A 50-year-old man, Alhassan Mahamud, alias Armpress, has been sentenced to nine years imprisonment with hard labour by a Circuit Court for defiling a 12-year-old in the Yendi Municipality of the Northern Region. His accomplice, 60-year-old Shani Iddrisu, who is unemployed, has however been granted bail. Alhassan Mahamud was charged with two counts of conspiracy to ... The post 50-yr
An Accra High Court has sentenced Kofi Seidu, a driver and a farm manager, who murdered and buried a British Missionary in an old farm at Nsawam in 2010, to death. This was after a seven-member jury unanimously pronounced him guilty on the charge of murder. However, on the charge of conspiracy to commit crime, ... The post Driver sentenced to death for killing British
The Minority in Parliament will on Wednesday join some Ghanaians in Accra to demonstrate against the recently ratified Ghana-US Defence Cooperation agreement. In a statement copied to citifmonline.com, the caucus described the agreement as a betrayal of the Ghanaian people by the Akufo-Addo government. The Ranking Member of the Communications Committee and Member of Parliament ... The post Minority
Steven Blessing Ackah, first Ghanaian to chair the G200 Youth Summit in 2017 and Clarissa J.A. Luttmann, Associate member of the G200 Youth Association facilitated by the G20 Youth Council Geneva, Switzerland, is to launch the first Ghana Strategy Report on 25th April, 2018. The launch of the report will be in partnership with the ... The post Ghana strategy report to be launched on April
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Ghana’s Black Queens will leave for Tokyo today [Tuesday], March 27, 2018 for their international friendly against their Japanese counterparts on April 1. Coach Mercy Tagoe Quarcoo largely has kept faith with the team that won the WAFU tournament in Abidjan last month, with just two changes in the 18-player squad as she continues with ... The post Black Queens to leave for Japan today
Chairperson of the Local Organising Committee for the 2018 Women’s African Cup of Nations, Freda Prempeh, has revealed plans to create awareness and interest in the tournament which will be hosted by Ghana later this year. With 8 months to the start of the tournament, most conversations surrounding the event have been about infrastructure and ... The post Hype plan for 2018 Women’s
A video of a wild elephant in India blowing out ashes has baffled wildlife experts around the world. Vinay Kumar, a scientist belonging to the Wildlife Conservation Society (India), filmed the 48-second video during a work trip to Nagarhole forest in Karnataka state in April 2016. He told the BBC that he had not released ... The post ‘Smoking’ elephant in India baffles experts
Blogging platform Tumblr has deleted 84 accounts it says Russian propagandists used to spread disinformation during the 2016 US election. The accounts are believed to have been used by Russia’s Internet Research Agency (IRA) – an organisation linked to many different web-based campaigns. Tumblr said it had uncovered the fake accounts while helping an official ... The post Tumblr
Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire have resolved to address the challenges of the cocoa sector, within the framework of the implementation of the Strategic Partnership Agreement which links the two countries, by signing the “Abidjan Declaration.” With the two countries responsible for 60% of the world’s cocoa output, fluctuations of cocoa prices on the international market, ... The post Ghana,
The son of Angola’s ex-President José Eduardo dos Santos has been formally accused of fraud over the alleged illegal transfer of $500m (£350m) from the central bank to the UK. José Filomeno dos Santos is also barred from leaving the country, deputy Attorney General Luis Benza Zanga said. Mr Dos Santos is the highest profile ... The post Son of Angola’s ex-President
The NDC MP for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has said the possible recall of Parliament to ratify the 1998 and the 2015 defence cooperation agreements the country signed with the US is the manifestation of a confused government and a waste of taxpayers’ money. Speaking on Eyewitness News, Mr. Abakwa said either the Government is confused or “only ... The post We’ll
The Attorney General, Gloria Akuffo has indicated that some administrative arrangements are underway to equip the Special Prosecutor office with the requisite resources. Citi News checks have revealed that the office is incomplete, a month after the Special Prosecutor was officially sworn-in. The Deputy Special Prosecutor and other board members expected to assist the Special ... The post Special
The Minority in Parliament have described as unconstitutional the processes leading to the ratification of the Ghana-US Defence Cooperation Agreement. The Agreement was ratified last Friday amidst fierce resistance by the minority caucus led by Haruna Iddrisu. Some Ghanaians had also staged a protest in front of the Parliament House to kick against the ratification ... The post Ratifiying
Ghana could be losing significant benefits from the power sector in the absence of a local partner for the concessionaires bidding to assume management of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG). This is the concern of Policy Analyst with ISODEC, Dr. Steve Manteaw. His argument follows the submission of proposals by two companies bidding for ... The post Red flags over
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