A National Democratic Congress (NDC) pressure group, the Young Democrats is urging government to be bold and investigate some leading members of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) for various alleged acts of corruption. They include the NPP national chairman, Jake Obetsebi Lamptey and former communications director of the party, Nana Akomea. They cited Mr. Lamptey’s ...

Nigeria has removed history from its school curriculum. Official reasons Nigeria advances for expunging history as a course of study are that students are shunning it. The country also claims the decision was necessitated by the fact that there were few jobs for history graduates, and there is dearth of history teachers. The decision has ...

The Executive Secretary of the Narcotics Control Board (NACOB), Akrasi Sarpong, has called for a national debate on legalization of marijuana in the country. According to him, numerous studies have shown that marijuana use is on the increase in the country despite its illegal status. “Ordinary people can say don’t legalize it but that will ...

Inflation for the month of February hit a record 14 percent. This has been the highest in the past four years. February inflation recorded a 0.2 percentage points increase from last month where 13.8 percent was reported. The Monthly inflation was at 1.1 percent from 3.9 percent recorded in January. The Food and non alcoholic ...

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) says the recent killings and disturbances between supporters of the party and National Democratic Congress (NDC) youth in Tamale should be treated as a criminal matter. Residents and security analysts monitoring the situation in the Northern Region have accused the two parties of fanning the tensions between the youth groups ...

The Minority Leader, Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu has accused the Mahama led administration of sabotaging Ghanaian-owned businesses while pretending to be advocating for them. “Government is using various strategies to sabotage businesses in Ghana including Tobinco. If government is advocating for promotion of businesses in Ghana, why is it determined to destroy some businesses in ...

The Northern Regional Police Command has granted bail to three suspects arrested in Tamale after irate NDC youth attacked Tamale based Radio Justice yesterday. Three persons were arrested in connection with the attack on Tuesday which resulted in the destruction of several properties. The youth were incensed by comments by an NPP activist on the ...

The National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) has condemned the Agona East District Chief Executive (DCE) for threatening to expel non-performing teachers in his district. The NAGRAT Vice President, Angel Cabounu in an interview with Citi News said the declaration by the DCE “is a wrong declaration, that declaration is nothing but a threat and ...

The Ministry of Finance says it has released over fifty five million cedis to the Electoral Commission (EC) to conduct District Assembly Elections. A press statement issued by the Ministry indicated that “we wish to state emphatically that the Ministry has released a total of GH¢55,455,377.83 which is the Dollar equivalent of $24,205,752.00 to the ...

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Nadowli/Kaleo, Alban Bagbin has accused Members of Parliament and Ghanaians outraged by his recent comments on bribery of pretense. According to him, his allegation was only admitting some of the challenges MPs face in their line of duty. “We have all been bemoaning the problems that are confronting Parliament; all ...

Two members of the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) have accused the Mayor of Kumasi, Mr. Kojo Bonsu of non-transparency and lack of accountability in the running of the Kejetia Lorry Terminal. The mayor was also accused of deliberately violating the Local Government Act 462 of 1992 and Standing Orders of the Assembly concept. Messrs. Maxwell ...

Banking Consultant and Principal Consultant at Osei Tutu II Centre for Executive Education & Research, Nana Otua Acheampong has described the appointment of Albert Essien as the new group CEO of Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (ETI) as a good choice. He said: “This is a good choice am confident he will be one of the best for the bank.” Albert Essien was ...

Eyewitness News with Shamima Muslim

On 12 March 1994, the first 32 women were ordained as Church of England priests. The service was officiated by Bishop Barry Rogerson in Bristol Cathedral. Rogerson ordained the women in alphabetical order, so Angela Berners-Wilson is considered the very first woman to be ordained. The youngest woman to be ordained was Karen MacKinnon, with ...

A youth group attacked Justice Radio in Tamale on Tuesday and destroyed several properties.The Citi Breakfast Show carried out an analysis on the attack. Mr. Ato Quayeson also continued with the Heritage Series. He gave a composite history on Accra.

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearer for the 2012 elections Nana Akufo Addo says he will finally announce his decision for election 2016 on March 20,2014. Nana Addo said this in Kumasi at a meeting with party executives on Wednesday morning. He arrived in the city last night to a rousing welcome from supporters. Nana ...

Accra is the most active city on twitter in West Africa after being named among Africa’s top tweeting cities in the last quarter of 2013. The “How Africa Tweets” study focuses on Twitter use on the continent, looking at which cities are the most active, what languages are being used the most and what issues ...

Eyewitness News with Shamima Muslim

Eyewitness News with Shamima Muslim

Russia’s leaders are refusing all negotiations with their Ukrainian counterparts, Ukraine’s acting President Oleksandr Turchynov has said. Mr Turchynov told the AFP agency that Ukraine would not intervene militarily in Crimea, even though a secession referendum there was a “sham”. Meanwhile interim Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk is travelling to the US to meet President Barack ...