Today's front pages: Thursday March 24, 2016

DEPOSITS DROP BY GH¢960 IN JUST ONE MONTH

Total deposits in the banking industry dropped by GH¢40.3 billion at the end of January 2016, according to the latest Summary of Economic and Financial data by the Bank of Ghana.

DEBT CRISIS CRIPPLING BUSINESS

Ghana’s debt distress is weighing heavily on the operations and survival of businesses in the country, economists and some research institutions have warned.

LET’S UPHOLD PEACE AT EASTER CLERGYMEN TELL GHANAIANS

Heads of various Christian denominations in the country have reminded Christians that the Easter celebrations ought to be used for sober reflection on the sacrifice that Jesus Christ made in dying to save mankind from sin.

3 SOUTH AFRICANS TO APPEAR IN COURT TODAY

The three retired South African police officers who were picked up at Agona Duakwa in the Central Region for allegedly engaging in activities with national security implications will be put before court today.

5 CHARGED FOR ‘UNLAWFUL TRAINING’

The three South African security officers being held by the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI) for alleged breach of security have been charged with committing crime, to wit unlawful training and false declaration.

WOYOME ATTACKED AT ACHIMOTA MALL

There was drama at the Achimota Shopping Mall in Accra last Saturday when a man accosted businessman and NDC financier, Alfred Woyome, for duping the state in the sum of GH¢51.2 million.

ARMED ROBBERS RAID FOREX BUREAU

The Police in Accra  yesterday arrested two suspected armed robbers at Mpamprom near the Kaneshie market, after a fierce gun battle.

KLOTTEY KORLE SEAT: EVA LOKKO POISED TO BREACH STATUS QUO

2012 vice-presidential candidate of the PPP, Madam Eva Lokko, has indicated her readiness to cause n electoral tsunami in the Osu Klottey Korle as she formally enters the fray to contest the Osu Klottey Korle parliamentary seat in November 2016.

FRAUD AT CAGD

Information reaching Today from the Controller and Accountant General’s Department (CAGD) indicates that some staff of the institution have allegedly connived with some pupil teachers in the Sekyere South District of the Ashanti Region to defraud the state of millions of Ghana cedis.

KWAHU PLACED ON TERROR ALERT

Ghana Police Service has deployed anti-terror personnel to Kwahu in the Eastern Region ahead of the annual Easter celebrations.