The timely intervention by fire officers prevented a fire from spreading to the Bekwai branch of the Ghana Commercial Bank Limited. The facility was formerly used as an office space by the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT). Narrating the incident to Citi News, Ashanti Bekwai Municipal Fire Officer, D. O 2 Amos Abban […] The post Officials prevent
A seven-member committee tasked to investigate the alleged smuggling of rosewood for export has presented its report to the Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Kwaku Asomah-Cheremeh, in Accra. Government, through the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources, set up the Committee headed by a Deputy Minister of the Ministry, Benito Owusu-Bio in August last […] The post Committee
Former President John Dramani Mahama has asked President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to ensure persons responsible for the Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election violence are sanctioned. The former President believes this [sanctioning culprits] is the first step towards ensuring peace during the 2020 general elections. “As we go to the polls in 2020, President Nana Akufo-Addo […] The post Stop
Today, January 7, 2020 is being marked across the country as ‘Constitution Day’. The day is to celebrate the country’s stable period of democratic rule and to recognize the coming into force of the 1992 constitution and the beginning of the 4th Republic. The day was first marked in 2019 after parliament amended the Public Holidays […] The post Ghana marks Constitution Day
Police in the Ashanti Region have arrested a 42-year-old man, Edwin Awuku for allegedly murdering a woman at Ceder Crescent Hotel at Danyame in Kumasi. The deceased, 46-year-old Comfort Owusu Afriyie alias Maame Yaa, was found in the hotel in cold blood with gunshot wound on January 2, 2020. Earlier reports suggested that the suspect […] The post Kumasi:
Ghanaians are observing the Constitution Day as a public holiday today, January 7, 2020, to recognise the Fourth Republican Constitution, which came into effect on January 7, 1993. The celebration is to remind Ghanaians on the need to maintain and sustain the country’s democratic dispensation, which is widely touted as the beacon of Africa’s democracy. […] The post Constitution
The Chief Executive of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly, Mohammed Nii Adjei Sowah has told Citi News that the government is on course in making Accra the cleanest city in Africa. Mr. Adjei Sowah said the government’s intervention programs aimed at riding the city of filth is achieving results with waste being managed better than before. […] The post Gov’t on course to
The ambulances parked in front of the State House will be commissioned and deployed regardless of if they have all arrived in the country, Health Minister Kwaku Agyemang Manu has said. A ceremony to begin the distribution of the ambulances, initially set on January 6, 2020 was postponed following a request from the National Ambulance […] The post Ambulances
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) will from tomorrow, Wednesday, embark on a 5-day polio vaccination exercise in the Oti Region. The exercise has been targeted at foiling a resurfacing of poliomyelitis in all eight districts of the region following the record of a case in the Nkwanta North district of the region. The condition which […] The post Polio vaccination to begin in Oti
Almost 2,000 houses have been destroyed in Australia’s months-long bushfire crisis, officials say, as crews prepare frantically for worsening conditions. After ferocious conditions last week, firefighters are using milder weather to boost containment lines around fires engulfing south-eastern Australia. Temperatures are likely to soar again on Friday, prompting fears that two fires could form a […] The post Australia
The Special Development Initiatives Minister, Mavis Hawa Koomson under which the procurement of ambulances for each constituency as promised by President Nana Akufo-Addo falls says a new emergency number for the ambulance service will be introduced soon. The government procured 307 ambulances in total in line with a promise by the Akufo-Addo administration to improve […] The post Gov’t
The Special Development Initiatives Minister, Mavis Hawa Koomson, under which the procurement of ambulances for each constituency as promised by President Nana Akufo-Addo falls, says a new emergency number for the ambulance service will be introduced soon. The government procured 307 ambulances in total in line with a promise by the Akufo-Addo administration to improve […] The post Gov’t
The coming of the Akufo-Addo government meant that Ghanaians had voted for change, not just for the sake of it but a change in the way things are done. And if there is anyone spearheading this change in the digitize world, then it’s Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia. Since the government of President Akufo-Addo assumed […] The post Sammi
Huge numbers of black-clad mourners have turned out to pay their final respects to Iranian military commander Qasem Soleimani ahead of his burial. Soleimani was assassinated in a US drone strike in Iraq on Friday, on the orders of President Donald Trump. His body has now arrived in his hometown of Kerman in south-eastern Iran, […] The post Soleimani: Iranians flock
Samsung has unveiled a tennis ball-like robot called Ballie that beeps and rolls around, following its owner. The device has a built-in camera so that it can capture and store “special moments”, the South Korean tech giant told an audience at the CES tech show in Las Vegas. “I love this guy,” said president and […] The post CES 2020: Samsung shows
The Technical University Teachers Association of Ghana (TUTAG) has accused government of trying to use the National Council for Tertiary Education (NCTE) as a channel to buy time and scare the association from further demanding what is due its members. The association has once again declared an indefinite strike effective January 6, 2020, in protest […] The post ‘We’re
A plant-based pork substitute has been launched in Las Vegas by one of the leading “alternative meat” producers. Impossible Foods, the firm behind the Impossible Burger, says it hopes to appeal to a global audience with its latest vegetarian-friendly meal, which it unveiled at the CES tech show. Pork is currently the most widely consumed […] The post CES
US President Donald Trump has faced growing criticism over his threats to attack Iran’s cultural sites. Mr Trump made the threats amid fallout from the US assassination of Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani. The president said cultural sites were among 52 identified Iranian targets that could be attacked if Iranians “torture, maim and blow up our […] The post Trump
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