The Ghana cedi has depreciated by 1.7% to the US dollar in the first nine months which will end next Thursday September 30th, 2021, according to data from the Bank of Ghana (BoG). The Central Bank pegged the rate of the cedi to the dollar at ¢5.86, though it is …

Former Mayor of Kumasi, Kojo Bonsu, has detailed how he was fortunate to be one of the few people who witnessed and lived through the historic and traumatic maiden coup d’état in Ghana. According to him, the National Liberation Council (NLC) coup d’etat that overthrew Dr Kwame Nkrumah’s government in 1966 …

The Editor of the Herald Newspaper, Larry-Allans Dogbey has filed a suit at the Industrial and Labour Division of a High Court in Accra, challenging the appointment of Dr. Kofi Koduah Sarpong as the Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC).     In the suit sighted …

A little girl has been burnt to death in a fire disaster at Akyem Gyadem Zongo near Akyem Oda in the Birim Central Municipality of the Eastern region.     According to reports, A woman called Ama Hemah was in room with her two children, a boy and a girl …

The Members of the Coalition of Rotational Nurses and Midwives have served notice to begin an industrial action on October 1.     This, according to the coalition, has become necessary following the failure to pay their allowances since February this year.     A letter written to the National …

A family of six (6) narrowly escaped drowning Friday evening in devastating floods in New Juaben South Municipality in the Eastern Region after hours of heavy downpour. The flash floods submerged roads in the Municipality while floodwaters from the newly constructed 16 million cedis Nsukwao Basin drainage facility continued to …

A taxi driver has been confirmed dead in an accident on the Abura Dunkwa-Nyankomasi road in the Central Region. The incident also saw four others sustain injures and currently receiving treatment at Abura Dunkwa Hospital. The accident involved a Toyota Corolla taxi with the registration AC 370-15 and Kia Rhino …

The Lamashegu police station in Tamale in the Northern Region has been vandalized.   The destruction was caused by some youth who took to the streets on Saturday to protest supposed frequent brutalization of residents by police officers in the metropolis. The protesters marched through some principal streets of Tamale …

There was a scuffle among New Patriotic Party (NPP) members in the Awutu Senya East Municipality of the Central Region, after supporters of the acting MCE , Michael Essuman Mensah, clashed with supporters of the newly nominated MCE, Anita Love Obo Amissah at CP Abeasi.   Citi News sources say …

  Ghana achieved Independence on 6th March, 1957. The political struggles that preceded this historic event date back over a hundred years.   The early period of nationalist struggle for political independence created political awareness and desire to assert the right of self-determination both for the individual and the State. …