Northern Regional Secretariat of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has advocated the need for government to reinstate all pupil teachers whose appointments have been terminated. According to the Ghana Education Service Boss, Aheto Tsegah, the affected pupil teachers failed to upgrade themselves whilst in active service. This decision, according to the Northern Regional NPP Secretary, ...

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has released the provisional results of the 2014 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE).Out of the 420,188 candidates from 12,562 schools who wrote the examination, 11,759 candidates from 337 schools have had their results withheld pending the conclusion of investigations into alleged examination malpractices.Stanine grading systemA statement signed by the ...

Ghana is set to name Milovan Rajevac as the new coach of the Black Stars on a two year deal. He replaces the embattled Kwesi Appiah after Citi Sports indicated that the Serbian passed his interview on Thursday. A former boss to Appiah between 2009 and when he unceremoniously left the team after South Africa 2010, ...

South African athlete Oscar Pistorius has been found guilty of culpable homicide after the judge found he killed his girlfriend by mistake. Judge Thokozile Masipa said the athlete acted “negligently” when he fired shots through a toilet door but in the “belief that there was an intruder”. She said the state had failed to prove ...

Musician Edem has released a new captivating video for the song The One, featuring Sway. Edem and Sway tell the story of slavery in the Gold Coast and how the slaves ended up overpowering their captors and later reaching a consensus to abolish the practice. Edem gives off a lot of energy, powerful punchlines and ...

The Golden Baobab Prizes for African children’s literature have revealed the 14 stories that made it onto their longlist for 2014. Selected from a total of 210 stories received from 13 countries across the continent, this longlist showcases some of the finest African writers and African children’s stories today. With four writers each, Ghana and ...

The British teenager who sold his news summary app to Yahoo for millions is facing a major life choice as he weighs education and business opportunities. Nick D’Aloisio told the BBC he was currently deciding between working full-time for the California-based company or going to university. The 18-year-old has just released an iPad edition of ...

The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) has interdicted two of its staff to allow for investigation into their alleged assault on some journalists at its Ablekuma office in Accra. Three journalists from Accra based Adom FM were reportedly assaulted by officials of the Ablekuma office of the NHIS for attempting to investigate complaints from subscribers ...

Organized Labour has given government a two-week ultimatum to pay funds under the new pension scheme. The group said attempts to get government to transfer their monies from the Temporary Pension Fund Account managed by the National Pensions Regulatory Authority to their independent fund managers have proved futile. Speaking at the labour union’s press conference, ...

A former flagbearer aspirant of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kofi Osei Ameyaw has told Citi News, despite bowing out of the flagbearership race, he still has the desire to lead the party someday. Osei Ameyaw on Thursday announced he was dropping out of the race and declared his support fellow aspirant, Nana Akufo-Addo. After escaping ...

Cocobod’s syndicated loan have been oversubscribed by about 15 percent. The cocoa industry regulator, COCOBOD indicates it requested for 1.6billion dollars, but received offers of up to about 1.84billion dollars. COCOBOD however accepted 1.7billion dollars from the partner banks to purchase cocoa beans for the 2014/2015 cocoa season. Finance Minister Seth Tekper early on in ...

The Ghana FA have today agreed to make Milovan Rajevac the new Black Stars coach following an interview earlier. Citi Sports understands that Kwesi Appiah is done as the coach of Ghana and a severance package will be held by the end of the weekend. The former Black Stars coach touched down in Accra on ...

Ghana has successfully issued its third Eurobond. Government issued 1 billion dollars which was oversubscribed. The USD1 billion bond has a twelve (12) year maturity, with a coupon at a rate of 8.125%. The bond matures in 2026. The $1 billion Eurobond will be used to fund capital expenditure in the 2014 Budget. It will ...

The Maritime and Dock Workers Union (MDU) is threatening legal action against the government over the Atuabo Free Port project which is being executed by Lonhro Ports Limited. The Union says some sections of the contract for the construction of the port contradicts the laws of Ghana. Five Members of Parliament have already filed a ...

Cocobod’s syndicated loan been oversubscribed by about 15percent. The cocoa industry regulator, COCOBOD indicates it requested for 1.6billion dollars, but received offers of up to about 1.84billion dollars. COCOBOD however accepted 1.7billion dollars from the partner banks to purchase cocoa beans for the 2014/2015 cocoa season. Finance Minister Seth Tekper early on in the year ...

On Day 19 of sittings of the Justice Dzamefe Commission on Thursday, chief executive officer of Amber Foods Limited, Gertrude Quarshigah, one of the caterers contracted to cook for the Black Stars fans in Brazil appeared before the commission to answer questions. She told the commission that she feels the amount quoted by the World ...

Oxford University in United Kingdom has predicted that Ghana and 14 other countries in Africa are at risk of animal-to-human transmission of Ebola by virtue of their geography. The countries are; Nigeria, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Ghana, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Angola, Togo, United Republic of Tanzania, Ethiopia, Mozambique, Burundi, Equatorial Guinea, Madagascar and Malawi. The ...

An Accra Fast track High Court has set September 30, 2014 to rule on a motion filed by the New Patriotic Party (NPP) praying the court to throw out an application filed by a member of the party David Hoezame. Hoezame is challenging the status of the national council of the party. According to the ...

If you’re anything like us, you don’t need any extra excuses to get it on, but it turns out that certain moments can be even better than others for having sex. Total game-changer, right? Check out the best times ever to get busy: Before a Big Presentation Research shows that having sex calms nerves, lowers blood ...