Five people have been confirmed dead after a boat carrying mourners capsized on the Volta Lake Saturday morning. The boat was conveying the mourners from Azizakpe to Azizakpe when it capsized on the lake. Five people are reported to have died instantly while rescue efforts are underway to find other survivors. The incident which occurred […] The post Five dead after
The Bolgatanga Midwifery training college in the Upper East Region is appealing to the government for the recruitment of staff and construction of hostel facilities for academic work in the college. The college has had to turn down 570 applicants for the 2022/23 academic year due to inadequate accommodation and low staff. Speaking at the […] The post Inadequate
The Bolgatanga Midwifery training college in the Upper East Region is appealing to the government for the recruitment of staff and construction of hostel facilities for academic work in the college. The college has had to turn down 570 applicants for the 2022/23 academic year due to inadequate accommodation and low staff. Speaking at the […] The post Inadequate
A Senior lecturer at the Department of Communication Studies at the University of Ghana (UG), Dr. Gilbert Tietaah is urging media practitioners to be wary of sharing mis-disinformation which has the tendency of fomenting unnecessary tension in the country during political seasons. Mis-disinformation is a combination of two words, misinformation, and disinformation which means information […] The post Counter
The Ashanti regional capital has recorded yet another fire incident which has led to the total destruction of two studios belonging to Kumasi-based Silver FM. The incident which occurred Saturday morning caused the destruction of all studio equipment. According to eyewitnesses, while a programme was taking place around 6 am, one of the air conditioners […] The post Fire completely
The Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA), a public policy think-tank, has described Ghana’s current debt, which is being restructured, as “disheartening and frustrating”, to businesses and individuals. As a result, the Institute has advised Government to take action to swiftly conclude the debt restructuring process to secure the US$3 billion loan-support programme with the International […] The post Ghana’s
The Minority in Parliament says Ghana will not be able to secure the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) board approval at the end of March 2023 contrary to claims by the government. The opposition group explained that the government has not been able to satisfy the financing assurances regarding the bailout which includes the board documents. […] The post Ghana won’t
Highlife and afrobeats Star Vanilla has released his latest single track dubbed ‘How It Feels’. ‘How It Feels’, a love song that features sensational Ghanaian afrobeats artiste Mr Drew was Produced by Genius Selection. The groovy highlife tune comes with a colourful official music video directed by Snares Films. Vanilla is a gifted vocalist and […] The post Vanilla
A member of the Government Communication Team, Dennis Aboagye, has surprisingly revealed that road tolls were never cancelled nor suspended but only zero-rated. The government in the 2022 budget abolished road tolls after it announced the introduction of the electronic transaction levy (E-Levy). Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta cited congestion and traffic jams at the toll […] The post Government
Mama Hamza is a resilient farmer and herder in the town of Dan Gueza, located in Niger’s second-largest region, Zinder. Despite the difficulties posed by climate change-induced land degradation, she would walk miles to feed her livestock, leaving her exhausted and hopeless. However, Mama Hamza’s life changed for the better when the World Food Programme […] The post How
Deputy Ranking Member of Parliament’s Finance Committee, Isaac Adongo has intimated that it will be difficult for Ghana to secure any form of debt forgiveness from China due to the current economic and geopolitical position of the Asian giant. Speaking on Eyewitness News on Citi FM on the difficulties facing Ghana’s plea to China for softer […] The post It’ll
Following Citi News’ report on the plight of students in Yilo Krobo Senior High School, government through the Ministry of Education has supplied 350 student desks and 600 student mattresses to the management of the school. This gesture Citi News understands is to help alleviate the plight of thousands of students of the school who […] The post Government
The Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) has inaugurated a five-member governing board for the Ghana Water Institute (GWI) formerly the Ghana Water Training School. The inauguration which was chaired by the Minister for Sanitation and Water Resources, Cecilia Abena Dapaah happened on March 3, 2023, at the premises of the institute in Accra. The institute […] The post GWCL
Management of First Sky Construction Limited has rubbished claims that its workers at the Dome-Kitase project have threatened to boycott the site over unpaid salaries. There were some reports that the project is in limbo as some workers have boycotted the site over unpaid salaries. But a statement issued by First Sky Construction Limited said, […] The post Our
The University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA) has named its newly constructed students’ hostel after the late Nii Amon Kotei, the renowned Ghanaian artist who designed the State’s Coat of Arms. The gesture by UPSA is a posthumous recognition of Amon Kotei’s outstanding contribution to the nation and a move to immortalise his legacy as […] The post UPSA
Illegal small-scale miners on Thursday allegedly torched some properties belonging to the Golden Star Wassa Mine at Benso in the Western Region. This was disclosed by the Head of Group Corporate Affairs of the company, Gerard Hillary Osei Boakye, on Eyewitness News on Friday. According to Mr. Osei Boakye, the illegal miners amongst other properties […] The post Illegal
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