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A Christian group calling itself, Children of Christ, is calling for the close down of Bishop Daniel Obinim's International GodsWay Church, over what they described as gross disgrace to Christians. This was after the controversial Man of God was cited in some criminal activities which have landed him at the National Police Headquarters in Accra. Spokesperson for the group who spoke with TOPNEWS1 in a state of anonymity, questioned the credibility and the morale on what basis Bishop Obinim became a Pastor. He decried the consequences of the attitude of the controversial Pastor on Christians and his congregants, saying it has the tendency of ruining the faith of most Christians who are weak in spirit. Bishop Obinim is currently at the National Police Headquarters in Accra assisting the Police with investigations into an alleged fraud of a whooping sum of GHc 11.6 m. A man whose identity is yet to be revealed, has reported Bishop Obinim to the Police in A...

Bishop Obinim and his subordinate at the National Police Headquarters in a locked handcuff. Bishop Daniel Obinim has said he knows nothing about an alleged GHS11.6 million gold fraud leveled against him by a complainant. The founder of the International God’s Way Church, who spent Tuesday night in the cells of the Criminal Investigations Department of the Ghana Police Service at the headquarters of the law enforcement agency in Accra, was transferred to the Nima Police Station on Wednesday morning where hundreds of his church members massed up to demand his release. Lawyer for the controversial cleric, Mr Samuel Atta Akyea, In an interview noted that his client has denied defrauding the complainant in question by false pretence as alleged against his. Mr Obinim was reported to the CID by the complainant, who parted with the said amount to the man of God for spiritual assistance but to no avail, thus, his arrest. Meanwhile, Bishop Obinim and one of his associates ha...

Asiedu Nketia The General Secretary of the ruling National Democratic Congress, Johnson Asiedu Nketiah aka General Mosquito has ruled out claims by some critics that the president erred in pardoning the popular ‘Montie 3 gang’ who were convicted to a 4 months jail term upon being found guilty on a contempt charge . General Mosquito in a submission with TOPNEWS1 rather hailed the president for being compassionate and exercising his power on the three known NDC activists. He noted that, the people especially the NPP who are seriously criticizing the president for releasing the trio have no basis as they (NPP) even opted out when they were contacted to frame the constitution in 1992 so they are in no better position to explain the constitution to the framers themselves. He rather charged them to be prudent as any better governance expert and constitutional critic will hail the president on his decision. Also, the NDC’s general secretary revealed that, th...

Staff of the ECG this morning began their protest to boycott work for three hours on daily basis over the planned concession arrangement by government. Although the workers showed up for work in the morning, they suspend work from 8am and resume at 11am each day. The action is part of their resistance towards the planned privatization of the company by government. The Public Utilities workers union (PUWU) is among others, asking government to review the MCC Compact and modify the private sector participation to include pragmatic steps to bring efficiency to ECG.

  The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has described comments made by President John Dramani Mahama on his ongoing tour of the Western Region about their flagbearer, Nana Addo Dankwah Akufo-Addo as unpresidential and very disappointing. Nana Addo had bemoaned the state of roads in the region during his five-day tour of the region, criticizing the government for failing to honour its promise to fix the roads. President Mahama, who is on the tour to kick-start the National Democratic Congress (NDC)’s campaign after it was launched last Sunday, hit back at Nana Addo, stating that the NPP flagbearer must have been sleeping on his way to the Western Region to have missed the good work done by the government on the roads. However, addressing a news conference today, the Director of Operations for the NPP campaign, John Boadu, said the language used by the President at the start of his campaign was unfortunate and not befitting his position. According to him, given the P...