PSG secured a 3-1 victory over Chelsea in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final in Paris on Wednesday. Ezequiel Lavezzi opened the scoring for Laurent Blanc’s hosts on four minutes with a sweetly-struck half-volley, but Eden Hazard kept his cool from the penalty spot on 27 to draw Jose Mourinho’s men level. Hazard ...

Barcelona have announced they will appeal against the year-long transfer ban imposed on them by FIFA for breaching the governing body’s rules on the transfer of players aged under 18. The Spanish champions were sanctioned on Wednesday by FIFA’s disciplinary committee for breaking the rules in the case of 10 under-18 players and been punished ...

Dr Steve Manteaw, Campaign Coordinator of Integrated Social Development Centre (ISODEC) says the appointment of Dr. Tony Aubynn to the position of CEO of the Minerals Commission is good and advantageous to the industry. ”Given that he is very qualified, very experienced in the industry; I think that he has certain skills and ability  which ...

The National Executive Committee (NEC) of the NPP has approved the use of proxy voting during the upcoming delegates’ conference scheduled for April 12 in Tamale. Despite attempts by pressure group calling itself Faithful Group of NPP to stop the introduction of proxy voting at the conference, the National Executive Committee approved it. Leader of ...

The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has reveled it will only review new and revised forex rules it implemented this year after three months in operation. The Bank of Ghana introduced the rules in February as part of moves to save the cedi from further fall. Among the rules commercial banks were banned from issuing cheques ...

For the past eight years, Citi FM has declared the month of March as the “Heritage Month”, a month dedicated to highlight Ghanaian Heritage. The series of programming put the focus on Ghana and led discussions on various aspects of Ghana’s cultural heritage. The thematic areas for this year’s Heritage Month were Ghanaian Music, people, ...

A smartphone app to help identify – and boycott – goods made in Russia is becoming popular among Android users in Ukraine, it appears. The app, called Boycott the Occupiers, says it can find out where a product is made – whether in Ukraine, Russia or elsewhere – by scanning the product barcode with the ...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has approved the country’s first minimum wage, at 8.50 euros an hour (£7; $11.75), to start in 2015. At the moment, the country is one of seven in the 28-nation EU without a minimum wage level. Germany has relied on trade unions and business groups to fix pay instead. Mrs Merkel’s ...

The Volta River Authority (VRA) is calling for a review of the current tariff regime in the country. The Authority is insisting that government must consider reviewing the tariff regime, in order for them to be able to make more investments in the sector to provide efficient power supply. Speaking on the Citi Breakfast Show, ...

Former Ghana skipper Stephen Appiah is worried that the United States of America’s quest for revenge against the Black Stars would make them dangerous opponents at the World Cup. Ghana had beaten the Americans at the 2006 and 2010 World Cups and Appiah believes they will go all out to prevent a third straight loss ...

A novel solution has been found for the problems, which include corrupt police, traffic offences and hours in unmoving queues. The city has introduced two giant traffic robots and they couldn’t have come at a better time. The robots are connected to a central computer, and have built in cameras, which report traffic offences in ...

Ghana skipper Asamoah Gyan is sure Brazil 2014 will be tough, and not about names. Group G, where Ghana are housed, will require a collective pull of effort and experience from the last two World Cups, according to the forward. “Portugal has got a great team. Germany, of course, is the favourite; that’s what people are saying. ...

The wives and girlfriends of England footballers will be banned from travelling with the team on their World Cup tour. Roy Hodgson, the England manager, has rescinded an invitation he initially extended to players’ partners to join the squad on the official tour, which starts in the US before moving on to Brazil. Any wives, ...

Five persons, including a six-year-old class one pupil, died of rabies within three weeks after a dog bite in the Suhum Municipality. Three people died at Suhum, one  at Nankese and one at Amanase. This was disclosed to the Ghana News Agency by an official of the Veterinary Service at Shum who wish to remain anonymous. According ...

Transport operators in the country have criticized the National Petroleum Authority(NPA) for not consulting them before increasing the fuel prices. A manager at the VIP Bus terminal in Accra who spoke to Citi News on condition of anonymity stated that the NPA deliberately ignored their contributions to the fuel price increment. “They are just cheating ...

Facebook has become the Google of social networks. If you’re not updating your status right now, chances are that you are uploading photos or taking some sort of odd quiz. We post tons of intimate details about our lives that we normally wouldn’t share with anyone. We think that as long as we make sure ...

The World Bank (WB) African Region Governance and Anti-corruption Adviser, Dr Sahr Kpundeh has emphasized the need for regional governments to provide incentives to whistleblowers to expose corrupt dealings in institutional and individual circles. He said whistleblowing remains the most powerful weapon against fraud and nations are increasingly offering more support to protect and enable ...

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Some aggrieved supporters of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) have kicked against attempts to introduce proxy voting for the impending national delegates conference slated for Tamale on April 12. They demonstrated against the move on Wednesday, April 2, 2014 at the party’s Asylum Down headquarters. Citi News sources revealed that there were about 137 ...

A security analyst, Prosper Nortey is predicting danger for Ghanaian troops on peacekeeping abroad after Parliament failed to approve a $300 million loan for the Military. He noted that the inability of Parliament to approve the loan which was expected to be used to procure logistics and equipments for effective peace keeping missions in South ...