Government has terminated the appointment of the care-taker Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), Ing. Samuel Boakye-Appiah. A statement from the Ministry of Energy said the termination follows the expiration of Mr. Boakye-Appiah’s contract term in 2018. He has been directed to handover his duties to his Deputy, Mr. Kwame […] The post Gov’t

China’s mobile operators have made 5G services available to consumers, as the country seeks to become a global technology leader. State-owned carriers China Mobile, China Unicom and China Telecom unveiled their 5G data plans on Thursday. It comes as Beijing and Washington have been embroiled in a power struggle over trade and technology. South Korea, […] The post China

Unique Child School was eliminated from Citi TV‘s Best Brain quiz competition on Saturday after losing its preliminary contest. Students from Unique School were defeated by their contenders from the Ministry of Health (MoH) Basic School in the fifth edition of the competition today. The scores at the end of all three rounds stood at […] The post MoH

The Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA) is warning of dire consequences on the electoral fortunes of the Akufo-Addo administration in the 2020 elections. According to the association, the government’s inability to find a lasting solution to the issue of foreigners invading the country’s retail market and the closure of the Benin-Nigeria border will do […] The post Resolve

Some students from three separate Senior High Schools (SHS) in the Eastern Region have been quarantined after a number of them suddenly began reporting ill with very similar symptoms. The schools are Krobo Girls’ SHS, Legacy Girls College and the Akuse Methodist Senior Technical School. Preliminary medical tests on the students by health authorities in […] The post E/R:

A man who attempted to smuggle cannabis into prison by hiding it in a balloon up his nose has retrieved the drugs more than 18 years later, after mistakenly believing he had swallowed the package. His doctors reported on the “unique case” in a paper published in the British Medical Journal under the heading of […] The post Cannabis

A Florida teen has been arrested and accused of trying to hire a hitman to kill a staff member at his high school, authorities said on Friday. Nicholas Godfrey, 18, a student at Fivay High School in Hudson, was charged late Thursday with solicitation to commit murder, according to the Pasco County Sheriff’s Office. “No […] The post Florida teen

Registration for the Ghana card will kick off in five regions next week. The regions namely Bono, Ahafo, Bono East, Upper East, and Upper West have had their periods amended due to the extension of time within some other regions. While the exercise will begin from November 8 – 23, 2019 for the Ahafo, Bono […] The post Ghana card registration to begin in five

Militants in north-east Mali have killed 53 soldiers and one civilian in an attack on a military post, the government said. This makes it one of the deadliest assaults of the past decade. In a tweet, the army described it as a “terrorist attack”. Mali has suffered violence since 2012, when Islamist militants took over […] The post Mali attack kills 53 soldiers

The Ghana Police Service has apprehended a foreign national and his accomplices for allegedly practising medicine in Ghana without a license. The culprit, Citi News gathers was consulting in his hotel room at the Labadi Beach Hotel where he was arrested. Dr. Torngee Jospeh Malu, as he is called, portrays himself as a plastic surgeon […] The post Fake doctor operating illegally

This week Twitter’s Jack Dorsey made the power of social media firms to swing elections a hot topic again, with a promise to banish all political ads from his platform. On Tech Tent we explore whether Facebook will now be forced to follow suit. Mr Dorsey’s intervention in a fusillade of tweets could hardly have […] The post Twitter bans political adverts appeared first on

The Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) says, the lack of stringent punishment for perpetrators of crimes against journalists, only emboldens others to engage in similar crimes. This concern of the association comes on the occasion of the International Day to end impunity for crimes against journalists which is being marked today, November 2, 2019. The latest […] The post We’ll

The Rotary Club of Accra East has handed over a three-unit toilet facility to the Oduman Polyclinic in the Ga West Municipality of the Greater Accra Region. This project was funded through a Rotary International (RI) – United States Agency for International Development Partnership (USAID) in collaboration with District 6380 (Michigan, USA) and the Global […] The post Rotary

Authorities at the New Juaben North Municipal Assembly in the Eastern Region say they have seen a sharp improvement in their revenue mobilization after they made significant headway in digitizing properties in the municipality. The new assembly which was carved out of the New Juaben Municipal Assembly barely 13 months in its initial operations had […] The post Digitization

The Akuapem South District Assembly in the Eastern Region, says it is engaging owners of building on the edges of the mountain along Peduase- Ayimensah as part of measures to find a lasting solution to rockfalls in the area. The Ministry of Roads and Highways has warned, it will consider demolishing structures on the hills […] The post Stop work on Aburi mountain

Tens of thousands of demonstrators have converged on the streets of Algiers as Algeria marked the 65th anniversary of its war of independence from France. Protesters are demanding a “new revolution” and oppose the government’s proposed election next month. Demonstrations in the capital on Friday were some of the largest since protests began in February. […] The post Algeria

The Member of Parliament for the Garu Constituency in the Upper East Region, Albert Akuka Alalzuuga, says most construction sites under the government’s one village one dam initiative have become death traps. Speaking to Citi News, the legislator said the, digging of deep wells in the middle of the dams without warning signs is claiming […] The post Construction sites

Members of Parliament were on Friday divided in opinion on the issue of decriminalizing suicide. The House debated the matter following a statement from the Member of Parliament for Juaboso, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh and read by Dr. Clement Apaak. While some believe such behaviour should be treated as a psychological issue, others believe it must […] The post MPs divided on decriminalizing

Former President Jerry John Rawlings says students alone cannot be blamed for the mass failures coming out of the Ghana Law School entrance exam. In his view, the Ghana Law School cannot be absolved from blame following the number of students who failed the exam. Mr Rawlings said outcomes like these are detrimental to the […] The post You can’t solely