Five persons have sustained gunshot wounds at Ntotroso in the Asutifi North District of the Ahafo Region after clashing with police. The five were part of a group of suspected illegal miners who stormed a mining concession belonging to Newmont in protest of the arrest of some of their colleagues, who had been accused of […] The post Ahafo: Five
Five persons have sustained gunshot wounds at Ntotroso in the Asutifi North District of the Ahafo Region after clashing with police. The five were part of a group of suspected illegal miners who stormed a mining concession belonging to Newmont in protest of the arrest of some of their colleagues, who had been accused of […] The post Ahafo: 5 persons
The immediate past Ghana’s Deputy Ambassador to China, Dr. Charles Dwamena, has bid farewell to Chinese Government Officials and institutions with whom he had a close working relationship during his term of office. Having successfully completed his term of office, Dr China, as the diplomat is popularly known, embarked on a thank you and farewell […] The post Former
A 70-year-old woman is currently in the grips of the Dormaa East District Police in the Bono Region for killing her husband. According to the police, she hit the head of her husband with a pestle during a confrontation in their home at Kyekyenase in the Dormaa East District, causing his instant death on Wednesday, […] The post Dormaa East: 70-year-old woman
The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) has demolished unauthorised structures at Dogo Beach, which serves as a temporary fishing bay for the fisherfolk at Jamestown. The exercise carried out on Wednesday by the task force of the Assembly supported by a detachment from the Accra Regional Police Command lasted for over five hours and saw the […] The post AMA
A Court of Appeal has thrown out an appeal against Nii Odartey Lamptey, filed by his ex-wife Gloria Appiah, to own her ex-husband’s seven-bedroom East Legon mansion in Accra. In 2020, she lost a similar appeal filed by the ex-wife of the former Aston Villa striker to get the plush residence as part of her […] The post Court throws out Odartey Lamptey’s
The Second Deputy Speaker, Andrew Amoako Asiamah, has deferred action on a motion for the National Communications Officer of the National Democratic Congress, Sammy Gyamfi, to be hauled before the Privileges Committee. The MP for Tolon, Habib Iddrisu, filed a motion on the floor requesting the Speaker to refer Sammy Gyamfi to the Committee for […] The post Motion
The government has given clearance for the recruitment of 5,000 police officers as part of efforts to boost the manpower of the various security agencies. This comes at a time when there are complaints about rising incidents of violent crimes across the country. A letter from the Finance Ministry to the Interior Ministry that confirmed […] The post Government clears
Parliament has approved the controversial loan agreements of $28 million and 3.5 million respectively for Members of Parliament and Council of State members to procure official vehicles. In addition, the House has also approved a tax waiver of 13.3 million dollars for the importation of the vehicles for the MPs and the Council of State […] The post $13M
Citi News understands that the Gyaasehene of the Apinto Divisional Council in the Tarkwa-Nsuaem Municipality of the Western Region, Dr. Nana Adarkwa Bediako III, has gone missing. The townsfolk believe their Gyaasehene has been kidnapped. When Citi News reached out to the Public Relations Officer of the Western Regional Police Command, DSP Olivia Adiku, she […] The post Tarkwa:
CFAO Ghana Limited has officially launched its car service centre under the Autofast brand, which offers high-quality service in the maintenance of all brands of vehicles at designated Total Ghana service stations across the country. Speaking during the unveiling of the first Autofast Centre at the Liberation Road Total Service Station in Accra, the Country […] The post CFAO
Charles Sogli, a 22-year-old man, who is nearly eight feet tall, has appealed for some customised footwear and working gear to keep him in his welding and metal fabrication job. He also needs a special vehicle to aid his mobility. The young man, believed to be the tallest man in the Volta Region, said he […] The post ‘Extremely’ tall man in Ho appeals for safety
Junior High School students across the country are being given the opportunity to compete in Citi FM’s ‘The Literacy Challenge’. The Literacy Challenge team on Thursday, July 15, 2021, interacted with students of St. Peter’s Mission School and Charo International School on the competitive Challenge and how to partake in it. The competition requires JHS students […] The post The
Barely a month after her big win at the 22nd edition of the Vodafone Ghana Music Awards, Abiana is girding up to engrave her name in the best female vocal performance space. Testament to this is her new single; ‘Me and You’. Adorned in the classic, timeless and indigenous genre of Highlife, ‘Me and You’ […] The post Me and You: Abiana
A total of 40 children from both the Ga South and Weija-Gbawe Educational Directorates have undergone intensive training at the Weija Model School in Accra. Dubbed, Junior Leaders Training, the participants made up of girls and boys were taken through reading strategies, lessons on leadership and child protection. The training was organised by Right To […] The post Right
Police in the Ashanti Region are investigating Kennedy Agyapong, the Member of Parliament for Assin Central, for threats he allegedly made against Erastus Asare Donkor, a journalist with Luv FM in Kumasi. The mother company of Luv FM, Multimedia Group, had petitioned the police over the issue. Kennedy is alleged to have called for the […] The post We’re
Commuters using the Accra-Kumasi road have been stranded a few metres away from Nkawkaw in the Eastern Region. This follows a blockage of the main road by a cargo truck travelling to Burkina Faso, which skidded off the road and fell into a ditch. According to eyewitnesses, the road was blocked while officials were attempting […] The post Cargo truck skids off, causes gridlock
The Executive Director of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Dr. Henry Kwabena Kokofu, has asked investors, landowners, tenant farmers and sharecroppers involved in “speculative activities” at Newmont Ghana’s mining site in Ahafo North to put a stop to it. He said such acts, which included the erection of structures with zinc sheets, farming and the […] The post Stop
The Ministry for Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, has cleared the Ministry of Education, Ministry of Interior and Ministry of National Security to recruit 11,840 staff to augment their existing staff strength. In separate letters sent to the three ministries, the Finance Minister stipulated the exact number of persons to be employed in the exercise, with the […] The post Interior,
The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice has been petitioned to investigate the payment of allowances to sitting and former first and second ladies at the time their spouses were in power. The petitioners also want the allowances paid to the sitting and former first ladies to be refunded. “Specific reference is made to […] The post CHRAJ
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