The Managing Director of the Insight Newspaper, Kwesi Pratt has described the decision by Anglogold Ashanti to retrench its workers as an attempt by the company to blackmail the government for more concessions. “I suspect that what is happening is that following recent instructions across the country for government to renegotiate mining rights, these companies ...

Anyone who follows the news is aware of Kwesi Appiah’s recent “knowledge-sharing” trip to England. Apparently, it was to sharpen his acumen ahead of the World Cup. The Ghana coach and four assistants visited Anfield in March as part of a 10-day visit to Britain. The trip also included some time with the League Managers ...

The Abuakwa North Legislator, J. B. Danquah has told Citi News, government has priority projects to undertake and the funding of waste management is not one of them. “… Government collects taxes [but it has priority projects]; government has priorities. You might as well use the money to build hospitals or use it for education ...

Another masterpiece has been cooked by the man who clearly seems never to lack ideas. James Ebo Whyte has for the past 13 years cooked some of the most amazing productions at the National Theatre and his latest work, ‘Games Men Play’ is no exception. The play, which showed for the first time at the ...

On Monday May 19, AngloGold Ashanti released a statement about the company’s performance. The release which revealed a general positive financial performance for the mining giant also highlighted the problems at the Obuasi mine, which has resulted in the planned retrenchment of over 5000 employees, including contractors. AngloGold Ashanti has progressed a range of interventions ...

Militants in Nigeria have raided three villages and killed those they accused of being anti-Boko Haram vigilantes, residents have told the BBC. More than 30 people were killed in the attacks overnight into Friday in north-eastern Borno state, they said. The raids took place as the UN Security Council approved sanctions against the Islamist group. ...

The International Criminal Court has sentenced ex-Congolese militia leader Germain Katanga to 12 years in prison for aiding and abetting war crimes. Katanga was found guilty in March, only the second person to be convicted by the Netherlands-based court. He was behind the 2003 massacre of hundreds of villagers in the north-east of the Democratic ...

The Ghana Shippers Authority has threatened to drag Ivory Coast to the ECOWAS Secretariat if it fails to allow cargo trucks from Ghana into its country the authority’s Chief Executive, Dr Kofi Mbiah has told Citi Business News. According to the authority, Ivory Coast has not complied with its own directive and is also breaching ...

Professor of Economics at CEIBS Dr. Bala Ramasamy says Ghana must stop blaming external factors for its current economic crisis and rather focus on solving its internal economic challenges. ‘Certainly eternal factors are important and sometimes they dominate but I think it is also important for us to stop blaming them all the time because despite the changing ...

Black Stars captain Asamoah Gyan has revealed he has no qualms with the absence of team-mates Michael Essien and Kevin-Prince Boateng from the first phase of training ahead of the World Cup. Essien and Boateng asked to be excused from the training sessions in Accra due to personal reasons but would join the team in ...

Italian scientists have designed a dialysis machine specifically to treat babies with kidney failure, which they say could improve treatment. Dialysis machines for adults can cause complications when used in very young children, the Lancet study says. The miniaturised machine has been tested on a newborn with multiple organ failure, whose kidney function was restored ...

Facebook is to release a new feature on its mobile app that “listens” to your music and TV shows. If the song or show is recognised by the app, users can publish the information on their profile or to selected friends. The service hopes to take advantage of the “second screen” trend, which sees fans ...

A former employee of Anglogold Ashanti Ghana says the gradual collapse of Ghana’s  oldest mine, Anglogold Ashanti is as a result of mismanagement by the managers. Speaking on the Citi Breakfast Show, Yiadom Boakye Amponsah, a former General Manager of Human Resources at Anglogold said the inability of Anglogold to make profits is due to ...

The Ashanti Regional Minister, Samuel Sarpong has revealed that his region has the highest record of armed robbery activities in the country. According to him, intelligence reports also revealed that there were more homegrown armed robbers in the region than any other region. Police in the Ashanti region arrested about 40 armed robbers in a ...

The two-way bridge spanning the Odaw River at the Kwame Nkrumah Circle, near the Neoplan Station, will soon be demolished to pave the way for the construction of an overhead as part of the Circle Interchange project. Before the demolition, however, another bridge will be built behind the Neoplan Station to connect motorists who use the ...

President John Mahama has commissioned six ambassadors including former Youth and Sports Minister, Akua Sena Dansoa and former Information Minister John Tia. The six are leaving to represent Ghana in their respective countries assigned them, with Akua Sena Dansoa and John Tia going to Germany and Cuba respectively. According to the President, he carefully selected ...

Ghana’s longest serving Finance Minister, Professor Kwesi Botchwey, will on Tuesday, 3rd June break his long silence on the Ghanaian economy by delivering a public lecture on the state of the economy. Professor Botchwey will speak on the topic “State of the Nation’s Political Economy and the Role of Civil Society” during the Distinguished Speaker series ...

Citi Breakfast Show with Bernard Avle

Destiny does not exist — neither does love at first sight. There isn’t “the one” person out there for anyone. These are all reinforcements we tell ourselves to explain the mundane and simple truth: The timing of successful relationships is what allowed them to work. Sure, it’s romantic to believe that fate brings you and a ...

Ecobank Transnational Incorporated has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with eleni LLC (eleni), the leading proponent and developer of commodity exchanges in Africa. The move will help establish a cooperative framework to promote and accelerate the development of Africa’s agriculture. Albert Essien, Ecobank’s Group Chief Executive, and Dr. Eleni Gabre-Madhin, chief executive officer of ...