Local business associations have begun agitating following Government’s delay in releasing the stimulus package earmarked for local companies in distress. Government announced early this year – 2017, that it will offer stimulus packages to local companies that have been in distress for a number of years now. Businesses in distress A number of challenges including ...

The organizers of the prestigious Aviation Awards, Ninetyeightz Events in collaboration with stakeholders in the aviation industry, have held the second edition of Aviation Awards at Alisa Hotel. The Chief Executive Officer of Ninetheightz, Bergis Kojo Frimpong, said his outfit is committed to promoting the tourism and aviation industry for Ghana’s economic development. The award ...

The Association of Founding Fathers and Patrons of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Ashanti Region, has kicked against proposed changes to the party’s constitution. It warned that some of the amendments being canvassed were problematic and could create trouble for the party. The Association at a press conference addressed by its Chairman, ...

The Economic and Organised Crimes Office (EOCO), has revealed that money which went missing from the Electoral Commission (EC)’s Endowment Fund did not end up in the accounts of the deputy Chairpersons of the EC He however insisted that, it was too early to conclude that the officials are innocent, given the mandate and access they had ...

Mining firm, Exton Cubic Group, has lamented that the revocation of their exploration permit by government will deter private investors from creating jobs in Ghana. In a fresh letter addressed to the Minister of Lands and Natural Resource, and signed by Managing Director of Exton Cubic, Augustus Amegashie, the company said “your action in disrespecting the ...

Comedienne Valentina Nana Agyeiwaa, known in showbiz as Afia Schwarzenegger has said she made a mistake in getting married to Lawrence Abrokwah. Afia, who is alleged to have been caught in bed with another man, is heard saying in an audio chanced on by Citi Showbiz that it was a mistake that she chose Lawrence for a ...

The National Communications Authority (NCA) has told Citi Business News it is open for negotiations with prospective buyers of the second 4G spectrum license. The CEO of the NCA, Joe Anokye explains that the outfit will abide by best practices in the sale of the license. Telecommunication companies have complained about the high cost of the spectrum. They ...

The National Communications Authority (NCA) has told Citi Business News it is open for negotiations with prospective buyers of the second 4G spectrum license. The CEO of the NCA, Joe Anokye explains that the outfit will abide by best practices in the sale of the license. Telecommunication companies have complained about the high cost of the spectrum. They ...

The Economic and Organised Crimes Office (EOCO), has given itself a week more, to conclude investigations into how the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) , spent a whopping $72 million on Operational Business Suite (OBS) in a bid to digitize the Trust. The Executive Director of EOCO, K. K. Amoah, revealed this to Accra-based Peace ...

An Interdicted Police Constable, Samuel Asamoah, 36, of the Kasoa Police Station, and Yaw Boadi, 35, a businessman at Abeka Lapaz in Accra, have been arrested at Agona Otopiase, for alleged robbery. Superintendent Seth Panti Yirenkyi, Agona Swedru District Police Commander, who disclosed this to the Ghana News Agency (GNA)  at Swedru, said the robbery ...

Mr Ambrose Dery, the Minister of the Interior, on Wednesday, tasked the newly constituted Auctioneers Registration Board to flush out all unscrupulous auctioneers and ensure sanity in the business. He said auctioneering in recent times had come under public scrutiny due to the crooked activities of some auctioneers and, thus, charged them to keep an ...

Hundreds of angry Freight Forwarders have thronged the Longroom of the Tema Port over what they say are delays in the clearance of their consignments at the port. Government began the implementation of the paperless clearing system last Saturday to speed up the process of clearing goods and ensuring order at the port. But barely ...

The Upper East Regional Minister, Rockson Bukari, has tasked all thirteen Municipal and District assemblies in the region to constitute task-forces to arrest sanitation offenders for prosecution. According to him, this will reduce the region’s alarming rate of open defecation. He said the damming reports of the region having placed first conservatively in open defecation ...

The excessively high intake of fish among Ghanaians is one of the reasons the country has to import over 60 percent of its fish, according to the Co-convener of the Fisheries Alliance, Richster Nii Amarfio. Ghana, which consumes over 950,000 metric tons of fish annually, imported $135 million worth of fish in 2016 because of ...

Ghana’s leading telecommunications network, MTN, has commissioned a 90-seater electronic library facility for staff members and students of the Koforidua Technical University in the Eastern Region. The GHc 560,000 e-library was initiated with IGF funding covering finishing and furnishing, servers and accessories, and e-journal subscription among others. It is equipped with 90 ultra modern computers, ...

A Board Member of GHACEM, Ghana’s leading cement manufacturer, Dr. Ishmael Yamson, has called on government to give “deliberate support” to Ghanaian entrepreneurs to enable them grow their businesses. Dr. Yamson said “doing business in this country is not easy, and we have to make it easy for businesses to flourish. There is no way ...

Juliet Asante, one of Ghana’s celebrated film makers, has said that the answer to the woes of the movie industry is not about collating signatures. Her statement was in response to the recent campaign by Yvonne Nelson for stakeholders in the film industry to sign a petition to be presented to the government over the ...

A few years ago I attended a wedding reception where the groom gave himself an anti-climax to the celebration. He had asked the MC to allow him sing a song, Ankwanobi, from the repertoire of the Ghanaian highlife musician, Obuoba J. A. Adofo, for whatever reason, in furtherance of the beauty of the ceremony. At ...

The 2016 Management and Utilization of District Assemblies’ Common Fund, and other Statutory Funds reports released by the Auditor General, has revealed that among the 216 Assemblies across the ten regions of Ghana, assemblies in the Greater Region mismanaged the least of funds that were allotted them. Out of a total of GHc 33,392,496.94 released ...

The District Grand Lodge of Cape Coast has organised a free health screening for the people of Cape Coast and its environs. The exercise, which formed part of the third centenary anniversary celebration of the United Grand Lodge of England, was to help members to know their health status. It was also part of an ...