Ghana FA boss Kwesi Nyantakyi is to step down from heading the Black Stars after mounting internal pressure, Citi Sports understands. The Chairman of the Black Stars Management Committee position is one of the most strategic and most coveted among the FA’s inner circle because of the power that comes with it. With the senior ...

The Public Relations Officer of the Health Ministry, Tony Goodman says the ministry is working with the Finance ministry to ensure that the amount of money owed the Christian Health Association of Ghana (CHAG) is paid to prevent the introduction of the cash-and-carry system for NHIS card holders. ”We are working with the Ministry of ...

A former presidential candidate of the People’s National Convention (PNC) and Gynecologist, Edward Nasigiri has said government’s plan to distribute free sanitary pads to girls in Senior High Schools (SHS) will only lead to corruption. “Even though the intentions of the promoters of the project may be good, there will be a lot of abuses ...

Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe has called on the country’s remaining white farmers to cede land to black people. “We say no to whites owning our land and they should go,” Mr Mugabe told his supporters at a rally. The white farmers union said it was regrettable that racial tensions were flaring up again. The president’s ...

Google has banned pornography from appearing in its online ads. In an email sent in June to porn site advertisers on Google’s AdWords network, the company said it will no longer allow ads that contain sexual imagery, “including, but not limited to, hardcore pornography; graphic sexual acts including sex acts such as masturbation; genital, anal, ...

Forget selfies. Those are so 2013. Make way, instead, for a new way so show your handsome, or lovely, mug to the Internet — a budding Web movement that combines high-tech geekery with the human desire to be seen. Call them “dronies.” As personal drones find their way into more and more hands, folks have ...

In order to bring critical, lifesaving information within the reach of its subscribers across the country, Glo Mobile has introduced a value-adding service, Medicare on its network. The SMS-based service, which was launched in Accra on Wednesday, is targeted at those who need useful information and tips on key medical and life-enhancing conditions on the ...

Liverpool have completed the signing of midfielder Emre Can from Bayer Leverkusen on a long-term contract. The Reds had to wait until the summer transfer window officially opened on July 1 in order to register the necessary paperwork and international clearance on the £10m move, but that has now all been completed. Can is the ...

Parliament on Wednesday approved a $156 million loan facility to be sourced from the World Bank to finance the Ghana Secondary School Education Improvement Project. Part of that amount would be used to buy sanitary pads and other essential school items to be distributed for free to school girls. The decision has however generated public ...

Monaco have confirmed they will not be signing goalkeeper Victor Valdes this summer after he failed a medical on Wednesday. The 32-year-old chose not to renew his deal at Barcelona following a 12-year stint between the posts for the Catalan giants. With Valdes out of contract this summer, Monaco were reportedly keen on recruiting the ...

Over 40 people escaped unhurt after a storey building partially collapsed at Bubiashie in Accra. The building which collapsed yesterday has now been cordoned off by the National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO). Anita Desooso, the deputy NADMO coordinator, who confirmed the incident to Citi News, said, “it happened yesterday in the afternoon around 3 pm.” According to ...

The National Coordinator of National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO), Kofi Portuphy, has called for the establishment of a National Disaster Fund to enable the country to deal effectively with future disasters. He suggested that at least one to three per cent of the national tax should be used to establish the fund to enable donor ...

The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) in line with the priority it gives to collaboration and cooperation with all key stakeholders, has held a maiden briefing and interaction session with the Trades Union Congress (TUC) in a spirit of renewed partnership and cooperation. The interaction took place during the General Council Meeting of the TUC ...

Peasant farmers, in the Sisala East District of the Upper West Region, have expressed their dissatisfaction about, what they claim is, the government’s lukewarm attitude towards the farming community in the northern part of the country. The farmers also expressed their displeasure with the poor regulation of the Savanna Accelerated Development Authority in the region. ...

President John Dramani Mahama will next month lead a government delegation to attend the maiden US/ African Leaders Summit in Washington that will focus on trade and investment. Mr Gene A. Cretz, US Ambassador in Ghana, made the announcement on Wednesday in Accra during a reception to mark America’s 238th Independence Day. He said the ...

Somalia’s militant Islamist group al-Shabab says it has shot dead a prominent MP in the capital, Mogadishu. Ahmed Mohamud Hayd was killed in a drive-by shooting after he left his hotel in a heavily policed area, witnesses said. His bodyguard was also killed and a parliamentary secretary wounded in the shooting, witnesses added. Al-Shabab, which ...

Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (ETI) has appointed Emmanuel Ikazoboh as the Group’s new Chairman. The decision was arrived yesterday at the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of ETI held at the Group headquarters in Lomé yesterday. Emmanuel Ikazoboh is an accountant with over 35 years experience in international business management and corporate advisory roles in both the ...

Government is to go ahead with plans to convert the land for the proposed Adenta aviation hub into a light industrial area after smoking the peace pipe with land owners. The parcel of land which is in Adenta covers about 600 acres. It was acquired by government through the transport ministry in the 1960ties from ...

The Ministry of Education says it will settle the book and research allowances of the Polytechnic Teachers Associations of Ghana (POTAG) in September this year. According to the Ministry, POTAG’s current strike is illegal because the allowances are supposed to be paid in September every year. “For the 2013/2014 academic year let nobody speak as ...

The withdrawal of services by the Christian Health Association of Ghana (CHAG) is having a negative impact on most patients on the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) across the country. The Mission  hospitals on Tuesday began turning away the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) subscribers. The decision is as a result of the inability of ...