In this edition of the Citi Breakfast Show, Bernard Avle, Nathan Quao and Godfred Akoto Boafo discuss the Minority’s opposition to the Ministry of Communications decision to shut down three channels owned by the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation Bernard Avle interviewed Suleimana Braimah from the Media Foundation For West Africa and the Minister for Information Kojo […] The post Citi
The Christian Council of Ghana wants leaders of the country to take giants steps towards ensuring peace before, during and after the December 7, 2020, general elections. Members of the group who have expressed serious worry over acts of violence and misconduct during the electioneering period say the political space in the country has been […] The post Christian
The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has disowned one Emmanuel Awuah purported to be a student of the University. Mr. Emmanuel Awuah is in police custody for allegedly killing an Uber driver. According to police at Tafo-Pankrono in the Ashanti Region, Emmanuel confessed to killing the deceased driver after he was arrested. […] The post KNUST disowns
A District Court at Mamponteng in the Kwabre East Municipality of the Ashanti Region has remanded into police custody the main suspect over the death of an Uber driver. The 23-year old, Emmanuel Awuah, has been charged with murder and conspiracy to commit murder. Although his plea was not taken on his first appearance in […] The post A/R: Court remands suspect who
The Ashanti Regional Coordinating Council has directed workers of the Kumasi Depot of the Metro Mass Transit to return to work as it takes steps to get management address their concerns. This was after a meeting with the leadership of the workers union and management of the company over issues relating to conditions of service. […] The post Kumasi MMT drivers ordered to
Seven students out of the 55 people in Accra Girls Senior High School who tested positive for the novel coronavirus have recovered and have been discharged. About two weeks ago, it was reported that six students from the school had tested positive for the disease. The school confirmed six positive cases amongst students and it […] The post Accra Girls
National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) says an investigation is ongoing following the allegation of sexual assault levelled against one of its directors in the Savannah Region. This was after a petition was sent to the authority outlining the allegations. A nurse at the Soma CHPS facility has accused the Sawla-Tuna-Kalba district manager of the NHIA, […] The post Investigation
Former President, Jerry John Rawlings has congratulated former Minister for Education, Professor Jane Naana Opoku Agyemang on her selection as Vice-Presidential candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC). The former President said prior to the announcement, he was informed by the party’s presidential candidate, John Dramani Mahama that the party’s hierarchy had settled on Professor […] The post Rawlings
A former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Volta River Authority and founder of Radio Eye, Dr. Charles Wereko Brobby says the directive from the Ministry of Communications to the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation to reduce its channels from 6 to 3 is tantamount to oppression of media freedom. Speaking to Citi News, Dr. Wereko Brobby […] The post Ursula’s
The University of Education, Winneba (UEW) says a total of 107,000 students and staff have successfully used the school’s online learning platform to complete academic work and will soon graduate. The Learning Management System was introduced by the university as a stop-gap measure to carry out academic work in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. […] The post 107,000
Interpol has issued an arrest warrant for Samuel Adam Foster, also known as Adam Mahama for prosecution over his role in the Airbus bribery scandal. He is being charged with accepting a bribe to influence a public officer and acting in collaboration with a public officer for the public officers private profit. Adam Mahama is […] The post Airbus bribery
The quest for a new voters’ register has been one of the biggest controversies in the run-up to Ghana’s 2020 general elections. Origin of controversy The idea for a new voters’ register pre-dates the 2020 election cycle. The then opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) first made the claim that the register that was used for […] The post New
Ghana has a reputation as one of the more established democracies in sub-Saharan Africa. It has successfully organised six elections in its fourth republic, with power changing hands between the two largest political parties, the New Patriotic Party and the National Democratic Congress. These two parties represent almost 95% of voting numbers based on past […] The post What
Since its opening in Accra in 2013, Webster University’s Ghana campus has offered two Master’s degree options the Master of Business Administration (MBA) and a Master of Arts in International Relations (MAIR). Next year, the American university will add to its selection a new Master of Arts in Human Resource Management (HRM) degree program set […] The post Webster
The Ghana Health Service says Ghana’s COVID-19 figures are trending in the right direction. The service’s Director-General, Dr. Patrick Kuma-Aboagye, explained that progress made will become clearer after the backlog of samples is cleared by next week. At a press conference on Thursday, July 16, he said the information available to the Service suggests that […] The post Ghana’s
On June 29, 2020, the President, by letter, purported to direct the Auditor-General, Mr. Daniel Domelevo, to proceed on ‘accumulated leave’. In this article, I reflect on the constitutional architecture of the Auditor-General’s office, not only to demonstrate why the directive is unconstitutional but also to argue that if the measure is allowed to stand, […] The post Nick
The Ghana Chapter of the West African College of Surgeons and the Ghana Medical Association has joined calls against the use of face shields as a replacement for wearing a nose mask. Many people have resorted to wearing face shields as protection against COVID 19; a practice the two bodies say does not give the […] The post Faceshields not replacements to face
Five Togolese nationals have been arrested by the Ghana Immigration Service for possessing the new Voters’ ID card and attempting to illegally exit Ghana. The five were arrested by officers on patrol at the Aflao beach. They have since been handed over to the headquarters of the Aflao Sector Command for interrogation. Identified as Dayo […] The post Aflao:
Seven schools in the Greater Accra Region have recorded 62 cases of COVID-19. Madam Monica Ankrah, the Greater Accra Regional Director of Education who spoke to the media during a disinfection exercise at the Accra Girls Senior High School on Thursday, July 16, 2020, indicated that more is being done to reduce the rate of […] The post Seven schools
When the wrath of COVID-19 began to ravage world economies, take lives and alter our way of life, many thought it was just a temporal occurrence. Six months down the line, we are still keeping social distance, wearing our face masks, and regularly washing or sanitising our hands. As anxiety fills the minds of entrepreneurs […] The post COVID-19: Taking
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