Big Brother Africa offers opportunities for the very unknown to get international exposure and it offers a lifetime experience of enjoying free booze, free food and other benefits apart from sharing space with other personalities from different countries across Africa. Regardless of your actions in the Big Brother house, your entry to fame is assured ...

The winner of the 2013 edition of the Citi FM Write-Away Contest has advised school children to take advantage of the competition to add value to themselves. Miss Isabel Quaye, in an interview with citifmonline, says the competition is one of a kind and students should send in their entries before the closing date. She ...

Samsung Electronics said it has found “evidence of suspected child labour” at a factory of its Chinese supplier Dongguan Shinyang Electronics. The firm conducted an investigation into the supplier after New York-based campaign group, China Labor Watch, accused it of hiring children. The South Korean firm has “temporarily” suspended business with the supplier following the ...

Barcelona will not be able to present Luis Suarez to the press and public when his transfer from Liverpool is complete. Suarez’s impending £75million move can go ahead in the coming days despite his four-month worldwide ban from all football-related activity. But FIFA has confirmed the suspension does prevent the kind of welcoming ceremony Barcelona ...

Germany coach Joachim Low hailed Mario Gotze as the “miracle boy” after his extra-time strike sealed victory over Argentina in Sunday’s World Cup final. Low also revealed he told Gotze to show the world he was better than Lionel Messi minutes before the substitute came on to score the game’s only goal. It gave Germany ...

The National Petroleum Authority (NPA) has attributed the 23% increment in petroleum prices to the removal of the fuel subsidies, the prices of crude oil on the international market and the depreciation of the Ghana cedi. The Public Relations Officer of the Authority, Yaro Kasambata on the Citi Breakfast Show said since the government is ...

Lionel Messi deserved to be named the World Cup’s best player despite Argentina’s 1-0 defeat in Sunday’s final, says coach Alejandro Sabella. Messi, 27, received the Golden Ball after scoring four goals in Brazil but was subdued against Germany. Sabella said Messi’s award was “very deserved”, adding: “He played a great World Cup to get ...

South Africa’s Anglican Archbishop emeritus Desmond Tutu says he supports assisted dying for the terminally ill. Writing in Britain’s Observer newspaper on Sunday, Tutu explained that he had been convinced the humans had the right to decide on their own fate, after a 28-year-old terminally ill South African took his own life because doctors were unable to end his life. “Some ...

National Electricity Companies in West Africa are seeking to establish a reliable power grid for the West African sub-region. The cooperation, dubbed the ‘West African Power Pool’ will see the establishment of a plant in Ghana to generate about 450 megawatts of power to some selected West African countries. President John Mahama who revealed this ...

The Railway Workers Union will from Monday, July 21, withdraw its services until the staff salary review process are finalized. The withdrawal would affect the two passenger trains from Accra to Nsawam and Accra to Tema. The Union said a letter dated May 22, from the Office of the President signed by the Chief of ...

World Cup star Toni Kroos confirmed after Sunday’s final that he is set to join European champions Real Madrid. The German midfielder enjoyed an excellent campaign in Brazil, playing a starring role in their World Cup win which culminated with a 1-0 extra-time victory over Argentina. Kroos, who finished the tournament as the leading creator ...

Brazil’s football confederation (CBF) will not renew national coach Luiz Felipe Scolari’s contact, local media reported early Monday, just hours after Germany defeated Argentina to win the 2014 World Cup. Scolari said that he would let the CBF decide his fate after his team lost the game for third place 3-0 to the Netherlands on ...

Colombia forward James Rodriguez won the Golden Boot for finishing as the top scorer at the 2014 Fifa World Cup. The 23-year-old, who plays for Monaco, scored six goals in five matches as his side reached the quarter-finals, where they lost to hosts Brazil. Rodriguez finished ahead of Germany forward Thomas Muller, who netted five ...

Rapper Will.i.am has scored his 10th UK number one single, as It’s My Birthday tops the official chart. The song, featuring 17-year-old singer Cody Wise, follows hits such as Scream and Shout, This Is Love and I Gotta Feeling, with his band Black Eyed Peas. The Voice judge knocked last week’s number one, Ariana Grande’s ...

Decisions on whether a footballer can return to the pitch after a head injury should be taken by an independent doctor, and not the player or coach. An editorial in The Lancet Neurology says these decisions should not be made “by those with a vested interest”. FIFPro, the footballers’ union, has called for an investigation into concussion protocols. ...

A new version of the Raspberry Pi barebones computer has been released. Called the B , the updated version uses less power than its predecessors and will cost about $35 (£20). The B can also power more peripherals without the need for a dedicated power source and has more connectors to help link it to other ...

South Africa’s engineering and metal workers union has rejected a 10 percent pay-raise offer from employers, calling on its 220,000 striking members in the sector to intensify strike action. Irvin Jim, general secretary of the National Union of Metalworkers in South Africa (NUMSA), the country’s biggest trade union, said the workers would continue with indefinite ...

Reports indicate that President John Dramani Mahama will soon be restructuring his government. Citi News has learnt that the President has written to thank all political appointees for services rendered and the nation. The president also indicated in the letters that he will be making some changes within his team and government. The reason for ...

There were reports of heavy explosions near the airport in Tripoli At least seven people have been killed and 30 hurt in clashes between rival militias at Libya’s airport near the capital, Tripoli, officials say. Rebels from the Zintan region who control the international airport have been attacked by a rival group trying to take ...