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GRIDCo, ECG temporarily shut down Mallam and Achimota substations over flood risk 

The Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCo) and the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) have announced the temporary shutdown of the Mallam and Achimota primary...

Interior Ministry deploys emergency teams amidst Accra flooding

The Ministry of the Interior has deployed emergency response teams, including security agencies and disaster management units, to areas affected by heavy rains that...

Rescue teams respond as floods hinder access to Odawna fire scene [Video]

Emergency responders are battling both fire and flooding after a blaze broke out at a rubber factory at Odawna in Accra on Monday, June...

Three major roads linking Kasoa cut off after Okrudu River overflows [Photos]

Heavy rains that began late on Sunday, June 28, and continued into the morning of Monday, June 29, 2026, have triggered widespread flooding in...

GAF deploy personnel to flood-hit communities in Accra

The Ghana Armed Forces have deployed personnel to several flood-prone areas in Accra as part of ongoing efforts to support residents affected by heavy...

Flooding in Accra: Ghana School of Law postpones June 29 examinations

The Ghana School of Law (GSL) has postponed examinations scheduled for Monday, June 29, 2026, following heavy rainfall and flooding that disrupted movement in...

PSWU urges Fair Wages Commission to expedite payment of agreed allowances

The Public Services Workers’ Union (PSWU) of the Trades Union Congress (TUC), Ghana, has called on the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission (FWSC) to...

Let’s all work together – Interior Minister urges security agencies as flooding worsens

The Minister for the Interior, Muntaka Mohammed-Mubarak, has made a passionate appeal for improved coordination among security and emergency agencies as heavy rains continue...

Work from home – Interior Minister advises workers over flooding in Accra [Listen]

The Minister for the Interior, Muntaka Mohammed-Mubarak, has urged residents of Accra to work from home on Monday following severe overnight rainfall that has...

Fire guts rubber factory at Kwame Nkrumah Circle

The Ghana National Fire Service is currently battling a serious fire outbreak at a rubber factory at Kwame Nkrumah Circle in Accra, amid heavy...

Accra–Kumasi Highway flooding brings traffic to a standstill

Heavy rains have disrupted movement on the Accra–Kumasi Highway, with sections of the major road submerged by floodwaters, bringing traffic to a complete standstill. The...

Don’t drive through floodwaters – NADMO issues warning

Heavy overnight rains have triggered severe traffic congestion across the national capital, Accra, on Monday, June 29, leaving several major roads heavily gridlocked and...

NADMO announces toll-free line for flood and disaster emergencies

The National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) has activated its emergency response as heavy rains continue to trigger flooding in several parts of the country,...

GIBA condemns attack on Obaatanpa Radio, demands swift police action

The Ghana Independent Broadcasters Association (GIBA) has strongly condemned the alleged attack on Obaatanpa Radio 92.5 in Kasoa, describing the incident as an assault...

Hundreds trapped as floods submerge parts of Afienya (Photos)

Hundreds of residents in Afienya in the Greater Accra region are reportedly trapped in their homes following severe flooding caused by heavy overnight rains...

Commuters stranded as heavy rains cause gridlock across Accra [Videos]

Thousands of commuters across the Greater Accra Region were left stranded on Monday morning as severe traffic congestion gripped the capital following hours of...

900 Ghanaians moved to safe havens ahead of repatriation from South Africa

Ghana’s diplomatic mission in South Africa has placed about 900 Ghanaian nationals in safe havens as preparations intensify for their repatriation ahead of planned...

GNFS rescues victim trapped in accident on Accra-Kumasi Highway

The Suhum Municipal Fire Station swiftly responded to a road traffic accident at Mile 44 on the Accra–Kumasi Highway on Friday, June 26, 2026. In...

GCAA begins probe into alleged mistreatment of Accra-bound KLM passengers

The Ghana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) has launched an investigation into allegations of passenger mistreatment on a KLM flight from Amsterdam to Accra, following...

Heavy downpour leaves parts of Accra flooded (Video)

Torrential rains that started late Sunday night and continued into Monday morning, June 29, 2026, have triggered flooding across several parts of Accra, leaving...

GMet issues alert on rainfall across parts of Ghana

The Ghana Meteorological Agency (GMet) has warned that thunderstorms accompanied by rain are likely to affect parts of Southern Ghana from this morning into...

Govt to recruit 550 Arabic teachers by end of July

The government has announced plans to recruit 550 Arabic teachers by the end of July as part of efforts to address the acute shortage...

World Bank increases Ghana’s growth rate for 2026 to 4.8%  

The World Bank has increased Ghana’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth by 0.2 percentage points to 4.8%, its June 2026 Global Economic Prospects have...

Gov’t prepares to evacuate about 900 Ghanaians from South Africa

Ghana’s High Commission in South Africa has moved nearly 900 Ghanaians to safe locations as part of urgent preparations to evacuate them ahead of...

40-year-old mentally deranged man butchers his 70-year-old father at Benkasa 

The Benkasa community in the Berekum West District of the Bono Region turned into a state of shock and grief, when a 40-year-old mentally impaired man allegedly butchered...

Rising defamation suits are crippling investigative journalism in Ghana — GJA

The Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) has raised serious concerns about the state of investigative journalism in the country, warning that a rising tide of...

Adwoa Safo petitions Attorney-General to transfer alleged shooting case to High Court

Former Member of Parliament for Dome-Kwabenya, Sarah Adwoa Safo, has petitioned the Attorney-General and Minister for Justice to intervene in the criminal case arising...

Fire damages Nobyah TV station in Nalerigu

A fire outbreak has destroyed the studio of Nobyah Radio/TV Station in Nalerigu in the North East Region after flames swept through part of...

Fire guts seven-bedroom house at Agona Swedru

A fire outbreak at Achiase in Agona Swedru in the Central Region has gutted part of a seven-bedroom house, destroying belongings in one of...

Aowin MP donates to Samraboi flood victims amid calls for relocation to safer areas

The Member of Parliament for the Aowin Constituency, Oscar Ofori Larbi, has visited victims of the recent floods at Samraboi and parts of Enchi...

C/R: GJA condemns alleged assault on Obaatanpa Radio producer, closure of station

The Central Regional Branch of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) has condemned the alleged physical assault on a producer of Obaatanpa Radio in Kasoa...

SHS graduate goes missing after church assignment; family suspects foul play

The family of 17-year-old SHS graduate, David Atidoglo Kito, who has reportedly gone missing at Domeabra in the Obuasi East Municipality of the Ashanti...

Rainstorm rips off roofs of Hwidiem Presby Basic School classrooms

A heavy rainstorm has destroyed sections of the Presbyterian Basic School at Hwidiem in the Ahafo Region, ripping off the roofs of several classrooms...

Immigration officers undergo mental health training to combat stress, depression

The Psychology Unit of the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) has organised a one-day seminar on Mental Health Awareness and Wellness to equip officers with...

Kenyasi chief boosts education with GH¢700,000 classroom project

The Paramount Chief of Kenyasi No. 1 in the Ahafo Region, Nana Osei Kofi Abiri, has commissioned a fully furnished junior high school block...

GNFS debunks rainy-season fire myth, warns homes remain at risk

The Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) has debunked the widely held belief that fire outbreaks do not occur during the rainy season, warning that...

Galamsey site disguised as gov’t project shut down in Jomoro

The Minerals Commission has successfully closed down an illegal mining site in Ghana Nungua in the Jomoro Municipality of the Western Region following strong...

Dr. Abu Sakara Foster enskined as Kakulasewura in Mankuma Traditional Area

Dr. Abu Sakara Foster, a former presidential candidate of the Convention People’s Party (CPP), has been enskined as the Kakulasewura of the Mankuma Traditional...

GNFS rescue worker trapped in faulty elevator at Ho NCA office

The Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) in the Volta Region swiftly rescued a worker who was trapped in a faulty elevator at the National...

Talks ongoing to revive Komenda Sugar Factory – Mahama

President John Dramani Mahama has disclosed that the government is in active discussions with an investor to revive the long-dormant Komenda Sugar Factory. Speaking during...