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Accra floods: Adabraka resident swims through floodwaters to rescue goat

A resident of Adabraka risked his life swimming through floodwaters to rescue a goat after his home was inundated during Monday's heavy rains in...

Accra floods: One electrocuted as heavy rains cause widespread damage

Torrential rains that have battered the Greater Accra Region for several hours have triggered widespread flooding across the capital, leaving thousands of residents stranded...

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...

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...

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...

Kwame Nkrumah Circle floods leave hundreds of commuters stranded [Photos+Video]

Hundreds of commuters were left stranded on Monday morning after heavy rains triggered severe flooding around the Kwame Nkrumah Circle Interchange in Accra, disrupting...

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...

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...

CONFIRMED: Sedina Tamakloe-Attionu arrived at Nsawam Prison on Wednesday, June 24

The incarcerated former chief executive of the Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC), Sedina Tamakloe-Attionu, started her prison sentence at the Nsawam Medium Security Female...

Bolgatanga Technical University VC’s appointment terminated; two others demoted

Professor Samuel Erasmus Alnaa’s appointment as the Vice-Chancellor of the Bolgatanga Technical University (BTU) has been terminated by the Governing Council, Graphic Online has reported. This decision...

Larry Dogbey granted bail

The editor of The Herald newspaper, Larry Alans Dogbey, has been granted bail after being sentenced to seven days imprisonment for contempt of court...

‘I’m not shaken; you can bring the summons to my office’ – Obaatanpa Radio owner tells NDC Chairman over suit

Kwadwo Anim, owner of Obaatanpa Radio in Kasoa, says he is yet to receive any court summons from the Central Regional Chairman of the...

NPP refers petitions against Kennedy Agyapong to disciplinary committee

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has referred former presidential aspirant and Assin Central stalwart Kennedy Ohene Agyapong to its National Disciplinary Committee over recent...

NDC Chairman sues Obaatanpa Radio over “false” reports

The Central Regional Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Richard Asiedu, says he has filed a lawsuit against Obaatanpa Radio at the High...

Update: Real reason why Larry Dogbe was jailed

Further details have emerged about the real reasons why Managing Editor of The Herald newspaper, Larry Dogbe, has been sentenced to seven days' imprisonment. An...

Larry Dogbe jailed

The Editor of The Herald newspaper, Larry Dogbey, has been convicted by an Accra High Court. He has subsequently been sentenced to seven days in...

Muntaka confirms Sedina Tamakloe is in prison custody, not private facility

Interior Minister Muntaka Mubarak has firmly dismissed allegations that former Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC) Chief Executive Officer, Sedina Tamakloe Attionu, is being...

ECOWAS court dismisses Gertrude Torkonoo’s challenge against removal from office

The Community Court of Justice of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has unanimously dismissed an application filed by former Chief Justice...

Paul Afoko breaks silence on Adams Mahama’s death, rejects allegations

Former National Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Paul Afoko, has strongly denied any involvement in the death of the party’s late Upper...

Kwadwo Akofena Safo, 8 others granted GH₵ 500K bail over Adwoa Safo shooting incident

Nine individuals, including Kwadwo Akofena Safo, have been granted bail in the sum of GH₵500,000, with two sureties each not to be justified in...

Kwadwo Akofena Safo, 8 others appear in court over Adwoa Safo shooting incident (Video)

Israel Kwadwo Safo, brother of former Dome-Kwabenya MP Sarah Adwoa Safo, together with eight other suspects, has been arraigned before the Adenta Circuit Court...

Kwadwo Akofena Safo, two others arrested over Adwoa Safo shooting incident

Police have arrested Israel Kwadwo Safo, popularly known as Akofena, in connection with the shooting incident involving former Dome-Kwabenya MP Sarah Adwoa Safo on...

Kantanka Security Services’ licence suspended after Adwoa Safo shooting incident

The Ministry for the Interior has suspended the operating licence of Kantanka Security Services Limited following a shooting incident that left former Dome-Kwabenya MP,...

Police summon Kwadwo Safo Akofena over shooting incident involving former Dome-Kwabenya MP

The Greater Accra Regional Police Command has summoned Nana Kwadwo Safo Akofena in connection with a shooting incident at Kwabenya on Sunday, June 21,...

CID boss, Oquaye Jnr and Dumelo visit Adwoa Safo after shooting incident (video)

Member of Parliament for Ayawaso West Wuogon, John Dumelo, Director-General of the CID, Lydia Yaako Donkor, and former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the...

Man found dead at TMA forecourt, investigation underway

Authorities at the Tema Metropolitan Assembly (TMA), in collaboration with the Ghana Police Service, have launched investigations into the death of an unidentified man...

Fire guts Bosomtwi-Sam Fishing Harbour in Sekondi

A raging fire was brought under control at the Albert Bosomtwi-Sam Fishing Harbour in Sekondi in the Western Region on Sunday, June 21, 2026,...

GES bans cars, money bouquets on school premises as Education Ministry halts SHS graduations nationwide

The Ministry of Education has ordered the immediate suspension of all Senior High School (SHS) graduation ceremonies nationwide, citing growing concerns over excessive displays...

Ahafo Region: Four arrested over alleged cocoa smuggling from Côte d’Ivoire

National Security has arrested four persons at Ayomso in the Ahafo Region for allegedly smuggling 300 bags of cocoa from Côte d’Ivoire into Ghana. The...

Nkwanta South conflict: One victim dies, death toll rises to four

One of the victims receiving treatment at St. Joseph Catholic Hospital, Nkwanta after the recent attack at Odomi in the Nkwanta South Municipality has...

Ken Ofori-Atta would be in danger of assault if… – Kofi Bentil

Senior Vice President of IMANI Africa, Kofi Bentil, has suggested that former Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta could face the risk of physical assault if...

Bentil calls for thorough probe into UCC student death, warns against premature conclusions

Senior Vice-President of IMANI Africa, Kofi Bentil, has urged investigators to conduct a comprehensive and objective probe into the death of University of Cape...

Three killed, nine injured as gunmen attack Odomi community in Nkwanta South

Three people have been confirmed dead, while nine others sustained gunshot injuries following a fresh attack on Odomi, a community in the Nkwanta South...

One dead, three injured in Kariminga trailer crash

One person has died while three others sustained injuries after a trailer truck transporting tiles from Takoradi to Burkina Faso crashed at Kariminga in...

Two dead as torrential rains submerge Samreboi

Residents of Samreboi in the Amenfi West Municipality of the Western Region have been left stranded after torrential rainfall caused severe flooding, submerging large...

Court gives Wontumi, A-G until July 6 to report on plea bargain talks in GH¢30m EXIM bank fraud case

An Accra High Court has granted the Attorney-General's Office and lawyers for Ashanti Regional New Patriotic Party Chairman Bernard Antwi-Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman...

Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu leads Bawumia’s restructured office as Chief of Staff

The flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has restructured his personal office and put former Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, Osei...

Sedina Tamakloe-Attionu in prison custody, not under house arrest – Kwakye Ofosu

The Minister of State in charge of Government Communications, Felix Kwakye Ofosu, has dismissed claims that Sedina Tamakloe-Attionu is under house arrest, insisting she...