South Africa’s rail freight company Transnet has suspended business dealings with the Chinese train manufacturer CRRC, over contract disputes, but it may have to reverse that ban to get its locomotives repaired. Transnet is taking legal action against the Chinese company to enforce payment on penalties levied against the company …
Read More »Nigerian state passes law to castrate of child rapists
Lawmakers in Nigeria’s Kaduna State have approved surgical castration as punishment for those convicted of raping children under the age of 14. State governor Nasir Ahmad el-Rufai needs to sign the bill for it to become law in the north-western state. He has previously supported castration to prevent rapists from …
Read More »US-based Ghanaian pastor fake, dangerous – Maurice Ampaw alleges
Private legal practitioner, Maurice Ampaw has said the US-based Ghanaian pastor, Sylvester Ofori who shot and killed his wife on Tuesday is not a genuine man of God as stated earlier by the deceased’s brother. The Ghanaian pastor days before shooting his wife told his brother-in-law, Perry in a recent …
Read More »National Cathedral project to begin in October 2020 – Board of Trustees
Construction of the National Cathedral is set to begin in early October 2020. This was disclosed in a Citi News interview by the Secretary of the Board of Trustees for the project, Victor Kusi Boateng. Construction of the cathedral was initially expected to begin in April 2020. Victor Kusi Boateng said the new …
Read More »Students in Northern Region fear missing out on BECE over floods
Some students in the Kpalba circuit in the Saboba District of the Northern Region fear being unable to sit for the 2020 edition of the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) due to the flooding issue in the area. According to the BECE candidates, centres where they are supposed to write …
Read More »Notorious armed robbers invade shop; take shopkeeper hostage
Notorious armed robbers terrorising residents in communities around Begoro in the Fanteakwa North District of the Eastern Region on Thursday evening stormed Abuoso Community amidst firing of gunshots to rob the largest provision shop in the community. The three masked robbery gang invaded “Abuoso Melcom” shop around 7:00 pm in …
Read More »UTAG threatens strike over unpaid book, research allowance
The University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) has said it will advise its members against performing their core duties if the government fails to pay their Book and Research Allowance (BRA) by Monday, 14 September 2020. This follows what the association describes as the “countless attempts” to see the authorities …
Read More »Collapsed Microfinace firms: ‘74,000 DKM customers fully paid’ – Akufo-Addo
A total of 74,000 validated customers of defunct DKM Microfinance have fully been paid by the receiver, with 13,857 outstanding. President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo who announced this assured that all outstanding customers would be fully paid latest by the end of September this year. He said the outstanding amount due to …
Read More »Amidu Wades Into Agyapa Deal, Demands Information From Parliament
The Office of the Special Prosecutor has written to Parliament seeking information and related documents on the controversial Agyapa gold royalty transaction agreement. Citi News sources within Parliament indicate that the request is to assist the office to execute its prevention of corruption objective. The Special Prosecutor, Martin Amidu’s demand is …
Read More »Galamsey fraud: I have no regrets – Charles Bissu
Presidential Staffer Charles Bissue says he has no regrets for the job he did for the Inter-Ministerial Committee on illegal mining despite the corruption claims against him by journalist Anas Aremeway Anas. Speaking on the Hotseat on Starr FM, Mr Bissue who was secretary to the Inter-ministerial Committee said he …
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