NEWS

Godfred Dame assures Krobo residents of fairness in installation of prepaid meters

June 23, 2022

The Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Godfred Dame has assured chiefs and people of Manya and Yilo Krobo that he will use his good office to ensure a fair treatment in the raging impasse between residents of Krobo land and the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) over the installation of prepaid meters. The recent […]Continue Reading

HEALTH

GHS pushes for more people to get vaccinated, booster shots

June 23, 2022

The Ghana Health Service is set to embark on a vaccination campaign, hoping to get more people to go for their jabs. The move is also to encourage people to go for their boosters to prevent an escalation of the spread of the coronavirus. Information Citi News gathered from the various health centres visited on Monday, June […]Continue Reading

NEWS

We can’t release lands for community mining in Obuasi – AngloGold Ashanti

June 23, 2022

AngloGold Ashanti Ghana says it cannot grant the request of aggrieved youth in Obuasi for a release of some of its concessions for community mining as part of efforts to reduce the high levels of unemployment in the area. This comes after some youth, on Tuesday, demonstrated to push for jobs while accusing the mining […]Continue Reading

Business

UK watchdog fines Ghana International Bank for poor anti-money laundering systems

June 23, 2022

Britain’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined Ghana International Bank (GHIB) 5.8 million pounds ($7.1 million) for failings in its anti-money laundering controls. The FCA said the bank provided correspondent banking services to other lenders, allowing them to provide products and payment services they would otherwise be unable to provide. Between January 2012 and Continue Reading

NEWS

Yagaba-Kubori: Residents protest alleged police brutality after mass arrests

June 23, 2022

Residents of Kubori in the Yagaba-Kubori District in the North East Region on Wednesday poured onto the streets to demonstrate against what they say is the continuous police brutalities in the community. According to the residents, the police invaded the Kubori community at 2 am on the 18th of June and arrested about 25 people […]Continue Reading

NEWS

School Feeding caterers leader removed as gov’t appointee at AMA

June 23, 2022

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has terminated the appointment of the President of the Greater Accra School Feeding Caterers Association, Juliana Cudjoe as a member of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly. A letter dated June 17, 2022, signed by the Greater Accra Regional Minister, Henry Quartey, noted that “H.E. the President…has revoked your appointment as a […]Continue Reading

ENTERTAINMENT

Ebo Whyte’s ‘I Slept With Your Wife’ comes off this weekend

June 23, 2022

Celebrated playwright, Ebo Whyte is out with another entertaining play for theatre lovers. The play ‘I Slept With Your Wife’ is expected to come off on Saturday, June 25 and Sunday, June 26v at the National Theatre. It would show again on July 2 and 3. The play ‘I Slept With Your Wife’ is about […]Continue Reading

NEWS

Chereponi residents protest poor state of roads, dilapidated schools

June 23, 2022

Some residents of Chereponi in the North East Region are protesting the poor state of roads and dilapidated schools in the district. The lack of motorable roads in the area has forced many farmers to illegally export soya beans and other grain-related products to neighbouring countries. According to a spokesperson for the Anufor Students, Latif Alhassan, it […]Continue Reading

POLITICS

Alan Kyerematen lacks courage to resign from Akufo-Addo’s corrupt government – Nyaho-Tamakloe

June 23, 2022

A founding member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) says the Trades and Industry Minister, Alan Kyerematen lacks courage to resign from President Akufo-Addo’s corrupt government. According to Dr Nyaho Nyaho-Tamakloe, the Trades Minister has presidential ambitions, hence, it would have been prudent, if he distanced himself from the corrupt activities of the incumbent Continue Reading

HEALTH

245 Covid-19 positive cases recorded in 13 schools – GHS

June 23, 2022

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has announced that 13 schools have so far recorded new cases of the coronavirus. This development has forced the shutdown of some schools and companies, according to the Director-General of the Service, Dr Patrick Kuma-Aboagye. Speaking at a press briefing in Accra on Wednesday, June 22, he said the number […]Continue Reading