The Deputy Chairman of the Tema Chapter of the Ghana Institute of Freight Forwarders (GIFF), Johnny Mantey, has told Citi News that freight forwarders will fly red flags at the Port in protest against the fumigation levy. The move he said is to protest the yet-to-be introduced levy which they believe is a bad policy ... The post Freight Forwarders to fly red flags

Africa’s only female head of state, Mauritian President Ameenah Gurib-Fakim, has resigned and will leave office on Friday, her lawyer says. Ms Gurib-Fakim has been engulfed by an expenses scandal. She denied any misconduct amid claims that she made large personal purchases on a charity bank card. But on Saturday, just days after she rejected ... The post Africa’s only female president

Over 2,000 residents of Zabzugu in the Northern Region have been rendered homeless after torrential rains destroyed their houses. The combination of rain and windstorm destroyed about 152 houses. The rains also ripped off the roofing of four basic schools and three churches in the area. Speaking to Citi News, the  District Chief Executive of ... The post N/Region: Over 2,000 people displaced by rains

A former National Democratic Congress [NDC] Member of Parliament for North Dayi Constituency, George Loh, has said the eviction of traders around President Akufo-Addo’s private Nima residence was unnecessary. According to him, the residence was adequately secured and was not in any way threatened by the presence of the squatters who have lived in the ... The post Evicting

Adrian Lamo, a computer hacker best known for passing on information that led to the arrest of Chelsea Manning, has died aged 37. In online messaging conversations, Manning confided in him, describing confidential military material Manning had sent to Wikileaks. Wikileaks published the video of a US helicopter strike that killed seven people, including a ... The post Hacker who gave up Wikileaks

Jennifer Lopez has revealed her own experience of harassment early in her career. She said she was asked by a director to show her breasts. “But did I do it? No, I did not.” “When I did speak up, I was terrified. I remember my heart beating out of my chest, thinking, ‘What did I ... The post Jennifer Lopez shares her experience of harassment appeared first on

Christian Eriksen scored twice as Tottenham reached the semi-finals of the FA Cup for a second successive season with a comfortable win at Liberty Stadium. Fabulous first-half goals from Eriksen and Erik Lamela set Spurs on their way as they chase a ninth FA Cup win. Eriksen’s second made the result safe just past the ... The post Eriksen scores two as Spurs reach FA Cup

China’s rubber-stamp parliament unanimously handed President Xi Jinping a second term Saturday and elevated his right-hand man to the vice presidency, giving him a strong ally to consolidate power and handle US trade threats. Xi’s reappointment by the Communist Party-controlled legislature was a foregone conclusion, but all eyes had been on whether his former anti-corruption ... The post Chinese

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) in Ghana has cautioned the public against purchasing possibly Listeriosis infected ready-to-eat (RTE) processed meat products produced by Enterprise Foods (a subsidiary of Tiger Brands Company), in Polokwane, South Africa. According to the FDA, the producers are confirmed by South African authorities as the people responsible for the outbreak ... The post FDA

The Okyehene, Osagyefo Amotia Ofori-Panin, is angry over the decision of two residents of the area to place an interlocutory injunction on the inauguration of the newly created Abuakwa North Municipal Assembly in the Eastern Region. “How dare you put an injunction on a government policy to make Akyem Kukurantumi the capital of Abuakwa North Municipal ... The post How

Does he love me? Have you said “I love you” to your boyfriend? You spend all your time together and he calls you his girlfriend, but does he feel the same? Everyone works on different timelines so you shouldn’t force someone to say “I love you” or feel a certain way. But, how do you ... The post 5 types of men you should keep around appeared first on

The Minister for Inner Cities & Zongo Development, Alhaji Boniface Abubakar Saddique, has said his ministry is concentrating on four thematic areas that seek to massively improve the livelihoods of Zongo dwellers. The areas his outfit looks at developing includes infrastructure, sanitation, economy and security. According to the Minister, the above-mentioned areas are very important ... The post Zongo

There’s a box at the top of my wardrobe that I’ve only opened once. It contains the most expensive piece of clothing I’m ever likely to own. Beautifully wrapped in acid-free tissue paper and boxed with a bow for storage, almost certainly never to be worn again. My wedding dress. As far as cost-per-wear goes, ... The post ‘I regret spending £50,000 on my wedding’

A Professor of history at the Harvard University, Emmanuel Akyeampong, has warned that Africa’s quest for development will fail unless the continent learns to adequately feed itself first. Speaking to the press after his Aggrey-Fraser-Guggisberg Memorial lecture at the University of Ghana, Prof. Akyeampong bemoaned Africa’s dependence on food aid from the West and China ... The post Africa’s

Empowering home-grown companies will be key to realizing the ‘Ghana Beyond Aid’ agenda as it will spark a major economic turnaround, broadcaster Paul Adom-Otchere has said. It is for this reason that Mr. Adom-Otchere views the controversial attempted merger between uniBank and adb as unfortunate. Commenting on the uniBank-adb saga on his Good Evening Ghana show on ... The post adb-uniBank

Former Vice Chairperson on Parliament’s Constitutional, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee, George Loh, has accused the Majority Leader of Parliament, Osei Kyei Mensah-Bonsu, of obstructing the passage of the Right to Information Bill (RTI) when the National Democratic Congress (NDC) was in power. According to him, the bill was far advanced and needed only three ... The post Kyei

The Ghana Health Service has confirmed that Ghana has recorded its first case of  extensively drug-resistant (XDR) Tuberculosis (TB). According to the Service, the victim of the extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis has been confirmed dead. The rare type of TB known as XDR TB does not respond to standard treatment with first-line anti-TB drugs, and can ... The post Ghana records

The Chiefs and Queenmothers of  the new Ketu North Municipal Assembly have pledged their support for the government’s Planting for Food and Jobs programme. Speaking at the inaugural ceremony for the newly upgraded Municipal Assembly, the leader of the delegation of the traditional leaders and Chief of Dzodze- Apetepe, Torgbui Dey III, commended the government ... The post Ketu

A 29-year-old man who believed he had spiritual protection from knife cuts died days after cutting himself with two sharp knives at Afokpa Kope at Fodzoku in the North Tongu District in the Volta Region. Afelete Amewuga, who was a member of Korku, a group believed to have spiritually fortified its members from knife injuries, ... The post V/Region: Magician dies from self-inflicted

The Environmental Health Director of the Old Tafo Municipality in the Ashanti Region, A.G Offin Boateng, has indicated that his outfit will ensure the closure of the Afia Kobi Ampem Nursing Training School for flouting sanitation laws. The school is reported to have directed its sewage pipe, to a nearby open drain, dumping faecal matter ... The post Afia Kobi Ampem