Parliament has published a timetable for the vetting of the first batch of ministerial nominees as announced by President Nana Akufo-Addo for his second term in office. The month-long vetting has been scheduled to begin from Wednesday, February 10 and end on Tuesday, March 9, 2021. First to be vetted by the House’s Appointment’s Committee […] The post Parliament

The government has clarified what it meant by the ban on weddings following the re-introduction of COVID-19 restrictions to slow the spread of the second wave of the virus. The indefinite suspension of weddings as announced by President Akufo-Addo during his 23rd Coronavirus update last Sunday has left many in a state of confusion as […] The post Government

Police in the Eastern Region has begun investigations into the murder of Lance Corporal Moses Nartey, a police officer who was shot on duty at Pramkese in the Kwaebibirem District by armed men on Monday evening. The armed men who were robbing travellers on the highway according to Citi News sources. They opened fire on […] The post Kwaebibirem: Police officer

The Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) has warned the public against doing business with a Chinese Company called Chy Century Heng Yue Group Limited and Sairuir-Commerce Ghana Limited. In a statement, EOCO said it had been monitoring the company since the middle of 2020 and has concluded it is a Ponzi scheme. “The company […] The post Don’t

Dance legends Adjetey Sowah, Akosua Agyapong, Reggie Rockstone, Terry Bright Ofosu, and twenty other dance personalities and institutions, were honoured at the maiden edition of the Ghana Dance Industry Awards (GHADI Awards) at the Aviation Social Centre, on Saturday, 30th January 2021. According to the Chief Executive Officer of Dancetera, Robert Klah, “the purpose of […] The post Over

Some beneficiaries of the Youth in Afforestation programme under the Forestry Commission are demanding their unpaid allowances. It will be recalled that beneficiaries of the programme some years ago threatened to stop working on the project over the same issue. They, however, received their allowances after a series of demonstrations. According to the beneficiaries who […] The post Youth

Authorities of the Ghana Health Service in the Upper West Region have expressed concerns over the incidence of COVID-9 infections among children in the area. The Regional Director of Health Services, Dr. Damien Punguyure in a Citi News interview disclosed that eight percent of all the confirmed COVID-19 cases in the region are children below […] The post More

Government-run laboratories will not be able to attend to persons seeking COVID-19 tests without referrals. Since the government directed all public health testing laboratories not to charge residents in Ghana for COVID-19 testing, some labs have said they received walk-ins without the necessary referrals. The Head of Public Health and Reference Laboratories, Dr. Gifty Boateng, […] The post Referrals

The US Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention (CDC) has advised against all travel to Tanzania. The health agency has updated Tanzania’s alert to level four, meaning transmission of coronavirus is “high or rising rapidly”. Forty-one African countries have been listed in level four, the highest category of alert. “Travellers should avoid all travel to […] The post US

Russia’s Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine gives around 92% protection against Covid-19, late-stage trial results published in The Lancet revealed. It has also been deemed to be safe – and offer complete protection against hospitalization and death. The vaccine was initially met with some controversy after being rolled out before the final trial data had been […] The post COVID-19:

Ghana has recorded 772 new COVID-19 cases. This pushes the country’s active case count to 5,515. This was contained in an update by the Ghana Health Service (GHS) today, Tuesday, February 2, 2021. The update also indicated announced eight new COVID-19 deaths have been recorded. This also raises the death toll to 424. Ghana since […] The post COVID-19 cases

Only 42% of Ghanaians are wearing face masks correctly. This is according to a recent survey conducted by the Ghana Health Service (GHS). Dr. Patrick Kuma-Aboagye, the Director General of the Ghana Health Service while addressing the media on Tuesday said the survey was conducted in public spaces including lorry parks in some key districts […] The post COVID-19: 42%

Ghanaian artiste Amoah Yaw Randy known in showbiz as Yaw Berk is not relenting in his bid to get back to the Highly Spiritual Music record label, after leaving in the wake of a rift two years ago. Recently, Yaw Berk came out to say that he had regretted saying Kaywa, the Chief Executive Officer […] The post I pray God changes Kaywa’s mind and heart to

The second witness for John Mahama in the Election Petition, Dr. Michael Kpessah-Whyte has insisted that the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Jean Adukwei Mensa deceived him and Rojo Mettle Nunoo to leave the Commission’s strong room before the declaration of the presidential election results on December 9, 2021. According to him, the EC instructed […] The post Election

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) says twenty positive cases of COVID-19 have been recorded cumulatively in some schools in the Greater Accra Region. According to the Ghana Health Service, there is a limited outbreak of the virus also in some schools in the Upper West and the Western Regions. Providing updates on the virus to […] The post 20 Coronavirus cases recorded in schools

In this edition of the #CitiCBS, Bernard Avle and the team discuss the rising cases of COVID-19 in the country. In this edition of the show, there is a playback of Bernard Avle’s interview on Citi TV’s Point of View with Dr. Nsiah Asare, Dr. Radha Hackman and Nana Kofi Quakyi   Citi97.3 · Citi Breakfast […] The post Citi Breakfast Show; Tuesday, 2nd February

John Dramani, the petitioner in the 2020 Election Petition, has filed an application in court seeking to be granted permission to inspect documents of the Electoral Commission. His lawyers, led by Tsatsu Tsikata, filed the application on Tuesday, February 2, 2021. The documents they wish to inspect include the original constituency presidential election result collation […] The post Election

Phase one of the community disinfection campaign by waste management giant, Zoomlion Ghana Limited (ZGL) has come to a climax with several public institutions benefiting. The nationwide exercise which forms part of Zoomlion’s corporate social responsibility dubbed: “Free Community Disinfection Campaign” is to help combat the new variant of the virus and curb its rate […] The post Phase

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A public health specialist, Nana Kofi Quakyi, has highlighted the need for more balanced communication on the threat of the coronavirus. The government’s mantle has been to spread calm and not fear but Mr. Quakyi said there is some merit in going the other direction “to let people understand the fact that that is the […] The post Public