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Motorists, pedestrians alarmed over faulty streetlights on Achimota Forest stretch

Motorists and pedestrians using the Achimota Forest stretch in Accra are expressing concern over the lack of functioning streetlights along the road. At night, large...

IGP deploys special investigative team from Accra to Cape Coast to unravel death of UCC student

The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Christian Tetteh Yohuno, has deployed a special investigative and intelligence officers from Accra to Cape Coast to reinforce ongoing...

Church of Pentecost Chairman calls for peace in Nkwanta South

The Chairman of The Church of Pentecost, Apostle Eric Kwabena Nyamekye, has appealed to feuding factions involved in the Nkwanta South conflict to lay...

Two killed, several injured in road crash in Ho

Two people have been killed, while several others sustained varying degrees of injuries in a road crash involving a Hyundai Mighty truck and a...

Fire ravages boutique at Kumasi Asokwa

A commercial shop at Asokwa in Kumasi, near the Unity Oil Filling Station, was gutted by fire on Sunday evening, June 14, 2026, destroying...

Oti House of Chiefs to unveil 7-member committee on Nkwanta South conflict

The Oti Regional House of Chiefs is set to inaugurate a seven-member committee to investigate the underlying causes of the recurring ethnic disturbances in...

Sogakope residents storm ECG office over alleged overbilling, poor service delivery

Residents of Sogakope in the South Tongu District of the Volta Region on Friday stormed the district office of the Electricity Company of Ghana...

Sky Train trial: $2m loss was caused by Covid-19, defence lawyers argue

Lawyers for former Ghana Infrastructure Investment Fund (GIIF) CEO Solomon Asamoah and former Board Chairman Prof. Christopher Ameyaw-Akumfi have told the High Court that...

Illegal dumpsite washed into Weija Lake after floods, raising public health fears

A section of an unauthorised refuse landfill site, believed to contain an uncontrolled mix of municipal, industrial and e-waste — including heavy metals such...

ECOWAS mourns former Commission President James Victor Gbeho

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has paid tribute to former President of the ECOWAS Commission, Ambassador James Victor Gbeho, following his...

Bole SHS teacher under scrutiny over alleged sexual misconduct with final-year student

Authorities at Bole Senior High School in the Savannah Region have launched an investigation into allegations involving a teacher and a final-year student after...

Sammi Awuku questions legality of GTA Board Chair appointment

The Member of Parliament for Sammi Awuku has raised concerns over the appointment of the Chairperson of the Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA) Board, questioning...

Transformer catches fire at Oyoko in Koforidua

A transformer at Oyoko in Koforidua caught fire, causing alarm among residents and prompting an emergency response to prevent the blaze from spreading. The incident...

Former Foreign Affairs minister James Victor Gbeho dies at 91

Ghana has lost one of its most distinguished diplomats and statesmen, Ambassador James Victor Gbeho, a former Minister for Foreign Affairs and former President...

Former Chief Justice Sophia Akuffo resigns from the Council of State

Former Chief Justice Sophia Akuffo has resigned from Ghana's Council of State, sources familiar with the matter have informed Myjoyonline, bringing an end to...

High Court orders Greater Accra Regional Minister to be served for alleged contempt

The Adentan High Court (2) has ordered that the Greater Accra Regional Minister, Linda Obenewaa Akweley Ocloo, be served with a motion on notice...

Brumase residents fear cholera outbreak as refuse remains uncollected for two months

Residents of Brumase, a suburb of Dunkwa-on-Offin in the Upper Denkyira East Municipality of the Central Region, are raising alarm over deteriorating sanitary conditions...

Two killed, one missing in fresh attack on farm at Keri

Two persons have been killed while another remains missing following a deadly attack on a farm at Keri in the Nkwanta South Municipality of...

Salaga North NDC Chairman Iddrisu Sani passes on

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Salaga North Constituency has announced the death of its Constituency Chairman, Iddrisu Sani. In a statement issued on...

2026 Apostolic Visitation commences at Cedar Mountain Chapel

The 2026 Apostolic Visitation of Assemblies of God, Ghana, has commenced, with the Greater Accra East Region hosting the opening session at Cedar Mountain...

Sugarcane farmers suspend planned demo over Komenda Sugar Factory after high-level intervention

The Sugarcane Farmers Association of Ghana (SUFAG) has announced the suspension of its planned demonstration against the Minister for Trade, Agribusiness and Industry, which...

Government urged to strengthen capacity of MMDAs to regulate building permits

The President of the Ghana Chamber of Construction Industry, Emmanuel Cherry, has called on the government to strengthen the capacity of Metropolitan, Municipal and...

Bad road forces Aworabo residents to transport corpse on motorbike

Residents and traditional leaders of Aworabo, a farming community near Mumuni Camp in the Amenfi West Municipality of the Western North Region, are calling...

‘She received a phone call, dressed casually and left the room’ – UCC’s report on deceased student

New details emerging from the Management of the University of Cape Coast (UCC) have indicated that the Level 200 student found dead at Hutchland...

Panic as body of 67-year-old woman is stolen from Adevukope cemetery

Johnson Dotsey Mensah, the Assembly Member for the Adevukope Electoral Area in the Ketu North Municipality, has reported a suspected grave robbery at the...

Police rule out visible assault in death of UCC student found on beach

Police at the UCC District Command are investigating the death of an unidentified woman whose body was found washed ashore at Hutchland Beach in...

Education Ministry reacts to tragic death of missing UCC student

The Ministry of Education has expressed deep sorrow over the death of Ms. Innocentia Avinu, a Level 200 student of the University of Cape...

Ola Girls’ SHS headmistress appeals for urgent infrastructure, logistics support

The Headmistress of Ola Girls’ Senior High School at Kenyasi No. 2 in the Ahafo Region, Beatrice Adongo, has raised concerns over inadequate infrastructure...

Flooding: TMA, NADMO clear structures on waterways at Tema Timber Market

The Tema Metropolitan Assembly (TMA), in collaboration with the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO), has begun the removal of structures erected on waterways within...

Motor rider dead in multi-vehicle crash on Cape Coast–Takoradi Highway

A motor rider has died in a fatal road traffic accident involving three vehicles on the Cape Coast–Takoradi Highway near the University of Cape...

Dredging begins at KNUST to restore Wewe River flow and curb flooding

Excavators have commenced dredging works on sections of the Wewe River at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in a move...

Fishermen discover dead body in Densu River after heavy flooding

The body of an adult male has been retrieved from the Densu River at Tetegu near Weija in the Ga South Municipality of the...

Refuse crisis deepens as over 500 aboboyaa riders queue for hours

A growing waste management challenge in parts of the Greater Accra Region has left hundreds of refuse transport operators stranded, raising fresh concerns about...

Aflao border plunged into darkness, exposing travelers to attacks – Union Secretary

Emmanuel Kwasi Agbodeka, Secretary to the Cooperative Hiring Car Union, Aflao Branch, has raised alarm over deteriorating security conditions at the Aflao border enclave,...

Nigeria wins 4th ECOWAS Regional Cybersecurity Hackathon 2026 in Accra

Nigeria has been crowned champions of the 4th ECOWAS Regional Cybersecurity Hackathon 2026, securing the coveted $10,000 grand prize after demonstrating exceptional innovation, technical...

Local Government Minister urges AMA to redevelop ageing public structures

The Minister for Local Government, Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs, Ahmed Ibrahim, has called on the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) to adopt innovative approaches to...

Ambulance Service trains Gambaga College students in life-saving emergency care skills

The National Ambulance Service (NAS) in the North East Region has trained Level 100 students of the Gambaga College of Education in essential emergency...

NACOC seeks GJA partnership to tackle rising substance abuse among youth

The Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC) has called for stronger collaboration with the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) to intensify public education and awareness campaigns aimed...

Missing UCC student reportedly found dead

A female student of the University of Cape Coast who was reported missing earlier this week has been found dead on the university's campus. The...

Several injured after truck crashes into fuel tanker and taxi at Konongo Lady Diana

Several people escaped death but sustained varying degrees of injuries after a container truck collided with a fuel tanker and a taxi at Konongo...