Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu has criticized new members of the 7th Parliament over what he calls their abysmal performance in the law-making process. The Minority Leader, at a forum organised by the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs, said less than five new members of the 7th Parliament participate in regular law-making processes in the House. “If […] The post New
The Chief Executive of the Juaben Municipal Assembly, the Municipal Director of Education for the area and other stakeholders of the Juaben Senior High School have held a crunch meeting to address issues that led to a demonstration by final year students on Tuesday. The students of the school went viral after demonstrating on their […] The post Juaben MCE holds
The Electoral Commission’s mass voter registration exercise will end tomorrow, Thursday, August 6, 2020. The exercise started on Tuesday, June 30, 2020, and currently in its final phase. A mop-up exercise may be conducted on a needs basis, according to the Electoral Commission. A total of 15,117,438 prospective voters have so far been registered after […] The post Voters’
The High Court will on Friday, August 28 give its judgment on the disqualification of Eric Ofori Agyarko from the Atiwa East New Patriotic Party (NPP) parliamentary primary. The selection of the party’s parliamentary candidate was rocked with confusion when all four aspirants who filed to contest incumbent MP, Abena Osei Asare were disqualified by […] The post NPP
A mysterious ailment that has been killing hundreds of camels in northeastern Kenya for months now has been established as a strain of coronavirus according to health officials in the Marsabit County of northern Kenya. Health officials in Marsabit told reporters the coronavirus in camels poses no major risk to humans but has killed over […] The post Kenya’s new coronavirus
Eight new COVID-19 deaths have been recorded in Ghana. This raises the death toll to 199. The country has also recorded 574 new cases pushing the case count to 39,075. The latest update was announced in a post on the Ghana Health Service’s website. According to the Ghana Health Service, the cases were reported in […] The post Ghana records eight new
Ghanaian rapper Kwame Ametepee Tsikata popularly known as M.anifest has expressed his quest to do songs with some iconic Ghanaian artistes like highlife star Amandzeba before he retires from music. The artiste who has worked with musicians like Obrafour, Kelvynboy, Sarkodie, Kelvyn Boy, Simi, Worlasi, Kwesi Arthur, Burna Boy, Strongman and Mi Casa also said […] The post I
Ghanaian rapper, Kwame Ametepee Tsikata popularly known as M.anifest says he’s willing to produce songs with some iconic Ghanaian artistes like highlife star, Amandzeba before he retires from music. The artiste who has worked with musicians like Obrafour, Kelvynboy, Sarkodie, Simi, Worlasi, Kwesi Arthur, Burna Boy, Strongman and Mi Casa also said another artiste he […] The post M.anifest
The secretary-general of the Lebanese Red Cross on Wednesday said victims of Tuesday’s explosion at the Port of Beirut have risen to 100 and more than 4,000 were injured. In a televised statement aired by Lebanese broadcaster LBC, George Kettaneh said Beirut hospitals no longer have the capacity to absorb the rising number of victims. […] The post Death toll in Beirut explosion
The global death toll from the novel coronavirus rose to 700,647 on Wednesday, according to a running tally by the US-based Johns Hopkins University. Data showed the total number of cases worldwide climbed to 18.54 million, with 11.13 recoveries. Brazil has the highest number of recoveries with more than 2.15 million, followed by the US […] The post Global coronavirus death toll tops
A former Communications Minister, Dr. Edward Omane Boamah has rejected claims of being part of a cohort groomed to attack founder of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Jerry John Rawlings. Dr. Omane Boamah in a statement insisted that his defence of then-President John Atta Mills was borne out of respect for the personality of Prof. […] The post Defending
A former Deputy Communications Minister, Felix Kwakye Ofusu says he wasn’t part of any supposed recruitment geared towards attacking the founder of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Jerry John Rawlings. Kwakye Ofosu issued the disclaimer following claims made in a book authored by an NDC stalwart, Professor Kwamena Ahwoi titled “Working with Rawlings”. Prof. Ahwoi, […] The post I
Jacob Tettey Diameh, a Regent alumnus has received the 2020 Swanny Intercultural Impact Award. The award recognizes people who have made an impact in the lives of students from different backgrounds and have helped shape their academic experience. Jacob, who graduated from Regent University College of Science and Technology in 2018, was among the recipients […] The post Regent University
Newspaper Headlines for Wednesday, August 5, 2020 The post Newspaper Headlines: Wednesday, August 5, 2020 appeared first on Citinewsroom - Comprehensive News in Ghana.
Zimbabwe’s Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga has been appointed as Health Minister, about a month after the ministry was rocked by a scandal surrounding the procurement of coronavirus tests and equipment. Mr Chimwenga is a former head of the army who led the military takeover from former President Robert Mugabe. His predecessor at the health ministry, Obadiah […] The post Zimbabwe
The Speaker of Parliament, Prof. Aaron Mike Oquaye has once again waded into the debate on who should be credited for Ghana’s independence from British rule. Delivering the keynote address at a public lecture to mark the 2020 Founders’ Day, Prof. Oquaye said all persons who contributed to Ghana’s independence needs to be accorded the […] The post Ghana’s independence
Despite the disappointment handed out by 2020 because of the novel coronavirus, rapper M.anifest is looking forward to a more robust music industry in Ghana. “We have to create some opportunities out of some of these disappointments and problems,” he said on Citi TV‘s Face to Face when discussing the losses brought on by the […] The post M.anifest
On July 23, 2020, Ghana succumbed to the traumatic news of a 90-year old woman who was stoned to death because she was accused of possessing witchcraft. Through the mediation of the new media, the video footage of the lynching of the woman received global attention. The response was sporadic. Condemnation came from virtually everyone […] The post Charles
The National Communication Officer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Sammy Gyamfi has told the Defence Minister, Dominic Nitiwul, to keep quiet if he has nothing meaningful to say on the allegations of voter suppression. At the NDC’s weekly press briefing, Mr. Gyamfi said the Minister’s comments on the matter were unfortunate. “The Defence Minister’s […] The post ‘Shut
The National Communication Officer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Sammy Gyamfi has told the Defence Minister, Dominic Nitiwul, to keep quiet if he has nothing meaningful to say on the allegations of voter suppression. At the NDC’s weekly press briefing, Mr. Gyamfi said the Minister’s comments on the matter were unfortunate. “The Defence Minister’s […] The post Keep
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