Former President Jerry John Rawlings has revealed what he describes as several attempts on his life after he handed over power to former President Hilla Limann in 1979. According to the former president, the attempts became so intense that he was persuaded to leave Ghana but he refused to do so. Speaking at the 75th-anniversary […]
Information reaching Citi News is that government has finally terminated the Power Distribution Services’ concession agreement with the Electricity Company of Ghana, ECG. The termination, Citi News gather, is on the insistence of the Ghana government, against the position of the US government which was insisting that the PDS concession should remain in order to […]
About 16 months ago, Mrs. Matilda Amissah-Arthur lost her husband, Paa Kwesi Amissah-Arthur. The death of the former Vice President, saw his family receive much sympathy from many in the political and public circles. Much of this sympathy was described as hypocritical and dishonest in a tribute by the widow, that was widely discussed, following […]
The Police have arrested a 77-year-old man who allegedly owned a two-acre marijuana farm in the Bono East region. The suspect, Opanin Kwadwo Sampene, was cultivating the marijuana farm at Mem, a suburb of Atebeubu. A team of officers, led by District Commander Chief Supt. Bright Boafo, stormed the farm to arrest the suspect following […]
There is a heartbreaking story of a lady who has allegedly been killed by her own friend and coworker in Congo. She was poisoned after she was promoted at her workplace over her friend who is also her coworker. According to the social media user who broke the news and shared photos of her funeral […]
The Head of the Department of Research at the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC), Dr Emmanuel Kwesi Aning, has asserted that Ghana is vulnerable to threats of terror attacks, despite assurances that the country is safe. He attributed his claims to Ghana’s closeness to neighboring countries which had recorded terrorist attacks, as well […]
As Ghana joined the rest of the world in celebrating World Poverty Eradication Day yesterday, its scorecards on poverty reduction and inequality are showing contradictory tales, with more than 2.4 million people living in extreme poverty. Experts also say the economy is growing, with poverty reducing, while inequality is increasing, as the gap between the […]
The Parliamentary candidate of the NDC in the Ketu South Constituency and a queen-mother in the Aflao Traditional Area, Abla Dzifa Gomashie (Mamma Dzramedo I) has lost her husband. Brigadier General Martin K.G Ahiaglo(Rtd), the late husband of the Dzifa Gomashie died after battling an unknown ailment for some months. The late Brig. Gen. Martin Ahiaglo […]
The Chief Executive Officer of Public Sector Reforms, Thomas Kusi Boafo has said the National Democratic Congress (NDC) biggest problem is the introduction of Free SHS by the Akufo-Addo led administration. According to him, the false stories hovering around the free SHS are deliberate makings of members of the NDC to make the policy unpopular. […]
A financial consultant and a former lecturer at the Ghana Banking College, Dr. Richmond Attuahene has disclosed that 47 more Directors of the collapsed financial institutions would be put before court. According to him, apart from the four (4) that have been put before the court and granted bail, others are in line to also […]
Simon Tetteh, 44, a tutor of Nifa Senior High School in the Akuapem North Municipality of the Eastern Region, has allegedly committed suicide. The incident reportedly took place in his house at Nyamekrom, a suburb of Koforidua, on Thursday, October 17. He is said to have hanged himself with a nylon rope on the toilet […]
The Ashanti Regional Police Command has interdicted three officers for alleged brutality against a 36-year-old man at Adonfe, near Bompata in the Ashanti Region. The three were part of the Konongo Divisional Police Task Force, which embarked on an operation last Monday leading to the death of Kofi Amponsah. According to a statement from the […]
