Two persons have sustained severe gunshot wounds at Busia Junction near Odorkor in Accra, following a robbery attack on a Mobile Money operation point. According to eyewitnesses who spoke to Citi News’ Ebenezer Afanyi Dadzie, the two suspected robbers in a saloon car, approached the Mobile money point around 8:00pm on Thursday, and asked the vendor to ... The post 2

Two persons have sustained severe gunshot wounds at Busua Junction near Odorkor in Accra, following a robbery attack on a Mobile Money operation point. According to eyewitnesses who spoke to Citi News’ Ebenezer Afanyi Dadzie, the two suspected robbers in a saloon car, approached the Mobile money point around 8:00pm on Thursday, and asked the vendor to ... The post 2

The irony of a conference dedicated to all things cryptocurrency that’s unable to accept bitcoin payments for conference tickets is glaring. On the North American Bitcoin Conference ticketing page — where last minute tickets are $1,000 USD for the Jan. 18-19 event in Miami — an explanation for the “no cryptocurrency” policy cites “network congestion and manual ... The post Bitcoin

A former Commissioner on Human Rights and Administrative Justice, CHRAJ, Emile Francis Short,  has commended the President on the appointment of Martin Amidu as the country’s first Special Prosecutor pending parliamentary approval. According to him, this is a clever and judicious decision on the side of the President in his efforts to fight corruption, saying the ... The post Appointing

Former President Jerry John Rawlings has praised the nomination of Martin Amidu as the Special Prosecutor. Mr. Rawlings said President Nana Akufo-Addo had “risen above partisanship and recognized a highly principled citizen.” He added that President Nana Akufo-Addo “couldn’t have made a better choice… Mr. Amidu has proven to be a fearless anti-corruption crusader whose ... The post Rawlings

The nomination of Martin Amidu to head the Office of the Special Prosecutor has been well received by Ghanaians on social media. Known as the Citizen Vigilante, Mr. Amidu’s integrity and credibility was the subject of little debate as many hailed his nomination as a masterstroke from the Akufo-Addo administration. Mr. Amidu earned the nickname ... The post Ghanaians

National Democratic Congress [NDC] Member of Parliament for the Tamale Central Constituency, Inusah Fuseini, has welcomed the nomination of Martin Amidu by President Akufo-Addo as the Special Prosecutor, describing the announcement as a “refreshing news”. Martin Amidu, a member of the NDC and a former Attorney General, was named as the Special Prosecutor by the ... The post Amidu’s

A former Central Regional Minister in the erstwhile John Kufuor administration, Isaac Edumadze, has died. He is reported to have passed away today [Thursday] afternoon at the Cape Coast Teaching Hospital, where he was receiving treatment for an ailment. Mr. Edumadze had been unwell for some time, and was rushed to the hospital last Friday ... The post Former Central Regional Minister

Long before the issue of the fraudulent payment of large sums of money in legal judgement debts by the government to businesses and individuals came to public notice, I had recounted in previous articles elsewhere, how there was one thing former Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Mr. Martin Amidu hated with a passion as a ... The post What you need to know about Martin Amidu appeared first on

A former Attorney General in the National Democratic Congress [NDC] administration, Martin Amidu, has been named as the Special Prosecutor. Mr. Amidu, a man who has earned the nickname ‘Citizen Vigilante’ for his no-nonsense stance and campaign against corruption particularly in the NDC administration, was named by President Akufo-Addo today [Thursday], after an emergency cabinet ... The post Nana

UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has challenged the US to show there is a better alternative to the deal with Iran that limits its nuclear programme. Following talks in Brussels with his Iranian and European counterparts, he said the 2015 accord was a considerable accomplishment that was preventing Iran acquiring nuclear weapons. Mr Johnson stressed ... The post Iran

YouTube has cut some business ties with Logan Paul, the hugely popular vlogger who posted a video showing the body of an apparent suicide victim in Japan. Paul’s channels were removed from YouTube’s Google Preferred programme, where brands sell ads on the platform’s top 5% of content creators. YouTube also said it had put on ... The post YouTube punishes Logan

The star witness in the cash for seats scandal, Mohammed Mubarak-Muntaka, has told Citi News that he felt some members of the Ameyaw Cheremeh committee tried discrediting his claims instead of soliciting for information to help the committee unearth the truth in the allegations that the Ministry of Trade sold seats to expatriates to allow ... The post Expatriates

The Ghana Education Service (GES), says it will sanction Heads of Senior High Schools who fail to submit returns on the funds released to their schools under the Free SHS programme by Friday. The submission of the returns is to ensure the disbursement of additional funds for the feeding and the general upkeep of students in ... The post Submit Free SHS returns by

One more person has been arrested for his involvement in the alleged sexual assault of a teenage girl at Bantama in the Ashanti Region. Three suspects were initially arrested and are facing a Juvenile court after a video, which allegedly showed them and four others, sexually assaulting a girl, went viral, and was met with widespread ... The post One more suspect arrested

Two men, who allegedly stole the corpse of an elderly man at the Tarkwa Municipal Hospital’s mortuary have been granted bail in the sum of GHc 30,000 each, with two sureties each by the Tarkwa Circuit Court. The accused persons are John Asante, 37, a mortuary attendant at the Tarkwa Municipal Hospital, and Seth Owusu, ... The post Tarkwa: 2 in court for ‘stealing’

On the Effective Living Series today, Thursday, January 11, 2018, Business Development Coach, Andrew Ayiku spoke on the topic: “What to know before you start your business.” Click below for the full audio:     The post Effective Living Series 2018: Day 8 with Andrew Ayiku [Audio] appeared first on Ghana

Fourteen suspects alleged to have been involved in the killing of Major Maxwell Mahama, have been committed to the High Court for a full trial to begin on February 15th, 2018.. The Magistrate, Kwaku Ansah, in committing the suspects, said he believed the prosecution had put forward enough evidence to prove their case against them. ... The post Maj. Mahama killing: Full

The Managing Director of Unique Insurance Company Limited (UIC), Victor Obeng-Adiyiah, has called on the Aviation Ministry to encourage Ghanaians to sign up for travel insurance, especially those who travel overseas. Mr. Obeng-Adiyiah said the Minister of Aviation, Cecilia Dapaah, must “look at measures and incentives to promote the purchase of travel insurance for every ... The post Unique

Members and witnesses of the Adhoc committee tasked to investigate the alleged extortion by the Ministry of Trade at the 2017 Ghana Expatriates Business Awards (GEBA) in December 2017, have been asked to refrain from making prejudicial comments until the committee completes its work. The Chairman of the Committee, Ameyaw Kyeremeh, who gave the advice ... The post Expatriates