Category: Ghana News

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will resume work tomorrow Monday, July 20, 2020, after being in isolation for 14 days. The Minister of Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah who made this known at a press conference said the President will “attend to business from his office at the Jubilee House” from Monday. He will also attend […]

The Progressive People’s Party (PPP) says it holds the agenda for “true change” in Ghana’s development aspirations. It will, therefore, pursue aggressive policies to rejuvenate indigenous businesses and transform the economy for rapid growth if voted into power in the December 7, 2020, General Election. Nana Ofori Owusu, the new Chairman of the Party, said […]

A final year student has died at the Methodist Girls Senior High School (MEGHIS) at Mamfe, Akuapem in the Eastern region. The sad event, according a statement by the Ghana Education Service, occurred on Friday 17th July 2020. Management of the school quickly rushed Cindy AKU SIKA ADDO of General Arts 4A to Tetteh Quarshie […]

The 2020 Professor John Atta Mills commemorative lecture has been called off. The event which was to be hosted by the University of Cape Coast (UCC) has been called off due to COVID-19 and its attendant restrictions on public gatherings. This announcement was made in a statement issued by the University of Cape Coast. President […]

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has asked students, teachers and invigilators who will be involved in the conduct of the 2020 West African Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) to abide by COVID-19 protocols. “Just as has been done over the course of the last four weeks, since their return to school, I continue to […]

The deputy CEO for Masloc, Hajia Abibata Saani Mahama, who was the main contender to the parliamentary candidate for Yendi, Alhaji Farouk Aliu Mahama in the just-ended New Patriotic Party primaries has donated a pickup to the youth wing of the New Patriotic Party in the Yendi constituency. The donation is a gesture to support […]

Former President John Evans Atta Mills The Management of the Cape Coast University (UCC) has announced the cancellation of the John Atta Mills commemorative lecture which was scheduled for its campus this week. In a statement, the university said the decision was informed by the COVID-19 pandemic which makes it impossible to hold large gatherings. […]

One person has died while many others are injured in a fatal accident at Asuboi near the Suhum stretch of the Accra to Kumasi Highway. The victims were rushed to Suhum Government Hospital for treatment while the body of the yet to be identified deceased deposited at same Hospital. The accident occurred Saturday July 18, […]

Parliament has approved a total of $2.068 million tax waiver on machinery, equipment and raw materials to be procured by three companies under the One District One Factory (1D1F) Programme of the Government. The companies are Accum Energy Ghana Limited, Vester Oil Mills Limited and Ada Premium Diaper Care Limited. The waiver covers Import Duty, […]

Absa Bank Ghana has rolled out a free banking service for any Ghanaian start-up business that is less than three years old. It is an industry first and a game changer expected to support young start-ups in the country to scale up. The free banking service forms part of the bank’s newly launched ambitious proposition […]

Government will begin the second phase of its nationwide disinfection and fumigation exercise tomorrow, Sunday, July 19, 2020. The exercise will begin in some selected markets in Accra. A statement from the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development said the exercise will last for two weeks, between Sunday, July 19 and Saturday, August 1, 2020, […]

Clement Foh Baah, known in music circles as Ahkan has released a new song that features AY Poyoo, Ablekuma Nana Lace, and Shatta Bundle. Titled ‘Blessings’ the song talks about God’s kindness and the fortunes on his life. According to the former Ruff N Smooth member, he decided to feature the three personalities because he […]

Some angry Nigerian residents in Gomoa Budumburam earlier today [Saturday,] besieged a police station in the area after a police officer shot a Nigerian to death. The Kasoa District Commander, Superintendent Samuel Odame who confirmed the incident to Citi News said the deceased, Walter Billions was shot after threatening to harm some police officers who […]

The High Court trying a former CEO of the COCOBOD, Stephen Kwabena Opuni, and businessman Seidu Agongo for causing financial loss of more than GH¢271 million to the state adjourned the case after it was told the lawyer for Agongo, Mr Nutifafa Nutsupkui, was in self-quarantine over exposure to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). At the […]

Deputy Campaign Manager for the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Alex Segbegia says the Interpol Red Alert for the arrest of Samuel Adam Foster also known as Samuel Adam Mahama and three others over their role in the Airbus bribery scandal is part of a ploy to embarrass former President John Mahama ahead of the upcoming […]

Anti-corruption campaigner, Vitus Azeem has described President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s refusal to reverse the directive to the Auditor-General to proceed on leave as unfortunate. Vitus Azeem in an interview with Citi News said Nana Akufo-Addo’s leave directive to Daniel Domelevo is an affront to the fight against corruption. “For me, I think the President’s […]

The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) has denied allegations by the Ghana Physician Assistants Association (GPAA) that its recent directive is to disenfranchise members of the association. The NHIA had earlier directed that privately-owned health centres manned by physician assistants had up to June 30, 2020, to upgrade their status with the Health Facilities Regulatory […]

Ted Wheeler, mayor of the US city of Portland, has demanded that President Donald Trump remove federal agents he had deployed to the city after some of the officers detained anti-racism protesters on streets far from the monuments and buildings they were sent to protect. “Keep your troops in your own buildings, or have them […]

Parliament has adopted the proposal for the enactment of the Private Members’ Bill which will make the introduction of bills in Parliament for consideration no longer the sole prerogative of the Executive. The adoption of the proposal will now allow individual Members of Parliament (MPs) who are not ministers of state or non-government officials, as […]