Author: Krobea

GN Bank has revealed that it made a “conscious decision” not to sell the bank to foreign interests in the process of looking for the GH¢400 million minimum capital. It said the foreign investors were only interested in the nationwide network built by the bank “with the intention to abandon our vision of promoting financial inclusion and serving the needs of ordinary Ghanaians”. On Friday, January 4, Governor of the Bank of Ghana Dr Ernest Addison announced that the commercial bank license of GN Bank has been revoked and an advisor appointed to help it go through a transition back…

The perception surrounding Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s capability to fight corruption prior to his assumption of office is eroding, a panelist on TV3’s The Key Points has opined. Senior Lecturer at the University of Education, Winneba (UEW) Dr Ahmed Jinapor says the “messianic figure” portrayed by Nana Akufo-Addo while a flagbearer as an apostle of anti-corruption is seriously in doubt. He was contributing to discussions on the programme on Saturday, January 5 on the two-year performance of the incumbent government. Monday, January 7, 2019 will mark exactly two years since Nana Akufo-Addo was sworn in as the 5th president of…

One’s environment has an influence on their mindset. The way we think is directly or indirectly due to where we have lived and what we have been exposed to. Little wonder some narratives we grew up exposed to have eventually become a part of us. Though some of these are toxic, we have never noticed because we have been exposed to such for so long a time that they have become a norm. 2019 years after the death of Christ, we can’t still be accommodating such toxicity in our minds.  The world has advanced. 19 years after the second millennium,…

US President Donald Trump has said he could declare a national emergency to build a US-Mexico border wall without the approval of Congress. It came after he met senior Democrats, who refused his requests for funding. The stand-off has seen Mr Trump withhold support for a bill to fully fund the government until he gets money for the border wall. He said he was prepared for the partial government shutdown – now in its third week – to last years. Around 800,000 federal workers have been without pay since 22 December. Trump aides and lawmakers will meet later on Saturday…

Green track students under the Free Senior High School programme are expected to resume their second semester on Saturday, January 5. They will be joined by final year students, who are the last batch of non-Free SHS students. Students on the Gold track are also expected to return to school on Saturday to complete their first semester after proceeding on Christmas break. A statement issued by the Ghana Education Service (GES) on Friday, January 4 indicated that the final year students are resuming early “to give them ample time to prepare towards the West African Senior Schools Certificate Examinations (WASSCE)”.…

Jay-Z and Lady Gaga are among the stars who allegedly declined to appear in a documentary about R Kelly, the series’ producer has said. Surviving R Kelly, which premiered in the US on Thursday, explores decades of sexual abuse allegations brought against the artist, all of which he denies. John Legend is one of the only musicians who agreed to be interviewed. In December 2018, the New York screening of the series was evacuated. It followed individuals stating they received “a threatening phone call”. ‘Messy and muddy’ The show’s producer Dream Hampton said it was “incredibly difficult” to get celebrities…

The Tema Regional Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service is investigating a murder case in which suspect Francis Appiah is alleged to have stabbed one Mohammed Tijani to death. The deceased is said to have assaulted the suspect on Saturday, December 29, 2018. The suspect reported the case to the Community 8 Police Station, where he was issued a medical form to go to the hospital for treatment. On Wednesday, January 2, 2019, Mohammed Tijani and five others attacked the suspect, a mason, and hit his head with a stone, according to the police. He went back…

There is little evidence screen use for children is harmful in itself, guidance from leading paediatricians says. Parents should worry less as long as they have gone through a checklist on the effect of screen time on their child, it says. While the guidance avoids setting screen time limits, it recommends not using them in the hour before bedtime. Experts say it is important that the use of devices does not replace sleep, exercising and time with family. It was informed by a review of evidence published at the same time in the BMJ Open medical journal, and follows a…

The Asokowa Divisional Police Command has commenced investigation into the death of a woman at Atasemanso in Kumasi, the Ashanti Region.  The woman, believed to be in her mid-30s, is alleged to have drowned in a water well Thursday evening. Residents in the area were in a state of shock, following the mysterious death of the woman. The lifeless body of the woman was found in the well when they went to fetch water Friday morning. “We are confused how the deceased landed in the well water since it is covered. We don’t know whether she forced herself in the…

A US judge has rejected Ed Sheeran’s call for a legal case accusing him of copying parts of Marvin Gaye’s Let’s Get It On to be dropped. In his decision released on Thursday, District Judge Louis Stanton said a jury should decide. He said he found “substantial similarities between several of the two works’ musical elements”. Sheeran denies ripping off sections of the 1973 classic for his number one hit Thinking Out Loud. The action has been brought against Sheeran, Sony/ATV Music Publishing and Atlantic Records by the estate and heirs of the late producer Ed Townsend, who co-wrote Let’s…