By:brightwebtv.com/Martin awuku Customers of the collapse First allied savings and loans limited has given management and bank of Ghana a ten day ultimatum to return all their locked up deposits. The infuriated customers are poised to take over the properties or the 27 nationwide branches of …
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GCFM GIVES GOVERNMENT 5 DAYS ULTIMATUM OVER LOCKED INVESTMENT.
By:brightwebtv.com/Martin Awuku The Coalition of aggrieved customers of Gold Coast Fund Management (GCFM) in the Ashanti region have given the government of Ghana a 5 day ultimatum , threatened demonstration over their locked up investment . Addressing a press conference today Moday 18th February 2019 at the Kumasi …
Read More »A/R , KEJETIA TRADERS PLAYING HIDE AND SEEK WITH KMA TASKFORCE
By:brightwebtv.com/bright Agyapong A week after KMA opens all the roads surrounding Kumasi Kejetia project to ease traffic congestion in the Kumasi business center ,traders who were operating around the project were forced to vacate to other satlite makerts in the metropolise, but it seems the traders are playing hide …
Read More »GCB sacks Former UT, Capital Bank worker for ‘failing’ SSCE, WASSCE
By:brightwebtv.com/Martin Awuku GCB Bank has terminated the contracts of 56 ex-staff of defunct UT and Capital Banks for not possessing the minimum qualification required to work with the bank. The termination of their contracts was done after an audit of employees of the defunct banks exposed …
Read More »233 communities to benefit from grid expansion in Ashanti Region
By:brightwebtv.com/Martin Awuku. A total of 233 communities in the Ashanti Region will benefit from a grid expansion project being undertaken by the Electricity Company Ghana (ECG). The expansion scheme, which is expected to enhance distribution of electric power in settlements which has seen an increase in population growth, …
Read More »KMA opens Kejetia roads to traffic
By:brightwebtv.com/Martin Awuku The Kejetia roads which were reconstructed under the redevelopment project have been opened to the public. The market is yet to be opened. According to the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA), the stakeholders are still discussing the allocation process. Traders have on several occasions called on the …
Read More »‘We are inhaling death’ – Akweteyman residents choke on fumes from toffee factory
By:brightwebtv.com/Martin Awuku Residents of Akweteyman in the Okaikoi North Municipality of the Greater Accra Region say their health is at risk because of the persistent release of industrial waste into the atmosphere by a candy producing company, Royal Sweets Limited. Some residents have vowed to employ any means possible …
Read More »Inter-City STC to ‘expand into West Africa sub-region’
By:brightwebtv.com/Martin Awuku. Managing Director of the Inter-City State Transport Company (ISTC), Nana Akomea, has said plans were advanced to extend his outfit’s operations to Nigeria and other African countries. He said the bus company was already going to Togo, Benin and Cote d’Ivoire and would be venturing into the Nigeria …
Read More »GN Savings and Loans manager in court for embezzling GH₵732,000
by;brightwebtv.com/martin awuku A 39-year-old employee of Group Nduom (GN) Bank now savings and loan company has been put before an Accra Circuit Court for allegedly misappropriating cash in the sum of GH₵732,000. Eric Holon, who has been charged with stealing and six counts of fraudulent electronic fund transfer, has, however, …
Read More »Ghana may auction Eurobonds with or without final IMF review
by;brightwebtv.com/bright agyapong Ghanaian Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta said the country could proceed with a sale of Eurobonds even before the International Monetary Fund (IMF) completes a final review of the nation’s extended credit-facility program. The finance ministry will next week name transaction advisers for a planned issuance of as much as …
Read More »500 illegal miners enrolled in vocational & technical institutions
by:brightwebtv.com/bright Agyapong The Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development (MLGRD) has enrolled 500 persons who were engaged in illegal mining in vocational and technical training institutions. The beneficiaries, who are from mining communities in Kyebi and Aduasa in the Birim South District of the Eastern Region, are pursuing a …
Read More »Dont pay money for replacement of meters; ECG alerts public
By:brightwebtv.com/bright Agyapong The Ashanti Regional Strategic Business Unit (SBU) of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has cautioned the public against paying money to any person for the replacement of their postpaid to prepaid meters. It said replacement of the meters was free and done by the company …
Read More »Marriage of 10 years comes to a SAD end over wife’s Gh¢200K MENZGOLD ‘investment’
By:brightwebtv.com/bright Agyapong A woman who invested GH¢200,000 into gold dealership firm, Menzgold has revealed that her decade-old marriage has come to a sad end following her inability to retrieve the money and the accrued interest, and she is going blind too without medical help; MyNewsGh.com has filed. According …
Read More »10 Menzgolders dead – Angry clients claim
by:brightwebtv.com/bright aghyapong Ten customers of embattled gold dealership firm, Menzgold Ghana Limited, have died following the collapse of the company, Kwabena Bonsu, the Ashanti regional secretary to the Coalition of Aggrieved Menzgold Customers, has said.According to him, others have also suffered a stroke and are unable to walk due to …
Read More »Audio: Berekum VRA boss almost lynched by residents over dumsor
by/brightwebtv.com/brightwebtv The Managing Director of the Volta River Authority (VRA) at Berekum in the Brong Ahafo region, Eric Ofori is thanking his stars for being alive. But for the intervention of the police, he would have been lynched by angry residents over the incessant power outages known in local …
Read More »Menzgold customers give gov’t three-day ultimatum over locked up cash
By:brightwebtv.com/bright Agyapong A group calling itself Coalition of Aggrieved Customers of Menzgold Ghana Limited has given the government a three-day ultimatum to furnish it with a detailed plan for the retrieval of monies of its members from the troubled investment company. The group has given the government …
Read More »uniBank shareholders sue AG; claim KPMG misled gov’t, BoG to revoke their license
Shareholders of the now-defunct bank, uniBank have filed a motion in court seeking to join the Attorney General to an ongoing case in which the Receiver of the Bank, Nii Amanor Dodoo, is pursuing them in court. The Receiver has dragged the 17 shareholders of the bank to …
Read More »DKM, God Is Love, Jasta Motors Customers To Demonstrate On 12 February Over Government’s Neglect
By:brightwebtv.com/bright agyapong Some validated customers of DKM Microfinance, God is Love Fun Club, Jasta Motors, Care For Humanity, Little Drop among others who have not yet received their locked up investments have threatened to embark on demonstration to express their grievances against the government on 12th February, 2019. The validated …
Read More »12-year-old boy innocently burns father’s 2,500 tubers of yam
A 39-year-old farmer from Welembelle in the Sissala East Municipality of the Upper West Region is counting his loss after his 12-year-old son burnt is over 2,500 tubers of yam he had harvested and stored in a barn while making arrangements to cart to the market centre. The …
Read More »Managing Director of umb John Awuah dismissed
By:brightwebtv.com/Martin Awuku. Citi Busness News has gathered that the Managing Director of UMB John Awuah has been dismissed by the bank. It’s unclear what led to his dismissal. Sources close to the matter tell Citi Business News the Chief Operating officer Mr. Benjamin Kwabla Amenumey, is to act in …
Read More »BEGGARS TAKE OVER THE STREETS OF KWAME NKRUMAH CIRCLE TO MAKE A LIVING.
By:brightwebtv.com/Martin Agyapong The rate at which beggars and people living on the streets of one of the most popular and busiest place in Ghana has brought a whole lot of issues to everyone. It is known all over the nation that there are beggars everywhere but it cannot …
Read More »A/R: Stop selling on streets – ARCC warns traders
By;brightwebtv.com/bright agyapong The Ashanti Regional Coordinating Council (ARCC) has given an 11-day ultimatum to all traders and hawkers selling at unauthorised areas around the Kumasi Kejetia Central Market Redevelopment project and the Central Business District (CBD) of Kumasi, to vacate the area. Addressing a press conference on Wednesday, 30 …
Read More »Customers of GN Savings & Loans storm head office to demand locked up cash
By:brightwebtv.com/Martin Awuku Scores of customers of GN Savings and Loans, which was until recently a licensed commercial bank, today, Wednesday, gathered at the company’s head office in frustration, to demand their investments. According to them, the entity, which attained its Savings and Loans status in January 2019, following a …
Read More »Ghana Railway Company starts a two-week free ride
By:brightwebtv/bright Agyapong The Railway Company has started a two-week free ride for passengers along the Accra-Tema railway line to test-run its operations. The Minister for Railways, Joe Ghartey was joined by hundreds including the Minister of Information, Kwadwo Oppong Nkrumah, the MD of the Ghana Railway Company Limited, John …
Read More »See the schedule for the new Accra-Tema Train Service
By brightwebtv/bright Agyapong The Ministry of Railways Development in collaboration with the Ghana Railway Company Limited has announced the schedule for the Accra-Tema Train Service which was launched Tuesday, January 29 in Accra. The shuttle has a diesel multiple unit (DMU) train which seats 360 persons with ample room for tens …
Read More »Bread Price Shoots Up
By Martin Awuku 23 January Price of some basic commodities, including bread, sugar, fire woods have gone up this week in Kumasi, marginally raising the cost of living for urban households. Figures giving out by some bread bakers in Kumasi show slim increases in the cost of the family …
Read More »Coffin makers in Kumasi cry over poor sales; call for government support
By Bright Agyapong. 23 January Coffin makers in Kumasi in the Ashanti Region say they are gradually being pushed out of business by some Burkinabes. According to them access to wood for producing coffins are increasingly becoming a challenge as the Burkinabes have been paying wood processors in …
Read More »Ghanaian workers forced to apologise to dogs in writing by Chinese bosses
By Nana Asare Barimah Ghanaian workers employed at the Ghana Household Utilities Manufacturing Company Limited (GHUMCO) in Takoradi are being forced to apologize to dogs belonging to their Chinese national factory manager, whose name was only given as Mr Zhu. The workers recount how most of them have …
Read More »Government gambling pension funds on collapsing ADB and NIB -Adongo
By Nana Asare Barimah The Agricultural Development Bank (ADB) and the National Investment Bank (NIB) are both collapsing because they have no solvency according to the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bolgatanga Central, Hon Isaac Adongo yet government wants to gamble pension funds on them, MyNewsGh.com has filed. According to …
Read More »God told me to invest my GH¢1.6m into Menzgold but He didn’t alert me it’ll collapse – Kumasi Prophetess laments
By Nana Asare Barimah Popular Kumasi-based prophetess Josephine has revealed God directed her to invest her cash with Menzgold, but in the revelation, there was no indication Menzgold will collapse., The prophesies joins other prominent persons whose investments have been locked up at troubled company Menzgold and are beginning …
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