The United States of America has lifted visa restrictions imposed on Ghana in February 2019. According to the US, the decision to lift the restrictions imposed on Ghana follows the establishment of a mutually agreed process for the identification, validating and issuance of travel documentation to Ghanaian citizens under final …
Read More »Komenda junction accident death toll now 35; NRSA to control operations of commercial drivers
The National Road Safety Authority (NRSA) says it is taking appropriate steps to exert some control on the operations of commercial (passenger and freight) road transport organisations so as to help fight road accidents effectively. Confirming that the death toll in last Tuesday’s road accident on the Cape Coast – …
Read More »Okada rider loses both arms after a horrific accident
A commercial motorcycle rider locally known as ‘okada rider’ in the Shai Osudoku District is fighting for life having lost both arms in a horrific motorbike accident. The victim suffered fractured arms hence both reportedly amputated. “He is still struggling with his life but both hands cut off. Okada riders …
Read More »Ahmed Hussein-Suale’s murder: Artistic impression of assailants released
Today marks exactly one year after the killing of journalist Ahmed Hussein-Suale who used to work with Anas Aremeyaw Anas’s Tiger Eye PI. Ahmed was shot dead by unknown assailants who were riding on a motorbike whilst the journalist was in a moving car in his neighbourhood six-months after the …
Read More »VIDEO: Fire guts Accra Academy, dormitories burnt, over 100 students stranded
A late night fire has consumed two halls at Accra Academy, displacing more than 100 students. The fire started around 7:00 p.m. at Alema and Halm Addo halls, at a time the students were attending prep in their classrooms, one of the school’s private security officials who blocked access to …
Read More »Radio Tongu director arrested for promoting separatists agenda
Mr Bestway Zottor, the Director of Radio Tongu in the Volta Region, was on Wednesday arrested for his alleged role in promoting the agenda of the Homeland Study Group Foundation, a secessionist group in the Region. Radio Tongu is a community radio station based at Sogakope in the South Tongu …
Read More »Former Beige Bank boss files for bail
Lawyers for Michael Nyinaku, a former Managing Director of Beige Bank, who is being held for stealing and money laundering, have filed a motion for bail at an Accra Circuit Court. The lawyers led by Mr Thaddeus Sory proceeded to the Circuit Court to have their bail application heard after …
Read More »Reversing sachet water truck kills toddler
A-One year, four months old girl has been killed by a reversing sachet water truck with registration number GS 1429-16 in Bediako, a community in the Kpone-Katamanso Municipality of the Greater Accra Region. Confirming the incident to the Ghana News Agency, Mrs. Vida Graham, mother, said the little girl who …
Read More »13 cars, 1 motorbike in freak accident at Adenta
Some 13 vehicles and a motorbike have been involved in a chain accident around SDA on the Madina-Adenta road. Although there are unconfirmed reports of the number of injuries and casualties, a video sighted by GhanaWeb showed that about five of the cars were in very damaged state. Halfway through …
Read More »Five things to know about new Black Stars head coach C.K Akonnor
Former Black Stars midfielder, Charles Kwablan Akonnor, has been appointed the new head coach of the senior national team. He replaced Kwesi Appiah whose contract expired in December 2019. To the ardent followers of Ghanaian and German football, Akonnor is not a new name. However, he remains an unknown prospect …
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