, the woman who reportedly went missing in Takoradi, have disputed the police announcement that she may have faked her pregnancy. They poured onto the street in Takoradi Columbia to protest and accused the police of spreading falsehood. Others went as far as invoking curses on persons disputing […] The post Takoradi

Police at Sekyere Kumawu in the Ashanti Region are investigating the death of a 19-year-old final student of the Tweneboa Koduah Senior High School in the Ashanti Region. The deceased, Edward Duut, was reported to have scaled a wall when he and other students tried escaping during checks by one of their teachers. The students […] The post Police probe death of Tweneboa