A former finance minister Prof Kwesi Botchwey is certain the implementation of the Senchi consensus will save the country from its current crisis. Ghana close to two years now has been facing some economic challenges including high inflation rate, rising budget deficit and increased cost of borrowing among others. Inflation currently stands at 14 .7 ...

A former Finance Minister, Prof. Kwesi Botchwey says he agrees with Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia’s assessment of the economy. Taking his turn at the Distinguished Speaker Series organised by the Central University College, Prof Kwesi Botchwey said, ”Mahamud is a young man whose professional credentials I particularly respect; I offer no rebuttals [to his lecture]. On the ...

Two 12-year-old girls in the US state of Wisconsin have been accused of stabbing a classmate in order to please an online fictional character. Morgan Geyser and Anissa Weier have been charged with attempted murder and face up to 65 years in prison. The unnamed victim was stabbed 19 times on Saturday and left in ...

The Management Development Month took another turn on the Citi Breakfast Show as Mr. Dodd centered on effective ways of ‘reinvigorating your sales force.’

The Head of Enterprise Business for Airtel, Maxwell Dodd has challenged businesses to empower their sales teams to achieve higher targets. Speaking on the topic, “Reinvigorating your sales force” in day two of Citi FM’s annual Management Development Month series he called for sales teams to be enabled with modern day tools. According to Maxwell ...

The Teachers and Educational Workers Union (TEWU)  has raised issues with the non-payment of their second tier pension contributions by the Ghana Education Service (GES). TEWU is accusing the GES of failing to release the second tier contributions to the Union since the inception of the new pension scheme in 2011. Speaking to Citi News, ...

Citi Breakfast Show with Bernard Avle

Two people were reportedly killed by armed robbers on the main Cape Coast- Assin Fosu road on Monday. Speaking to an eyewitness, Citi News Central Regional correspondent Kwamena Bamfo Adjei gathered that a gang made up of six men set up barricades on the Assin Edubiase and Assin Nkwanta road, blocking the vehicles and attacking them. Passengers ...

Academic activities within some districts in the Nzema East Municipality and the Ellembelle District have practically come to a halt after heavy rains hit the area over the weekend. The downpour which was consistent for four days has seen some schools being cut off from their communities while in some instances parents have to carry ...

Airtel Ghana was awarded the CSR Company of the Year Award for Outstanding Contribution in Corporate Social Responsibility at the Ghana Telecoms Awards held over the weekend. The CSR Company of the Year award recognizes Airtel’s outstanding contributions as a corporate citizen in Ghana during the year 2013. According to the organizers, Airtel as a ...

Nurses at the Accra Psychiatrist Hospital  have given the management a one week ultimatum to pay them their nine months’ salary arrears,  or risk a strike action. “We are giving our Management one week ultimatum to pay us our nine months arrears,  or we will lay down our tools,” the nurses told the GNA in ...

Itz Tiffany has released a new single titled Spanner. Produced by Tema based Killbeatz Addison, the song features Fuse ODG, the global Azonto and T.I.N.A. ambassador. The release follows an announcement last week by Fuse ODG that his Off Da Ground (ODG) Records had signed Itz Tiffany. I’m happy to announce that the First Lady ...

AshantiGold have stated their intention to grab a slot in the top four bracket at the end of this season’s First Capital Plus Premier League campaign. The Miners are currently 4th on 42 points and they face second-placed Heart of Lions in Obuasi on the final day of matches in what could be a difficult ...

Former Black Stars player, Nii Odartey Lamptey’s fiancée has delivered his first biological child. An excited Odartey revealed this on an Accra based radio station. According to him, he is really excited about the birth of his own biological child and would reveal further details in due course. Odartey’s former marriage hit the rocks when he ...

There are plenty of potential stars of the 2014 World Cup – and many new faces too. The squads are unlikely to provide many surprises; the days when the tournament would introduce unknown players to a global audience are, largely, gone. But the crop of young talent heading for Brazil this month will still be ...

Apple has taken on Dropbox and WhatsApp with a series of software upgrades that mimic the rival apps’ services. At its annual conference for software developers, the firm unveiled iCloud Drive, an internet-based storage app, which works on Apple systems and PCs. In an effort to keep customers using all its technologies, Apple improved integration ...