A Security Analyst, Prosper Nii Nortey Addo is requesting that government should begin the training of some security experts to effectively handle issues of terrorism which is gaining grounds in the West African sub-region. According to him, although government is concentrating on the security agencies, it is imperative to invest in civilian support to augment ...

The Secretary of the Ghana Weightlifting Association, Hussein Arday, has expressed his pleasure at the country’s positive performances at the ongoing African Youth Games in Gaborone, Botswana. Juliana Arkoh and Christian Amoah won the medals in the snatch and clean-and-jerk  event in the competition to move Ghana’s current tally  medals to six silver medals in all ...

Pope Francis on Monday said he believed that Roman Catholic priests should be celibate but the rule was not an unchangeable dogma, and “the door is always open” to change. Francis made similar comments when he was archbishop of Buenos Aires but his remarks to reporters on a plane returning from a Middle East trip ...

Cargo trucks from Ghana that have been denied entry into Ivory Coast for close to two weeks have now been granted access into the country. CEO of the Ghana Shippers Authority Dr Kofi Mbiah who confirmed this to Citi Business News said ‘We went into a series of meetings and finally the Ivoirians have agreed ...

Some aggrieved Teachers in the Tamale Metropolis and Sagnarigu District of the Northern Region have given government a two-week ultimatum to pay accumulated salaries and arrears over a 4-month period They have also threatened to abandon the classrooms and seek legal redress against government and the Ghana Education Service (GES) should they fail to meet ...

The Argentine resigned from Southampton after 18 months with the club. The 42-year-old becomes Tottenham’s 10th manager since 2001 and replaces Tim Sherwood who was sacked on 13 May. “This is a club with tremendous history and prestige and I am honoured to have been given this opportunity to be its head coach,” Pochettino told the Spurs ...

A Divisional Chief in the Akyem Abuakwa Traditional area in the Eastern Region, Dasebere Aboagye Oware Nkwantabisa has expressed worry at the bad state of road networks in the Akyem Traditional area. He says the deplorable nature of the road makes it inaccessible and it is greatly affecting businesses, education, health, farming, agriculture and to ...

Spain coach Vicente del Bosque will give Diego Costa as long as he can before deciding on whether or not to include the injured Atletico Madrid striker in his FIFA World Cupâ„¢ squad. Costa is suffering from a hamstring tear that is set to sideline him for at least a fortnight and has cast serious ...

Tuesday’s rains have flooded and destroyed some homes in the Anyaa area near Pokuase. The residents are blaming the flooding on the abandoned road works in the area and the negligence of the Department of Urban Roads in the supervision of road constructions in the locality. The Department of Urban Roads (DUR) is dedicated to ...

Human Rights Division of the Accra High Court has adjourned to June 2, 2014, the case in which DSP Gifty Mawuenyega Tehoda is suing the Ghana Police Service for the wrongful termination of her appointment among other reliefs. Joy Fm’s Evans Mensah was in court on Tuesday with copies of an interview with COP Rose ...

Cocoa farmers in the Upper West Akyem District in the Eastern Region and its environs face a high risk of losing their livelihood following the sale of their cocoa farms by their chiefs to an investment company. The company is expected to replace the cocoa trees with pineapple and rubber plantations. The farmers to be ...

Ghana’s two medallists in the men’s and women’s weightlifting competition are set to be rewarded with two more medals each after an anomaly was detected by the African Weightlifting Federation. The athletes were apparently not given the standard three medals each for placing second in the snatch and, clean and jerk categories during their medal ...

The 2012 Flagbearer of the People’s National Convention (PNC), Hassan Ayariga,  has revealed that he run the campaign for 2012 Presidential elections without  support from the National Executives of the Party. The Flagbearer who  was addressing the Regional Executives and delegates of the party at Bolgatanga,  stated that unlike the National Democratic Congress(NDC) and the New Patriotic ...

The US dollar at forex bureaus in Ghana is close to hitting 3 cedis. It has been rallying at 2 cedis 97pesewas for some time now and currency analysts fear it may hit 3 cedis by the middle of next month if current conditions don’t improve. The cedi since the beginning of the year has ...

Ghana’s President, John Dramani Mahama, has asked the country’s Military High Command to “outline a strategy for training and preparation” in readiness to fight terrorists who might target the West African nation. “Terrorism is not a new phenomenon in the world but the new dimensions that it is taking are threatening global peace,” President Mahama ...

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A Sudanese woman awaiting the death penalty for abandoning her religious faith has given birth in jail near the capital, Khartoum, her lawyer has said. Meriam Yehya Ibrahim Ishag married a Christian man and was sentenced to hang for apostasy earlier this month after refusing to renounce Christianity. She is allowed to nurse her baby ...

Head coach of newly-crowned league champions Asante Kotoko, Mas-Ud Dramani has backed the relevance of the annual clash between his side and rivals, Hearts of Oak. The two teams will face each other this weekend at the Baba Yara Stadium on Match Day 29 of the First Capital Plus Premier League but despite the result ...

Nana Asiama Hanson (Bulldog), has been granted bail by the Human Rights Division of the Accra High Court on Tuesday. Lawyer for Bulldog, Gary Nimako, confirmed this to citifmonline.com. Bulldog, manager of dancehall artiste Shatta Wale is standing trial for allegedly murdering Fennec Okyere. He was picked up by police on May 15 in Kokomlemle as ...

The President, John Mahama has pledged to provide the necessary funds to the anti-corruption institutions in the country to fight corruption. He disclosed this in a post on his Facebook page on Tuesday. In the post, the President reiterated government’s commitment “to the process of rooting out corruption from our system.” President Mahama noted that ...