A Paulinho brace helped Brazil to a 4-1 victory over Uruguay in a clash of the top two teams in CONMEBOL World Cup qualifying on Thursday. Uruguay were awarded a penalty on nine minutes when Alisson took down Edinson Cavani after the PSG striker had beaten the Brazil keeper to a chested back-pass from left-back ...

A protein in spider venom may help protect the brain from injury after a stroke, according to research. Scientists found a single dose of the protein Hi1a worked on lab rats. They said it showed “great promise as a future stroke treatment” but had not yet been tested in human trials. The Stroke Association said ...

You may remember Ryan Gosling trying and spectacularly failing to hold back his giggles at the Oscars last month. The La La Land actor was seen laughing on stage when the wrong film was announced as best picture. But he has now explained that he was just relieved that the commotion wasn’t the result of ...

Twitter is considering adding a paid membership option for businesses and power users. The micro-blogging service, which has struggled to grow its user base in recent years, is carrying out surveys to “assess interest” in the idea. Paying members would get access to an enhanced version of Tweetdeck, Twitter’s souped-up interface that offers more functionality ...

More than 200 migrants are feared dead in a boat sinking off the coast of Libya, a Spanish aid organisation says. Proactiva Open Arms said it had recovered five bodies floating near two capsized boats, which can each hold more than 100 people. The group’s Laura Lanuza said the five they pulled from the Mediterranean ...

The chairman of parliament’s committee for defense, Major Derek Oduro, has backed calls for security at Ghana’s parliament to be strengthened in the wake of a terror attack at the British Parliament, saying one police officer should be assigned to each MP. According to him, although the security at Ghana’s parliament has improved significantly over ...

President Nana Addo has returned from the 5th edition of the Africa CEO Forum which was held in Geneva. The just ended forum brought CEOs of the largest African and international companies, political decision makers from more than 40 African countries and investors on the continent, together. Speaking to journalists after his arrival, the President ...

An acute water shortage has hit the Trafalgar Campus of the University of Health and Allied Sciences, following the University’s failure to pay their water bills to the Ghana Water Company Limited. Citi News’ investigations revealed that the Ghana Water Company cut supply to the school a fortnight ago over its indebtedness. Students on campus ...

The Finance Ministry’s decision to limit the Foreign Affairs Ministry to only 35 percent of its internally generated funds will make it challenging for them to fulfill commitments to Ghanaian missions abroad, as well as pay a $50 million loan from Societe Generale secured in 2016 for the refurbishment of Ghana’s foreign missions. Parliament on Thursday ...

Net debt owed banks and fuel suppliers alone under the energy sector debt hit 1.2 billion cedis at the end of 2016. According to documents cited by Citi Business News as at 31st December, 2016 Government’s net debt in the Energy sector was 2.3 billion dollars. A breakdown of the debt shows that the banks ...

Net debt owed banks and fuel suppliers alone under the energy sector debt hit 1.2 billion cedis at the end of 2016. According to documents cited by Citi Business News as at 31st December, 2016 Government’s net debt in the Energy sector was 2.3 billion dollars. A breakdown of the debt shows that the banks ...

Some illegal chainsaw operators operating in the Ayum Forest at Ntotroso in the Asutifi North District, escaped arrest after an operation by the Regional Security Council in collaboration with the Regional Forestry Commission and security agencies. The operation followed a tip-off after complaints from chiefs and residents of the area. It was sanctioned by REGSEC ...

Over the last two days, my colleagues and I on the Citi Breakfast Show have been raging about the filthy towns and cities. We were stunned to learn the World Bank was considering cutting aid to Ghana over our sanitation challenges. According to the Chronicle newspaper, the Bank was upset with the inability of authorities to ...

The Upper East Regional Minister, Rockson Bukari Ayine, has hinted that the defunct Zuarungu meat factory will be turned into an abattoir, while awaiting rehabilitation under the ‘One District One factory’ policy of the New Patriotic Party (NPP). The GIHOC Zuarungu Meat Product company Limited in Dulugu, with its raw materials coming from neighbouring Burkina Faso, ...

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Ghana’s unemployment rate stood at 11.9 percent in 2015. This is according to the latest Ghana Labour Force Survey Report by the Ghana Statistical Service. This is about twice the figure recorded in 2012/2013 (5.8%) based on the Statistical services strict definition of unemployment – where “one was not working, actively looking for a job ...

Police forces in Peru have seized a shipment of cocaine with a street value of €85 million (£73 million) bearing the face and name of Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi. The shipment, weighing 1,417kg, was reportedly heading to Belgium, before it was intercepted by the anti-drug police force in Lima. Each parcel of the class A ...

The terror attack at the British Parliament on Wednesday, has seen some Members of Ghana’s Parliament revive the debate of the security of Ghana’s legislature, with the Chairman of Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee, Patrick Boamah, saying MPs are vulnerable in chamber. The last significant debate about MPs’ security followed the murder of the Abuakwa North MP, ...

Some chiefs and people of Menekpo, a community in the Lower Manya Krobo Municipality of the Eastern Region, have expressed their displeasure with the construction of a fuel station at Menekpo-Manya Klo. They believe their lives are being threatened with the location of the supposed fuel station on their land. Addressing a press conference, Asafoatse ...