Antwi Boasiako, the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) widely recognized as Chairman Wontumi, has spearheaded a delegation of prominent party members to the Manhyia Palace. The purpose of their visit is to engage with the Kumasi Traditional Council to address concerns stemming from alleged disparaging comments attributed to Chairman Wontumi. Accompanying […] The post Chairman

One person has been shot dead on a farm, with another in critical condition at Brewankor, a farming community in the Nkwanta South Municipality of the Oti Region. The deceased, 25-year-old Kwabena Boame, according to sources, was killed while harvesting cassava with three other people. The other person who sustained gunshot wounds, however, is receiving […] The post Nkwanta:

Bernard Arnault, the billionaire chairman and CEO of global luxury goods company LVMH—the entity behind dozens of luxury goods brands like Louis Vuitton and Sephora—is now the richest man in the world, passing Elon Musk. Arnault and his family’s net worth grew to $207.8 billion after a $23.6 billion increase on Friday, passing Musk’s $204.5 […] The post Bernard

Mohammed Aminu M. Alabira, Citi News’ Northern Regional correspondent who was assaulted by the Member of Parliament for Yendi, Farouk Aliu Mahama, says he’s had sleepless nights after suffering the traumatic experience. Farouk Mahama and his team unleashed mayhem on Alabira while he was covering disturbances that marred the New Patriotic Party’s parliamentary primary in […] The post I’ve

Mr. Kwasi Kwaning-Bosompem, the Controller and Accountant General, on Monday, January 29, opted to avoid facing the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) following his recent defeat in the parliamentary primary. Scheduled to appear before the Committee on Monday to address pertinent questions, Mr. Kwaning-Bosompem was notably absent when proceedings started. Deputy Finance Minister, Abena Osei Asare, […] The post Controller

The Ghana Association of University Administrators (GAUA) has embarked on a nationwide strike over what it says is the disregard for their conditions of service by the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission and the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission. Although the National Labour Commission (NLC) has invited the leadership for a meeting on Wednesday, the General […] The post University

Yemen’s rebel Houthi movement claims it launched a missile at a US warship in the Gulf of Aden on Sunday evening. Military spokesman Yahya Sarea said in a statement that the Iran-backed group’s naval forces targeted the USS Lewis B Puller, an expeditionary mobile base platform ship deployed in the region to support the US […] The post Yemen’s Houthis say they fired

Ghana’s MIIF has stepped up efforts to attract North American partners into the Ghanaian mining space. MIIF, the sovereign minerals fund of Ghana, was created by law to manage the equity interests of the Government of Ghana in mining companies and collect and manage mining royalties due the state for purposes of investment. M 11F […] The post MIIF

A United Nations peacekeeper from Ghana has been killed alongside some civilians after clashes between rival local groups in the Abyei region on South Sudan’s border with Sudan, a U.N. statement said. According to the statement by the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA), the clashes occurred in three locations in the Abyei […] The post Ghanaian

Former President Donald Trump, who is running to become the Republican nominee for the election later this year, said the attack “would never have happened if I was president.” A reminder, that tensions between the US and Iran were severe during Trump’s term as president, and US forces in Syria were attacked several times between […] The post Attack

The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) collected tax revenue of GH¢113.06 billion last year, GH¢3.87 billion more than it was tasked to collect. The performance represents a nominal growth rate of 49.3 per cent over the 2022 fiscal year, which the GRA described as the highest ever in the last 20 years. For the 2023 fiscal […] The post GRA bags GH¢113bn in 2023 –

Iran denies it was involved in the drone attack which killed three US troops and injured 34 on a US base in Jordan, near the Syria border. US President Joe Biden said the attack had been carried out by Iran-backed militant groups operating in Syria and Iraq. “We shall respond,” he said at a campaign […] The post Iran denies involvement in drone

The Electoral Commission (EC) will on Monday, January 29, meet the various political parties at its Inter-Party Advisory Committee (IPAC) meeting to continue deliberations on its proposal for the change of date for the general elections. The EC has proposed moving the date for both Presidential and Parliamentary elections from December 7 to November 7. […] The post EC

Dr. Rasheed Draman, the Executive Director of the African Center for Parliamentary Affairs (ACEPA), has voiced profound disappointment regarding the prevalence of vote-buying observed during the just-ended New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) parliamentary primaries. He emphasized that these incentives have resulted in the departure of proficient legislators, potentially impeding parliamentary proceedings. In an interview with Citi […] The post ACEPA

The Greater Accra Regional Minister and Member of Parliament for the Ayawaso Central constituency, Henry Quartey, says Parliament and Ghana as a whole stand to face dire consequences for the exit of experienced legislators from Parliament. About 28 New Patriotic Party MPs lost their seats in the parliamentary primaries held on Saturday. 18 NPP MPs […] The post NPP

The Senior Staff Association of Public Universities says it is yet to decide whether to call off its strike, despite a plea from the National Labour Commission (NLC) to do so pending a meeting with the government on February 1, 2024. The unions announced a strike due to the government’s failure to address concerns related […] The post Universities’