Sportswear retailer Nike is to stop sales through Amazon so it can focus on selling directly to customers. Nike said it would continue to invest in “distinctive” partnerships with other retailers and platforms. It marks the end of a pilot that Nike began with Amazon in 2017. According to Bloomberg, Amazon has been preparing for […] The post Nike to stop direct sales through
Italy has declared a state of emergency in Venice after the Italian city was engulfed by 1.87m (6ft) high water levels, flooding its historic basilica and cutting power to homes. More than 80% of the city, a Unesco world heritage site, was under water when tides were at their highest. Italy’s Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte […] The post Venice floods: Italy
The Minister for Communications Ursula Owusu Ekuful has disclosed that the state has accumulated an amount of GHS205.6 million in tax savings on fraud management following the introduction of the Common Platform(CP). Addressing Journalists in Accra, the Minister said the overall duration of the 5-year contract is expected to deliver tax savings of approximately GHS795.9 […] The post GHS205.6m
Six Junior High Schools (JHS) have made it to the quarter-final stage of Citi TV‘s Best Brain quiz competition after their hard-fought preliminary level contests. These schools will now be paired against each other for an anticipating nerve-wracking quarter-finals which begin this Saturday, November 16, 2019. The three schools that win their contest will move […] The post Best
Six Junior High Schools (JHS) have made it to the semi-final stage of Citi TV‘s Best Brain quiz competition after their hard-fought preliminary level contests. These schools will now be paired against each other for an anticipating nerve-wracking semis which begins this Saturday, November 16, 2019. The three schools that win their contest will move […] The post Best
The ambulances parked in front of the State House will be released in January 2020, the Ministry of Special Development Initiative has assured. This assurance follows the Minority side on Parliament’s Health Committee’s call for the immediate release of some 96 parked ambulances at the State House. The Public Relations Officer of the Ministry, Kabore […] The post Parked
The Judicial Service Staff Association of Ghana (JUSAG) has suspended its two-day-old strike, after meeting with Management of the Judicial Service. JUSAG had earlier maintained that its industrial action remained unabated after they called the bluff of the National Labour Commission (NLC) and the Judicial Service Council who had ordered them to resume work because […] The post JUSAG
The National Labour Commission (NLC) has secured an interlocutory injunction from the Accra High Court, restricting the Judicial Service Staff Association of Ghana (JUSAG), from continuing with its two-day strike. JUSAG began the nationwide indefinite strike on Tuesday over government’s failure to review the salaries of its members. Both the NLC and the Judicial Service […] The post Labour
The National Labour Commission (NLC) has secured an interlocutory injunction from the Accra High Court, restricting the Judicial Service Staff Association of Ghana (JUSAG), from continuing with its strike. JUSAG began the nationwide indefinite strike on Tuesday over government’s failure to review the salaries of its members. Both the NLC and the Judicial Service have […] The post Labour
Tension is currently brewing in Bimbilla in the Northern Region over the celebration of the Damba festival. Reports reaching Citi News indicate that security personnel have prevented the Nakpaa Naa family from celebrating the festival at his palace. This led to a confrontation between the family and the security which according to reports led to […] The post Bimbilla:
The Volta Caucus in Parliament has issued a 48-hour ultimatum to government to apologize to the Chiefs and indigenes of the Volta Region for omitting the region from the critical list of road projects to be worked on in 2020, from the budget statement. According to Ranking Member on the Roads and Transport Committee, Governs […] The post Apologize for
A 32-year old man, Abudulai Mustapha, has allegedly been lynched by some unidentified persons at Daboya in the North Gonja District of the Savannah Region. According to the Savannah Regional Police Commander, DCOP Enoch Adutwum Bediako, four police officers were dispatched to the victim’s house to arrest him after a complaint was lodged at the […] The post Savannah Region:
Communications Minister, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful says the introduction of the Common Platform (CP) has been worthwhile, as it will save government a total of GHS1.5 billion in the next five years. The introduction of the CP sparked controversy when the government moved to award the contract to Kelni GVG. Prior to this contract, the government was […] The post Introduction
Old age comes with health-related issues like musculoskeletal and joint pains. The AYA Community Centre (ACC), an elderly care facility with the focus on promoting the healthcare and wellbeing of the elderly in collaboration with Ghana’s favourite spine clinic, Nova Wellness Center (NWC) has held a two-day free chiropractic screening and adjustments exercise for about […] The post AYA
Requests for any updates on the Australian Commonwealth Games Visa racketeering scandal have to be directed to the National Security Minister. The National Security Ministry took over investigations into the scandal on April 6, 2018, a point the Minister of Youth and Sports, Isaac Asiamah reiterated to Parliament when queried on the matter on Thursday […] The post Direct
Requests for any updates on the Australian Commonwealth Games Visa racketeering scandal have to be directed to the National Security Minister. The National Security Ministry took over investigations into the scandal on April 6, 2018, a point the Minister of Youth and Sports, Isaac Asiamah reiterated to Parliament when queried on the matter on Thursday […] The post Direct
The Ministry of Special Development Initiative has described the Minority’s call for the immediate distribution of some 96 ambulances currently parked at the State House as a move to score cheap political points. The Minority side on Parliament’s Health Committee has issued a 3-day ultimatum to President Nana Akufo- Addo to distribute the ambulances. Addressing […] The post Special
The Senior Minister, Yaw Osafo Maafo says Ghanaians will gladly retain Nana Akufo-Addo as President of Ghana after the 2020 general elections. According to him, following the successes that the New Patriotic Party (NPP) administration has achieved in the three years spent in government, the Ghanaian populace will, in turn, accept President Akufo-Addo overwhelmingly after […] The post Ghanaians
The report on the audit of cocoa roads commissioned by the Akufo-Addo administration will be published at the “appropriate time”, Senior Minister, Yaw Osafo Maafo has said. On the Citi Breakfast Show, he assured that the government is “not hiding” audit report” on the matter. “Since the report is available and is still being looked at […] The post Audit
The Minority side on Parliament’s Health Committee has issued a 3-day ultimatum to President Nana Akufo- Addo to distribute ambulances parked at the state house. Addressing the media in Parliament, Ranking Member on the Committee, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh said it is wrong for the ambulances to be parked for months when they are needed in […] The post Minority
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