The Bank of Ghana has revoked the licences of 39 insolvent microcredit companies for regulatory violations and other supervisory concerns. A statement from the Central Bank said severe under-capitalization, poor lending and risk management practices, and poor corporate governance practices were among many other reasons accounting for the poor performance and eventual collapse of the 39 failed institutions. Following the ...

De 58-jarige pastor Rans D. van een Ghanese kerk in Den Haag is veroordeeld tot vijf jaar celstraf omdat hij twee buurmeisjes jarenlang heeft misbruikt. De destijds jonge zusjes hoorden ook bij zijn kerkgemeenschap en daarnaast trad hij op als een familievriend voor hun alleenstaande moeder. De rechtbank vindt het misbruik voldoende bewezen, ook al heeft D. zelf altijd hardnekkig ontkend. ...

Some Members of Parliament (MPs) are demanding action against pastors and churches preying on the gullibility of the public. In a statement on the Floor on activities of churches, MP for Mfantsiman Constituency, Ekow Hayford said it was about time the State took drastic action against pastors who abuse people’s rights through a legislation and an independent body to manage ...

Parliament is demanding action against pastors and churches that prey on the gullibility of the unsuspecting public. The lawmakers argued in the chamber on Wednesday, 29 May 2019 that the state must step in with a legislation to clamp down on what they term abuse of congregants especially by one-man churches. In a statement on the floor of the house ...

“Men of God” who rely on the gullibility of their followers to amass wealth may be out of business soon. Some legislators on Wednesday asked the House to consider enacting a law to clamp down on these exploitative self-styled Men of God and their churches. MP for Mfantseman, Ekow Hayford, appealed that an independent body should be set up “backed ...

Details emerging from the Electoral Commission (EC) indicate that the election management body was paying a whopping $4 million annually to a vendor for the servicing of biometric verification equipment. The Chairperson of the EC, Jean Mensa, who made the revelation, said the annual financial obligation was met irrespective of whether there was an election or not, a retainership of ...

The First Vice Chairman of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Central Region, Mr. Horace Ekow Ewusi, has sued the National communications Officer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) Sammy Gyamfi at the High Court of Justice, General Jurisdiction Accra, Greater Region for defamation. The NPP stalwart confirmed the report in an interview with Peace FM News. ...

The Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has said the National Democratic Congress (NDC) will restore the commemoration of AU Day as a statutory holiday when it comes to power. Parliament recently passed the bill which was seeking to scrap AU and Republic Days as public holidays and introduce January 7 as Constitution Day. Mr. Ablakwa believes ...

Many election-related activities of the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) may be suspended in the run-up to the 2020 elections due to lack of funds. This is because the European Union (EU) that provides funds for the NCCE to undertake its activities which have been in place since 2012 will run out by close of the year. According to ...

Former President John Dramani Mahama appears to be suggesting that the National Democratic Congress (NDC) elected him as its 2020 Presidential Candidate because it does not have any other credible candidate aside him. Mr. Mahama was speaking in an interview with Nigerian journalist, Wale, on the sidelines of the Said Business, Oxford University’s Distinguished Speaker Seminar recently Asked why he ...