The Board of the Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation Company Limited (BOST) has confirmed Edwin Provencal as the new Managing Director of the company. He replaces George Mensah Okley as MD of the company following his resignation. The Board, following a meeting on Tuesday, gave their approval to the President’s nomination of Mr. Provencal and […] The post Edwin Provencal confirmed

Most universities in Kenya could be forced to drop Business Administration, Education and Journalism degrees as the Ministry of Education moves to stop uneconomical multiplication of degrees. Currently, nearly all of the 74 private and public Kenyan universities offer the three degrees, making it uneconomical to manage them as they fail to attract enough entrants. […] The post Kenyan

The Ashanti Regional Chairman of the governing New Patriotic Party, Bernard Antwi Boasiako, claims he orchestrated the defeat of the National Democratic Congress’ Member of Parliament for Kumbungu, Ras Mubarak in the NDC’s just ended parliamentary primaries. Antwi Boasiako who is popularly known as Chairman Wontumi claimed he took the decision to teach Mr. Mubarak […] The post We

The Ashanti Regional Chairman for the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, says his party meddled in the National Democratic Congress (NDC) primaries held last Saturday. Chairman Wontumi in an interview with Kumasi based Hello FM claimed that monies were either paid directly to delegates or key persons within […] The post ‘We

The flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama, on Tuesday visited an abandoned Community Day School at Mpaha in the Yapei Kusawgu Constituency of the Savanna Region. The Mpaha Community Day School is just one of the many E-Blocks abandoned by the government across the country. While some are completed and abandoned, […] The post Mahama slams

A newspaper vendor has been confirmed dead after he was knocked down by a speeding vehicle carrying cartridges on the Legon-Okponglo road in Accra. The deceased, only identified as Ebenezer, was knocked by the car which veered off the main road into a gutter. Citi News’ Hanson Agyemang who was at the scene reported that […] The post Okponglo: Newspaper vendor

The flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama, on Tuesday visited an abandoned Community Day School at Mpaha in the Yapei Kusawgu Constituency of the Savanna Region. The Mpaha Community Day School is just one of the many E-Blocks abandoned by the government across the country. While some are completed and abandoned, […] The post John Mahama visits

Residents of Supom-Dunkwa, in the Shama District who have never had access to potable water will be connected to treated water from River Pra by December 2019. This follows a sod-cutting ceremony held on Tuesday for a 6.6-kilometre extension of a pipeline from Daboase junction to the community, located some few metres from the banks […] The post W/R: Supom-Dunkwa

The GUBA Awards USA will be debuting in New York City at The Pierre, A Taj Hotel. Heads of State, dignitaries, government officials and influencers around the world will descend into the City as a side unofficial African event on September 2019 It will be held during the 2019 United Nations General Assembly. Guests will […] The post GUBA Awards USA to be held in New York

American actress, Choreographer and fitness trainer Adrienne- Joi Johnson popularly known in the showbiz circles as AJ Johnson believes Ghana is a haven for those seeking inner peace and a pure connection with their roots, unlike Hollywood. The veteran actress who featured in 1992 hit movie ‘Sister Act’ expressed how refreshing it was to leave […] The post Ghana

Kenya’s so-called moral policeman is facing criticism for banning the hit song, Wamlambez, that includes slang references to oral sex. Ezekiel Mutua, the Kenya Film Classification Board boss, said the lyrics were deemed to be “pure pornography” and should not be played where children could hear them. This means it cannot be broadcast on radio […] The post Kenya’s

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament (MP) for the Ayawaso West Wuogon Constituency, Ms Lydia Seyram Alhassan, has presented 11 KIA Morning saloon cars to the 11 electoral areas in the constituency. The vehicles are to be used as commercial public transport or Uber service vehicles to generate revenue for the various electoral […] The post Ayawaso West

All Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) who want to open accounts at commercial banks will have to apply through the Controller and Accountant-General’s Department (CAGD). Dr. Hayford Baah Adade, Deputy Controller in Charge of Government Treasury at the Department has disclosed. More than 6,000 accounts belonging to MDAs and metropolitan, municipal and district assemblies (MMDAs) […] The post Closing

I am a freshman member of the Ghana Club, meaning I am a recent inductee. When it opened its doors to its original members I was not born. I was born in the year the first president of the Club ended his term. The Club is ten years older than Ghana, having been established in […] The post Harruna Attah writes: Saving Ghana Club 1947 to the present appeared first

An acute shortage of government’s subsidised fertilizer has hit the Sissala East Municipality of the Upper West Region. Some farmers in the area are now buying fertilizer from the open market at more exorbitant prices for their maize farms. Some of the farmers who spoke to Citi News complained that they are unable to buy […] The post Sissala East

Madam Afua Asabea Asare, CEO of GEPA has been appointed a Member of the Board of the World Business Angel Investment Forum, Ghana. At a high profile event to officially open the Ghana office of the World Business Angel Investment Forum, the Vice President of Ghana, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia led dignitaries to receive the 7-member […] The post GEPA boss appointed

Some of Ghana’s top musicians have been billed up to thrill patrons at this year’s Kundum Festival Mega Jam in Axim. The programme will be held on September 14, 2019, at Victoria Park. Performing are dancehall act Stonebwoy, D-Black, Kwaw Kese, Medikal, Kofi Kinaata, Sefa, Fameye, Nero X and Ms Forson. DJ Breezy and DJ […] The post Stonebwoy, Medikal,

The Citizen Watch has commended the Nana Akufo Addo’s government for the swift intervention over the farm-gate price for cocoa farmers. The government has agreed to pay US$1820 (GHC9800) per tonne to Ghanaian cocoa farmers which represents 70 percent of the floor price of US$2,600 for the 2020/2021 crop season. “This is laudable and we […] The post Citizen

The Cash Management Directorate of the Controller Accountant General’s Department has identified over 12,000 accounts belonging to the Ministries, Departments, Agencies (MDAs) and the Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs). Out of the figure, 6,000 of these accounts had been closed while the department is taking steps to reduce the numbers to an acceptable level. […] The post Controller

The construction of a Rice Production and Production Factory under the government’s One District One Factory policy, has begun at Agona in the Sekyere South District of the Ashanti Region. The factory, which is the brainchild of the Western Deedew Group Company Limited, a local company, is being managed by a group of young Ghanaians […] The post 1D1F: