__ CLICK HERE FOR ARCHIVE OF DAILY SUMMARIES DAY ONE | DAY TWO  |  DAY THREE  |  DAY FOUR |  DAY FIVE __ The effort to maximize Ghana’s participation at the 2014 Fifa World Cup yielded only 26,373 cedis. This deduction came from the testimony provided the eagerly anticipated appearance of former Youth and Sports minister Elvis Afriyie Ankrah on Wednesday at the ...

The second Vice Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Sammy Crabbe has defended the party’s General Secretary, stating that he does not need the approval of any committee to carry out his duties. He said persons who are accusing Kwabena Agyapong for allegedly taking unilateral decisions without recourse to the laid down procedures are ...

Ghana coach Kwesi Appiah has named his squad for next month’s 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying double-header against Uganda and Togo. The Black Stars coach has selected 24 players for the two Group E matches in the qualifying campaign. Jeffery Schlupp and David Accam, who both missed out of the 2014 World Cup have ...

The Tuesday, 20th August 2014 edition of the Traffic Avenue on Citi 97.3FM had Jessica Opare Saforo interview a lady who was abused from the age of twelve. Listen to the full interview below…

The Tuesday, 20th August 2014 edition of the Traffic Avenue on Citi 97.3FM had Jessica Opare Saforo interview a lady who was abused from the age of twelve. Listen to the full interview below…

A deputy national youth organizer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), James Kofi Fonu Kpatapkpa is advocating for a nationwide mass education for grassroot supporters on the fundamental principles and core values of the party. He said as a social democratic political party, the NDC revolves around its core values which are freedom, solidarity, equity ...

Scores of people have been killed in fresh clashes between two Arab tribes in Sudan’s troubled western region of Darfur, witnesses from the rival camps have said. One person said at least 30 members of his Rezeigat tribe were killed in the fighting, in which heavy weapons were used, with Maaliya tribesmen over territorial claims in ...

An eight-year-old boy has left doctors baffled after his hands swelled to giant proportions and now weigh more than two stone. Young Kaleem, from India, is unable to carry out simple tasks, including tying his own shoe laces, after he was born with hands twice the size of an average baby. His mother Haleema, 27, ...

Domestic Airlines operating in the country says banning of flights to and from Ebola infected countries would not have any significant impact on the aviation industry in Ghana. The Deputy Minister of Transport Joyce Bawa Mogtari earlier told Citi Business News that government is likely to ban flights from affected countries as part of drastic ...

Athleticism meets wits, team work, strategy and determination at this year’s edition of the Citi FM Business Olympics on Saturday 20th September 2014. The Citi Business Olympics, the biggest gathering of businesses and professionals, brings together thousands of people yearly to compete in various sporting disciplines and network as well. Companies would compete for trophies ...

Second Deputy Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Dr. Nashiru Issahaku has admitted that the Central Bank’s foreign exchange reserve is overstretched. He regretted that the nation’s imports supersedes its export potential, hence the pressure on the Central Bank’s foreign exchange reserves. According to him, the Central Bank’s major challenge is to arrest inflation to ...

Ghana, the nation seeking to increase its oil output fivefold in the next decade, expects an offshore development by Hess Corp. (HES) to join the nation’s project pipeline, according to the Petroleum Commission. Hess will drill a third appraisal well later this year on the Deepwater Tano/Cape Three Points block to establish commercial viability and reserves, Kwaku ...

Four people are feared dead in a gas explosion accident at the Valco Estates  in Tema Community 12. According to Citi FM’s Tema correspondent, Elvis Washington, the explosion occurred “while employees at the premises were working.” He said officials of the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) are currently at the venue to deal with the ...

Four people have reportedly died in a gas explosion accident at the Valco Estates  in Tema Community 12. According to Citi FM’s Tema correspondent, Elvis Washington, the explosion occurred “while employees at the premises were working.” He said officials of the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) are currently at the venue to deal with the ...

The 2012 Presidential Candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has reiterated that he is strong enough to work to reverse the economic mess created by the Mahama administration. According to him, Ghanaians are looking for a decisive president who will initiate and execute policies and programmes that will bring relief ...

The President of the Environmental Service Providers Association (ESPA), Dr Joseph Siaw Agyepong, has stated that it is time Ghanaians paid realistic fees for the management and disposal of the waste they generate. He said for far too long, households had enjoyed subsidies for waste collection when such arrangement had not helped the citizenry to ...

A former first National Vice Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has told Citi News, the party’s image has been dented by Tuesday’s violence at the party’s headquarters. “If I say no damage has been caused, I probably will be lying to myself,” he said. Fred Oware noted that the NPP which is known ...

At least 32 people have been killed in landslides that struck Japan’s Hiroshima prefecture, officials say. The landslides happened in a residential area near a mountain in the Hiroshima city outskirts. They were triggered after the equivalent of a month’s rain fell in the 24 hours up to Wednesday morning, Japan’s weather agency said. Images ...

The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) has criticized government for deliberately delaying the payment of its three month pension arrears. The Association described as unfortunate, government’s failure to release monies for the payment of their 2nd tier occupational pension scheme. It further described the delay in making such payments “as a deliberate ploy on ...

The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) has criticized government for deliberately delaying the payment of its three month pension arrears. The Association described as unfortunate, government’s failure to release monies for the payment of their 2nd tier occupational pension scheme. It further described the delay in making such payments “as a deliberate ploy on ...