The chairmen and general secretaries of the Convention People’s Party (CPP) and the People’s National Convention (PNC) have been co-opted to be part of the unity committee of the two parties to speed up the processes leading to the unification of the parties. Originally, because the unity committee did not include them, decisions taken by the committee had to be submitted to the respective parties’ executives for scrutinity and dissemination to the rank and file, which caused delays [...]

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Hannah Tetteh, has stressed the need for people in the West African Sub-Region to be more creative about regional integration to have the opportunity to attract more investors to the Sub-Region. She noted that most of the people within the Sub-Region have not realized the relevance of ECOWAS because governments have not been able to operationalize the structures for its effectiveness and efficiency. Ms Tetteh was delivering the keynote address at [...]

Domestic Airline Operator Fly 540 has confirmed to Citi Business News it is halting operations in Ghana. Fly 540 in a press statement to Citi Business News however said the suspension of its operations in the country was temporary. According to the airline the suspension is to enable it undertake key reorganization of its operations. This is expected to enable Fly 540 to provide more efficient service for its customers. Citi Business News last week reported that the airline operator was halting [...]

Many listeners have said it behind radio presenter Jeremie Van-Garshong’s back that she fakes her accent whenever she is on air. When Showbiz told her last Monday about what her critics are saying, she responded with a long laughter and revealed that she herself has received similar bashing. “I cannot fake my accent, this is how I have been speaking when I was young and anyone who knows me can tell you. God has blessed me with this accent and I am happy to say my accent has taken me to a lot of [...]

The best player in the world will face Ghana in a few weeks, but he doesn’t scare the Stars. That’s according to Ghana captain Asamoah Gyan. “I am not bothered because we are playing Portugal because the World Cup is the biggest stage and there are no small teams. Every team who qualifies has done so on merit.” Speaking to the official Ghana FA site, the Black Stars captain notes how tough Group G – with Portugal, USA and Germany – will be [...]

Galatasaray attacker Didier Drogba has donated €1 million to the families of the victims of the mining disaster in Soma, Turkey. The Istanbul giants’ players wore helmets ahead of their league game against Kayseri Erciyesspor at the weekend to show their support and the Cote d’Ivoire international has gone one step further in his role as U.N. ambassador. “I am a U.N. ambassador of goodwill and I will do all that I can to help the people in Soma,” Drogba told reporters [...]

A Greensboro high school senior originally from Ghana has been accepted into 24 universities all over the country. Akosua Beoke is one of 45 graduates from the Early College at Guilford — the first graduation of 30 for Guilford County Schools. Beoke and her family moved to Greensboro from Ghana seven years ago. Her father Frank Beoke said it was a sacrifice well worth it for the opportunities for his children. “It’s a sacrifice; I was actually in a good paying job back in Ghana [...]

You’re a veteran in the industry, when did you start acting? First of all, my name is John Okafor, Mr Ibu and I hail from Ezeokwe in Nkanu West Local Government, Enugu State. My first experience on camera was 1978 December 3. It was a soap opera in Benin City. A soap opera they called Hotel de Jordan. I was just a passerby and then they called me to be part of it, part of the crowd. My face wasn’t even showing but I was comfortable, I was contented being part of that big work [...]

The late pop legend Michael Jackson has topped the album charts, nearly five years since his death, with Xscape. The second posthumous album of his previously unreleased tracks features eight songs recorded between 1983 and 1999. It was reworked by producers including Timbaland, Rodney Jerkins and Stargate. Lily Allen’s Sheezus fell to number six, while in the singles chart Rita Ora’s I Will Never Let You Down debuted at number one [...]

Marca report that Barcelona’s Lionel Messi was jeered by a section of his own support during yesterday’s match with Atletico Madrid. With the La Liga title on the line, the Camp Nou crowd were said to have been frustrated by an apparent lack of effort and interest from the player. The Argentine had another quiet match and rarely threatened the Rojiblancos defence as Diego Simeone’s team clinched the draw they needed to be crowned champions [...]

The Metro Mass Transit Company has appealed to government to write-off its debts which have accrued as a result of the deferment of import duties on buses brought into the country. Managing Director of MMT, John Awuku Dzuazah, warned that any attempt to get the company honour its tax obligations to the state could see it go down. “We will be making a case to the sector Minister so she can forward it to Cabinet and parliament,” he said. MMT was established in 2003 by the government in [...]

The President of IMANI Ghana, Franklin Cudjoe says the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) reason for boycotting the National Economic Forum “was a joke.” “That thing was a joke to say I won’t go,” he opined. He mentioned that the rank and file of the NPP for some time now have been complaining bitterly about the state of the country’s economy and how it is being mismanaged by the government. This, he said was an indication that, the members of the [...]

The father of Lawrence Asiamah Hanson a.k.a Bulldog says his son is innocent of the crime he is suspected to have committed. Mr. Jacob Hanson told Citi News, his son, who is currently in the custody of the Criminal and Investigative Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service, is being unlawfully held by the Police. The Police Homicide Unit of the CID on Thursday arrested Bulldog who manages dancehall artiste, Shatta Wale, as the prime suspect in investigations of the murder of Fennec Okyere, who managed Hiplife artiste, Kwaw Kesse [...]

Riot police in Brazil have fired tear gas to disperse thousands of protesters in Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro who marched against the cost of hosting the football World Cup. Some demonstrators hurled stones while other burned tyres and blocked roads. They say they are angry that billions of dollars are being spent on next month’s football tournament, rather than social projects and housing. Protests also took place in many other cities, including the capital Brasilia [...]

For all those who thought rap music had very little to offer Ghana's music industry anymore, looks like they thought wrong yet again because out of Dansoman comes the young rapper who is out to impress and leave a mark in his trail; GH Hip Hop is never gonna be the same now that hes here… Welcome '1CeDi. 1Cedi who have made quite a name for himself already as an act amongst his peers. Striving hard to reach the peak of his abilities, 1CeDi keeps working tirelessly as he remain determined to break into GH's [...]

Pop singer, Justin Bieber, has been accused of attempted robbery, a Los Angeles Police Department official said on Tuesday, following media reports that he had tried to snatch a young woman’s mobile telephone. Bieber, 20, has not been arrested or questioned, said LAPD spokeswoman, Rosario Herrera. A spokeswoman for Bieber did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Detectives have interviewed the victim, who reported the alleged crime, Herrera said. The incident occurred at about 10:30 p.m. on [...]

Kim Kardashian has been branded “cheap” for reportedly using her frequent flyer miles to pay for her entourage to attend her wedding to Kanye West. Little harsh! The reality star has allegedly upset her crew because of the amount of money the nuptials are expected to make her – somewhere in the ballpark of $21 million. A source tells RadarOnline: “Kim is so cheap that she is using her frequent flyer miles to fly her entourage to and from the wedding [...]

The final day of the French Ligue 1 brought a mixture of emotions for some of Ghana’s players named in Kwesi Appiah’s 26-man provisonal squad for the World Cup in Brazil. Marseille’s Andre Ayew rounded up his season with a goal for his club at home at the Stade Velodrome against Guingamp. The midfielder headed in his sixth goal of the season after connecting a Mathieu Valbuena cross from the left to give his team three points on the last day of the season but the victory was not [...]

Voters in Guinea-Bissau began casting their ballots on Sunday in a presidential run-off election meant to draw a line under a 2012 military coup and renew cooperation between the chronically unstable West African nation and donors and investors. Former finance minister Jose Mario Vaz, candidate of the dominant African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (PAIGC), secured more than 40 percent of the vote in the first round and is considered the front runner [...]

The National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) has given indications its industrial action will continue despite meeting with the Education Ministry. The Ministry on Friday met the striking NAGRAT members in a bid to talk them out of the strike.According to NAGRAT, even though the outcome of the meeting was quite successful, the association would have to consider the proposals by the Education Ministry before taking any concrete decision. NAGRAT began their [...]

The Chairperson of the Convention People’s Party (CPP), Samia Nkrumah says the only way for Ghana to achieve economic stability and the development of its human resource is to elect the party into power. She said: “The path and solution to the economic difficulties of our country is the election of a CPP government for an implementation of an economic development programme that is inspired and defined by our struggle for political and economic freedom to fulfill our mission in history.” In an open letter [...]

The Association of Ghana Industries (AGI) has hinted of its intentions to independently monitor the implementation of the various agreements reached at the National Economic Forum, which ended Thursday. The monitoring, it said, is to ensure that the policies proposed by the team of experts at the forum are fully implemented to the benefit of the private sector and the manufacturing public in particular. The three-day event, which was opened on May 13 by President John Mahama, ended Thursday with a set [...]

A group of Muslims in the country will march through some principal streets in Accra to put pressure on the Nigerian government to expedite action in finding the 200 missing school girls. The group also intends to send a petition to the National Chief Imam which will then be forwarded to the Nigerian government in Abuja for review. Over 200 girls were abducted by Islamist group, Boko Haram in a North Eastern Nigerian town called Chibok[...]

Telecom operator, Vodafone Ghana has assured its customers it is working expeditiously to fix the recent slight shortage of recharge cards in some parts of the country.Some subscribers of Vodafone across the country have been complaining about the shortage of recharge cards and the difficulties one has to go through before recharging credits unto one’s phone. Commercial Director of Vodafone Ghana, Michael Nii Boye Adjei, and Chief Marketing Officer of Vodafone[...]

The President, John Dramani Mahama, together with the first lady, Lordina Mahama has signed the book of condolence for the late Paul Victor Obeng at the residence. The President led a government delegation to visit the family to commiserate with them over the demise of Mr. Obeng; his senior advisor. He described him as an “energetic encourager… and an admirable unifier and giant of our political landscape over the last 30 years.” PV Obeng died on Saturday after suffering an asthma attack [...]

The Taskforce on the Seizure and Disposal of Pirated Ghanaian Textile Designs (TSDPGTD) has completed a nationwide sensitization exercise, which was aimed at educating dealers and the general public on the effects of pirated textile to Ghana’s economy. Similar sensitization workshops had already been carried out in Central, Western, Eastern, Ashanti, Volta, Brong Ahafo, Upper West and Upper East regions. The sensitization by the Taskforce was carried out under the[...]