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The National Executive Committee of the University Teachers Association of Ghana, UTAG, has resolved to suspend its strike. This was disclosed by the General Secretary of the University of Ghana Chapter of UTAG, Prof. Ransford Gyampo in a Facebook post. He however noted that per UTAG’s constitution, members of the Association have five days within […] The post UTAG
Road Transport Operators have concluded negotiations on increment in fares pegging the percentage increase at 15 percent. These new fares will take effect Saturday, February 26, 2022. It includes fares for shared taxis, intra-city (tro-tro) and intercity (long distance) Earlier, the transport unions proposed a 30 percent upward adjustment but after a meeting today, Monday […] The post Transport
The Ghana Education Service (GES) has responded to concerns raised by the National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) over the deletion of teachers’ names from the government’s payroll. President of NAGRAT, Angel Carbournu had said some of the members of the association had not received a salary for almost 15 months as a result of […] The post GES
Two persons have been confirmed dead, while one person has been injured after a wall collapsed on some contractors who were working at a project site at Konkromoase in the Ashanti Region. According to Citi News’ Ashanti Regional correspondent, Hafiz Tijani, the three were “erecting a wall at a project site when the wall collapsed […] The post Two dead, one injured as
A district court in Kade has ordered the New Patriotic Party Constituency Chairman to provide polling station nomination forms to an applicant who filed a suit over the matter ahead of the polling station executive elections. The suit was filed by one Prince Sheriff Duah. The polling station elections have been scheduled for the 24th […] The post Court
The Assin Central Member of Parliament (MP), Kennedy Agyapong, has alleged that some members on the Minority side of the House secretly support the controversial Electronic Transfer Levy (E-levy). “If you talk to the opposition MPs individually, some of them are in favour of it,” he said. Despite making such remark, he went on further […] The post Some NDC MPs ‘secretly’
The Chairperson of the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE), Josephine Nkrumah has resigned from her position. Josephine Nkrumah says she will no longer like to hold the position from April 30, 2022. This was contained in a letter addressed to staff of the commission and sighted by citinewsroom.com. “It has been an honor to […] The post Josephine Nkrumah resigns
Private legal practitioner, Isaac Wilberforce Mensah is questioning the propriety of the charges brought against the leader of the #FixTheCountry Movement, Oliver Barker-Vormawor by the state. Mr. Barker-Vormawor was remanded in custody by the court after an earlier arrest by the police when he arrived in Ghana. He has been charged with treason felony for […] The post Charge
Election stakeholders, including state and non-state actors, have pledged to work together to ensure the speedy resolution of all cases of violence recorded during the 2020 electioneering period. This follows a forum organized by the Ghana Center for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana), with support from the West Africa Network for Peacebuilding (WANEP), and in collaboration with […] The post 2020
Raphael Camidoh Kofi Attachie, aka Camidoh, has expressed gratitude to Ghanaian TikTok video creators for contributing to making his song, ‘Sugarcane,’ popular in West Africa and other parts of the world. According to him, Sugarcane, which was released in December 2021, has risen to number 5 position on Shazam’s top 200 most searched Afropop songs […] The post Camidoh
The leadership of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) has expressed concerns over the government’s failure to engage members of UTAG on their decision to embark on a strike. The National President of UTAG, Prof. Solomon Nunoo explained that the government has not made any commitments to them since it declared a strike. UTAG’S […] The post ‘We’ll
The Assin Central MP, Kennedy Agyapong, has unleashed a scathing attack on Dome Kwabenya MP, Sarah Adwoa Safo over reports that she is holding the government to ransom. Speaking on GBC’s Breakfast Show on Monday, February 21, 2022, Mr. Agyapong said her purported request to be made the Deputy Majority Leader, a position she served […] The post You
The NADMO office in the Korle Klottey Municipal Assembly says it has begun an assessment to ascertain the extent of damage caused by a fire outbreak that razed the Railway Line and a slum near the Kwame Nkrumah Circle in Accra. The inferno on Sunday destroyed several wooden structures and claimed the lives of two […] The post NADMO to provide support to victims
The First Lady, Mrs. Rebecca Akufo- Addo, attended the launch of the “Ngana Zenza Foundation for Community Development” of the First Lady of Angola Ana Afonso Dias Lourenço. She urged her fellow African First Ladies to develop a comprehensive strategy to impact the lives of their citizens, especially women and children; build a network of […] The post We
Some Ho Central Constituency executive aspirants and NPP polling station executives in the Ho Central Constituency of the Volta Region are threatening to disrupt the NPP’s constituency elections. The threats follow what they say is a refusal by incumbent constituency executives to sell nomination forms to aspiring executives. The aspirants say the situation is a […] The post Ho
The Executive Director of the Ghana Federation of Disability Organisations (GFD), Rita Kusi Kyeremaa, has chastised government for failing to consult the federation on the introduction of the e-levy. According to Mrs Kyeremaa, the tax measure will worsen the plight of persons with disabilities. The e-levy was announced in the 2022 budget and if approved […] The post E-levy
The Secretariat of the Nation Builders Corps, NABCO, says it is awaiting financial clearance from the Ministry of Finance to provide permanent employment for the beneficiaries. This comes after the beneficiaries protested last Thursday to demand permanent employment as well as arrears owed to them. In an interview with Citi News, the Head of Communication […] The post ‘We
A 63-year-Old man, Akwasi Appau, is in critical condition after a drinking spot operator cut part of his cheek with a machete during a serious fight over change after purchasing alcohol at Assin Ninkyiso in the Assin North District of the Central Region. The victim was said to have bitten a finger of the drinking […] The post 63-yr old man sustains machete
The Human Rights Division of the High Court presided over by Her Ladyship, Mrs. Barbara Tetteh Charway, has slated March 28, 2022, to rule on the interlocutory injunction brought by Madina MP, Francis Xavier-Sosu, against the Inspector General of Police, Dr. George Akuffo Dampare. Evelyn Vuvor who held a brief for the IGP’s lawyers, said […] The post Court to rule on Sosu’s
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