Day: July 30, 2025

Nandom: The Netherlands Development Organization (SNV) has reaffirmed its commitment to enhancing access to Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) services among rural households in the Upper West Region, as part of its Healthy Future for All (HF4A) project. This initiative is aimed at fostering a hygienic environment for children under 15 years in homes, schools, and healthcare facilities, with a focus on the Nandom and Lambussie Districts. According to Ghana News Agency, the HF4A project, funded by the Helmsley Charitable Trust, has successfully enabled seven communities to achieve Open Defecation Free (ODF) status through the Community-Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) approach.

Lambussie: The African Security Sector Network, a Pan African non-governmental organization (NGO), has called for an enhanced collaboration between the security agencies and traders along border towns in the Upper West Region. This, the NGO, believes, would help build trust and facilitate smooth and peaceful trading activities in the areas thereby enhancing the informal economy in the region. According to Ghana News Agency, the NGO made the call during a stakeholders’ engagement with security agencies, traders, and traditional authorities in Lambussie. The NGO, with funding support from the Cambridge-Africa ALBORADA Research Fund, held the engagement with the aim of strengthening

Sekondi: The Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly (STMA) has increased the salaries of its Internally Generated Fund (IGF) revenue collectors by 10 percent. Mr. Frederick F. Faidoo, the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Chief Executive (MCE), announced this salary increment to provide relief to the staff and encourage them to enhance the Assembly’s revenue performance. According to Ghana News Agency, Mr. Faidoo disclosed the increment during his sessional address at the opening of a two-day Second Ordinary Meeting of the Second Session of the Ninth Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly, held in Sekondi. During his initial staff meeting upon taking office, Mr. Faidoo recognized the necessity for

Accra: Rujo Agri-Trade Limited, a Ghanaian agro-business, has secured new investment to boost climate-smart agriculture and support smallholder farmers across northern Ghana. The funding, provided by RDF Ghana LBG-a development finance institution-will facilitate the expansion of rice and soybean production, the acquisition of post-harvest technologies, and the strengthening of extension services to improve farmer training. According to Ghana News Agency, the investment will aid Rujo Agri-Trade in enhancing its operations, which currently involve over 3,000 smallholder farmers cultivating rice and soybean in the Northern, Savannah, and Upper East Regions. The company provides bundled input services such as seeds, fertilizers, ploughing,

Kiev: At least 17 people were killed and 42 others injured, in a Russian air strike on a prison in the Zaporizhzhia Region, the Ukrainian Ministry of Justice said on Tuesday. According to Ghana News Agency, four guided aerial bombs hit the Bilenkivska correctional colony in the region at approximately 11:28 p.m. (2028 GMT) on Monday, the ministry said on its Telegram channel. The raid ruined the institution’s main buildings, including its administrative headquarters, and the seriously wounded were hospitalized, provided with medical assistance and under observation, it said. Ukrainian media reported that at least 42 inmates were hospitalized with

Accra: The Court of Appeal has granted GHC10 million bail to William Ato Essien, CEO of the defunct Capital Bank, pending the determination of his appeal. The three-member panel ordered Essien to provide two sureties with justification, deposit his passport at the Court’s registry, and report monthly to the Registrar. The court noted that Essien’s imprisonment raised legal questions regarding the application of Section 35 of the Courts Act. According to Ghana News Agency, counsel for the convict applied for bail on health grounds. Essien was sentenced to 15 years’ imprisonment in October 2023 for stealing GHC90 million after pleading

Ashaiman: Two Nigerian nationals have each been sentenced to 18 months imprisonment in hard labour by the Ashaiman District Court for cyber fraud and illegal entry. John Moore and Charles Bruce pleaded guilty to engaging in prohibited cybercrime activities, popularly known as ‘Yahoo Yahoo’, and entering Ghana unlawfully through an unauthorised border crossing at Aflao. The presiding Judge, Mr. Derick Parden Eshun, convicted and sentenced the accused on their own pleas. The sentence, covering both offences, is to run concurrently. According to Ghana News Agency, the prosecutor, Inspector Jerry Foster Segbefia, an Immigration Officer, urged the Court to impose custodial