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Banks collapse: Dr. Kwabena Duffour runs to court for ‘cover’ after BNI invitation

The founder of the UniBank, Dr. Kwabena Duffour, is seeking an interlocutory injunction from the court to restrain the Ghana Police Service over what he describes as “unlawful threats and harassment” following an invitation from the Crime Investigation Department (CID) last week. According to the embattled businessman cum politician, he was summoned with a letter from the Special Investigation team ...

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Update: Court grants bail to ‘sick’ Beige founder Nyinaku

The Circuit Court hearing the case against the CEO of the defunct Beige Bank Mike Nyinaku has granted him bail. The bail condition was set at GHC352 million with two sureties who are public servants earning not less than Ghc 2,000.00. The accused person is to submit his passport to the registrar of the Court and will be required to ...

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18 CSOs reject EC’s plan for new voters’ register

A coalition of major Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) and key individuals under the Ghana Anti-Corruption Coalition (GACC) have collectively rejected the decision of the Electoral Commission (EC) to compile a new voters’ register ahead of this year’s general elections. The coalition, numbering about eighteen (18) CSOs are the latest to join several groups to criticize the EC’s plan to introduce ...

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NDC launches digital platforms to raise funds for campaign

The main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has launched a digital campaign aimed at getting members to help finance the party ahead of the  December polls. Members of the party, according to the initiative, are required to download a special application on playstore on their mobile phones to enable them easily contribute. As part of the initiative, members of the ...

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Court issues Arrest Warrant for social media commentator Kelvin Taylor

Commercial High Court presided over by Justice Eric Kyei Baffour, has issued an arrest warrant directed at the Inspector General of Police (IGP), the National Security and the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI), to arrest social media commentator, Kelvin Taylor and present him to his Court to answer why he should not be committed to jail for his derogatory commentary ...

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TUTAG calls off strike

The Technical University Teachers Association of Ghana has called off its nationwide strike after the National Labour Commission (NLC) secured an interim injunction on the strike. The association in a statement said its decision to call off the strike was a “demonstration of good faith which must be reciprocated by all stakeholders.” But it added that it was disappointed in ...

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Affected savings and loans customers threaten to vote Akufo-Addo government out

The Coalition of Affected Savings and Loans Customers (CASLOC) have reiterated their readiness to vote out the Akkufo Addo led-government in the 2020 polls for failing to address the plight of about 3.3 million depositors of the closed-down financial institutions. They argued that if less than a hundred thousand customers of DKM and the likes could send NDC to opposition ...

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