Новости за 05.10.2019

The Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) says it has ensured that Ghanaians are now paying less for power than they did in 2016 under the previous NDC government. Addressing the issue of increased utility tariffs in the Volta Regional capital Ho, Regional Director of Operations at PURC, Alhaji Jabaru Abukari, called for an analysis of utility costs from 2016 to 2019 to verify whether Ghanaians were not paying relatively lower tariffs than three years ago. ldq ...

One person died instantly following a collision between a bullion van and a fuel tanker at Techiman in the Bono East Region. The bullion van with registration number GV 88-13 belonging to the Bank of Ghana (BoG) was being driven by one William Asare in the company of the Currency Officer whose name was given as Frank and were heading towards Kumasi from Tamale when the incident occurred on Friday. The fuel tanker with the registration number DP 4222-19 was heading towards Paga ...

The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) police command has arrested 2 out of 5 persons who were accused of assaulting the President of the Students Representative Council, SRC Adu-Baah Charles and some other executives. The KNUST Police launched investigations into the matter when the SRC last weekend reported a case of assault to the command. The SRC President, Adu-Baah Charles in an earlier interview with Citi News narrated that he was attacked by some ...

A total of six passengers including a female died instantly when two commercial vehicles collided at Sege on the Tema-Aflao Highway Friday night, October 4, 2019. Fifteen passengers onboard both vehicles also sustained various degree of injuries. The accident occurred at the outskirt of Sege in the Ada West District of the Greater Accra Region. While the injured passengers are responding to treatment at the Battor Catholic Hospital, the deceased persons have been deposited ...

Chairman of Parliament rsquo;s Committee on Education, William Quaitoo says the House will reject Minority rsquo;s motion for the withdrawal of the Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE). Mr. Quaitoo said moving a motion for a withdrawal of the CSE will be needless, since the Minister of Education, Matthew Opoku Prempeh had clarified that it is not part of the curriculum. ldquo;I do not think we will accept it. Something that does not exist. We have all heard the Min ...

The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) has lauded the Special Prosecutor, Martin Amidu and the Auditor General, Daniel Domelovo for waging heavy war against corruption despite the sabotages. In an interview with Citi News, Executive Director for the foundation, Sulemana Braimah posited that the anti-corruption fight is effectively being championed by both men. ldquo;In our country today, the biggest problem is corruption. Dealing with corruption is a quest ...

The National Identification Authority (NIA) has apologized for its failure to ensure smooth registration of the Ghana card on the first day of the exercise in the Northern Region. The first day of the Ghana card registration exercise in the Northern Region was hampered by logistical challenges as some applicants who visited the centres in the region to register were asked to come the next day. But in a statement, the Authority admitted that the challenges that plagued the tran ...

The Assembly Man for the Railways Electoral Area in Koforidua, Daniel Ahiale, has petitioned the Municipal Police Command over some disturbing conduct of police personnel at the Railways Police Station. According to him, most residents in his electoral are not happy with the kind of services rendered. In an interview with Citi News on the recent incident where two police officers of the Railways Police Station were seen in a video assaulting a 28-year-old mobile phone dealer A ...

Senior Programs Officer at the Centre for Democratic Development (CDD), Nana Kwabena Aborampeh Mensah is warning that the country 39;s security agencies will continue to be invaded by party vigilante groups if Ghanaians do not desist from politicizing issues. According to him, this could happen since Ghana over the years has not been consistent in dealing with issues of vigilantism. Speaking at a roundtable panel discussion on the theme lsquo;Ghana rsquo;s Current Security C ...