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The outgoing Public Affairs Director of the Ghana Police Service Superintendent Cephas Arthur has dismissed rumours suggesting that his transfer from the National Head Quarters was politically motivated. “It is not political, that one must be underlined, it must be emphasized,” Supt. Arthur said in an interview with Citi News’ Franklin Badu Jnr. Supt. Arthur also noted that his transfer ...

Hajia Ayishetu Seidu, the recently elected Municipal Chief Executive for the Savelugu/Nanton Municipal Assembly, is yet to begin her official duties in the district. Due to several threats by irate residents in the district, the elected MCE is yet to show up at her office for fear of possible attacks. The residents had already staged a demonstration against the nomination ...

Chief Justice nominee Sophia Akuffo is expected to be vetted by the Appointments Committee of Parliament on Monday June 19. Justice Akuffo was nominated as Chief Justice following the retirement of her predecessor Theodora Georgina Wood. Minority Chief Whip Muntaka Mubarak Mohammed told Citi News: “We are changing our modalities a little bit, but we have proposed the 19th and ...

General Secretary of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia has laughed off comments by Former president Jerry John Rawlings stating jokingly that Mr Asiedu Nketia is not handsome enough to serve as flagbearer of the NDC. Jerry Rawlings at a rally to mark the NDC’s 25th year anniversary at Ashaiman in the Greater Accra Region on Saturday, ...

The Minister of Works and Housing Samuel Atta-Akyea paid a visit to the three communities in the Volta region affected by tidal waves in the early hours of Sunday, assuring them of the government’s support. Close to 300 households in the Blekusu, Gavedzi, Amudzinu and Salakope communities were affected with properties running to several thousands of Cedis destroyed. The over ...

Chief Executive Officer for the Ghana Free Zones Board, Michael Okyere Baafi is supporting the construction of an ultra modern computer laboratory for the Wesley Methodist Basic School at Koforidua in the Eastern Region. At a short presentation ceremony held at the Methodists Church office in Koforidua, Mr. Kingsley Ofosu, an aide to Mr. Okyrere Baafi, presented a Cheque for ...

OmniBank has commissioned a Business Centre at the Pentecost University College. The project funded by OmniBank is part of its Corporate Social Responsibility for 2017. The Centre is to provide easy access to information and aid in student research at the university. Also, the Centre will offer other administrative services such as printing and photocopying of items. Equipped with state-of-the-art ...

The former Chief Executive Officer of the National Health Insurance Authority, (NHIA), Sylvester Mensah has stated that no political party in the history of Ghana has contributed more to the improvement and development of the country than the National Democratic Congress. According to Mr. Mensah, the NDC has made the most impressive developmental impressions on Ghana since the days of ...

Three persons are reported dead in a fatal motor accident at Asamankese in the Eastern region. Six persons are also in critical conditions and have been rushed to the Asamankese Government Hospital and Koforidua Regional Hospital. The accident occurred when a Toyota vehicle full of passengers from Akyem Oda to Accra attempted to prevent a head-on collision with an oncoming vehicle ...

And young Captain Maxwell Mahama died. Killed… Murdered… In the prime of youth… In the service of Ghana our Motherland… It need not come to that, but it often takes such an unspeakable tragedy to focus the conscience of a nation to a canker eating into and destroying the fabric of society. A few years ago, after so many needless ...