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US charges 6 over car theft ring shipping stolen vehicles to Ghana
Posted on with No CommentSix individuals have been charged in the United States over an alleged international car theft syndicate that smuggled stolen vehicles to Ghana, following a year-long investigation by federal authorities. According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia, … Read more →
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How Capital Bank took me to court – Kwesi Pratt reveals
Posted on | CommentThe Bank of Ghana announced the revocation of the licenses of UT Bank and Capital Bank, following the inability of the two banks to turn around their negative capital adequacy position which has lingered on for some time now. Speaking … Read more →
AG’s Report: Controller staff steals 115,000
Posted on | CommentA staff of the Controller and Accountants General’s Department has stolen more than 115,000 while on secondment at the Nursing and Midwifery Council in 2014. This was contained in the Auditor-General’s report for 2015, currently before Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee. The … Read more →
UT Bank bosses sacked
Posted on | CommentHeads appear to be rolling following the collapse of two financial institutions – UT Bank and Capital bank – on Monday as a result of their insolvency. Information reaching us indicates that Stephen Antwi-Asimeng, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the defunct UT … Read more →
Staff of UT, Capital Banks to undergo skills assessment
Posted on | CommentStaff of UT and Capital Banks are to undergo a skills assessment exercise to qualify for employment at GCB Bank. The Chief Executive Officer of GCB Bank, Raymond Sowah said this at a press conference in Accra on Tuesday. “…We … Read more →
NAGRAT opposes teacher licensing exams
Posted on | CommentThe National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) has kicked against the decision for teachers to write special examination before being granted the license to teach. According to its Vice-President, Angel Kabonu, the move is an imposition on teachers who have … Read more →
New Regions: Council of State calls for Commission of Enquiry
Posted on | CommentThe Council of State has advised the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, to appoint a Commission of Enquiry to look into the recommendations it has received for the creation of new regions in the country. The council, during its second … Read more →
SADA: Chases GH¢32M debt
Posted on | CommentSOME GH¢32 million cannot be accounted for by Unik Savannah Limited, a private company engaged by the Savannah Accelerated Development Authority (SADA) to supply tricycles and motorbikes to some residents within the SADA zone. Investigations conducted by The Finder indicate … Read more →
3 Female suicide bombers kill 27 in Nigeria
Posted on | CommentThree female suicide bombers have carried out an attack that has killed at least 27 people in north-eastern Nigeria, officials say. Dozens were injured when the women blew themselves up outside a refugee camp near Maiduguri in Borno state – … Read more →
AG Report reveals over GHC 215k misapplied by NYA
Posted on | CommentThe 2015 Auditor General’s Report has indicted the National Youth Authority (NYA) over the misapplication of GHS215, 100.00. According to the report, after the 2014 World Cup an amount of GHS450, 000.00 was released to the NYA secretariat as feeding … Read more →
All set for Barcamp Takoradi on 19th August at SSNIT Hall
Posted on | CommentBarCamp Takoradi 2017 is a FREE networking forum to bring people together for a day of learning, sharing, networking and mentoring. The Theme for this year is “Professionalism & Innovation: Assets for Growth”. BarCamp Takoradi will take place on 19th August at the SSNIT Hall. It … Read more →
Shareholders of Capital Bank will not be compensated – BoG
Posted on | CommentFollowing the collapse of UT Bank and Capital Bank, the Bank of Ghana has indicated that the shareholders of Capital Bank will not be compensated. The same may apply to UT Bank shareholders, though the central bank is considering compensating shareholders listed … Read more →
Gifty Anti, IGP, Hassan Ayariga, others indicted in fake doctorate degree scandal
Posted on | CommentThe report draws conclusions on extensive investigations and gives an alarming list of tertiary institutions and equally alarming names of prominent Ghanaians who got their degrees from these schools. Researchers from the Valdosta State University, in Valdosta USA, have drawn the … Read more →
Teachers to write licence exams
Posted on | CommentTeachers will now have to pass a special examination before being granted the licence to teach, the National Teachers Council (NTC) of the Ministry of Education has announced. The move which is in accordance with the new Teachers Licencing Policy … Read more →
Indiscipline and corruption, bane of Ghana’s progress – Methodist Bishop
Posted on | CommentThe Methodist Church Ghana (MCG) has pledged to give strong support to the government’s anti-corruption drive, to protect the public’s purse. The Right Reverend Christopher Nyarko Andam, Kumasi Diocesan Bishop of the church, said it found it deeply disturbing the … Read more →
BoG Governor assures clients of UT and Capital banks – Your deposits are safe
Posted on | CommentGOVERNOR of the Bank of Ghana (BoG), Dr Ernest Addison says Ghana’s banking system is solid and well-capitalised in spite of the GCB Bank takeover of two local banks. Dr Addison, who addressed the media yesterday in the wake of … Read more →
UT and Capital Banks are the only 2 insolvent banks in the system – BoG
Posted on | CommentThe Bank of Ghana has urged depositors, there is no cause for panic following the collapse of two Ghanaian-owned banks. “I can emphatically tell you that these are the only two insolvent banks in the system”, the Governor of the … Read more →
PHOTO: 4 Galamseyers in mystery death
Posted on | CommentFour persons suspected to be small-scale miners at Kwabeng, the Atiwa District capital in the Eastern Region, have been found dead in a galamsey (illegal mining) pit. The bodies were retrieved from an abandoned mining pit Sunday morning with bruises … Read more →
Dumsor cost Ghana $3bn – Prez. Akufo-Addo reveals
Posted on | CommentThe president, Nana Akufo-Addo is promising an exciting menu of new business opportunities meant to transform the private sector. For a sector that has suffered a decline over the last few years, the president said a programme of rapid industrialization … Read more →
’17 dead’ in Burkina Faso terrorist attack
Posted on | CommentSeventeen people have been killed and eight wounded in a “terrorist attack” in the centre of the capital of Burkina Faso, Ouagadougou, the government says. Witnesses were quoted as saying that three gunmen opened fire on customers seated outside a … Read more →
Senior Law Lecturer asks gov’t to decriminalise drug usage by small-scale users
Posted on | CommentA senior Lecturer at the Faculty of Law, University of Ghana, Legon, Dr Kwadwo Appiagyei-Atua has called on the government to decriminalise drug usage by small-scale users and those who used drug for their personal needs. He was of the … Read more →
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