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Some security personnel from Top Core Security who had been providing services for the now -defunct Unibank in Accra, on Thursday locked up managers of Consolidated Bank Ghana (CBG) at the World Trade Centre office in Accra. This was to demand their unpaid salaries and frozen accounts following their dismissal after the collapse of uniBank. In an interview with Citi News, some of the security guards said the statement of affairs is taking a toll on their lives. One of them said, “This development has affected me a lot. My landlady has been following me for rent and I have…

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Peter Frimpong, a factory hand was stabbed three times at the neck back and palm over laxity at work. A Chinese Manager of plastic manufacturing firm in Kumasi and his assistant have been arrested for stabbing a Ghanaian worker. Peter Frimpong, a factory hand was stabbed three times at the neck back and palm over laxity at work. Liu Zhen Zhong 32, the manager of the enterprise which recycles plastics into polythelene bags at Fabi in Kumasi is alleged to have stabbed the 19 year old over why he was sitting idle at work. His assistant Liu Wan 34 was…

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Minority Leader Haruna Iddrisu has expressed concern over the growing job losses in the financial sector. According to him, government has not handled the fall out of the collapse of seven indigenous banks with its attendant job losses. Speaking to Joy News shortly after he sat through a Finance Committee probe into the collapse of the banks, Iddrisu said government must intervene. Citing the 2008 financial crisis in the US, the Tamale South MP said the US government put in place adequate measures to ensure the implications, though dire, did not crumble the entire US economy. He wants the Ghana…

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National Insurance Commission(NIC) is adamant on preventing crisis in the Insurance sector by diligently screening the sector. NIC has received calls from other industry players cautioning the commission to restructure the sector. The commission says it will soon announce new regulatory reforms which will be transparent and effective. Today on Citi Business News on the sidelines of the launch of Serene Insurance, Board Chairman of the National Insurance Commission , Emmanuel Ray Ankrah gave the assurance that the commission is doing all it can to prevent the industry from suffering the same fate as the banking industry. “I can assure…

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One hundred and fifty (150) brilliant but needy students from coastal districts of Ghana’s Western Region have been awarded scholarships to pursue secondary education through the Aker Energy-GNPC Scholarship scheme. This year, the Aker Energy-GNPC scholarship, which was previously known as the Hess-GNPC scholarship, has also instituted a comprehensive follow-up system for each individual student. The scholarship program has been extended following Aker Energy’s acquisition of Hess Ghana in February, 2018. Speaking at the award ceremony in Takoradi, Wednesday, 5th September, 2018, the Ghana Country Manager of Aker Energy, Mr. Jan Helge Skogan said his company is committed to the…

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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 people think more about prosperity and then centre on teaching blessings,” he said in an interview on Citi TV’s Face to Face programme with Godfred Akoto Boafo on Tuesday. Christians or followers of Jesus Christ have been commissioned in Matthew…

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Ghanaian reggae-dancehall artiste Shatta Wale did not make it to this year’s 100 Most Influential Young African List. Notable on the list however was his arch rival, dancehall star, Stonebwoy. Shatta Wale has over the years bragged about how popular he is home and abroad, as he has a massive fan base he calls Shatta Movement. However, the self-acclaimed dancehall king, was not named among the 100 most influential young people on the continent. Other popular Ghanaians on the list include, steller news anchor Nana Aba Anamoah and Nana Appiah Mensah, Menzgold Ghana and Zylofon Media CEO. While Ghana got…

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Government has been cautioned against favoring new business ideas over already existing businesses in its implementation of the one district one factory(1D1F)policy. For some stakeholders support for already established businesses is critical to the success of the 1D1F policy. But how much focus should government put on already established businesses as it implements the policy. We have more in this audio report. READ ALSO: Government did not properly plan for the Free SHS policy – Kwame Agbodza

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The Operation Vanguard team have arrested two Chinese nationals suspected to be illegal miners in the Amenfi West District of the Western Region. The arrest follows operations carried out by the Western Forward Operation Base of the Vanguard team at Samreboi and Aborikrom, both in the Amenfi West District. Two Excavators were also immobilized in the process. The Operations Officer for Western Forward Operation Base, Captain Fredrick Amankwah said the two have been arraigned. READ ALSO: Most Chiefs don’t want the government to lift the illegal mining ban – Charles Bissue “During our operations, we arrested two Chinese who were suspected…

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