Samsung has introduced two new affordable Smartphones to the Ghanaian market. The new phones -Galaxy Ace 3 and the Galaxy Core 2 – which are retailing at all authorized Samsung dealer shops, are aimed at giving everyone the opportunity to enjoy a premium smartphone experience. Business leader for handheld products at Samsung, Ghana, Mr. Jaspreet ...

The Narcotics Control Board has expressed worry about the increasing rate of distribution and use of marijuana in Ghana. According to NACOB, Ghana is making international headlines for the use and production of marijuana and trafficking in the deadly methamphetamine substance. Addressing the media in Accra on Tuesday, Executive Secretary of NACOB, Yaw Akrasi Sarpong ...

Government has expressed outrage at the latest edition of an Africa Watch Magazine which referred to Ghana as the republic of corruption. The magazine which culled the views of personalities such as Rev Fred Degbe ; Former Member of Parliament, and Nana Akomea; Former Member of Parliament among others stated that “ corruption in the ...

Manhyia South Member of Parliament (MP), Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, on Tuesday called for an “appropriate and wide-ranging inquiry” into the missing baby saga at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital in Kumasi. The missing baby saga, the opposing MP said, “…should not” be taken in “isolation”. He told MPs, the missing baby saga “might be ...

Citi News can confirm that the Ghana Air Traffic Controllers Association (GATCA) has called off the strike they embarked on Tuesday. The seizure of the strike follows the intervention of the Minister of Transport, Dzifa Attivor who met with air traffic controllers to resolve issues for which they had embarked on the strike. The strike ...

Microsoft founder Bill Gates has regained the top spot as the world’s richest person, according to Forbes magazine’s annual ranking of global billionaires. Mr Gates’ total net worth was estimated at $76bn (£45.5bn) this year, up from $67bn in 2013. His rise in wealth knocked Mexican telecoms tycoon Carlos Slim off the top spot into ...

The police failed to produce in court jailed suspected Armed-Robber Johnson Kombian whose case resumed on Tuesday March 4, 2014. John Kombian’s absence was largely attributed to the police failure to serve the Ankaful Prison authorities jailer warrant to produce him in the Accra Fast Track High court room four. Johnson Kombian is standing trial ...

The Ghana Police Service has requested the Coalition of Farmers Rights and Advocacy against GMOs to postpone their intended demonstration on Independence Day this Thursday against the introduction of genetically modified organisms. According to the Police, it will not have enough personnel to provide protection for the demonstrators as it has committed officers to participate ...

The Central Regional Assistant Chief Fire Officer (ACFO), John Amponsah Tetteh, has called on all universities and other tertiary institutions to establish fire stations on their campuses to ensure quick response to fire emergencies. He said this would ensure safety of students as well as the surrounding communities since their priority as a unit was ...

The Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection is to lead Ghanaian delegates to the United Nations Session on the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW58) which will take place from March 10 to 21 in New York. The 2014 CSW58 is on the general theme: “Challenges and achievements in the implementation of the ...

An Australian-funded scheme is saving and transforming lives in Akuapem North District, Eastern Region, and in greater Accra, Shai Osu Doko District and Ablekuma sub-metro. With funding from the Australian Government, WaterAid has provided more than 9000 people access to safe and sustainable water, appropriate sanitation and safer hygiene practices. H.E. Ms Joanna Adamson, Australia’s ...

Ghana Highway Authority (GHA) will from Monday, 10th March 2014, close the Adomi Bridge to all vehicular activities to undertake major rehabilitation works. The closure will last for 24 months and motorists are to use ferry services that had been provided at Senchi and Akrade to cross the Volta River from 0600 hours to 1800 ...

The Coalition for Farmers Rights and Advocacy against GMOs (COFAM)) has served notice of marking Ghana’s 57th Independence with a demonstration in Accra against attempts to introduce Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO) into the country’s food chain. The demonstration which is scheduled for March 6 is expected to draw massive support against the introduction of GMO’s ...

Director-General of the Ghana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) has indicated of plans to kick in a contingency plan that will help resume the operations of the domestic airlines by the close of day on Tuesday. The Ghana Air Traffic Controllers Association (GATCA) is currently on a sit down strike, an action that has resulted hundreds ...

Jan Koum,Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Whatsapp, a social messaging service recently acquired by Facebook for US$19billion, has commended  Ghana for its innovative approach to using its mobile application. Mr. Koum, making his first public appearance at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona after the acquisition by Facebook, was narrating WhatsApp’s journey since being ...

African football fans face an enthralling week as the continent’s representatives to the World Cup as well as teams preparing for the 2015 AFCON qualifiers take on friendly foes. The World Cup five - Algeria, Cameroon, Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana and Nigeria - will headline these friendlies that will be played on Wednesday, or Thursday morning in Africa in the Nigeria case. Algeria will be home ...

Anti-graft Agency, the Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII) says government must ensure it implements all recommendations made by the Technical Committee which investigated the payment of GHC 75 million to Subah Infosolutions by the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA). Though details of the report are sketchy, but Citi News is reliably informed that the Chief Director of the ...

Two days after maintenance works at the Kpong water treatment plant was completed, residents in the eastern parts of Accra, Tema and its environs say they are still experiencing water shortages. The Ghana Water Company assured that the maintenance works would add additional three million gallons of water after completion. A resident of Tema who ...

Ghanaian musicians have been advised to explore digital avenues to increase the revenue from their materials. The advise was borne out of discussions aimed at making the music industry more profitable, a part of the Citi Heritage Month discussions on the music industry. Speaking on the Citi Breakfast Show on Tuesday, musician and CEO of ...

The Citi FM sports desk started their programmes to herald the coming football festival with the Citi Sports World Cup Minute. It started on Tuesday morning’s edition of Kickoff, the station’s morning sports bulletin, and it will feature snappy, one-minute profiles of pertinent issues and previews relating Brazil 2014. “The segment will be pre-packaged for airing ...