The government has announced new rules to guide post-retirement contracts for the academic staff of public universities in the country. Under the rules, even though the mandatory retirement age for academic staff of public universities shall continue to be 60 years, professorial grade staff (Associate Professors and Professors) shall be eligible for post-retirement contracts until […] The post Lecturers

The British High Commissioner to Ghana, Iain Walker, has stressed the need for better collaboration among stakeholders ahead of the 2020 general elections. Speaking on the Citi Breakfast Show, Mr. Walker said the UK’s main concern ahead of the election was to make sure they are inclusive, safe and transparent. “Our [the UK’s] role is […] The post Stakeholder

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has refuted President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s assertion that projects listed in the party’s green book are non-existent. A former Deputy Communications Minister Felix Ofosu Kwakye at the NDC’s briefing said the Green Book was written by some top-notch personalities of the NDC, thus cannot contain false projects as claimed […] The post Kwakye

One Innocential Yiran has been reported missing by her family. Her brother reported her missing on May 26 after she left their South Legon residence. She was dressed in an outfit with deep green mixed with light green and pink. Innocential Yiran was wearing sandals with cross beads on her feet. Aside from contacting the […] The post Alert: 32-year-old Innocential Yiran reported

Head Pastor of Alabaster International Ministries, Prophet Kofi Oduro has said that God is using Covid-19 to clean the church. Speaking Ato Kwamina and Frema Adunyame on the maiden edition of Citi TV’s lifestyle variety show, Upside Down, the “Tieee” prophet bemoaned the increasing spate of filth and all manner of ungodly practices that have […] The post God

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) says President Nana Akufo-Addo is the biggest enabler and promoter of corruption in his government. Speaking at the launch of its Corruption Tracker Series at the NDC’s second Weekly Press Briefing in Accra on Monday, the party’s National Communications Officer, Mr. Sammy Gyamfi, said despite promising to protect the public […] The post Akufo-Addo

Samual Atta Akyea, the Minister of Works and Housing, has proposed the adoption of a submerged drainage system to help deal with the indiscriminate dumping of refuse into open drains to minimise flooding. He said, though the submerged drainage system was capital intensive, it had been adopted by most advanced countries and Ghana needed to […] The post Minister

Sixty-five aspirants are going unopposed in the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) parliamentary primaries slated for June 20, 2020. The list of unopposed aspirants includes Defence Minister; Dominic Nitiwul, Minister for Education; Matthew Opoku Prempeh and Minister for Works and Housing; Samuel Atta Akyea who are vying for the Bimbilla, Manhyia South and Abuakwa South seats […] The post 65

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has launched what it calls the Corruption Tracker Series. According to the party, the initiative is a platform that seeks to expose misappropriation and embezzlement of state funds by officials of the Akufo-Addo government. The party also says the tracker will give Ghanaians evidence of failed promises under the Akufo-Addo […] The post NDC

The governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) has released the names of all persons cleared to contest in the party’s June 20 parliamentary primaries. The party will hold the primaries in electoral areas rather than at the constituency level in order to ensure social distancing. The June 20 primaries will be held in 168 constituencies across […] The post NPP primaries: Full

The National Lottery Authority (NLA) has signed a historic partnership agreement with the Veterans Administration, Ghana (VAG) which gave NLA the sole power to regulate, manage and supervise the operations of VAG lottery. The agreement between the NLA and VAG, which granted licenses to some Private Sector Lotto Operators under Act 844 such as Lotto […] The post NLA

The governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) has directed the immediate suspension of all party members who were captured on video performing rituals and cursing party executives in the Offinso South Constituency. The video which has since gone viral shows the disgruntled party members cursing the incumbent Member of Parliament, Abdullah Banda and national executives for […] The post NPP

Citi FM and Citi TV have secured land for the organisations’ agribusiness initiative, which will see the cultivation of some selected crops to encourage farming. The 50-acre land for farming; is located in the Akuapem North District in the Eastern region of Ghana. The land was secured with the support from the Municipal Chief Executive […] The post Citi FM and Citi TV venture into

Malawi’s President Peter Mutharika has appointed a new electoral commission chairperson ahead of a presidential re-run. The Constitutional Court had in February ordered a fresh presidential election be held within 150 days after annulling last year’s re-election of President Mutharika a ruling upheld by the Supreme Court. The former commission chairperson Jane Ansah resigned amid […] The post Malawi

South Sudan’s First Vice-President Riek Machar and his wife, Defence Minister Angelina Teny, have recovered from COVID-19, local media report. The two tested positive for coronavirus three weeks ago. The Sudan Tribune newspaper quoted a statement from Mr Machar’s office as saying that he had been discharged on Saturday “having fully recovered”. The statement further […] The post South

The global coronavirus pandemic is clearly not only a health crisis but also a development retardant. Apparently COVID-19 is eroding Global economies and the Ghanaian economy is no exception. Ghana’s economy is set to plump down from the initial estimation of 6.8% GDP to 2.6% this year as a result of the pandemic. On account […] The post Nathan

The re-opening of schools had been delayed after teachers’ unions urged school staff to defy the government order last week, saying schools lacked sufficient health and hygiene measures to keep educators and pupils safe. South Africa has counted nearly 50,000 cases of the new coronavirus – the most of any country in sub-Saharan Africa – […] The post Coronavirus:

The outgoing Chinese Ambassador to Ghana, Shi Ting Wang says the bilateral relations between Ghana and China has created about 100,000 job opportunities for the local people in Ghana. He says China is currently the number one trade partner of Ghana with a volume of US$7.4 billion, making it the biggest investor in Ghana. Addressing […] The post China is Ghana’s

The number of patients who recovered from COVID-19 crossed 230,000 in Russia on Monday. A total of 230,688 people were successfully treated of the disease, including 3,957 discharged from hospitals over the last 24 hours, the country’s emergency team said in a daily report. Meanwhile, another 8,985 cases were registered in Russia during the past […] The post COVID-19 recoveries

Mr Samuel Tettey, Deputy Commissioner in-charge of Operations at the Electoral Commission (EC), says the recent pilot registration exercise has shown that the new registration equipment is robust and effective compared to the previous ones. He said all the components of the Biometric Voter Registration (BVR) kits worked as expected; explaining that, the fingerprint scans, […] The post EC: