The Centre for Local Governance Advocacy has called for a clarification of what it considers to be an anomaly in the allocation of the District Assembly Common Fund (DACF) in the 2017 budget. The current allocation of about GHc 1.5 billion falls short of mandatory 5% of total revenue and is below government allocations in ...

Prof. Stephane Gentil, a Plastic Surgeon from France, on Tuesday donated two incubators and a radiant warmer valued at 55,000 dollars to the 37 Military Hospital Maternity Ward to help take care of premature babies. Prof Gentil said the gesture would supplement the logistical needs of the maternity and help increase the chance of survival ...

Former Liverpool captain and coach Ronnie Moran has died at the age of 83. Moran made 379 appearances for Liverpool between 1952 and 1966 and was the club’s longest-serving employee when he retired in 1998. He joined the coaching staff in 1966 and twice filled in as caretaker manager – after Kenny Dalglish’s resignation in ...

The National Communications Authority, NCA, has directed all mobile network operators to disregard notice from Subah Infosolutions requesting data purportedly to be used in anti-Sim Box field operations. A statement from the NCA and copied to Citi Business News said, “Subah Info solutions has requested some mobile network operators, to submit call detail records of ...

The President of Regent University College of Science And Technology, Professor N.N.N Nsowah Nuamah says tertiary students must see research as important medium to enhance their knowledge. According to him, most students lack exposure to modern ideas because the zeal among students to seek for ideas has dwindled. Speaking at the launch of Africa Intellectual ...

Ghana’s energy sector has received some boost as Israeli Technology Company; COMSEC Solutions invests into the nation’s backup power systems. The company, which has already partnered the Ministry of Finance to provide backup energy devices, aims at expanding its operations across the country. Speaking to Citi Business News after a sensitization workshop for some stakeholders ...

The imminent threat of Ghana’s water resources running dry in a few years gets scarier by the day. Water treatment plants are being shut down one after the other almost every time, due to pollution, largely by the activities of illegal gold miners. The Head of Communications at the Ghana Water Company, Steve Mantey on ...

The University of Cape Coast (UCC) has banned some major activities marking hall week celebrations, following  violent clashes between some students last Friday night. The university has banned beauty pageants, town floats and health walks. Professor Koawo Edjah, the Dean of Students’ Affairs of UCC, said such activities presented an opportunity for some recalcitrant students ...

Two of India’s most iconic rivers, considered sacred by nearly a billion Hindus in the country, have been given the status of living entities to save them from further harm caused by widespread pollution. The High Court in the northern state of Uttarakhand ruled Monday that the Ganges and the Yamuna rivers be accorded the ...

The alleged sexual assault of a 15-year-old girl by five or six males was streamed on Facebook Live, according to Chicago Police. Around 40 people were said to have been watching the stream at one point but nobody reported the incident to police. A police spokesman said authorities first learned of what happened after the ...

A Hollywood screenwriter and producer has accused Disney of copying the idea for its Oscar-winning animation Zootopia from him. Gary Goldman, whose credits include Total Recall and Minority Report, is suing the firm and says elements of the film are based on his work. He claims Disney copied themes, settings, plot, characters and dialogue and ...

An IT expert has been charged with hacking into Kenya’s Revenue Authority and stealing $39m (£31m). Alex Mutunga Mutuku, 28, is accused of electronic fraud but he denies any wrongdoing. The prosecution says he is part of a wider network that is stealing money from several high-profile institutions. Mr Mutuku was arrested after police conducted ...

Figures from the Ghana Water Company Limited has revealed that the Western Region is losing a total of 5.3 millions gallons of water daily due to the increased activities of illegal miners in the Pra River. This means over half of the company’s customer base of 31,327 are denied of portable drinking water on daily ...

Two days after Ghanaian referee Joseph Lamptey was given a lifetime ban by FIFA, Senegalese football authorities are said to be considering calling for a rematch of their match against South Africa which was handled by referee Lamptey. In the said match which was a 2018 World Cup qualifier played in November 2018, the referee ...

Patrons of Citi FM’s Music of Ghanaian Origin [#MOGO2017] will be treated to a time of their lives as one of the performers that night, Paapa Yankson, has promised to give them the best of him that night. Paapa Yankson will be performing at the MOGO Dinner Dance with Amandzeba Nat Brew, Adane Best, Nana ...

President, Nana Akufo-Addo has advised his African counterparts to stop depending on foreign aid. According to him, the continent’s many challenges will be resolved if African leaders learn to devise internal measures to address “… To construct a better path for the nation. Even more importantly is for us to position our nation’s economies on ...

The Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC) has disclosed it is considering plans to review the cap for investments into the country in a bid to attract more investors into Ghana. The move also follows the centre’s plan to review its laws to accommodate global standards. “We have noticed that even the issue of capital limit ...

About 23,700 jobs are expected to be created in Ghana’s construction sector by the end of the year. This follows a new report by the World Bank which shows that one million jobs will be available in Ghana’s construction sector between 2015 and 2020. Ghana’s Construction Sector grew by 4.9% in the first quarter of ...

West Blue Consulting, a world class business and IT-consulting and technology firm has provided a single platform to boost the operation of Courier Services in the country. The platform which forms part of the Pre-Arrival and Assessment Report System (PAARS) of the National Single Window has placed the country’s courier services on International stage and ...