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How Muntaka escaped helicopter crash that claimed 8 lives

Deputy Director of the National Service Authority, Fuseini Donkor, has shared chilling details about how Interior Minister Muntaka Mohammed-Mubarak narrowly escaped being aboard the...

Helicopter crash: Ghana Psychological Association urge media, public to show sensitivity

The Ghana Psychological Association (GPA) and the Psychiatric Association of Ghana (PAG) have jointly appealed to the media and the public to demonstrate sensitivity...

Helicopter makes emergency landing at Ajumako Kokoben [Video]

Four passengers narrowly escaped a potential disaster after a helicopter made an emergency landing at Ajumako Kokoben in the Central Region on Wednesday morning. The...

Ghana-Russia Center mourns victims of helicopter crash

The Ghana-Russia Center for Commerce and Relations has expressed deep sorrow following the tragic helicopter crash that claimed the lives of eight Ghanaians, including...

Media must uphold dignity in reporting helicopter crash – Shamima Muslim

The Deputy Government Spokesperson, Shamima Muslim, has appealed to the media for dignified and respectful coverage of the tragic military helicopter crash that claimed...

This is not content, allow people to grieve – Lydia Forson, Sarkodie caution media after helicopter crash

Actress and activist Lydia Forson has called for compassion and responsible journalism in the aftermath of the tragic military helicopter crash that claimed eight...

Helicopter crash a “grievous blow” to Ghana – Acting Chief Justice

The Acting Chief Justice, Paul Baffoe-Bonnie, has characterized the recent tragic military helicopter crash that resulted in the loss of eight public servants as...

Agyinasare mourns victims of helicopter crash

Ghana is reeling from a wave of sorrow following the tragic military helicopter crash that claimed the lives of eight distinguished Ghanaians — a...

Two dead, others injured in accident involving 2 tricycles, KIA at Achimfo

Two people have been confirmed dead and several others injured in a tragic accident involving two tricycles—commonly known as Pragyia—and a Kia Rhino truck. The...

GNASSM mourns eight victims of military helicopter crash

The Ghana National Association of Small Scale Miners (GNASSM) has extended its heartfelt condolences to the Government of Ghana, National Democratic Congress (NDC), Ghana...

Burial of Muslim victims from helicopter crash postponed due to condition of bodies – Suhuyini

Deputy Minister for Roads and Highways and Member of Parliament for Tamale North, Alhassan Suhuyini, has revealed that plans for the swift burial of...

DRIP Secretariat mourns victims of helicopter crash

The DRIP Secretariat has expressed deep sorrow over the tragic military helicopter crash that claimed the lives of eight high-profile Ghanaians on Wednesday, August...

A tragic day for Ghana – Kofi Kinaata mourns victims of military helicopter crash

Ghanaian musician Kofi Kinaata has expressed sorrow over the tragic military helicopter crash that claimed eight lives, including two government ministers and senior military...

Helicopter crash: Sadly, we must use this painful experience to end galamsey – Franklin Cudjoe

President of IMANI Africa, Franklin Cudjoe, has called for renewed national focus on ending illegal mining, commonly known as galamsey. This follows the tragic military...

Helicopter crash: Final funeral rites of Murtala Mohammed scheduled for today

The funeral rites of late Minister for Environment, Technology and Innovation, Ibrahim Murtala Mohammed, will come off today, August 7, 2025. Mourners will converge at...

Photos from the arrival and reception of the bodies of helicopter crash victims

The remains of the deceased were transported on Wednesday, August 6, via a Ghana Air Force Casa aircraft. The tragic incident took place in the...

BoG postpone launch of cedi’s 60th Anniversary after helicopter crash

The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has announced that it has postponed the National launch of the cedi’s 60th Anniversary programme on Friday, August 8. According...

Kenyan President William Ruto expresses condolences to Ghana over deadly helicopter crash

President of Kenya, William Ruto, has extended heartfelt condolences to the Government and people of Ghana following the tragic military helicopter crash that claimed...

Mahama declares three days of national mourning in honour of helicopter crash victims 

President John Dramani Mahama has suspended all official duties for the rest of the week, following the fatal military helicopter crash that claimed eight...

Bureau of Public Safety demands independent probe into tragic military helicopter crash

The Bureau of Public Safety (BPS) is calling for an independent and transparent investigation into the military helicopter crash that killed eight people in...

Health Minister moves late Omane Boamah’s mother to Accra [Video]

Health Minister, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, has taken steps to assist the mother of the late Defence Minister, Dr. Edward Omane Boamah, following the helicopter...

Who do I turn to now? – Sam George grieves loss of mentor Omane Boamah

Minister for Communications and Digitalisation, Samuel Nartey George, has paid a heartfelt tribute to the late Defence Minister, Dr. Edward Omane Boamah, who perished...

German Embassy commiserates with Ghana following helicopter crash

The German Embassy in Accra has expressed deep sorrow over the tragic helicopter crash that claimed the lives of eight individuals in the Adansi...

May God comfort them – Mensah Otabil prays for families of helicopter crash victims

Founder of the International Central Gospel Church (ICGC), Pastor Mensa Otabil, on Wednesday led thousands of congregants in prayer for the families of eight...

We tried to save them, but it was too late – Eyewitness recounts helicopter crash [Audio]

A local farmer, identified as Mr. Apenteng, has shared a deeply emotional account of the tragic military helicopter crash that killed eight individuals, including...

Kufuor mourns helicopter crash victims, calls for national unity

Former President John Agyekum Kufuor has expressed profound grief over the passing of Defence Minister Dr. Edward Omane Boamah, Environment Minister Dr. Ibrahim Murtala...

Lands Ministry mourns victims of helicopter crash

The Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources has extended its heartfelt condolences following the tragic helicopter crash that claimed the lives of eight distinguished...

He was the only son of his mother; this is hard – Dr. Afriyie grieves Omane Boamah’s death

The Member of Parliament for Effiduase/Asokore, Dr. Nana Ayew Afriyie, has expressed grief and disbelief following the tragic death of Defence Minister Dr. Edward...

Helicopter crash: Indonesian government mourns with Ghana

The Indonesian government has extended heartfelt condolences to the government, bereaved families, and the citizenry following the death of eight individuals in a military...

Tsatsu Tsikata cancels 50th legal anniversary after tragic helicopter crash

Ghanaian legal icon Tsatsu Tsikata has cancelled a scheduled three-day event marking his 50-year milestone in legal practice, following the recent military helicopter crash...

GNFS joins probe into military helicopter crash that claimed eight lives 

The Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) has confirmed its involvement in a multi-agency investigation into the military helicopter crash that claimed eight lives on...

GAF airlifts remains of helicopter crash victims to Accra [Video]

The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) has confirmed that the bodies of the eight individuals who died in the Z-9 military helicopter crash have been...

Cheddar mourns fallen ministers, 6 others in helicopter crash

Flagbearer of the New Force, Nana Kwame Bediako, popularly known as Cheddar, has described the military helicopter crash that killed two ministers and six...

Hassan Ayariga mourns victims of Helicopter crash

Leader of the All Peoples Congress Party( APC), Alhaji Hassan Ayariga, has expressed deep sorrow over the recent tragic death of two ministers of...

President Tinubu mourns Ghana’s loss in tragic helicopter crash

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu of Nigeria has extended his heartfelt condolences to President John Mahama, the government, and people of Ghana following the fatal...

30th Anniversary: Multimedia Group alumni celebrate CEO, Kwasi Twum

The CEO of Multimedia Group, a leading media conglomerate and the first independent media in Ghana, on Saturday hosted his past and present employees...

NDC grieves loss of stalwarts and military personnel in tragic helicopter crash

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has expressed profound sorrow and shock over the tragic loss of eight prominent Ghanaians in a helicopter crash that...

Sammy Gyamfi expresses heartbreak over tragic helicopter crash

Chief Executive Officer of GoldBod, Sammy Gyamfi, has conveyed his profound sorrow and disbelief following a helicopter crash that claimed the lives of eight...

Confirmed: All crew in fatal military helicopter crash were from Takoradi Airforce Base

The Western Region is in deep mourning following confirmation that all three crew members who perished in Wednesday’s fatal military helicopter crash were personnel...

Helicopter crash: Bodies transported from Brofoyedru Sikaman amid high security

All eight bodies from the Ghana Air Force helicopter crash are now being transported from the Dampia Range Forest Reserve near Brofoyedru Sikaman in...