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 {BoG} has disclosed. According to the BoG, the total value reported for fraud or attempted fraud amounted to approximately Gh¢190.4 million. Of the total value, 84 per cent, i.e Gh¢160.30 million was recovered while ...

Vice President of IMANI Africa Bright Simons has described as “fanciful” the $10 billion bauxite deal between the government of Ghana and Asian giants China. According to him, the deal “will go nowhere.” In a detailed analysis of the transaction, which is beyond the loan or barter, controversy engineered by the political class, Simons said the claim that Ghana’s bauxite ...

The Tamale Central Prison (TCP) has forcibly accommodated more inmates causing overcrowding. The facility is overstretched as it accommodates over 300 inmates, with a cell housing 30 inmates which is against the international standard of a cell housing at most four inmates. The prison was built to accommodate some 80 inmates. According to David Afatsawu, the PRO of TCP, due ...

Christians in Ghana have veered off their core mandate and are now majoring on prosperity messages instead. According to the immediate past Chairman of the Church of Pentecost Apostle Professor Opoku Onyinah, most Christian teachings now dwell more on prosperity gospel than any other thing. “The focus of many Christians has changed. That focus has actually changed. Quite recently many ...

Apart from your freedom that is denied you, life in Ghana prison is like living in hell, says ex-convict Emmanuel Odoom. “The food you are given in the prison isn’t food that you eat at home; it is food that is cooked by prison standards..and as for meat and fish, we eat them once in a blue moon,” Emmanuel narrated ...

Mr. Evans Opoku-Bobie, the Brong-Ahafo Regional Minister designate on Tuesday expressed disgust over the influx of foreign drama contents that have infiltrated and dominated television networks in the country. The Regional Minister, who is the Member of Parliament (MP) for Asunafo North Constituency said something must be done to bring the situation under control, before the local drama industry collapsed. ...

HEAD PHARMACIST at the Kwesimitsim Hospital in Takoradi, Kwadwo Okyere-Apenteng, has bemoaned the lack of prioritisation of mental health on the part of stakeholders in the health sector. He mentioned that persons with mental disorder can hardly do anything about their condition and, therefore, must be taken care of by the society. “Mental illness is just like any other illness ...

Dr Kofi Abotsi, Dean, Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA) Law School, has called on stakeholders to engage the youth while making decisions in the education sector. Dr Abosti stressed the involvement of the youth was necessary because the transformative part of education, and the failures of education impact directly on the youth. A statement issued by Mrs ...

The former Upper East Regional Minister, Mr Rockson Bukari, has called on media practitioners to help project the potential of the region through their reportage in order to woo investors to the area. Refering to the media as “makers of modern minds,” the former minister noted that it was important for the media to set an agenda to educate the ...

A two-day national forum to review the Ghana Child Labour Monitoring System{GCLMS} to improve child welfare and protection services across the country is underway in Accra. The GCLMS is a holistic and dynamic process for monitoring all forms of child labour, with particular emphasis on the worst forms of child labour. The review is expected to inject a high level ...