The National Pensions Regulatory Authority (NPRA) has disclosed to Citi Business News that workers should be able to access mortgage loans with their tier 2 and 3 pension benefits by the end of this year. It follows numerous reservations by some players in the mortgage industry that the Authority has not worked satisfactorily to get […]
file photo The Manhyia Palace in Kumasi of the Ashanti region will be observing the 80days of the death of the Asantehemaa Nana Afia Kobi Serwaa Ampem II on Monday February 2017. The thirteenth queen mother who was buried with gold ornaments died on November 14, 2016. Some rituals will be performed by the chief […]
file image The Public Relations Officer of the Ghana Police Service (GPS) Superintendent Cephas Arthur has dispelled rumours that 3,000 police recruits have been sacked for possessing fake certificates and having criminal records. He said only 206 (two hundred and six) police recruits were sacked over the weekend and not the number speculated by a section of the […]
Former captain of the Black Stars Stephen Appiah who led Ghana to the FIFA World Cup for the first time in 2006 has advised Ghanaians not to expect much from the players because other countries are preparing better. Speaking on GH One TV “Sports Chat” show he noted that Ghanaians over rate themselves and look […]
Many Ghanaian football fans could not make it to Port Gentil for the Third-Place Play Off between Ghana and Burkina Faso because the train developed a fault. On a rainy day that the game was played, the Ghanaian supporters made up of Die Hard Supporters, Millennium Supporters, GHANSU and a few NSU devotees were highly […]
Season one of Ghana’s 1st weight loss reality TV Show ended on Saturday the 4Th of February 2017 with a cocktail party to announce 25-year-old journalist, Philip Nii Lartey as winner of the competition. He walked away 25.1kgs (55Lbs) lighter and GH¢5,000 richer! He also won one year free gym membership from Total Fitness Centre, […]
Donald Trump has said he is confident his administration’s appeal will succeed US President Donald Trump has attacked the judge who blocked his travel ban, saying Americans should blame the courts “if something happens”. Mr Trump also said he had instructed border officials to check people entering America “very carefully”. The federal appeals court on […]
Sydney Cathedral. Thousands of children were abused by Catholic priests in Australia for decades After years of investigations and hearings, the sheer scale of child sexual abuse within the Australian Catholic Church has been revealed. Around 7% of Australian priests abused children between 1950 and 2015, according to the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to […]
file photo Chief Executive of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA), Nathaniel Otoo, has brought down the curtain on his career at the Authority. Sources at the corridors of power reveal that his departure was sanctioned by government sometime last week following the receipt of his letter of resignation. It is not clear what necessitated […]
file image Nollywood actress, Nkechi Emmanuel popularly known as Nurse Titi in the TV Series ‘Clinic Matters’ has advised married Nigerian women to see sex as food if they don’t want their husbands to look elsewhere for it. According to Vanguard, Nkechi said in a broadcast: “Sex is not all about making children. You must […]
The Police Command has directed the withdrawal of some police training recruits for presenting false documents to be enrolled in the country’s Police Training Schools across the country. The Director of Public Affairs of the Ghana Police Service, Superintendent Cephas Arthur, confirmed this development to Citi News, although he said he was not privy to the numbers of […]
Samsung Electronics, South Korea’s biggest family-run conglomerate, on Monday broke away from the country’s largest business lobby composed of chaebols after the presidential scandal fueled calls for the break-up or a full-scale reform of conglomerates. A Samsung official told Xinhua that it officially offered to abandon its membership of the Federation of Korean Industries (FKI), […]
China and U.S relations should feature no conflict, no confrontation, mutual respect and win-win cooperation, according to a commentary published Monday by the Communist Party of China’s mouthpiece the “People’s Daily.” The paper lauded the encouraging trade figures and increased investment between the two major powers, stating that a prosperous China can benefit America and […]
U.S. President Donald Trump has a “confrontational” style of governing and his unilateral decisions are “bad measures,” said Marco Carrasco, a Peruvian economist. Sticking to his campaign promises, Trump has proven his willingness to go it alone, even that means going against the general consensus. Just in the short time he has been in office, […]
With their backs against the wall, Roberto Bautista Agut and Pablo Carreno Busta held their nerves to complete a big turnaround on the final day of the Davis Cup tie against Croatia in Osijek, leading Spain to the World Group quarterfinals for the first time in five years. Bautista Agut had the task to get […]
A record 1.4 tons of cocaine with an estimated street value of 312 million Australian dollars (239 million U.S. dollars) has been seized from a yacht off the New South Wales south coast, the Australian Federal Police have announced Monday. “This syndicate was intending to bring significant misery to the Australian community,” Australian Federal Police […]
The Chinese Embassy and the Syrian Planning and International Cooperation Commission (ICC) signed two agreements on Sunday, under which China will provide two batches of humanitarian aid to the Syrian government worth 16 million U.S. dollars. Chinese Ambassador to Syria Qi Qianjin (2nd R) and Imad Sabuni (2nd L), head of the Syrian Planning and […]
American basketball player Stephon Marbury showing his China “green card”. [Photo: CRI] In 2016, 1,576 foreigners became permanent Chinese residents, an increase of 163 percent on the previous year, according the Ministry of Public Security. China has made huge progress in easing its residence and entry policies for foreigners since September 2015, which has helped […]
Cameroon’s Benjamin Moukandjo celebrates with the trophy and teammates after winning the African Cup of Nations in Libreville of Gabon on Feb 5, 2017. Cameroon rose again after years of underachievement to win the African Cup of Nations title on Sunday with a fabulous goal in the 89th minute of the final for a 2-1 […]
Manchester City striker Gabriel Jesus shoots at the goal during the English Premier League match against Swansea yesterday. Jesus scored a brace in City’s 2-1 win. Gabriel Jesus showed why he is keeping Sergio Aguero out of Manchester City’s team, scoring twice including an injury-time winner in a 2-1 victory over relegation-threatened Swansea in the […]
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