The Progressive People’s Party (PPP) has launched an online petition to collect one million signatures from Ghanaians to compel the Electoral Commission to reinstate the party’s Flagbearer, Dr Papa Kwesi Nduom as one of the presidential candidates in the 2016 elections. The PPP Flagbearer was disqualified by the Electoral Commission last week after it noted that ...

The Ministry of Education is blaming the Heads of some institutions in the three Northern regions for the delay in the payment of  feeding grants for the schools.  The Ministry argues that the failure of the Heads to submit the relevant data to the ministry for the payment of the grants is to blame for the ...

An independent candidate contesting the Wa West parliamentary seat, Patrick Farouk Bandanaa has charged the electorates in the area to vote against parliamentary aspirants who campaign on tribal lines in the run up to the December general elections. According to him tribal politics do not only divide the people but also serves as a means ...

The Ghana Football Association is yet to be formally notified about the Sports Ministry’s plan to franchise rights to Black Stars games. The Sports Ministry last week opened up to the public about these plans in an aim to provide extra funding for the Black Stars, reduce the pressure on government and maximize the brand. ...

Accra Academy Senior High School emerged winners of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) market quiz competition for Senior High Schools. Legon Presbyterian Senior High School came second, St Thomas Aquinas was third and Ngleshi Amanfro Senior High School taking the fourth position. Students from the winning school would have GH¢1000 each deposited into an ...

The Emir of Dubai has flown £300,000 of emergency supplies toHaiti on his private jet. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum sent 90 tonnes of emergency supplies in his Boeing 747 to the Caribbean island in the wake of Hurricane Matthew. Around 300,000 Haitians have been forced by the tropical storm to live in temporary shelters after an ...

President John Mahama says he is happy that his government has not overspent its 2016 budget in spite of pressures from various sectors to spend  more on projects not budgeted for. According to him, government remains firm in its resolve not to spend beyond what it budgeted for the year. The President noted that Ghana ...

The National Democratic Congress parliamentary candidate for Navrongo Central, Mark Owen Woyongo is hopeful he would be retained as a representative of the people in Parliament in the upcoming general elections. According to him, the area has seen massive development under the NDC government hence another term in office would be in the right direction. ...

The governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) Parliamentary candidate for the Yagaba-Kubori constituency in the Northern Region, Alhaji Abdul Rauf Tanko has called for ceasefire on tribal politics. As the campaign intensify, he said it is the responsibility of all politicians to abstain from tribal politics which he noted could plunge the nation into chaos. “I ...

The embattled National Democratic Congress(NDC) Parliamentary aspirant for Ketu South who went independent following his disqualification from the party’s primary launched his campaign over the weekend with a reaffirmation of his allegiance to the NDC. Mr. Jim Yao Morti was disqualified and suspended from the NDC on various grounds of purported criminality and inconsistency in ...

Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, running mate of the New Patriotic Party has asked residents in the Northern parts of the country to vote against President John Mahama in the December 7 polls. This he said is because President Mahama and the National Democratic Congress government do not love the people in those regions but only care ...

The governing National Democratic Congress’ (NDC)  constituency chairman in the Ekumfi in the Central Region, Ekow Esirifie-Buckman has defected to the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP). According to him, the incumbent MP and the party’s Parliamentary candidate for the area,  Abeiku Crentsil and the regional executives of the party rejected him for refusing to support ...

Economist, Dr. Eric Osei-Assibey has attributed the successful issuance of the country’s first local dollar denominated bond to better incentives it provides to investors. Government last week raised a total of 94.6 million dollars at a rate of 6.0 percent with a maturity term of two years. Even though government targeted 50 million dollars, total ...

Political parties and politicians, during election years, dole out huge amounts of money on billboards across the country as part of election campaign methods. Checks by Citi Business News show that it cost as much as 6,500 cedis to obtain a license from the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA), to mount a billboard in the Greater ...

The New Patriotic (NPP) Member of Parliament for Madina constituency, Boniface Abubakar Saddique has discredited the campaign launch of the incumbent National Democratic Congress Member of Parliament, Alhaji Amadu Sorogho, describing it as ‘tickling themselves’ over . He said the outcome of the campaign event was an indication the Member of Parliament had lost the Parliamentary seat. ...

Police have commenced investigations into the death of host of Kessben FM’s ‘Breaking News’ programme, Confidence Eric Kwadwo Baah. General Manager of the radio station, Andrew Danso Aninkora revealed this on the Citi Breakfast Show. Confidence who has been hosting other flagship programmes both on Kessben TV and Radio died over the weekend. Mr. Aninkora was ...

The West African Gas Pipeline Company (WAPCo) has agreed to a possible tariff review in the future with the government of Ghana to enable reliable gas supply. The Minister of Petroleum, Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah recently criticized WAPCo for its unrelenting stands on charging Ghana high tariff before it supplies gas for power generation. Mr. Buah ...

Middle-aged trader, Veronica Kumako, who underwent a facial tumor surgery courtesy of Vodafone’s Healthline programme, has expressed her profound gratitude to the telecommunications giant, revealing that her life is more than beautiful now. Following a decade of misery, the cheerful Veronica said she is now empowered to socialize, laugh and work to provide for herself ...

The University of Health and Allied Sciences (UHAS), has received approval from the National Accreditation Board to begin a postgraduate programme in Public Health this academic year. The University is also awaiting approval from the Board to start a Master of Philosophy programme in Applied Epidemiology, Professor John Gyapong, Vice Chancellor of UHAS, said at ...

David Oyelowo expects to share “lots of backstage banter” about James Bond with Daniel Craig when the pair co-star in Othello in New York. The British stars are due to start rehearsals for the off-Broadway Shakespeare production next week. James Bond actor Craig will play Iago with Oyelowo in the title role. Previews for the ...