The Tema Community One police has arrested two people for allegedly enticing some unsuspecting persons to subscribe unto the operations of MMM. This was after one person they were luring reported them to them police. Narrating the incident to Accra-based Citi FM, the victim said he decided to inform the police because of the public […]

The Member of Parliament for the Ashaiman constituency Ernest Henry Norgbey has for the third consecutive time in three years celebrated mothers in the Ashaiman constituency. Mr Norgbey in 2015 initiated an annual mother’s day event to celebrate mothers in the constituency for their diverse roles being played in the society. According to him, Ashaiman […]

The World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean and the Ministry of Health and Population of Egypt today ( May 14, 2017) marked the fourth United Nations Global Road Safety Week during a regional celebration held at WHO premises in Cairo. The week and its related campaign “Save Lives: Slow Down” draw […]

Multiple Award winning Ghanaian Nurse and Social Entrepreneur, Sara Nana Yeboah has being awarded Ghana’s Most Outstanding Associate Clinician (Ward) at the 2017 HELEH Africa People’s Choice Practitioners Honours held in Kumasi. The award ceremony organised by Media Men Ghana in Partnership with the Medical and Dental Council and patronised by His Royal Majesty Otomfuo […]

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia said issues of Hajj are of great concern to government and measures are being put in place to simplify the acquisition of passports to ease the burden on pilgrims. Speaking at the 23rd Annual Ramadan Conference in Wa on Saturday, he said government would introduce innovations into the Hajj system […]

President Jacob Zuma will on Tuesday, 16 May 2017, officially open the Tourism INDABA 2017 at the Chief Albert Luthuli International Convention Centre in Durban. The INDABA is Africa’s top tourism trade show that brings together more than 7 000 delegates that represent the top tourism products in Africa, as well as the world’s leading […]

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says government is working feverishly to revive the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) and that “there is no going back to cash and carry.” He said government was paying all outstanding claims and addressing other financial challenges to reposition the Scheme. President Akufo-Addo said this at a thanksgiving service to […]

Mr Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, Member of Parliament (MP) for Ellembelle, has said he would continue to revive all the health centres in the district to ensure effective healthcare delivery. He said the health of the people was paramount to the overall development of the district. Mr Buah said this when he inaugurated two Community-based Health […]

Progression of teachers would no longer be automatic due to long service but based on performance measured against the Teacher Standards developed by the National Teaching Council. Professor Kwesi Yankah, the Minister of State in Charge of Tertiary Education, made this known during the 10th Congregation of Our Lady of Apostles (OLA) College of Education […]

President Nana Akufo-Addo has said his government will prioritize technical education and skills development of students in the country’s senior high schools and tertiary institutions, as it holds the key to the country’s industrial development. President Akufo-Addo said, “if the ambitions we have for this country are going to come to fruition, a great deal of it […]

The celebrated legend of African neighbourliness has been reinforced by Sahara Group after the leading African energy conglomerate extended a hand of support to victims of fire disasters in Ghana. The gesture, which is in line with Sahara’s Corporate Responsibility policies follows similar support from Sahara to the nation’s disaster victims in the past. In […]

The Chairman of the Minority Communications Committee in Parliament, A.B.A. Fuseini, has dismissed allegations of conflict of interest and nepotism against the President for nominating Justice Sophia Akuffo as the next Chief Justice. In a Citi News interview, A.B.A. Fuseini, the Sagnarigu MP, said Ghanaians must rise above the suspicions of nepotism if the idea […]

Heavy gunfire has erupted in Ivory Coast’s two biggest cities, as a mutiny in the army enters its fourth day. The mutineers blocked roads outside a barracks in an affluent neighbourhood of Abidjan, the commercial capital, a BBC reporter in the city says. Troops loyal to the government are heading for the second city, Bouaké, […]

Ghanaian musician and President of the Ghana Music Council, Ekow Micah is not pleased with the lyrical content of Shatta Wale’s hit song ‘Kpuu Kpaa,’ Citi Showbiz has learnt. The ‘Aba’ singer told Christian Agyei Frimpong on Onua FM’s entertainment show last Saturday that the ‘kpuu kpaa’ in the song is onomatopoeic of farts. “A […]

A chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) Comrade Timi Frank, has said that the fight against corruption by the present administration may be in jeopardy if the findings of the Presidential committee investigating the controversial $43M in Lagos house is not released to Nigerians on time. The committee headed by Acting President Yemi […]

Ghana based Guinean model Marie Jean (@mjeanne_l) from Confidence Models (@confidencemodels) hits the net in viral editorial shoot with amazing photography talent Chasquido Studios (@chasquido_studios). The Shoot three part shoot showcases the fierce beauty in a sleek regal black dress in front of the door way, as well as a lovely beach shoot in clothes […]

A Non-Governmental Organization(NGO) , operating in northern Ghana and known as Meta Foundation, has been commended for complementing the effort of the Ghana Health Service (GHS) to undertake activities to mark this year’s Child Health Promotion Week(CHPW) in the Upper East Region. The CHPW instituted by the GHS in 2004 aimed at scaling up a […]

Following the landmark appointment of Justice Sophia Akuffo as the replacement for retiring Chief Justice Georgina Theodora Wood, reams of articles have been written and published on both sides of the debate that Justice Akuffo’s judicial elevation has provoked. But the one article that especially piqued my interest, in a quite amusing way, was captioned […]

IRU has entered into two agreements, setting out an action plan for unleashing the potential of the international road transport industry in China, with TIR set to boost the total volume of trade among China and other major countries along the Belt & Road routes by 1.4%. Cementing cooperation with China’s key economic planner – […]

The widespread belief that the average Ghanaian civil servant has poor work habits or is plain lazy, is not a new discovery or a sudden epiphany recently stumbled upon by President AddoDankwaAkufo-Addo (See “We’re Not Lazy – CLOGSAG Replies Nana Addo” Citifmonline.com / Modernghana.com 5/2/17). As I vividly recall, nearly every trip that he made […]