One policeman has been shot dead and a second wounded in central Paris, French police say, with reports that a gunman was later killed. The Champs Elysees, where the shooting occurred, was sealed off. No motive for the attack has yet been reported. It happened as candidates made their last pitches in a TV appearance ...
DNA tests on the carcass of a crocodile shot in Zimbabwe have confirmed that it contains the remains of a missing South African hunter, an investigator has told the BBC. Scott Van Zyl was killed last week on the banks of the Limpopo river, said Sakkie Louwrens, director of a South-African crime-fighting NGO. He said ...
The US$95 million Kumasi City Mall, officially opened for business today [Thursday], drawing a lot of excitement by shoppers in the nation’s second largest city. Spread on a 15.4-acre stretch of land, it has 74 different shops, for foodstuffs and groceries, lifestyle, beauty and wellness, electronics and telecommunications, fashion and clothing. The others are pharmaceuticals ...
The Volta Regional office of the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), has appealed to government to help address its human resource deficiency and logistical constraints to deliver on its mandate. Mr. Imoru Jamaldeen, the Volta Regional Administrative Officer of the Commission, said offices in the Region were highly understaffed with the few ...
Gold Coast a subsidiary of Groupe Nduom, has put a smile on the faces of the children’s department of the Accra Ridge and the Accra Psychiatric Hospitals. The preferred Best Fund Manager, 2016 – Gold Coast, donated bags of locally produced rice, Edwumawura Rice, assorted drinks, gallons of oil, cartons of mineral and undisclosed cash ...
Years of growing animosity at Chinese traders turned into a protest by hundreds in Uganda’s capital yesterday against what local businesses called unfair competition, while the mayor warned against the tensions turning into xenophobic attacks. Hundreds of Ugandan traders protested in Kampala, some carrying placards urging Chinese traders to leave. Many Ugandans accuse Chinese traders ...
Years of growing animosity at Chinese traders turned into a protest by hundreds in Uganda’s capital yesterday against what local businesses called unfair competition, while the mayor warned against the tensions turning into xenophobic attacks. Hundreds of Ugandan traders protested in Kampala, some carrying placards urging Chinese traders to leave. Many Ugandans accuse Chinese traders ...
The controversy surrounding the Addison committee’s AMERI-sponsored trip to Dubai will require a thorough investigation since the situation is complex, a former Commissioner of the Commission for Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), Justice Emile Short has said. According to him, although the occurrence appears to be a clear case of conflict of interest, the ...
The President of Ashesi University, Patrick Awuah, is advocating for a reduction in the number of subjects candidates write for the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE). According to Mr. Awuah, the current system allows too many subjects which makes the exam unproductive. The former Program Manager for Microsoft says experimenting with various levels of Ghana’s educational ...
Information reaching citifmonline.com indicates that Ghanaian Dancehall artiste, Stonebwoy is one of the artistes featured on the upcoming album of Grammy award-winning reggae music group, Morgan Heritage. The album ‘Avrakedabra,’ is due for official release on May 19, 2017. Stonebwoy was featured on the GLOBAL REMIX single ‘Reggae Night’ alongside Trinidad & Tobago Soca Viking ...
The Ministry of Trade and Industry has announced measures to set up a policy that will improve the packaging of locally produced food items. According to the ministry, the initiative will aid the implementation of the Planting for Food and Jobs policy as well as the One-District One-Factory project to preserve and package food for ...
Earth moving machines will henceforth operate with permits in the country, the Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, John Peter Amewu has said. He told Citi News in an interview that, excavators found scavenging for gold without permit will be destroyed. “What we want to do is that, if you own an excavator, and for ...
Vintage Collection Afrika in partnership with the Royal Senchi Resort/Hotel and Logistics Movers will hold the inaugural “Classic Car Show” from Saturday 29th April to Sunday 30th April 2017. The show will take place from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm at the Royal Senchi Hotel. The event will feature cars made in 1975 and older ...
In furtherance of its long-standing pledge to conserve the environment, the Meridian Ports Services Limited (MPS), has embarked on a massive tree planting exercise along the Tema Beach Road, the site for the Tema Port Expansion Project. The main objective of the exercise was to contribute to the sustainability of the environment and beautify the ...
Hundreds of revellers on Easter Monday had their senses knocked off by uncontrolled ‘dosage’ of the popular Adonko Bitters during the annual Adonko Aseda Bash at the Baba Yara Stadium in Kumasi. Twenty-four hours after the ‘all night’ concert, which attracted Oseikrom big guns as well as Dancehall King Shatta Wale and Bisa Kdei, the ...
The Kumasi Circuit Court hearing the case involving the 13 members of the New Patriotic Party-affiliated vigilante group, Delta Force, has adjourned the case again to May 18, 2017. The Prosecutor for the case, ACP Okyere Darko, requested for the adjournment today [Thursday], because according to him, the Attorney General has called for the docket. ...
The Youth Employment Agency (YEA), has suspended payment of allowances to over sixty thousand beneficiaries. According to the Chief Executive Officer of YEA, Justin Kodua Frimpong, the new management has detected fraudulent activities, including allowances to thousands of people who do not work for the agency. There are about ten separate modules under the YEA ...
Residents of Ewusiejo, a rural community in the Ahanta West District of the Western Region, are reeling under the negative effects of illegal mining upstream. The community is few meters away from Takoradi, the regional capital. The brownish free-flowing Butre River that runs through the area has over the past decades been the main source of water ...
Former First Lady, Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings, gave a damning verdict on Ghana’s King of Comedy, DKB, when she said his jokes were boring. At an event headlined by DKB, Nana Konadu stormed out of the Accra International Conference Centre unexcited and unconvinced that DKB would shake the audience into a frenzy. An avid patron ...
A study on the impact of the galamsey activities in the Western region has shown that the Amenfi East, Tarkwa Nsuaem and Prestea Huni Valley districts are the most impacted districts in terms of operational footprint. According to the study, the galamsey operators have destroyed 58.272%, 17.532% and 8.452% of the land sizes of the ...
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