President Nana Akufo-Addo is happy over Parliament’s decision to suspend the building of a new parliamentary chamber complex. This comes after the massive pressure from Ghanaians for Parliament to boycott the decision. Some groups had even planned to stage a demonstration to express their displeasure over the decision. Speaking on the issue for the first […] The post Akufo-Addo

The Ghana Institute of Architects is calling on the government to immediately take steps to constitute a board for the Architectural Registration Council (ARC) which they say has been inactive since 2017. In a statement, the Institute said it will be forced to take legal action if the government does not act by the end […] The post Ghana Institute of Architects to

The Ofaakor District Police Command in the Central Region has arrested a 40-year-old man for attempting to sell two pistols with eight rounds of ammunition. The suspect, Godwin Cudjo Hianyo was arrested in his hideout at Adom Estate near Akwele in the Central Region. Speaking to Citi News in an interview, DSP Christopher Daker the […] The post Man arrested for trying to sell

Black Stars general captain, Asamoah Gyan, has hinted that fans may not see him when the next AFCON tournament rolls by in 2021. Between 2008 and now, Gyan has been part of Ghana’s AFCON campaigns which have produced two final appearances in 2010 and 2015. But the Kayserispor forward has given the strongest indication that […] The post “AFCON 2019 may be my last”- Asamoah Gyan

A committee has been set up in the Ashanti Region, to look into the registration of 689 applicants whose registrations were challenged. This is according to the Ashanti Regional Director of the Electoral Commission, Benjamin Bannor Bio. “For the first 20 days, we registered 190,872 applicants in the Ashanti region. Out of this number 689 […] The post Voter

Government has announced a joint partnership deal with the Chinese to construct a 100 million dollar chocolate factory at Sefwi-Wiaso in the Western North region. The facility is expected to process about 50,000 tonnes of cocoa beans into chocolate in a year. This is expected to help the country add value to its cocoa beans […] The post Ghana-China to

The World Food Programme (WFP) in collaboration with the Savanna Agricultural Research Institute (SARI) has launched the Donkey-Chart technology initiative in five districts of the Upper East Region. to reduce post-harvest losses among women smallholder farmers. The beneficiary districts are; Bawku, Binduri, Tempane, Bawku West and Bongo. Under the project, twenty women lead farmers from […] The post World

Hackers could access cameras on millions of Apple Macs thanks to a vulnerability in Zoom’s video-conferencing software, a security researcher has found. Jonathan Leitschuh uncovered a way to force almost any Mac that has Zoom’s app installed to join a video call. One tech veteran who found he was at risk called the flaw “bananas”. […] The post Macs vulnerable

Stranger Things’ return to Netflix has been massively popular, with the third instalment breaking the streaming service’s viewer records. More than 40 million households watched the show in its first four days, according to Netflix, with 18 million-plus already having finished all eight episodes. Netflix only recently started sharing viewing figures. Bird Box topped the […] The post Stranger

About seven persons have sustained various degrees of injuries after a clash at Dagomba Line near Asawase in the Ashanti Region over a land dispute. More than 100 persons have also been displaced after a fire was set to some structures and some properties were vandalized. Narrating the incident to Citi News, some affected persons […] The post Kumasi: Seven injured

Ditch the notion that therapy sucks. I’m a bit biased about the positive effects of seeing a therapist, but I often have a new client come to me and say, “I was so scared to come here today,” or, “Well, that wasn’t really so bad. I thought it was going to suck!” The truth is, […] The post 7 ways seeing a therapist works better

Successful marriage don’t start with love … they END with it. Matchmaker Hellen Chen once stated that she thinks we’re spending too much time dating. If you really want to get married, Chen says, you should simply commit to marriage and let romance happen later. According to her, dating is a recipe for heartbreak, and […] The post 3 Reasons Why

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the global development network of the United Nations, has partnered with the Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) — Africa’s leading philanthropy committed to train, mentor and financially support 100,000 young entrepreneurs in Africa over a decade towards the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the African Union’s Agenda […] The post UNDP,

Hundreds of members of the Coalition for Social Justice are currently embarking on a demonstration in Accra dubbed “Kum y?n pr?ko.” The protest is to register their displeasure over what they have termed as ‘severe hardship’ in the country. Groups participating in the demonstration include the Minority caucus in Parliament, the Greater Accra Market Women […] The post Hundreds

Thousands of members of the Coalition for Social Justice are currently embarking on a demonstration in Accra dubbed “Kum y?n pr?ko.” The protest is to register their displeasure over what they have termed as ‘severe hardship’ in the country. Groups participating in the demonstration include the Minority caucus in Parliament, the Greater Accra Market Women […] The post Thousands

A motorbike ban aimed at curbing crime has come into effect in Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa. It was announced last month, with city mayor Takele Uma saying that a large number of crimes were being carried out by people on motorbikes. At the time Mr Takele said that exceptions would be made for people using […] The post Motorbikes banned in Ethiopia to curb crime appeared

President Nana Akufo-Addo has said that his administration is on course fulfilling the many promises it made to the Ghanaian electorate, in the run-up to the 2016 elections. Addressing members of the Ghanaian community resident in France on Monday, 8th July, 2019, as part of his official visit to that country, President Akufo-Addo indicated that, […] The post ‘I

A politician friend told me recently that the government does not know what to do with the Ho airport. He said all companies who come to promise to fly the route go and never return. This discussion got the two of us pondering over the history of the $25 million Ho airport. Many Voltarians welcomed […] The post Ben Aklama writes: What shall we do with the Ho Airport?

The Miss Universe Ghana Organisation has announced that the prestigious Miss Universe Ghana competition will be placed on hold for 2019 and resume in 2020 following evaluation to implement new opportunities for the pageant. The National Director of the organisation, Mrs Menaye Donkor Muntari stated that the pageant will be organised early next year and […] The post Miss

The Ashanti regional branch of the Ghana Federation of Disability Organization is appealing to the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) and government to reserve some jobs at the yet to be opened Kejetia terminal for persons with disabilities. Speaking to Citi News after touring the facility, the Ashanti regional President of the Association, Tabi Amponsah Alfred […] The post Give