The Institute of Democratic Governance (IDEG) and the Civic Forum Initiative (CFI) are proposing the election of  Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives on the tickets of political parties. This, they say will ensure the Chief Executives are the outcome of popular votes and thus be accountable to their constituents. This was among a number ...

A huge fire has ripped through the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) building in the capital Abuja on Wednesday. Flames were spotted coming out of the building at about 1000 local time and it took fire fighters almost two hours to extinguish the blaze. Nigerian Fire Service official Eyo Ime said it is suspected an electrical ...

The Government Statistician, Dr Philomena Nyarko, has appealed to business operators not to be worried by the upcoming Integrated Business Survey (IBES) because it is not being conducted for purposes of taxation. She said the survey was only an economic census to be conducted in all economic units of the Ghanaian economy to provide a ...

Cardinal Peter Appiah-Turkson, President, Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, has urged African leaders to focus on the fighting poverty and other indignities faced by their people. They need to show strong commitment towards the continent’s blueprint – the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD). He said they should be seen as originators and implementers ...

Twelve key craft export companies from Ghana are participating in this year’s Summer Artisan Resource in New York as part of measures to re-establish the country’s handicraft on the United States market. The market incubator event, which is the fifth and largest since its launch in 2012 has attracted more than 120 companies from 30 ...

The search for singing superstars for this year’s Vodafone Icons Remix edition will start from the Ashanti regional capital, Kumasi on Saturday, August 23, 2014. The audition, which will take place at the Golden Tulip Hotel, will give music lovers in the garden city and its surrounding communities the opportunity to be part of the ...

The Ministry of Roads and Highways last year generated an amount of Gh¢49.06 million from 35 toll stations and a ferry station at Ada. The Ministry, as at the end of June 2014, had collectecd Gh¢ 27.8 million at 38 stations, including the Ada and Senchi Ferry stations. Alhaji Inusah Fuseni, Minister of Roads and ...

The Volta River Authority (VRA) has confirmed the water level of the Akosombo Dam is reducing but has allayed fears Ghana’s Power situation was going to worsen in coming months. The water level of the Akosombo dam is reportedly reducing steadily and it is feared the situation could force a shutdown of the dam if ...

A press conference organised by the New Patriotic Party (NPP) turned bloody when some angry youth threatened to beat up the General Secretary of the party, Kwabena Agyepong for asking the acting Communications Director, Perry Okudzeto to proceed on leave. The Citi Breakfast Show team discussed and aired a documentary by Richard Dela Sky on ...

All mobile phone users regardless of the network will from 8th September 2014, use a common short code to check, top up credit as well as access call centres. This follows the National Communications Authority’s (NCA) move to harmonize all short codes for general customer services across all networks. The National Communications Authority however indicates ...

Coming up with witty responses to the questions on your online dating profile can be tough — but if you’re trying to be cute by saying that you can’t live without puppies, you might want to reconsider your answer. Read on for the dealbreakers that these 8 men don’t want to see when it comes ...

Government has settled on audit and professional services firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) as transaction advisors for the new national airline for Ghana. Citi Business News on July 15 reported that the World Bank was expected to give a no objection to the selection of PWC before the deal would be sealed. The Ministry of Transport, earlier ...

Tertiary institutions across the country are to extend their re-opening dates again in the wake of the outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus in four West African countries. According to the Deputy Minister of Health, Dr Victor Asare Bampoe, the Ministry of Education has been asked to review the re-opening dates. The Education Ministry last ...

The Chairman of the West Africa Commission on Drugs, Olusegun Obasanjo and Kofi Annan, Chair of the Kofi Annan Foundation, will today meet with Ghana’s President, John Mahama, Chair of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to discuss regional responses to the growing drugs threat in West Africa. In June, the West Africa ...

A leading member of Ghana’s main opposition party, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has appealed to Ghanaians to continue having faith in the party because all is not lost. Ghanaians on Tuesday expressed a vote of no confidence in the NPP after a press briefing at the party’s headquarters turned bloody. Angry youth of the ...

The Convention People’s Party (CPP) is calling on other smaller political parties in the country to capitalize on the National Democratic Congress (NDC) government’s poor performance and the internal rifts within the New Patriotic Party  and unite to win the 2016 elections. The CPP says it should be considered a sign for the smaller parties ...

Former President Jerry Rawlings is seeking a perpetual injunction at the Fast Track High Court to restrain Professor Kwaku Danso-Boafo, Ghana’s ex-High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, from proceeding with the launch of a book the latter has written on Rawlings. According to Rawlings, the ex-diplomat has breached a contract between them to get his ...

Google has removed a total of 12 BBC News stories from some search results since controversial EU “right to be forgotten” laws came into force in May. The stories range from coverage of a court case on bomb-making in Northern Ireland 13 years ago to a dispute over a lost dog. Google notified the BBC ...

Liberia has imposed a night-time curfew and has quarantined an area of the capital Monrovia in a bid to halt the deadly Ebola outbreak. President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf said the curfew would be from 21:00 local time to 06:00 (21:00-06:00 GMT). She said all movement would be blocked in and out of the West Point ...

A political science lecturer at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) says Tuesday’s clashes at the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) headquarters is an indication the party is in trouble . “Looking at what is happening, one will not be far away to say that NPP is heading towards a disaster,” said Aminu ...