Pele in hospital after collapsing
Brazil legend, Pele, is in hospital after collapsing on Thursday with exhaustion. The 77-year-old was due to travel to London this weekend for a dinner held in his honour by the Football Writers...
View Article‘We’ve never been serious’ to collate employment data – Sydney
Financial analyst and social commentator, Sydney Casley Hayford, has said it is troubling that the country has not been able to put together credible data on the country’s employed and unemployed...
View ArticleWest Ham reject £14m Swansea bid for Andre Ayew
English Premier League side West Ham United have rejected a bid from Swansea City worth £14m for forward Andre Ayew. According to Sky Sports, the Hammers value Ayew at £20m and will not budge into...
View ArticleWeah takes office today as Liberia’s President
Liberia will today, January 22, 2018 be the focus of international attention, as political power will peacefully be transferred from one elected leader to another, something that hasn’t been done in...
View ArticleRobbers Strike Police Station, Kill commander & free robbery suspects
Armed robbers on Sunday, January 21, 2018 attacked the Kwabenya Police Station in Accra and shot dead a police commander, Today can confirm. The robbers also set free robbery suspects who were in the...
View ArticleKATH M&B Unit opens
“I stand here a fulfilled woman. I stand here a grateful mother,” these were the words of the First Lady, Mrs Rebecca Akufo-Addo, when she inaugurated the Mother and Baby (M&B) Unit with a...
View ArticleAspirant takes on John Boadu over expulsion comment
Aspiring General Secretary of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mr. Richard Ahiagbah, has expressed reservations about the reported expulsion threat issued by the acting General Secretary of the...
View ArticleMPC likely to keep policy rate at 20%
The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the central bank is set to review the Monetary Policy Rate (MPR) on Monday January 22, 2018 with the prime objective of ensuring price stability and low...
View ArticleOur little advice for Mr Amidu
MAJORITY of Ghanaians hailed President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s announcement of Mr A.B.K. Amidu for the position of Special Prosecutor. We believe the president’s decision was informed by Mr...
View ArticleBawumia is in the UK to rest – Hamid
The Information Minister, Mustapha Hamid, has defended government’s decision to fly Vice President, Mahamudu Bawumia to the United Kingdom, saying he is there to take a rest, after he fell ill last...
View ArticleMassive Shake-Up Hits MMT
CREDIBLE information reaching Today indicates that there is an on-going massive nationwide shake-up exercise within the Metro Mass Transit (MMT) Limited, which situation is creating panic and tension...
View ArticleUS: A moron for president (2)
Ti-Kelenkelen with Yirenkyi Lamptey And so the world owes the people of “the huts” of Africa and a “shithole countr[y]” infinite thanks for raising in Philip Emeagwali a properly-behaved young man,...
View ArticleDR Congo police clash with protesters
At least five people have been killed in widespread protests in the Democratic Republic of Congo, United Nations sources say. Protesters are demanding that President Joseph Kabila – whose expected...
View ArticleEthiopia police kill 5 at festival
At least five people have been killed in northern Ethiopia after security forces fired on a crowd at a religious festival who were reportedly shouting anti-government slogans. Many more were injured...
View ArticleK.B. Asante passes on at 93
Renowned Ghanaian diplomat, Kwaku Baprui Asante, has died at age 93. This was confirmed to Citi News by a family member on Monday morning, who said a further statement will be released. Born on March...
View ArticleNorth Americans freed in Nigeria
Two American and two Canadian citizens kidnapped in Nigeria on Wednesday have been freed, police say. The group, who were ambushed in a forested area north of the capital Abuja, were found during a...
View ArticleKenya investigates hospital rape claims
Kenya’s health minister has ordered an investigation into claims new mothers were sexually assaulted at a flagship hospital in the capital Nairobi. Social media posts alleged that male staff members...
View ArticleTurkey says ground troops entered Syria
Turkish ground troops have crossed into northern Syria as part of Ankara’s campaign to rid the border area of Kurdish fighters, Turkey’s PM says. Binali Yildirim said the aim was to establish a 30km...
View ArticleUS shutdown Senate in bid to end impasse
The US Senate is due back in session to try to end a budget impasse before the start of the working week when the shutdown of many federal services will be felt around the country. Hundreds of...
View ArticleSpecial Focus: GN Life Holds 2017 Sales Awards
The board chairperson of GN Life Assurance – one of the fastest growing life assurance firms in Ghana, and a former Insurance Commissioner- Mrs. Nyamikeh Kyiamah, has expressed the need for workers to...
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