Listen to the Audio below A distraught customer of First Banc Financial Services at the Airport residential area in Accra has shared his frustrations after the closure of 53 struggling fund management companies by the Securities and Exchange Commission. The aggrieved customer of the now-defunct financial firm told Joy News’ …
Read More »Ghana now imports flowers from South Africa – Senior Minister laments
Senior Minister Yaw Osafo Marfo is worried about the alarming rate of the country’s importation of goods. He said the country currently importing flowers thrice in a week from South Africa is an absurd situation which is unacceptable. Speaking at a gathering on behalf of President Akufo-Addo at the opening of …
Read More »My ‘highly qualified’ sons topped SSNIT, NCA interviews – Osafo Maafo justifies his sons’ jobs
Senior Minister Mr Yaw Osafo Maafo has come to the defense of his two sons, Kofi Bosompem Osafo Maafo and Kwadwo Gyamfi Osafo Maafo for taking over positions in government agencies at a time their father said the system was choked. He argues that the two ‘qualified boys’ aced the …
Read More »Sports Minister and GFA President Promise To Reward Sunset Sports BSC
The new Champions of the prestigious Copa Lagos Beach Soccer Club Tournament have been promised “special packages” by the Ghana Football Association (GFA) and Ministry of Youth & Sports. The assurances were given to Sunset Sports Club when officials and players of the team presented their laurels to the Ghana …
Read More »SEC’s statement on Blackshield misleading – Groupe Nduom
Groupe Nduom Limited has reacted to the Securities and Exchange Commission’s revocation of licenses of 53 fund management companies, which includes Blackshield Capital Management (formerly Gold Coast Fund Management). According to Groupe Nduom, the entity representing the interests of the majority shareholders and founders of Blackshield, the SEC’s assertion that …
Read More »SEC revokes licenses of Unisecurities, 52 other Fund Management companies
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has revoked the licenses of 53 Fund Management Companies. SEC, in a statement explained that the revocation follows the companies’ failure to “return client funds which remain locked up and in a number of cases, have even folded up their operations.” “Essentially, they have …
Read More »Court orders Menzgold to refund GH¢2.6m owed to 58 soldiers
The Accra High Court has ordered Menzgold Ghana Limited, a gold dealership firm to refund GH¢2,664,000 owed to some 58 soldiers. The court, presided over by Justice Angelina Mensah-Homiah J. in a November 4, 2019 ruling, however, refused to enforce the contractual interest at the rate contained in the respective …
Read More »Watch: How Bawumia’s home was burgled
The Ghana Police Service has arrested four persons suspected to be part of a gang that robbed the private residence of the Vice President, Dr Bawumia in Walewale in the North East region of Ghana. The burglars in an incident which took place over the weekend attacked five other houses …
Read More »Nyantakyi case: We won’t rush to court without solid evidence – Kpemka
Deputy Attorney General, Joseph Kpemka has said that the office of the Attorney General will not rush in prosecuting the case involving the former president of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), Kwesi Nyantakyi. He said the office will diligently gather its facts and evidence in the case before proceeding to …
Read More »Deal with high interest rates – Akufo-Addo to BoG Governor
President Nana Akufo-Addo has tasked the Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Dr Ernest Addison, to deal with the issue of high interest rates in the country. Addressing the CEOs Executive Forum in Accra on Wednesday, 6 November 2019, the President said: “I have requested the Governor of the Bank …
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