President Akufo-Addo appears to have softened his stance on frontally dealing with the phenomenon of illegal mining in the country calling for an open conversation on whether or not the activity should be allowed to continue. Nana Akufo-Addo, in delivering the last State of the Nation address in his first term said the phenomenon of […] The post Let’s have an open
The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has stated that his government has been able to stabilize the economy within the last four years. Addressing the nation during the last State of the Nation’s Address, President Akufo-Addo stated that his government inherited a bad economy although the country was still under the International Monetary Fund (IMF)- […] The post We’ve
The Citi Breakfast Show with Bernard Avle and the team dissected the various legal proceedings after the 2020 elections involving John Peter Amewu and the residents of Santrokofi, Akpafu, Likpe, and Lolobi (SALL). Also, Kofi Adams and some 13 residents who filed the motion citing the inability to exercise their franchise in the 2020 election. […] The post Citi Breakfast Show: Tuesday,
President Nana Akufo-Addo says the government’s programme for the revival of Ghanaian agriculture, “Planting for Food and Jobs”, has achieved considerable successes. Delivering his final State of the Nation Address in his first term before Parliament today, January 5, 2021, President Akufo-Addo said the policy, has saved the nation from food shortage especially with the […] The post Food
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has complimented former President John Dramani Mahama for filing a petition at the Supreme Court to challenge the outcome of the December 7, 2020, general elections. Delivering the final State of the Nation Address of his first term of office in Parliament today, January 5, 2021, the President was impressed […] The post ‘It’s
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has singled out his government’s flagship Free Senior High School (SHS) policy describing it as a transformational step that will expedite Ghana’s socio-economic development for a lifetime. He says the policy together with Free Technical, Vocational and Education Training (TVET) have now become integral parts of the country’s educational structure. […] The post Free
Article 94(2)(a) provides that “a person shall not be qualified to be a member of Parliament if he owes allegiance to a country other than Ghana.” I have in the past explained why it has nothing to do with dual citizenship. Very simply, the Constitution, until it was amended in 1996, did not allow dual […] The post Kwaku Azar writes: Matters arising out
The General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) says the decision of the party to retain Prof. Aaron Mike Oquaye as the Speaker of Parliament will be in the best interest of the lawmaking body. He believes that Prof. Oquaye exudes the right qualities needed to steer the affairs of the new Parliament which […] The post John Boadu defends NPP’s
Serene Insurance Company Limited, a subsidiary of the First Sky Group, has announced that it has fully met the new minimum capital requirement of the National Insurance Commission, NIC, one year ahead of the official deadline. This announcement was made by Mr. Eric Seddy Kutortse, Executive Chairman of the First Sky Group, during the 18th […] The post Serene
False or misleading information that is peddled as accurate news within the current information ecosystem is a challenge we cannot deny. It has therefore become important that everyone, not just journalists or fact-checkers, is equipped with the right information, skills and tools to be able to fact-check claims to ensure truth and accuracy. In my […] The post Beginner
A parliamentary election petition has been filed at the Cape Coast High Court seeking to annul the declaration of Mr. James Gyakye Quayson as the Member of Parliament (MP) elect for the Assin North Constituency. The petition filed by one Michael Ankomah -Nimfa of Assin Bereku, has served the Electoral Commission (EC) as the second […] The post Assin North
The 2021 edition of Citi FM’s Effective Living Series is on the theme: Recovery and Resilience Educationist Leticia Ohene-Effah and Life-Coach Amos Kevin Annan were Bernard Avle’s guests on this episode of the series to talk about personal resilience, mindset and recovery for the year 2021. Listen to the podcast below: Citi97.3 · Effective Living: […] The post Effective
The legal team of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), is expected to meet today, Tuesday, January 5, 2021, over a petition filed at the Hohoe High Court by thirteen inhabitants of the Buem constituency over the validity of the parliamentary results in that constituency. The thirteen persons in the Oti Region on Monday, January […] The post NDC’s
The Ningo-Prampram Member of Parliament, Samuel Nartey George, has reiterated that he and 19 other National Democratic Congress (NDC) legislators summoned before an Accra Circuit Court, will not honour the invitation. Sam George in a Citi News interview insisted that he and his colleagues had not been properly served the summons. Mr. Sam Goerge thus […] The post I’ll
US President Donald Trump repeated his claim that the Nov. 3 presidential election was rigged as he spoke during a rally in Georgia a day before the southern state’s Senate runoff. “There’s no way we lost Georgia. There’s no way. That was a rigged election,” Trump told his supporters in his opening remarks. “I had […] The post Trump insists
People in all of England and most of Scotland must now stay at home except for a handful of permitted reasons, as new lockdowns begin in both nations. Schools have closed to most pupils in England, Scotland and Wales, while Northern Ireland will have an “extended period of remote learning”. England’s rules are due to […] The post COVID-19: England
The President of the Central African Republic, Faustin-Archange Touadéra, has been re-elected after securing nearly 54% of the votes. The electoral commission said the results made a second-round runoff unnecessary. Former Prime Minister, Anicet George Pologuele, finished a distant second with just 21% of the votes, while Martin Ziguele finished third with 7% of the […] The post Central
The Supreme Court will today, Tuesday, January 5, 2021, deliver judgment in the case in which the state is challenging an injunction on the gazetting and swearing-in of Member of Parliament-elect for the Hohoe constituency, John Peter Amewu. The injunction was granted after some residents of Santrokofi, Akpafu, Likpe, and Lolobi (SALL), argued that their […] The post Supreme
The Namibian government has announced new dates for the reopening of schools. Pupils were scheduled to resume face to face learning on 11 January but will now reopen on 26 January. Education Minister Anna Nghipondoka said teachers will be expected in schools on 14 January as opposed to 6 January. Ms Nghipondoka said the new […] The post COVID-19: Namibia postpones reopening of
The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will today, Tuesday, January 5, 2021, deliver his final state of the nation address to Parliament as he ends his first term in office. This is in accordance with Article 67 of the 1992 Constitution which states that “the President shall, at the beginning of each session of Parliament […] The post Akufo-Addo to
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