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Nigerian police say they have rescued nearly 500 people from a building in the northern city of Kaduna where they were detained and allegedly tortured. Those held were all men and boys – some were found chained up. Kaduna state’s police chief Ali Janga told the BBC the large house was raided following a tip-off about suspicious activity. He said it was a “house of torture” and described it as a case involving human slavery. The detainees, not all Nigerian, said they had been tortured, sexually abused, starved and prevented from leaving – in some cases for several years. It…

Founder of defunct Capital Bank William Ato Essien has defended a former board chairman of the bank, Pastor Mensa Otabil, saying he was rather firm in efforts to keep the Bank in good standing. “If anybody pulled the breaks, it was Dr Otabil,” Mr Essien said on Good Evening Ghana on Metro TV on Thursday, September 26. Following the collapse of Capital Bank in 2017, there were reports that Pastor Otabil as board chairman could not exercise strict regulatory supervision over the managers of the bank because of his relationship with them especially the then MD, Mr Ato Essien. But…

Former Managing Director of defunct Capital Bank William Ato Essien says he has taken legal action against the Bank of Ghana despite forgiving the Central Bank over the dissolution of the bank he founded. He said the suit is purposely to protect his perosnal assets and property. “My property must be protected under the Property Protection Act. “We are a property-owning democracy. Hardwork must be rewarded. This is a baby for 15 years.” He made this known in an exclusive interview on Metro TV’s Good Evening Ghana on Tuesday, September 26. He said so far he has accounted for every…

Former Managing Director of defunct Capital Bank William Ato Essien says he has taken legal action against the Bank of Ghana despite forgiving the Central Bank over the dissolution of the bank he founded. He said the suit is purposely to protect his perosnal assets and property. “My property must be protected under the Property Protection Act. “We are a property-owning democracy. Hardwork must be rewarded. This is a baby for 15 years.” He made this known in an exclusive interview on Metro TV’s Good Evening Ghana on Tuesday, September 26. He said so far he has accounted for every…

A 12-year-old African-American girl has accused three white classmates of pinning her down and cutting off her dreadlocks with scissors. Amari Allen says the assault happened during break time at her private school in Springfield, Virginia, on Monday. She alleges that the boys held her down on a slide and called her hair “ugly” and “nappy” and cut some off. The alleged attack took place at the Immanuel Christian School, where the US Vice-President’s wife teaches. The school and local police both confirmed they were investigating the incident. “The boys came up to me and they ambushed me sort of,…

The University Students’ Association of Ghana (USAG) says it is puzzled by the mass failure of law graduates, and called for an independent committee to investigate the results of the professional law entrance examination. One thousand, six-hundred and ninety-two law graduates from various law faculties in the country who wrote the Ghana School of Law entrance examination this year, failed to make the cut to enable them undertake the professional law course. Only 128 graduates of the total 1, 820 who sat for the exams passed, sparking agitation among the hundreds of law graduates and students across the country whose…

Ghana’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, has tasked the international community to commit to protecting and promoting human rights and fundamental freedoms. That, she said, is key to achieving the core principles of the Agenda 2030. Madam Ayorkor Botchwey made the call when she participated in a symposium on Fundamental Freedoms at the International Peace Institute in New York, USA, on Thursday, September 26, 2019. The Trygve Lie Symposium is an annual event on fundamental freedoms It is a partnership between the international Peace Institute and the Royal Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Norway. Addressing…

The founder of the now-defunct UT Bank, Mr Prince Kofi Amoabeng has described as unfair and unfortunate, the revocation of the licence of Ghanaian-owned Heritage Bank Ghana Limited. Asked directly by TV3’s Paa Kwesi Asare in an interview on Business Focus: ‘Do you think, as many think, that some of the decision to close down certain banks was politically motivated?’, Mr Amoabeng answered thus: “A few of them, specifically Heritage Bank”. “I don’t understand the issue because the Chairman of the Board is Dr Kwesi Botchwey. I have a lot of respect for him when it comes to finance in…

The founder of the now-defunct UT Bank, Mr Prince Kofi Amoabeng has described as unfair and unfortunate, the revocation of the licence of Ghanaian-owned Heritage Bank Ghana Limited. Asked directly by TV3’s Paa Kwesi Asare in an interview on Business Focus: ‘Do you think, as many think, that some of the decision to close down certain banks was politically motivated?’, Mr Amoabeng answered thus: “A few of them, specifically Heritage Bank”. “I don’t understand the issue because the Chairman of the Board is Dr Kwesi Botchwey. I have a lot of respect for him when it comes to finance in…