Dr. Kwegyir Aggrey "Only the best is good enough for Africa."
Kwame Nkrumah "The independence of Ghana is meaningless unless it is linked up with the total liberation of Africa."
The founder of the Ramblers International Band, Mr. Jerry Hansen, passed away this Saturday morning after battling with an ailment at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital. Citifmonline.com gathers the renowned musician has been hospitalized for about a week at the nation’s premier hospital before his demise this morning. The music icon received an award at the […]
DAKAR (AFP) – Senegalese superstar Youssou Ndour has been appointed the country’s new tourism and culture minister in President Macky Sall’s cabinet, according to a decree issued on Wednesday night. The Grammy-award winning singer, a fierce critic of former leader Abdoulaye Wade who hung up his microphone to campaign for Sall, forms part of a […]
The United Nation’s Joint Program on Human Security (UNJHS) has nurtured an innovative idea of promoting, marketing and rebranding the Northern smock for the local and the international markets so as to increase income for weavers and create jobs for the youth. Mr. Kwame Asante, National Programs Coordinator for the United Nations Industrial Development […]
By Rosemary Onuoha The actions of the Boko Haram sect have led to economic paralysis in some Northern states of the country. However, experts are of the opinion that collaboration between the government and the insurance industry can salvage the situation. As terrorism daily assumes a widening dimension, international reinsurance companies no longer extend […]
Vice-President Namadi Sambo on Monday in Khartoum urged the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) to assist in developing Africa. He challenged the bank to set aside 40 per cent of its operational budget for the implementation of the second phase of its Special Program for the Development of Africa (SPDA-II). Sambo gave the charge in a […]
By Catherine Karongo Kenyans should be prepared to pay more for medical insurance starting from the first of May after the High Court threw out a petition by the Central … ( Resource: Kenya: New Medical Insurance Rates Nairobi, Kenya — A new scheme by the National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) is set to streamline […]
By Chima Akwaja and Anthony Uko Starting today, banks in the nation’s commercial nerve center, Lagos State, would start charging penalty from customers who withdraw or deposit cash above the limits stipulated by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) in the Cashless Economy System. This is as the CBN and the Electronic Payment Providers Association […]
Lome – Togo — Ministers in charge of Industry in the ECOWAS region ended a one-day Symposium in Lome, Togo, on Friday 30th March 2012, by launching a special appeal to regional financial banks and institutions, technical and financial partners, the private sector and Member States, to support the speedy implementation of the West Africa […]
By Natalia Prokopchuk Jijiga — Chinese actress Yao Chen has concluded her first visit to Africa as UNHCR’s honorary patron for China by hailing the courage of Somali refugees and the generosity of their hosts in Ethiopia. Yao Chen travelled to Ethiopia last week to meet with Somali refugees in the Dollo Ado and Jijiga […]
Agordat — Women students in Agordat boarding school expressed conviction that their academic performance has been improved because of the conducive ground ensured through the school administration. The students from the sub-zones of Agordat, Mensura, Hagaz, Forto-Sawa, Laelai-Gash, Dige and Shambuko expressed conviction that the new lifestyle in the boarding school had earlier been difficult. […]