The three persons standing trial for allegedly causing financial loss to the state in the procurement of some ambulances have pleaded not guilty to all counts. They have subsequently been granted bail with varying conditions. Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson, a former Deputy Finance Minister in the erstwhile NDC administration and MP for Ajumako Enyan-Essiam, Mr. […] The post Ato
The Manager of the National Pensions Regulatory Authority (NPRA) for the Bono, Bono East and Ahafo Region, William Ohene-Adjei, has indicated that his outfit is ready to prosecute institutions that refuse to pay the tier two contribution of their employees. Mr. Ohene-Adjei gave the indication during a sensitisation programme in Sunyani for the leadership of […] The post NPRA
The Regional Manager of the National Pensions Regulatory Authority (NPRA) for the Bono, Bono East and Ahafo Region, William Ohene-Adjei has indicated that his outfit is ready to prosecute institutions who refuse to pay the tier two contribution of their employees. Mr. Ohene-Adjei gave the indication during a sensitisation programme in Sunyani for the leadership […] The post NPRA
The Speaker of Parliament, Rt. Hon. Alban Bagbin is currently in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for another medical review. This was captured in a letter Mr. Bagbin wrote to the President, Nana Akufo-Addo, dated January 1, 2022, and sighted by citinewsroom.com. Per the letter, the Speaker, who left the country on Friday, January 7, […] The post Bagbin in Dubai
An investment management company, Tesah Capital Limited, has dissociated itself from an alleged Ponzi scheme known as Tizaa Ghana Fund. A publication by GhanaWeb about the alleged Ponzi scheme, Tizaa Ghana Fund, had the company’s logo in the background, an image captured at the recent launch of Tesah Capital’s Collective Investment Schemes. But a statement from […] The post Tesah
Up to 44 million UK Facebook users could share £2.3bn in damages, according to a competition expert intending to sue parent company Meta. Dr Liza Lovdahl Gormsen alleges Meta “abused its market dominance” to set an “unfair price” for free use of Facebook – UK users’ personal data. She intends to bring the case to […] The post Meta faces billion-pound
Mozambique military forces say they have captured a jihadist leader, a Tanzanian citizen, in Nangade district in the northern Cabo Delgado province. The 39-year-old leader, known as Ali, was captured alongside six other Islamic State group-linked insurgents, military officials say. He is said to have been one of the militant leaders whose task was to […] The post Tanzanian jihadist
South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa has stressed the need to protect the constitution. This is after the tourism minister made accusations against judges and attacked the country’s constitution. Lindiwe Sisulu wrote in an article published by the media that some judges were “mentally colonised Africans”. She said the constitution had failed to improve the lives […] The post Ramaphosa
It appears the fight against the activities of small scale illegal mining, also known as ‘galamsey’ will not be won anytime soon. Speaking on the Breakfast Show on GTV on Tuesday, the Lands and Natural Resources Minister, Samuel Abu Jinapor, said, “I must admit that we are not out of the woods yet. We have […] The post ‘It may take between 4 to
Ghanaian artiste, Wiyaala, has released ‘Coming with Fire’, her first single for 2022. This is a follow-up to ‘Yaga Yaga’, a song she released last year. And it is an explosive cocktail of positive energy heavily influenced by the work of K.O.G (Kweku of Ghana), an internationally renowned professional UK-based musician, artist, songwriter, percussionist, and […] The post Wiyaala
The biggest and most exciting road trip of a lifetime organised by Citi FM with support from Citi TV, Heritage Caravan, is back with a bang! The Caravan, which would have been in its 7th year running since its inception in 2016, had to be put on hold in 2021, due to the Covid-19 pandemic […] The post 2022 edition of Heritage Caravan slated for March 5-12 appeared first
The Vice President of Ghana, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has pledged to provide a hundred laptops to students of the University of Ghana Business School (UGBS) under the One student, One laptop initiative by the University. He made this promise at a meeting organised by the University to launch the One Student- One Laptop initiative by […] The post Bawumia promises to give UGBS students
‘When Women Speak’, a new documentary film, was premiered in Accra on Thursday, 13th January 2022 at the Silverbird Cinema in Accra. According to the producers of the film, it is an important gap in the history of Ghana because while the contributions of African women to anti-colonial and nationalist struggles have been recognised, the […] The post Documentary
The Ningo-Prampram National Democratic Congress (NDC) Constituency Secretariat in the Greater Accra Region, has congratulated the Member of Parliament, Sam George on his recognition as the overall best MP of 2021 by FAKS Investigative Services . In a statement signed by the Constituency Chairman, Enoch Kwame Nortey, it expressed delight in the MPs “dexterity and […] The post Ningo-Prampram
A former Nigerian President, H.E Olusegun Obasanjo, has called on former President John Dramani Mahama to express his condolences on the death of his brother, Emmanuel Adam Mahama. The Nigerian and African statesman who handed over the Chair of the continental security body, the Tana High-Level Forum on Security to Mr. Mahama, used the opportunity […] The post Obasanjo
Medical drone delivery giant, Zipline, has announced the delivery of over 500,000 COVID-19 vaccines to dosing centres, mostly within hard-to-reach areas around all four of its distribution centres in Ghana. This has come at a time when several countries within the sub-region are struggling to decentralize the rollout of these vaccines. The use of aerial […] The post Zipline
The General Secretary of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), John Boadu, says the party will come out victorious in the 2020 Techiman South Parliamentary Election Petition trial. He said this after lawyers of NPP’s Martin Adjei-Mensah Korsah concluded their cross examination of the NDC’s General Secretary, Johnson Asiedu Nketiah on Monday. Speaking to Citi […] The post NPP
The leadership of the Civil and Local Government Staff Association of Ghana (CLOGSAG), has directed all members in the various ministries, departments and agencies to stay off work from Thursday, January 20, 2022 until government heeds to their request for better conditions of service. According to the Association, over a year after their proposed salary […] The post CLOGSAG
Economic analysts have blamed the pressures of government’s many political promises for the country’s economic woes and the recent downgrade in Fitch’s ratings. According to them, the continuous borrowing to fulfill expensive social and infrastructural development needs had led the country to a place of severe indebtedness that it continues to struggle to service those […] The post Fitch
Economic analysts have blamed the pressures of government’s many political promises for the country’s economic woes and the recent downgrade in Fitch’s ratings. According to them, the continuous borrowing to fulfill expensive social and infrastructural development needs had led the country to a place of severe indebtedness that it continues to struggle to service those […] The post Fitch
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