The running mate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Prof. Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, has expressed appreciation for the support that greeted the announcement of her new role. The former Minister for Education, who also served as the first female Vice-Chancellor of a public university in Ghana, was on Monday announced by former President John Dramani […] The post Election
In this edition of the Eyewitness News with Umaru Sanda Amadu and Abena Owusu Nyamekye; Citi Newsroom’s Fred Djabanor joined Umaru Sanda Amadu on the NDC’s suit against the EC over the voter registration exercise in Senior High Schools -Occupy Ghana writes to President Nana Akufo-Addo to revoke the Auditor General’s leave directive – There […] The post Eyewitness
The latest report on the progress towards the Start Free, Stay Free, AIDS-Free targets shows that despite great progress made since the early days of the epidemic, the HIV response for children has fallen behind. Year after year, the bold target of eliminating new HIV infections among children is being missed and children are dying […] The post Despite
The independent parliamentary candidate in the Assin South of the Central Region, Joseph Kofi Damte who was arrested for failing to wear a nose mask during a rally he organised has been arraigned before the Cape Coast Circuit Court. Kofi Damte was arrested for allegedly organizing a political rally without notifying the police. Information available […] The post Assin
Pressure group, OccupyGhana wants the President, Nana Akufo-Addo to immediately reverse the directive ordering the Auditor-General, Daniel Yao Domelevo to proceed on an accumulated annual leave. “We call on the President to revoke the directive and allow the administrative system in the Auditor-General’s office to appropriately evolve, like every other institution, and perfect some of […] The post Revoke
Promising Afrobeats artiste, Randy N, has released a new song titled ‘iPod’. The song features hip-pop artiste, Kweku Smoke with production by Atown TSB. The Afro-beats inspired jam basically talks about one’s desire to use an iPhone and the model which is deemed fit. Randy N also makes a joke about using any model below […] The post Randy N features rapper Kweku
The nomination of Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang by former President John Mahama to be his running mate for Ghana’s upcoming presidential elections has been seen as novel, being the first time a woman has been chosen as a vice-presidential nominee for a major political party in Ghana. Article 60(1) of the 1992 Constitution of Ghana […] The post Presidential ticket:
The Ghana Psychological Association, as part of the COVID-19 Private Sector Fund’s efforts to reduce the incidents of stigmatization against COVID-19 recovered persons, frontline workers and their family members, has trained about three hundred and fourteen (314) NCCE staff to educate Ghanaians on stigmatization and provide support for COVID-19 stigmatization victims. This initiative, as part […] The post COVID-19
In this edition of the #CitiCBS, Bernard Avle and the team had a conversation on the voter registration exercise and the EC’s decision to go ahead with the registration in Senior High Schools in the country. Bernard Avle interviews Philippa Larson, The Ghana National Association of Teachers President and Alexander Danso, national council of PTA […] The post Citi Breakfast show,
The Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu is demanding neutrality from security agencies deployed to the country’s border towns. This is not the first time the Minority is raising concerns over the deployment of the security officers. It has always insisted the move is an attempt to intimidate residents of border towns especially, those in the Volta […] The post Prove
The Agona Swedru Circuit Court has sentenced a 30-year-old man to seven years jail term in hard labour for cutting off the right leg of his two-year-old daughter. Mawuli Dossu, a farmer at Wawase Amponsah-junction, near Agona Swedru who pleaded guilty to causing harm was convicted on his own plea and also ordered by the […] The post Father jailed for slashing off
Fellow Ghanaians, I submit that the government did students and parents palpable wrong by recalling the children from home to school in these COVID times. And many such avoidable wrongs in our fragile national response to COVID-19 have come at great cost. Yet they keep repeating the wrongs in different forms. Who is advising Mr. […] The post Omane Boamah writes: COVID-19
The High Court has convicted three Senior Executives of defunct Venture Capital to over GHS18 million in restitution to the State. This is based on an agreement which the three, Daniel Duku (1st Accused Person), Irene Anti-Mensah (3rd Accused Person) and Frank Aboagye (5th Accused), out of the six persons standing trial in the case […] The post Three senior
The Speaker of Parliament, Professor Mike Oquaye, is threatening to sanction auxiliary staff of Parliament who are not abiding by the protocols for the prevention of COVID-19. According to the speaker, he will not countenance such behaviour from the staff. The Speaker was speaking on the floor about the latest measures taken by the house […] The post Speaker
In 2019, President Nana Akuffo-Addo trended in an excerpt from a conference dubbed “Women Deliver” in Vancouver, Canada. In a debate on how male leaders can improve the representation of women in their countries, our president was taken on for his demeaning remarks that Ghanaian women weren’t dynamic enough and that accounts for the low […] The post #IAmWithHer: Affirmative
The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has sued the Electoral Commission over the latter’s decision to organise voter registration exercise in Senior High Schools (SHS). The EC commenced a two-day registration at premises of the various senior high schools beginning today, July 10, 2020. The exercise is supposed to end tomorrow [Saturday, July 11, 2020]. […] The post NDC
The Ghana Education Service (GES) has warned political parties to refrain from campaigning in school premises as the Electoral Commission (EC) extends the voter registration exercise to students in school. Public Relations Officer of the GES, Cassandra Twum Ampofo, in a Citi News interview said school heads were expected to ensure the strict protocols are […] The post Ensure
The National Council of Parent-Teacher Associations of Ghana (PTA) is urging the government to dispatch medical personnel to the various senior high schools to conduct periodic COVID-19 tests on students and staff. This comes on the back of pockets of positive cases recorded at some senior high schools. Accra Girls SHS, Konongo Wesley SHS and […] The post COVID-19:
The longest civic advocacy campaign I have ever participated in is the attempt made by Ghana’s CSOs (Civil Society Organisations) to block the totally unjustifiable effort by Ghana’s Electoral Commission (EC) to jettison millions of dollars worth of perfectly functional, in many cases brand new, equipment and subject voters to a needless re-registration exercise. The […] The post The sins
The Minority in Parliament has cautioned the government against negotiating an agreement with a strategic partner for the management of Terminal Three of the Kotoka International Airport. According to the Ranking Member on the Roads and Transport Committee of the House, Kwame Governs Agbodza, any attempt to shortchange Ghanaians in the agreement will not be […] The post ‘Strategic
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