The three-storey building close to the Asafo interchange in Kumasi that was caving in has been demolished along with a building next to it, which was found to be structurally compromised. Kumasi Metropolitan Chief Executive, Osei Assibey Antwi, directed that the building be pulled down after it was declared a danger zone by officials of ...

Some 31 members of the Tamale Metropolitan Assembly, have requested a general Assembly meeting in accordance with Order 17 (3) of the Standing Orders of District, Municipal and Metropolitan Assemblies of Ghana, to enable them pass a vote of no confidence in the MCE, Iddrisu Musah, also known as Musah Superior. The aggrieved Assembly Members ...

Following Ghana’s exit from the 2017 U-17 World Cup in India, Citi Sports‘ Daniel Koranteng assesses what could have gone wrong and urges the nation to plan for the future with the players at the heart of a transition. Ghana’s Black Starlets have arrived home after their FIFA U-17 World Cup outing which saw them ...

West African leaders have made their first comments after two months of increasingly bloody violence in Togo, calling on the presidency and the opposition to sit down for talks. France also called for an “immediate dialogue” between the two sides in its former colony, saying it was concerned about reports of civilian militia working alongside ...

A member of the Kwesi Botchwey Committee, Nii Lante Vanderpuijie, is the latest to rubbish a document purported to be the outcome of investigations into the causes of the NDC’s 2016 defeat by the Kwesi Botchwey committee. Speaking to Citi News’ Fred Djabanor, Mr. Vandepuijie categorically stated that, both the content and structure of the ...

Former US President George Bush Senior has apologised for any distress caused after an actress accused him of sexual assault. Heather Lind said the 93-year-old former president had “touched me from behind from his wheelchair” and told a “dirty joke” while posing for a photo. Ms Lind made the allegation on social network Instagram, in ...

Former US President George Bush Senior has apologised for any distress caused after an actress accused him of sexual assault. Heather Lind said the 93-year-old former president had “touched me from behind from his wheelchair” and told a “dirty joke” while posing for a photo. Ms Lind made the allegation on social network Instagram, in ...

Fats Domino, one of the most influential rock and roll performers of the 1950s and 60s, has died aged 89. The American rock and roll artist was best known for his songs Ain’t That A Shame and Blueberry Hill. The New Orleans singer sold more than 65 million records, outselling every 1950s rock and roll ...

Black Starlets Head Coach has revealed the reason why forward Richard Danso was not given enough opportunities at the ongoing U17 FIFA World Cup in India. Danso was largely used as a super sub throughout the tournament, and came on to score twice against both Niger and India. There were many calls for the WAFA ...

US President Donald Trump has seized on reports that Hillary Clinton’s team bankrolled a sleazy dossier of allegations linking him to Russia. Unfounded claims that Mr Trump had been filmed with prostitutes in a Moscow hotel surfaced in the closing stretch of last year’s White House race. Mrs Clinton’s presidential campaign and the Democratic National ...

Some irate youth in Karaga in the Northern Region, believed to be sympathizers of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), have reportedly invaded a police station, and freed some NPP members who were in police custody. A Citi News source who was close to the scene, said the youth acted in that manner because the District ...

The Member of Parliament for Bolga Central, Isaac Adongo, has described the reasons given by the yet-to-be issued energy sector bond as baseless. According to him, claims by the government that the bond was needed to service the non-performing loans of banks were untenable, as the previous administration had ensured that the debts were being ...

Drivers who ply the Koforidua Akuapem Mamfi route in the Eastern Region, have threatened to stage a demonstration against government over the slow pace of construction works on a collapsed culvert at Kwamoso in the Eastern Region. Commuters and drivers on Wednesday endured a tough time plying the Koforidua Akuapem to Accra route after 15 ...

Shop stewards of the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA) branch of the Maritime and Dockworkers Union (MDU) of the Trades Union Congress (TUC), have threatened to break away from the MDU if the leadership continued to occupy itself with issues outside of its mandate. A shop steward is a person elected by workers to ...

Medical Superintendents of Ghana have expressed concern about the poor state of healthcare systems in the country. The Association indicated that, lack of funding and investments in the health sector, is taking a toll on the quality of health delivery at various health centres in the country. Currently, Ghana is investing 3.6 percent of its GDP ...

It seems the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) is not ready to make public the supposed true findings made by the Prof. Kwesi Botchwey committee on why the party was defeated in the 2016 polls. That is the position of the party’s General Secretary, Johnson Asiedu Nketia, who said its only meant for internal consumption. ...

A three-day workshop organised by the International Cocoa Initiative (ICI), in collaboration with the Ghana Journalists’ Association (GJA), camped journalists at Assin Fosu in the Central Region, to equip them with requisite knowledge on the concept of child labour in the cocoa sector, and their role in its elimination. The journalists, drawn from Accra and ...

The General Secretary of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia, has accused the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) of being behind the use of a fake document purported to be the outcome of investigations into the causes of the NDC’s defeat by the Kwesi Botchwey committee. He says the NPP is using ...

Pressure Group, OccupyGhan,  has bemoaned what it describes as risible fines imposed as a court sentence on 13 members of pro-New Patriotic Party (NPP) vigilante group, Delta Force, for storming the Ashanti Regional Coordinating Council, and manhandling the regional security coordinator. “We are shocked at how these matters have been handled, and are even more appalled ...

Four persons were arrested today [Wednesday], after chaos erupted during a press conference by the Abola Piam We (Clan), at Ga Mashie in Accra, following threats by the Royal House to install a new Ga Mantse. According to the Abola Piam We, it is the rightful clan to install a new Ga Mantse. There was ...