Hawkers and residents around the Old Achimota overhead were stunned on Thursday morning at the sight of a lifeless body hanging a thin rope on a slender tree. This incident comes a day after a fifteen-year-old student in the Eastern region committed suicide. Some of the hawkers who saw the body this morning say they ...
Hawkers and residents around the Old Achimota overhead in Accra, were stunned on Thursday morning at the sight of a lifeless body which hanged on a tree. This incident comes a day after a sixteen-year-old student in the Eastern Region, was to have committed suicide by hanging herself in a Kitchen. Some of the hawkers ...
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has pledged his government’s resolve to support the revivial of boxing and other sporting disciplines in the country. According him, the 100 percent increase in the budgetary allocation to the Ministry of Youth and Sports proves his government’s commitment in seeing the dream come true. President Akufo-Addo gave the assurance ...
President Nana Akufo-Addo has appointed Agyenim Boateng Adjei as the Chief Executive Officer of the Public Procurement Authority in accordance with the Public Procurement Authority Act 2003. The appointment is pending the receipt of the advice of the governing board of the Authority in consultation with the Public Services Commission. Mr. Boateng Adjei served in ...
Some female students of the University of Ghana, led by the Women Commission of the school’s Representative Council (SRC), are proposing that authorities of the school publish on its website and in the dailies, the full details male lecturers who sexually abuse female students. According to them, sexual harassment and misconduct on campus has become ...
A student from the St. James Seminary/Senior High School in Sunyani in the Brong Ahafo Region, has been adjudged the overall best candidate in the 2016 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE). Twenty (20) Year old Pius Kyere was crowned the overall best candidate in Accra on Wednesday. For his prize, Pius Kyere received ...
President Akufo-Addo’s key policy initiatives which includes the much touted one-district one-factory, one-village one-dam, free Senior High School (SHS) among others, will cost the country over GHc2 billion. The President prior to the December 2016 election, promised to establish a factory each in all District, Metropolitan, Municipal areas, and also provide the 275 constituencies with one ...
The Member of Parliament for Nhyiaeso Constituency in the Ashanti Region, Kennedy Kankam, has admonished the Christian Service University College and other tertiary institutions, to develop a multi-disciplinary form of scientific education to devise solutions linked to sustainable development. This he says is to help the country pick up during this era of rapidly changing technology. ...
Bayern Munich midfielder Xabi Alonso has confirmed he will retire when his contract expires in the summer. Alongside a picture of him waving goodbye, the 35-year-old Spain international wrote on Twitter: “Lived it. Loved it. Farewell beautiful game.” He won club honours with Liverpool, Real Madrid and Bayern and the World Cup and two European ...
Economist and Head of Finance at the University of Ghana Business School, Professor Godfred Alufar Bokpin has attributed the cedi’s fall to the weak fundamentals of the economy. According to him, the health of the cedi is a reflection of the real sectors of Ghana’s economy which are currently weak and unstable. Figures available to ...
A technology initially used to fight traffic fines is now helping refugees with legal claims. When Joshua Browder developed DoNotPay he called it “the world’s first robot lawyer”. It’s a chatbot – a computer program that carries out conversations through texts or vocal commands – and it uses Facebook Messenger to gather information about a ...
The Upper East Regional Domestic Violence and Victim Support Unit (DOVVSU), has mounted a manhunt for one Akwesi Zamnok from Namolgo in the Talensi District of the Upper East Region, for abetment of crime and obscenity. Mr. Zamnok forced a 13-year-old girl and a boy, whose exact age cannot be ascertained, to have sex against ...
A South African man and his Ukrainian fiancee have been detained in the United Arab Emirates for unlawful sex, a relative says. Emlyn Culverwell‚ 29, and Iryna Nohai, 27, were reportedly arrested after a doctor discovered Ms Nohai, who had stomach cramps, was pregnant. They were arrested for sex outside of marriage, which is illegal ...
A man who posed as Justin Bieber online has been charged with more than 900 child sex-related crimes in Australia. The man, 42, masqueraded as the Canadian singer to gain explicit images from children, Queensland Police said. He was charged with 931 crimes, including three of rape, involving 157 alleged victims across the globe. Detective ...
The Advertisers Association of Ghana (AAG), is pushing for the passage of the Advertising Standards Bill to sanitize the industry which it has described as being in a “shameless state”. The association’s concerns, it has said, stem from the questionable content quality as well as best practices of some advertisers. Speaking during a meeting with ...
The US Ambassador to Ghana, Robert Jackson, has cited the high cost of air travel and the undue delays in visa acquisition as two major challenges to investments to Ghana. According to him, the development has compelled most investors to divert attention to other countries within the sub-region as businesses are more endeared to ease ...
A general consensus at a post-budget programme organized by the Ghana National Chamber of Commerce(GNCC) has warned that ordinary Ghanaians may not fully benefit from the tax cuts announced in the 2017 budget due to weak consumer protection organizations. The Finance Minister, Ken Ofori Atta last week announced about 12 tax cuts in the budget ...
The Citi Breakfast Show on Thursday March 9,2017 discussed the increasing spate of suicide cases in Ghana
A clinical psychologist and suicidologist at the University of Ghana, Dr. Joseph Osafo, has bemoaned the lack of seriousness in terms of government investments and support for mental health. According to him, this situation has contributed to the increasing trend of suicide in the country. He said although suicide in the country is largely under-reported, ...
The Citi Breakfast Show team on Thursday February 9, 2017 discussed the increasing spate of suicide cases in Ghana.
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