Gladys Obeng returned home in Accra recently to find her two children in tears after their day at primary school. When she asked what was wrong, they told her they had barely eaten since morning. “I give them 2 cedis [35p] every day to buy kenkey and bread for lunch. But with the prices in Ghana now, ...

Two persons are currently in the grips of the police over their  involvement in the alleged forged passport saga of the former New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament for Nkoranza North, Eric Amoateng. Eric Amoateng had been detained at the Nima police since Thursday night for using a lady’s passport acquired fraudulently, but has since been ...

The Executive Secretary of the Narcotics Control Board (NACOB), Akrasi Sarpong has told Citi News that the decision to invite former Nkoranza North MP, Eric Amoateng for further interrogation is part of the routine for such cases. Mr. Amoateng was taken away immediately he landed at the Kotoka International Airport by NACOB officials for interrogation. ...

Information reaching citifmonline.com indicates that the former Ghanaian legislator, Eric Amoateng has been granted bail by the Cocoa Affairs Court, Circuit Court six. Mr. Amoateng who arrived in Ghana on Thursday after serving a 10-year jail term in the United States for narcotics offences is also facing charges for  possessing a forged Ghanaian passport. The ...

Information reaching citifmonline.com indicates that the former Ghanaian legislator, Eric Amoateng has been granted bail by the Cocoa Affairs Court, Circuit Court six. The court granted him a bail condition of GHC200, 000 with 3 sureties to justify.  Mr. Amoateng is also expected to report on Mondays and Fridays of every week to the Police ...

Chelsea striker Didier Drogba has announced his retirement from international football with Ivory Coast. Drogba, 36, who last month re-joined Chelsea following a two-season absence with spells in China and Turkey, made his 104th and final appearance for Les Elephants during the World Cup in Brazil. The Ivory Coast captain was unable to help guide ...

President John Dramani Mahama has described as timely, the signing of the second compact of the Millennium Challenge Corporation. The signing will see the release of $498 million to Ghana which government says will be channeled into the country’s power sector. The $498.2 million will support the transformation of Ghana’s electricity sector and stimulate private ...

The Ashanti Regional Police Command has met the various political parties over recent pockets of violence that have characterized the limited voter registration exercise in the region. The Regional Commander, DCOP Nathan Kofi Boakye, told reporters that several incidents had marred the voter registration process in the region. The Electoral Commission, on Monday August 4, ...

Security Agencies at the Ghana-Togo border have apprehended seven suspected armed robbers at Nehobe a suburb of Aflao. This news comes after the Volta Regional minister promised to toughen sanctions against residents who have hijacked illegal entry points in the Region. The suspects allegedly attacked victims and stolen an amount within the region of GH¢300. ...

A Deputy Minister for Education in-charge of tertiary, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has revealed that the National Service Act 426 is in the process of being reviewed to include compulsory military training for all service personnel. The Act, since its inception, has not been revised and has outdated clauses, hence the decision to review it. The ...

The chief of Tamale, Naa-Dakpema Dawuni Alhassan is asking for the banishment all the women who were filmed on the leaked sex tape recorded in Tamale. A recently leaked nude pictures and videos in circulation reprotedly revealed that about 50 women had been filmed perfoming various sexual acts with a Tamale-born  Ghanaian based in Canada. ...

Mr Kirk Koffi, Chief Executive of the Volta River Authority (VRA), on Thursday said the public must work to reduce wastage in both supply and demand of electricity to avoid future energy problems. He said if nothing was done about that, the Authority would add on more capacity but the country would still be found ...

Ghana has maintained its position in the latest Beach Soccer rankings released by the Beach Soccer Federation world wide (BSww). Nicknamed the ”Black Sharks”, team Ghana is placed ahead of South Africa and Algeria but remain 60th in the world and 8th in the African sub-region after an overall point accumulation of 85. The lack of movement on the log can be attributed to the country’s little involvement in ...

University of Cape Coast (UCC)  has indefinitely postponed its re-opening date due to what it describes as “circumstance beyond control” UCC was initially scheduled to re-open school on the 2nd and 9th August, 2014 for fresh and continuing students respectively. Though reasons for the postponement was not clearly stated, it is believed that it is as ...

Host of the Citi 97.3 FM breakfast show, Bernard Avle, Monday spoke to a group of high school students about the art of effective speaking, and the power of effective communication in leadership. The celebrated broadcaster led the over 100  enthusiastic students through an interactive session at the Ashesi Innovation Experience (AIX) , sharing has ...

Award-winning Ghanaian gospel musician Sonnie Badu is busily finalizing arrangements to get married to the love of his life. Close friends and family sources have confirmed the news to Citifmonline. The ceremony, which would be officiated by Rev. Dr.  Victor Osei of Family Chapel – Kumasi and Pastor Kingsley Appiagyei of the Trinity Baptist Church, ...

Israel launched air strikes across the Gaza Strip on Friday in response to Palestinian rockets fired after Egyptian-mediated talks failed to extend a 72-hour truce in the month-long war. As rocket-warning sirens sounded in southern Israel, the military said Hamas had fired at least 18 rockets from Gaza and Israel’s “Iron Dome” interceptor system brought ...

Government is insisting the Presidential Commission set up to investigate Ghana’s participation at the World cup will continue with its work despite a warning by world football governing body, Fifa. A letter from Fifa addressed to the Ghana Football Association yesterday stated that the wording of some of the terms of reference for the Commission ...

President Barack Obama said on Thursday he had authorized U.S. air strikes to blunt the onslaught of Islamist militants in northern Iraq and began airdrops of supplies to besieged religious minorities to prevent a “potential act of genocide.” Obama, in his most significant response yet to the crisis, said he approved “targeted” use of air ...

The former New Patriotic Party Member of Parliament for Nkoranza North, Eric Amoateng is in the grips of the police for allegedly possessing forged Ghanaian passport. He was detained at the Nima police station at about 10:50 pm, Thursday August 7, 2014. Citi News highly placed sources said he was detained without his lawyers in ...