Recently, we’ve told you bald, bearded and shorter men are better. And now comes size. Yes, bigger is better. But not for the reason you’re thinking. If you’ve been passing up chubby guys for skinny or muscular ones because you assume that they can’t be great lovers or they’re unhealthy, then listen up. We’re here to show you why you need a ...

The first episode of the award-winning Airtel Touching Lives television series aired last weekend on multiple TV platforms. The series, set to run for 13 weeks, will focus mainly on individuals and communities who are making their change in big and small ways to better their lives and that of others. The first episode, which ...

Karpower International Limited a Turkish company is expected to build two emergency power ships for Ghana. The project will be pre-financed by  Karpower and the cost would be paid on the amount of energy delivered to the system. The two mobile energy plants when delivered will add four hundred and fifty more megawatts of power ...

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) will hold primaries in some parts of the Greater Accra Region on Friday to elect executives at the Constituency level. This election will be ahead of the party’s congress scheduled for October 24,2014 to elect new National Executives. The Accra Fast High Court on Friday, restrained the two affiliates of the ...

Citi Business News has gathered South African Bank FirstRand Bank, will begin commercial operations in Ghana early next year. Citi Business News can confirm the bank has secured a provisional banking license from the Bank of Ghana to commence operations. FirstRand, is South Africa’s largest bank by earnings and market capitalization. This is not the ...

Citi Business News has gathered ANGLOGOLD ASHANTI has begun moves to set up a new company to run its operations in Ghana. The new company will also run the mining giant’s other operations across the world except that of South Africa. The move which is subject to approval from regulators and shareholders is expected to ...

The Deputy Minister in charge of Pre- tertiary Education, Alex Kyeremeh has warned headteachers’ of second cycle institutions who charge unapproved admission fees to desist from it or face sanctions. He said they have observed that despite Ministry’s  approved fees list, some schools still charge exorbitant fees hence depriving a chunk of students who cannot afford ...

Newmont Ghana has justified the reduction in the number of job cuts expected to be undertaken this month. The mining giant reduced the number of job cuts from an earlier 600 to 472 people. The move forms part of a retrenchment and restructuring exercise it is undertaking to ensure its continuous survival. The move however ...

A member of the National Council of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr. Kwame Amoako Tuffour has disclosed that the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the party will implement the report released by the Constitutional and Legal Affairs Committee. He  said the Committee did no wrong in investigating the dismissal of two key party officers ...

The Teachers Fund has hinted to Citi Business News it is likely to acquire some shares in the Agricultural Development Bank (ADB) should it go public by the end of the year. ADB has announced it intends to list on the Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) by year end. A successful listing of ADB, on the ...

The 2012 Presidential Candidate for the New Patriotic Party(NPP)Nana Akufo -Addo has welcomed Kofi Osei Ameyaw’s decision to bow out of the party’s race. Adressing the press at his residence on Thursday, Nana Addo expressed the hope that Osei-Ameyaw’s decision will strengthen his campaign to enable the NPP gain victory in 2016. “I can only ...

Newmont Ghana has cut down from 600 to 472, the number of workers it intended to lay off. This follows an agreement between the company and the Ghana Mine Workers Union (GMWU) on Wednesday. Newmont early on in the year announced a plan to lay off about 600 of its workers as part of a ...

Until a few months ago, the part of New York City where crowds will gather on Thursday morning to mark the 13th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks on the United States had been mostly fenced off to the public. This year, for perhaps the first time since the attacks, a sense of normalcy and ...

Black Stars coach Kwesi Appiah has heaped praise on his players for picking up all three points against the Sparrow Hawks of Togo in their second 2015 African Cup of Nations qualifier on Wednesday. The Black Stars, who crashed out of the 2014 world cup in the group stages have been under constant verbal attack ...

Twitter says it plans to raise $1.3 billion by issuing convertible senior notes, its first debt offering since its market debut in November. Twitter shares fell about 1.5 percent in extended trading on Wednesday. The company plans two offerings worth 650 million each in convertible senior notes due to mature in 2019 and 2021, the microblogging ...

President John Mahama has served notice to his political detractors predicting his electoral defeat in 2016, that they will be disappointed if they hinge their analysis on the prevailing economic challenges. He has reassured the nation that the economic situation will turn around in no time. President John Mahama was speaking in Tamale in the ...

A former Director of Finance and Administration of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kwadwo Opare Hammond is threatening legal action against the party if he is not reinstated immediately. Mr. Opare Hammond was asked to proceed on leave for alleged financial impropriety and disobedience to the National Chairman, Paul Afoko. He has since denied the allegation. ...

US President Barack Obama says he will not hesitate to take action against Islamic State (IS) militants in Syria as well as Iraq. In a nationally televised speech outlining his strategy against IS, he said that any group that threatened America would “find no safe haven”. He also announced that 475 US military personnel would be ...

The People’s National Convention’s (PNC) General Secretary, Bernard Mornah has said that he is not challenging the enforcement of the “No Verification No Vote” provision in the name of the party. He said his decision to go court is in the public interest and not that of the PNC. Mornah is in court to challenge ...