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25-year-old man drowns in Volta river at Adidome
A young man, believed to be about 25 years old, has allegedly drowned in the Volta river at a popular waterfront resort,...
Residents of Agbeve unhappy over dredging activities on Volta River by foreign vessel
Residents of Agbeve, a fishing community in the South Tongu District, have expressed their displeasure over the dredging activities of a foreign...
Traditional rites to be performed on Black Volta river as 18 perish
The Chief of Dokochina, Dokochinawura Muniru, says preparations are underway to perform some traditional rites on the Black Volta river where 18...
Two teenagers drown in Volta River
Two teenagers have drowned in the Volta River in the Eastern Region.
The victims, Stephen Amponsah, 16, and Richard...
Unidentified body retrieved from Volta River
An unidentified body has been retrieved from the Adomi bridge stretch of the Volta River in the Asuogyaman District of the Eastern...
Sister Derby, Wanlov swim in River Volta to make Korle Lagoon swimmable in 5...
Ghanaian singer, Sister Deborah and brother, Wanlov took a warm swim in River Volta in a campaign to make Korle Lagoon in...
Election 2020: Driver missing after accident in Volta Region
Residents of Davidkorpe in the Volta Region have been left dumbfounded after a taxi driver went missing in an accident.
Bodies of two brothers drowned in River Volta refused burial in cemetery
Two children, aged 4 and 8, have drowned in the White Volta at Daboya in the Daboya Mankarigu District of the Northern Region.
The bodies...
22-year-old fisherman drowns in Volta Lake
A twenty-two-year-old fisherfolk, just known as Emmanuel, has drowned in the Volta Lake in the Pru East District of the Bono East...
Boy, 12, drowns while playing in Lake Volta, 2 rescued
A 12-year-old boy, David Tsitor, has drowned in the Volta Lake at Jaklai, a suburb of Yeji.
In the...
Yeji: 3 drown in Volta Lake
Three people have reportedly died in the Volta Lake at Yeji in the Pru East District of the Bono East Region.
Three teenagers drown in White Volta at Naaga
Naaga, a community in the Kassena Nankana Municipality in the Upper East Region, was last Saturday thrown into a state of mourning...
Tricycles collapsing our business – Ho taxi drivers lament
Taxi drivers at Ho Abutia, a suburb of the Volta Region, say the introduction of tricycles locally known as Mahama Can Do...
Volta Region will no longer worship NDC – NPP Chairman
The Volta Regional New Patriotic (NPP) Chairman, Makafui Kofi Woanyah, has indicated that his party is making inroads in the region because...
GNFS to turn away drivers without fire extinguishers from fuel pumps
The Ghana National Fire Service ( GNFS) has served notice that drivers of vehicles without functional fire extinguishers would not be served...
Man drowns in river at Assin Akrofuom
A man, believed to be in his 50s, identified as Eric Tetteh, has drowned in a river at Assin Akrofuom in the...
Body of drowned Black Volta victim found [Video]
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The body of a 29-year-old fisherman, who drowned in the Black Volta at Ebo Akura in...
Another tragedy recorded on Black Volta days after 18 people perished
An 11-year-old boy has died on the Black Volta at Buipe in the Central Gonja district of the Savannah region days after...
Health alert: Public toilets submerged in Oti River at Dambai
There is a looming public health danger for residents of Dambai and adjoining communities in the Krachi East Municipality of the Oti...
Kwesi Yankah writes: Honoring our rivers
Ghana is a nation of dreamers no doubt, but our collective imagination occasionally slips and betrays a nation without dreams.
Security agencies to permanently patrol river bodies to fight galamsey
The Chief Executive of the Minerals Commission, Martin Ayisi, has declared that as government’s permanent solution to the fight against illegal mining,...
Gunmen kill driver, assault others, rob businessman of money
A gang of suspected armed robbers have invaded the house of Mr Atsu Makafui Kumordzi, a lotto operator, and shot to death...
Tears as young female goalkeeper drowns in Volta Lake
A promising female goalkeeper, Mabel Mawusi Dogah, has been identified as one of the seven persons who drowned in the Volta Lake...
7 persons confirmed dead, 13 others rescued after boat capsised on Volta Lake
The Eastern Regional Police Command has confirmed that seven people died after a boat sailing to Havorkope in the Kwahu Afram Plains...
Over 30 people feared dead in a capsized boat on the Volta Lake
Over 30 people have reportedly died in a capsized boat moving from Dzemeni to Havorkope in the Kwahu Afram Plains North District...
Disaster looms on White Volta as commuters board canoes without life jackets
The lives of passengers and canoe operators on Zantani River (White Volta) in the Tolon District of the Northern Region are in...
Massive clean-up of landing sites along Volta Lake begins
The Ministry of Transport, in collaboration with ZOIL (ECOZOIL), has launched an exercise to clean all landing sites along the Volta Lake.
Parliament approves agreement to construct bridge over Afram River
Parliament has approved an amount of €350M for the construction of a bridge over the Afram River and of 124Km of roads...
25 errant riders, driver arrested at Kpando
Twenty errant motorcycle riders, five tricycle riders, and a driver have been arrested within the Kpando Municipality of the Volta Region for...
Tricycle, motorcycle top in road accident deaths in Volta Region this year
Tricycle and motorcycle accidents have resulted in more deaths than any other motor accident in the Volta Region, between January 1, and...
Check out the cleanest river in Ghana
Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel Abu Jinapor has named River Dayi in the Hohoe Municipality of the Volta region as...
Volta region: One dies in Fumeve storm surge
Residents of Fumeve in the Volta Region say a 50-year-old man had died during last week’s storm surge.
Akpalogo...
Cyclist killed by truck driver
A budding Ghanaian cyclist, Elorm Kwaku Dade (Jerome), died on Saturday after he was crushed by a truck on the Tema Highway...
I birthed him at 10 months – Mother of ‘Volta Giant’ recounts
Mrs Comfort Agbafufu, the Mother of Charles Sogli, the tallest man in the Volta Region of Ghana, looks okay but walks with...
Two drown while attempting to cross river after downpour at Najong 1
Two persons have been reported dead in the North East Region on Thursday.
Badisoma Damyee, 50, and her seven-year-old grandchild, Priscilla...
COVID-19: Volta residents frightened over rise in cases
Residents of the Volta Region are frightened and agitated over increase in Covid-19 cases in the Region since July 1.
Residents, who spoke...
Two children drown in Lake Volta [Photo]
Two children have drowned in the Volta lake at Yeji in the Pru East District of the Bono East region.
SHS final year student, 3 others drown in Volta Lake
A final year student of Kadjebi-Asato Senior High School (SHS), Evelyn Gadagoe, and three others have drowned in the Volta Lake at...
Passengers, cargo stranded as ferry’s engine stops midway on Afram river
Scores of passengers and goods got stuck on River Afram after a ferry transporting them developed a mechanical fault.
Pontoon breaks down on Volta Lake, passengers stranded [Video]
A pontoon that transports cargo and passengers across the Volta Lake at Ekye Amanfrom in the...