The Finance Committee of Parliament yesterday began an in-camera probe into the factors leading to the collapse of seven local banks. Officials of the Bank of Ghana (BoG), led by the Governor, Dr Ernest Addison, as well as officials of … Read more →
Some customers of the First Allied Savings and Loans Company in Kumasi were last Tuesday left frustrated, as they could not transact any business with the company due to what the management said was network challenges. Although the bank opened for … Read more →
The Tema Metropolitan Assembly (TMA) is to place surveillance on its sewerage lines, especially at places where manholes are located, to ensure the arrest of persons who deliberately dump waste materials into the system. This has become necessary because the assembly … Read more →
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has postponed the date of its national executive elections to November 3, 2018. The Congress which will be in held in the Greater Accra Region was originally scheduled for October 20. According to the party, … Read more →
Social media usage continues to rise, with the medium now a key part of our connective and interactive process. But while we all know that people are using social more and more, it’s interesting to take a step back and … Read more →
The Ahmadiyya Muslim Mission has condemned as un-Islamic and a heinous rejection of guidelines provided by Holy Prophet Muhammad, all acts of violence that attended the recent elections of Imams in Nandom in the Upper West Region. A statement issued … Read more →
Cyber fraud cases in the banking industry have increased by 41.66 per cent from 1002 cases in 2016 to 1418 cases in 2017, the Bank of Ghana has disclosed. Out of the number, 51.2 percent of the incidents were recorded in the non-banking financial … Read more →
Twitter chief executive Jack Dorsey has told US lawmakers the company’s algorithms have not always been “impartial”. He said the platform “unfairly” reduced the visibility of 600,000 accounts, including some members of Congress. But he was unable to immediately say … Read more →
Japan’s northern island of Hokkaido has been hit by a powerful earthquake, triggering landslides that engulfed houses. At least eight people have been killed and about 40 are missing, say local media reports. The magnitude 6.7 quake cut power to … Read more →