The Member of Parliament for the Effutu constituency, Alex Afenyo Markin has accused authorities of the University of Education Winneba (UEW) of engaging in nepotism by only promoting the well-being of friends and family. He alleged that the University has failed in putting in place a local content policy to enhance development in Effutu. […] The post UEW authorities

The Ghana Red Cross in collaboration with the Swiss Red Cross Society  handed over a two-unit housing project to 100 beneficiaries in four communities in the Kassena-Nankana Municipal Assembly in the Upper East Region who were rendered homeless by the flood disaster in 2018. These are 59 beneficiaries in Kologu Zuo, 21 in Kologu-Tor, 11 […] The post Ghana, Swiss Red Cross provides

The Seventh Day Adventist (SDA) basic school, selected for inclusive education in Ho, the Volta Regional capital, is without sign language teachers and teaching materials for pupils with speech disorder and hearing impairment. Consequently, all three pupils with hearing impairment and speech disorders in the school hardly partake in teaching and learning. When GNA visited […] The post Ho

The scheduled presentation of the Mid-Year Fiscal Policy review has been postponed to July 29, 2019. The postponement was announced by Deputy Majority Leader, Adwoa Safo during the presentation of the business statement in Parliament for next week. The review was first set to come off on July 17, 2019. The Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu […] The post Mid-year budget review postponed

No one is excluded, when it comes to the law, not even law enforcement officers are exempted from complying with the laws of the land. Thus it was no surprise that three men in uniform, a military officer, customs officer and police officer were arrested for indiscipline driving at the East Legon tunnel today. Citi […] The post #WAI: Military, customs, police

A lecturer with Planning Department of the Kwame Nkrumah University for Science and Technology KNUST, Dr. Camynta Baezie has said he is the best candidate to replace the current MP of Nadowli/Kaleo Constituency, Alban S. K Bagbin. Making a strong case for himself after submitting his nomination form yesterday, Dr. Camynta said his vast experience […] The post Camynta

Carol Mabinty Khanu, a twenty-six-year-old chef from Sierra Leone won the 2019 Jollof Competition in Washington, District of Columbia (DC). Liberia came second, Nigeria was third and Ghana took the fourth position in the competition which is in its third year. The programme which took place on July 6, 2019, at the Pupils Heart at […] The post Sierra Leone wins

Instagram is hiding the number of likes on posts in several countries, including Australia and Japan, in order to “remove pressure” on users. At the moment, Instagram users see a running total of people who have liked a post. In the trial, users will see a user name “and others” below posts. Instagrammers can still […] The post Instagram

A Nigerian imam, who saved 262 Christians from killer herdsman by hiding them in his mosque and home, has been honoured by the US government. Imam Abubakar Abdullahi, 83, received the International Religious Freedom Award alongside four others from Cyprus, Sudan, Brazil and Iraq. The imam had saved the Christians in Barkin Ladi area of […] The post US honours Nigerian

Italian police have arrested 19 suspected members of a Nigerian mob, reports AFP news agency. The arrests came in a raid across nine cities following a two-year investigation into prostitution rings and the drug trade, AFP adds. Police are quoted as saying they have destroyed much of the “Maphite” cult – a Nigerian criminal gang […] The post Italian police ‘bust

The lawyer for former South African President Jacob Zuma has said that he will “take no further part” in the inquiry that is investigating allegations of corruption during his administration. He denies any wrongdoing. On Wednesday, Mr Zuma complained that he was being “cross-examined”. The post Zuma withdraws from corruption inquiry appeared first on

Storm Energy Drink, a product of Kasapreko Company Ltd., has partnered Silverbird Entertainment Ghana Ltd. to premiere the much-anticipated photorealistic remake of Disney’s 1994 movie ‘The Lion King’ in Ghana. The movie which was premiered in Hollywood on July 9, is scheduled to be shown at the Silverbird Cinemas in Accra Friday, July 19, 2019. […] The post Storm

The Kasoa Ofaakor Circuit Court has sentenced two persons who poured acid on a Mobile Money vendor at Gomoa Fetteh in the Central Region to 20 years imprisonment. The two, Daniel Amoah and Yaw Danso were charged with conspiracy to commit crime to wit robbery and robbery. In March 2019, the two individuals went to […] The post Two jailed 20 years for robbery,

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The Minority Leader in Parliament, Haruna Iddrisu, says the Akufo-Addo Administration is gambling with the country’s share in the global cocoa market sector following the agreement of a new minimum price with Cote D’Ivoire. Though the Ghana-Cote D’Ivoire relationship in cocoa marketing may be strategic, the Minority Leader argued that the differing contexts in the […] The post New

Beyonce’s album, The Lion King: The Gift, which features a host of African artists, including Shatta Wale, is finally out. On the back of this, the Entertainment desk of Citi TV joins Dziffa Akua Ametam on the Breakfast Daily to look into what it could mean for his career. Shatta features on the song ‘Already’. The post What does Shatta Wale

The Upper East Regional Minister Paulina Abayage has said it is still unclear how a student of Sandema Secondary Technical School (Sandema SecTech) died during a clash with police. Speaking on Eyewitness News on Wednesday she said the report from the hospital could not establish whether the student was killed with a gun or with another weapon. […] The post Cause

The Parliamentary Service board has dismissed claims by Design Associates Development Consortium, one of the bidders for the construction of the controversial new parliamentary chamber that, the eventual winner, Sir David Adjaye & Associates was favoured. According to the board, the Consortium peddled erroneous impression in its petition to President Akufo-Addo over the award of […] The post Adjaye

The Minority Leader and MP for Tamale South, Haruna Iddrisu says the National Democratic Congress intends to transform his constituency– Tamale South — into a stronghold for the National Democratic Congress (NDC). Haruna Iddrisu is hopeful the NDC will be raking in more votes from Tamale South constituency in both presidential and parliamentary elections the […] The post ‘We’ll

Chairman of the Public Interest Accountability Committee (PIAC), Dr. Steve Manteaw has impressed upon the Ministry of Finance to utilize the Annual Budget Funding Amount. He says the move by PIAC is to stem the emerging trend where the country’s petroleum revenue is not utilized. Dr. Manteaw said the Annual Budget Funding Amount (ABFA) that […] The post PIAC urges gov’t