Justin Gatlin won his second world 100m title 12 years after his first to ruin eight-time Olympic champion Usain Bolt’s final individual race. Bolt, who retires after next week’s 4x100m relay, was third behind American Gatlin, who clocked 9.92 seconds, and Christian Coleman (9.94). Bolt’s 9.95 seconds equalled his best effort of 2017 but he ...
An International Relations Analyst, Dr. Vladimir Antwi Danso has said that Kenya simply exercised its sovereign rights by refusing Peter Mac Manu entry into the country. In a Citi News interview, Dr. Antwi Danso neither condemned nor condoned Kenya’s actions, stating that, the tenets of diplomacy allowed any country to take such decisions at its ...
The 2016 NPP National Campaign Manager, Peter Mac Manu was not the only individual who was denied entry into Kenya, Chief Agent of Kenya’s National Super Alliance (NASA), Musalia Mudavadi has revealed. According to Mr. Mudavadi, other representatives from the United States also suffered a similar fate. Earlier reports from Kenya had suggested Mr. Manu’s denial ...
Venezuela’s new constituent assembly has voted to sack top prosecutor Luisa Ortega, during its first day of work. Ms Ortega, a vocal critic of left-wing President Nicolás Maduro, had opposed the assembly’s inauguration on Friday, citing allegations of voting fraud. Security forces have surrounded her office in the capital Caracas, in what she has called ...
Former President Jerry John Rawlings has proposed a radical approach towards dealing with filth in Accra. Speaking at the Ada Asafotufiam Festival, the former President said if given the opportunity, he would jail a minimum of three persons a week for sanitation related offenses till Accra’s sanitation situation improved. “You are lucky the position given to me ...
Small tax payers will henceforth be relieved of the stress and constraint hampering their effective compliance with tax. It comes at the back of the launch of an electronic payment zone (E-Zone) at the Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA) office in Accra by the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA). The move is also with support ...
National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament for Cape Coast South, Kweku Rickets Hagan has described the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) as hypocritical. He said this in relation to government’s decision to borrow to finance some of its projects within its first six months in office. According to Mr. Hagan, though the NPP government ...
Ghanaians from the Northern Ghana living home and in the diaspora initiated a fund called a ‘Token Fund Initiative for Excellence’, to support students from the three Northern Regions of Ghana who are brilliant but needy. As a start, the Token Fund Initiative for Excellence has presented GHc 2,000 Ghana cedis to miss Zuweira Baba Mohammed, ...
World Vision Ghana (WVG) with funding from World Vision Korea has trained 600 women in Shea Butter extraction and trade in the Garu-Tempane District of the Upper East Region. The women drawn from Kpikpira, Gagbire and Woriyanga under WVG Shea Butter project have been trained on modern Shea butter extraction technologies and value added processes ...
National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament for Cape Coast South, Kwaku Ricketts Hagan has described as needless, attempts to rewrite Ghana’s history in manner that discredits Kwame Nkrumah’s role in Ghana’s independence According to the Legislator, the comparison between Dr. Kwame Nkrumah and the founders of the United Gold Coast Convention creates unnecessary tension. ...
National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament for Cape Coast South, Kwaku Ricketts Hagan has described as needless, attempts to rewrite Ghana’s history in a manner that discredits Kwame Nkrumah’s role in Ghana’s independence. According to the Legislator, the comparison between Dr. Kwame Nkrumah and the founders of the United Gold Coast Convention creates unnecessary ...
He’s a total player. Sometimes, you’ll find yourself living the single life, where you’re casually seeing some people, or maybe even just one person. Love and dating can be a bit of a minefield by itself, and it’s made worse when the dudes you’re finding are just playing games with the girls they fool around with. Don’t get caught off ...
The National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO) has released a large consignment of relief items for distribution to flood victims in the Nanumba North (Bimbila) district of the Northern Region. Hundreds of residents within the eastern corridor enclave suffered from recent flooding which hit six districts in the region. NADMO’s Director General, Eric Nana Agyemang Prempeh ...
Two rival chiefs of the Dangbebiawe in the Ada Traditional Council clashed at the durbar grounds of 2017’s Asafotufiam celebrations at Ada. The confusion, which stalled the event for about 30 minutes, ended with the intervention of the police and military. According to Citi News sources at the festival grounds, the spat is a result of confusion ...
The Association of Gas Tanker Drivers has refused to call off its earlier threat of a nationwide strike over the sole supply of gas by Puma Energy. This is despite the National Petroleum Authority’ (NPA) denying any it has any deal with Puma Energy Limited to supply of gas and LPG cylinders to domestic consumers ...
LL Cool J will be the first hip-hop artist to receive a Kennedy Centre honour later this year. He will be awarded alongside musician Lionel Richie, singer Gloria Estefan, TV writer Normal Lear and dancer Carmen de Lavallade. The awards annually celebrate arts figures for their contributions to American culture. LL Cool J tweeted: “To be the ...
Apple is working on an Apple Watch that does not need to be paired to an iPhone, according to a report. Bloomberg reports that the new Watch will connect directly to LTE mobile networks. The company has begun talks with providers in the US and Europe about offering the device later this year, the report says. ...
Brazil forward Neymar, the world’s most expensive footballer, will not play in Paris St-Germain’s first French league match of the season after his documents failed to be lodged in time. His international transfer certificate missed a midnight deadline, so he will watch Saturday’s match against Amiens from the stands, the league said. But he will ...
The Member of Parliament for Tema East, Titus Glover has condemned threats by the Tema based pro-New Patriotic Party (NPP) group, Invisible forces, to visit chaos on the Tema metropolis, if the government does not provide them with jobs. Speaking to Citi News, he acknowledged the legitimacy of their concerns but said their process of ...
The Chairman of the National Disciplinary Committee of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Most Rev Asante Antwi, has instructed Invisible Forces and all other vigilante groups affiliated with the party, to stop perpetrating acts of violence with immediate effect. He noted that the actions the groups are in sharp contrast to the conduct of ...
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