Have you ever wondered why men seem to be totally fine with breakups while women take them like a punch in the stomach? Well, new research has proved that girls find it much harder than the opposite sex to get over it. Capital One discovered that women take nearly 20 per cent longer than men to recover from the ...

Pro-Russian rebels in Ukraine have released 1,200 prisoners, President Petro Poroshenko has said. The releases followed Friday’s ceasefire deal, he said, which included an exchange of prisoners. He was speaking during a visit to the strategic south-eastern port city of Mariupol, which has come under shelling from pro-Russian rebels in recent days. Mr Poroshenko announced ...

After two weeks of consultation, Francis Addai-Nimoh, one of the presidential hopefuls in the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has finally decided to contest Nana Akufo-Addo and two others in the upcoming National Delegates’ Congress on October 18. Mr. Addai-Nimoh in a statement issued on Monday said he was “deeply moved by the trust that has ...

New EU sanctions against Moscow due to be announced on Monday will likely limit access to financial markets by Russian oil companies Rosneft and Transneft plus the petroleum unit of gas giant Gazprom, diplomatic sources said. Since the three companies are more than 50-percent state-owned, they “meet the criteria” laid down in a tough new ...

The head of the International Monetary Fund on Monday hinted that the global lender could downgrade its forecast for world economic growth this year when it releases new figures next month. “We are in the process of updating our forecasts. World growth should be just above three percent this year, between 3.0 and 3.5%,” Christine ...

A Presidential Hopeful of the New Patriotic Party(NPP) Nana Akufo-Addo has told Citi News he will maintain the same strategy that won him over 81% of votes during the party’s super delegates congress. Nana Addo said this on Monday when he was leaving for Wa in the Upper West Region to meet delegates. Speaking to ...

Citi Business News checks at various fuel pump stations in the Greater Accra Region shows the acute shortage of fuel that hit some parts of the region last week has ended. Many fuel stations in the capital, as well some regions across the country were hit with an acute shortage of fuel last week. A ...

A former Finance Minister Dr Kwesi Botchwey is expected to lead  Ghana’s economic team that will enter into negotiations with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on a bailout program. The talks are expected to take of next week Tuesday September 16,2014. Dr Botchwey was recently nominated by President Mahama as chairman of the National Development ...

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is advocating for an investment fund for the agric sector. SEC believes the initiative will address the long-standing challenges the industry faces in securing credit from financial institutions. Over the years there have been calls for government to incorporate policies aimed at improving the industry’s access to financial service ...

The office of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Presidential Hopeful, Alan Kyeremanten is demanding the immediate suspension of the Northern Regional Chairman of the party, Daniel Bugri Naabu. Bugri Naabu, on Friday, told Citi News he has set up a three member Committee to investigate and “fish out” the delegates who voted against Nana Akuffu-Addo in ...

The Managing Director of the Graphic Communications Group Limited (GCCL) Kenneth Ashigbey has said that his outfit will pursue the assault case on its reporter Daniel Kenu to its logical conclusion. Baffour Gyan, the elder brother of Black Stars captain, Asamoah Gyan, allegedly led thugs to attack Mr. Kenu last Friday, for what he deemed ...

  Ciera Ross, a mother of two, has been arrested and charged with raping a man. According to CBS Chicago, Ross and a friend were driving on the North Side of Chicago when they saw a man walking down the street in late July. Ross, 25, stopped and asked the 33-year-old man if he wanted ...

The Black Stars of Ghana got their 2015 AFCON qualifiers to the worst possible start after a messy draw with the Flames of Uganda.The scoreline however flatters the star-laden Ghanaians who needed a big favour from Tunisian referee Said Kordi to achieve that feat. Here are my three points from the match 1.Fatau Dauda is ...

Police in Bawku in the Upper East region have told Citi News only two people have so far surrendered their weapons to the security agencies in exchange for cash. Government asked residents in the area to submit their guns to the Police in a bid to rid the town of illegal arms being used to perpetrate killings ...

Serena Williams beat Caroline Wozniacki in straight sets to win her sixth US Open and 18th Grand Slam title. The American, ranked one in the world, won 6-3 6-3 at Flushing Meadows in New York. After a poor start from both players, Williams steadied herself to take the first set and found something approaching her ...

Scotland’s opening Euro 2016 qualifier ended in defeat by world champions Germany thanks to two goals from Thomas Muller. He headed the opener in a first half completely dominated by the hosts. The Scots rode their luck in the first half but lifted their game after the break and levelled through Ikechi Anya. But poor ...

Albania - ranked 70th in the world  - produced a major surprise as Portugal’s Euro 2016 Group I qualifying campaign got off to a terrible start in Aveiro. A volley from Bekim Balaj proved enough to sink the 2012 semi-finalists. Portugal were without Cristiano Ronaldo but still fielded a strong side that included included Manchester United’s on-loan Sporting ...

The Member of Parliament for Obuasi West and a member of Parliament’s Finance Committee is accusing the Governor of the Bank of Ghana (BoG) of manipulating the interbank foreign exchange rates. Kwaku Kwarteng described the act as illegal, saying it “deviates drastically from the official rates quoted by Ghanaian banks and rates prevailing in the ...

The Volta River Authority (VRA) has told Citi News that electricity tariffs are likely to go up again between October and December. Barely three months ago, electricity tariffs went up 12 percent and 6 percent for water. According to the Chief Executive of VRA Kirk Koffi, the price adjustment is crucial to sending the right ...