Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, on Saturday, September 12, 2020, commissioned Ghana’s third medical drone delivery centre at Vobsi in the West Mamprusi Municipality of the North East Region. The centre is to help improve healthcare delivery, especially, in hard-to-reach areas. The centre will use drones to make on-demand emergency deliveries of vaccines, blood products […] The post North

One person has died and two others including a police officer have been hospitalised after some unknown gunmen attacked a bullion van in the Ashanti Region. According to a Police source, two police officers, a driver, and a cashier of the bank [name withheld] were onboard the Toyota Hilux bullion van when the attack happened […] The post A/R: One dead, two

11-year-old Vinyo Anku became the first person to be evicted in the ongoing Citi TV’s talent hunt competition, Keyboard Idol. Vinyo Anku polled a total of 7.19% votes cast by the judges and the public. Today’s eviction night saw a dazzling opening performance by renowned pianist Dr. Alfred Addaquay as he did a rendition of […] The post Vinyo Anku

A member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Dr. Michael Kpessa-Whyte says the party’s 2020 manifesto is based on science and data. Speaking on Citi FM’s The Big issue on Saturday, September 12, 2020, Dr. Kpessa-Whyte indicated that “in 2018, the NDC together with some other institutions conducted a nationwide scientific study, the overwhelming issue […] The post NDC’s

The National Teachers Council has postponed Ghana Teacher Licensure Exams (GTLE) from the 24th and 25th of September to 1st and 2nd October. The Council explained in a statement dated September 11, 2020, that, the examination had to be rescheduled due to the change in date for the end of semester examination for continuing students […] The post Teacher Licensure Exams rescheduled

The 91-year-old dilapidated Takoradi Hospital Female ward has received a facelift by the Sekondi-Takoradi Progressive Club Global. The renovated female ward now has all its windows, nets, washrooms transformed and painted as well as being fitted with two television sets for its patients. The Ghana Patron for the Sekondi-Takoradi Progressive Club, James Pyne told Citi […] The post Dilapidated

An Economist, Dr. Adu Owusu Sarkodie, has criticised the lack of plans for generating revenue in the manifestos of the New Patriotic Party and the National Democratic Congress. Speaking on The Big Issue, he expressed concern with the lack of attention paid to Ghana’s fiscal deficit. “If the manifesto is concentrating on only the expenditure […] The post NDC,

A law lecturer at the University of Ghana, Professor Emmanuel Yaw Benneh, has reportedly been killed at his Adjirigano residence in Accra. The East Legon police confirmed Prof. Benneh’s death to Citi News. The University of Ghana Law Students’ Union took to Twitter express condolences. “It is with a heavy heart, that we inform you […] The post UG law lecturer

A law lecturer at the University of Ghana, Professor Emmanuel Yaw Benneh, has been killed at his Adjirigano residence in Accra. Police have confirmed Prof. Benneh’s death to Citi News. The University of Ghana Law Students’ Union took to Twitter express condolences after the news of the death broke. “It is with a heavy heart, […] The post UG law lecturer Yaw Benneh killed

There is uneasy calm in the Karaga traditional area in the Northern Region as two Chiefs have been installed for the town. On Friday, the Overlord of Dagbon, Yaa-Naa Mahama Abubakar II enskinned one Abdulai Natogmah as the new chief of Karaga following the successful performance of the funeral of the late chief. This caused […] The post Tension brewing

In this edition of Fam Life, Leticia Ohene-Effah and her panelists discuss the effects of digital media on the family and couples. Citi97.3 · Fam Life, September 12, 2020 The post Fam Life: Saturday, 12 September, 2020 appeared first on Citinewsroom - Comprehensive News in Ghana.

As part of measures to contain COVID-19, Zoomlion Ghana has extended its disinfection exercise to Chiefs’ palaces, churches, mosques and other places of public convergence across all districts in the Northern and North East Regions. The exercise forms part of measures to combat the virus. The exercise is aimed at disinfecting all public places, including […] The post Zoomlion

The National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) in collaboration with the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung and Christian Mother’s Association has organised a sensitization workshop in the  Bono East Region to help prevent violence in the upcoming elections. The workshop was organised for christian mothers on Thursday, September 10, in Techiman. The workshop focused on partnering with […] The post Bono

Root Capital has supported the Kuapa Cocoa Farmers and Marketing Union Limited (KKFU), with $325,000 to minimise the exposure risk of smallholder farmers to COVID-19 and mitigating the economic impact of the pandemic on their lives. The two companies have rolled out the COVID-19 Exposure Risk Mitigation Exercise to help over 100,000 smallholder cocoa farmers […] The post Root

The National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) and the Methodist University College of Ghana (MUCG) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to help graduate teachers to further their studies. Per the agreement, members of NAGRAT are allowed to pursue courses aimed at enhancing their profession and career at the school while NAGRAT pays for […] The post NAGRAT

A former Chief Executive Officer of the Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation Company Limited (BOST), Kwame Awuah-Darko, says the Akufo-Addo administration is pursuing the Agyapa Royalties deal “because Ghana is broke.” “It is not because of any high idea of playing at a certain level. The government needs money and it needs it today,” Mr. […] The post Government

A Slovenian woman has been found guilty of deliberately sawing off her own hand as part of an insurance scam. A court in the capital Ljubljana found that Julija Adlesic, 22, had taken out five insurance policies in the year before her injury. She had claimed it happened as she cut branches. Adlesic stood to […] The post Slovenian woman who sawed off own

Over 9,000 Ghanaians and resident permit holders from around the world were brought back to Ghana during the coronavirus border closure, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration. Ghana’s air, sea and land borders were closed on Sunday, March 22, 2020, to fight the spread of the coronavirus. The government covered the cost […] The post Over

In the order of National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) regional rankings for August 2020, the newly created Oti Region recorded the highest number of mobile renewals with 14%, followed by the Western North Region with 8% and the Upper West Region with 6%. Five out of the 16 administrative regions recorded increases in Mobile Renewal […] The post Oti Region tops August

The running mate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) presidential candidate, Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, has called for equity in the application and the enforcement of laws in the country. According to her, if the law was not justly and fairly applied, it would become a breeding ground for corruption and favouritism. At a forum […] The post Prof. Opoku-Agyemang