Category: News

Cape coast: The Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA) on Wednesday shut down several sub-standard and illegal tourism facilities, including hotels and restaurants, for operating illegally across the Central Region. The facilities include Hotel Central near Cape Coast Teaching Hospital, VEKE Executive Lodge at Akyim, and Chicken Pizza branches opposite Becky Kay and near the University of Cape Coast’s Ayensu Road in the Cape Coast Metropolis. Others affected were Fredumens Hotel at Moree Junction in the Abura-Asebu-Kwamankese District and 4:30 Guest House at Saltpond in the Mfantseman Municipality. According to Ghana News Agency, these closures occurred as part of a nationwide inspection

Accra: Ghanaian musician Charles Nii Armah Mensah, popularly known as Shatta Wale, has been released by the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) after meeting his bail conditions. According to Ghana News Agency, the dancehall musician had been in EOCO custody for more than 24 hours in connection with a seized 2019 Lamborghini Urus from his residence, which the FBI and the US Justice Department had identified as the proceeds of a $4 million crime. Hundreds of fans gathered outside the EOCO premises in the early hours of Thursday, August 21, 2025, to demand the musician’s release, staging a mini-jam

Accra: Africa Tennis Connect (ATC), in collaboration with the Rotary Club of Accra-South, is set to roll out a transformative, two-day community engagement programme this August. Under the theme: ‘Using Sports to Simulate Change Where Language Fails’, the initiative reimagines sport as a vehicle for leadership development, emotional resilience, and cross-cultural healing, especially in communities where formal language, policy, and structures often fail to reach or empower young people. According to Ghana News Agency, the engagement activities begin with a Kids Tennis and Dance Clinic on Friday, August 22, 2025, at the LEKMA 2 Cluster of Schools in Ledzokuku, where

Nkawie: A 42-year-old Fulani herdsman has been remanded into police custody by the Nkawie Circuit Court in the Atwima Nwabiagya South Municipality of the Ashanti Region for allegedly robbing six persons at Nweneso, near Nkawie. According to Ghana News Agency, the plea of Haruna Issah was not taken, and he is expected to reappear before the court, presided over by Mr Robert Addo, on September 3, this year. Police Chief Inspector Ruth Gborson, prosecuting, informed the court that the complainants, who were employees of Nananom Ventures at Toase, were attacked by the suspect on August 5 at about 9:30 p.m.

Tamale: The third annual Northern Trade, Industry and Investment Summit (NTIS) has opened in Tamale on the theme: ‘Enhancing Trade and Industrial Growth Through Strategic Investment and Accelerated Export.’ According to Ghana News Agency, Alhaji Ishmael Yahuza, Executive Director of the Centre for Policy Development (CPD), stated that the three-day event aims to empower the private sector, particularly Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs), through capacity-building, production expansion, export promotion, and value addition to non-traditional export products. He mentioned that the summit would aim to accelerate economic development, attract investment, and create employment to improve livelihoods in Northern Ghana. Activities

Accra: The Institute of Fiscal Studies (IFS) has urged the Government to resist the temptation of leveraging recently improved credit ratings to launch a return to the international bond market. According to Ghana News Agency, an early return to the market could prolong and worsen the country’s economic challenges. Speaking at a press conference on the assessment of government’s mid-year fiscal policy review, Mr Leslie Dwight Mensah, a research fellow at IFS, stated that a return to the international bond market was not a sustainable solution to the revenue and financing challenges of the government. ‘Resuming such borrowing will cause

Tarkwa: The Ghana Mineworkers’ Union (GMWU) of the Trade Union Congress (TUC) has urged the government to ensure fair contracts between local entities and multinational mining companies operating in Ghana. The Union has raised concerns, asserting that the current contractual arrangements are exploitative and pose significant risks to the sector’s stability if not addressed promptly. According to Ghana News Agency, Mr. Jerry Andoh, Deputy General Secretary of GMWU, speaking on behalf of Mr. Abdul-Moomin Gbana, General Secretary, highlighted these issues at the Union’s first-half National Executive Council meeting in Tarkwa. He argued that the implementation of local content, although commendable