Police have arrested Alex Sarfo Kantanka, the Municipal Chief Executive nominee for the Juaben local assembly in the Ashanti Region, following a viral video of him demanding a refund of alleged bribe monies he paid assembly members for his confirmation. Citi News understands the nominee was subsequently granted a self recognizance bail by the police. […] The post Police
People are feared to be trapped in the ruins of a 21-story building that collapsed in Lagos, Nigeria on Monday. The building, located in the city’s affluent Ikoyi neighborhood, is a construction site for luxury apartments. It is unclear how many people were inside when it fell. “I thought it was an earthquake when I […] The post 21-story building collapses in Lagos,
The Chief Justice, Kwasi Anin Yeboah is urging calm among staff of the judicial service following complaints about their salaries and allowances. In a circular on Monday, Kwasi Anin Yeboah was optimistic that the leadership of JUSAG and the government will continue to engage on the issue to find a solution. “I wish to use […] The post Chief Justice
More than 100 persons have been arrested by the Central East Police Command in a dawn swoop last Friday. The persons were arrested at SMG arena pub on the Gomoa Nyanyano stretch as part of police operations to clamp down on criminal activities happening in Kasoa and its surrounding communities. The Central East Divisional Commander […] The post Police arrest over
Vodafone Ghana Foundation, the charity arm of Vodafone Ghana, in collaboration with the Divine Mother and Child Foundation (DMCF), has organised a free health screening exercise for residents of Asokore Mampong municipality and neighbouring communities within the Ashanti Region. The outreach, dubbed “Rural Ultrasound Scan Project”, aims to reduce maternal and child mortality using ultrasonography. […] The post Vodafone
Total Petroleum Ghana PLC has officially launched the 3rd edition of Startupper of the Year Challenge, to encourage entrepreneurship and career development among young people. The project is open to entrepreneurs aged 35 and below whose projects are innovative, have societal and community impact, feasible and have development potential. Speaking at the launch, the Managing […] The post Total
Total Petroleum Ghana PLC has officially launched the 3rd edition of Startupper of the Year Challenge, to encourage entrepreneurship and career development among young people. The project is open to entrepreneurs aged 35 and below whose projects are innovative, have societal and community impact, feasible and have development potential. Speaking at the launch, the Managing […] The post Total
The leadership of the University of Ghana branch of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) has condemned the clash between students of two halls on campus during the Students Representative Council (SRC) elections. Students of the University of Ghana’s Commonwealth and Mensah Sarbah halls at Legon clashed on Friday over the delay in announcing […] The post UTAG
The facility manager of West Hills Mall and a contractor have been granted bail after making their first appearance in court on Monday, November 1, 2021, for blocking the entrance to the China Mall at Weija with rocks. They have been charged with “conspiracy to commit crime, being on a premises for unlawful purposes, offensive […] The post West
The President’s nominee for the Juaben Municipal Assembly, Alex Sarfo Kantanka, has been captured in a secretly filmed video demanding a refund of the bribe he paid to some Assembly members after they rejected him during a nearly chaotic confirmation process. In a video available to Citi News, the rejected nominee was seen hurling insults […] The post Juaben
The Ghana Police Service, specifically the Greater Accra Regional Police command are on the heels of Honourable Francis Xavier Sosu, Member of Parliament (MP) for the Madina constituency. His crime? For leading his constituency to protest the state of bad roads in the constituency and further call on the government to take immediate steps to […] The post Redeemer
The Akosombo Divisional Command is on a manhunt for some 10 armed men who attempted to abduct the Divisional Chief of Piengua in the Lower Manya Krobo Municipality of the Eastern Region. The armed men intercepted Nene Oblisan Kaka Madokpo Tetteh Zogli III, while on his way to celebrate the Piengua Ngmayem festival on Saturday. […] The post Easter
Despite a ban on tricycles carting garbage from using the Accra-Tema Motorway, some waste collectors using such vehicles are still plying the highway to dump waste at the Kpone landfill site. A week ago, the Greater Accra Regional Minister, Henry Quartey, announced a ban on the use of tricycles popularly known in Ghana as ‘Aboboyaa’ […] The post Aboboyaa
Some seventeen travelers have lost their lives, with 14 others sustaining injuries, in an accident that occurred on the Offinso-Abofour road in the Ashanti Region on Monday morning. According to the Offinso Motor Traffic and Transport Department, a Sprinter bus heading towards the northern part of the country collided with a trailer from the opposite […] The post Ashanti
President Akufo-Addo’s nominee for MCE in the Gonja East Municipality, Mohammed Tamimu, has been rejected for the second time after a tense election on Monday, November 1, 2020. The nominee polled only nine of the 34 votes cast. There was a heavy security presence at the East Gonja Municipal Assembly as members of the assembly […] The post Savannah Region:
The Office of the Attorney General and Minister of Justice says the directive from Parliament ordering the General Legal Council (GLC) to admit the 499 students to the Ghana School of Law is unlawful. According to the Office, Parliament cannot direct the GLC on processes for admission into the law school just by a resolution. […] The post You don’t
Some angry residents of Juaben in the Ashanti Region, have threatened to attack some assembly members after they rejected the Metropolitan Chief Executive nominee for the area. The residents massed up at the confirmation venue after the nominee, Alex Sarfo Kantanka, was voted against by 15 of the 26 assembly members. The Ashanti Regional Minister […] The post Juaben
A stalwart of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr. Richard Amoako Baah has advised the current Ashanti Regional Chairman of the party, Bernard Antwi Boasiako popularly called Chairman Wontumi, to give way to a new face to lead the party in the region. He said the NPP will remain relevant and vibrant in the […] The post Allow
A stalwart of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr. Richard Amoako Baah has advised the current Ashanti Regional Chairman of the party, Bernard Antwi Boasiako popularly called Chairman Wontumi, to give way to a new face to lead the party in the region. He said the NPP will remain relevant and vibrant in the […] The post Give
The Kaneshie District Court has fined the driver of a black Mercedes-Benz who was captured in a viral video displaying reckless stunts at the airport traffic light intersection in Accra, an amount of GHS 1,800 The driver, Kofi Sasa Buckman, was picked up by the Police on Sunday, October 24, for carelessly driving at the […] The post ‘Reckless’ Mercedes-Benz driver fined GHS
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