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Parts of Accra have flooded following a downpour on Friday morning which lasted for about an hour. Portions of the Central Business District, Sahara, Odawna, among other areas were all not spared during the rain. The Ghana Meteorological Agency had predicted a thunderstorm on Friday, a few hours before the …

At least five persons have been confirmed dead in a fatal accident on the Bunso stretch of the Accra to Kumasi Highway in Eastern region. Seven others who sustained injuries have been admitted at the hospital. The accident occurred Monday April 4 at about 3:55am when the suspect driver now …

An unidentified man brandishing a pistol while physically assaulting another man has been captured on video. The amateur video that has been making rounds on social media shows the two men on the shoulders of a road that is believed to be the Accra-Cape Coast Road. Unsure what led to …

Two suspects who feigned to be staff of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) and extorted money from some customers have been arrested and are in police custody. The suspects: Richard Nii Moi and Edward Quartey, are being held at the Israel Police Station, near Sowutuom in Accra. Mrs Mary …

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has reconnected power at the Accra sports stadium, 48 hours after it was cut off due to debt owed. On Tuesday, ECG National Taskforce disconnected the power supply to the stadium over a debt to the tune of GH¢508,000.00. It was part of an …

The Member of Parliament of North Tongu, Mr Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has expressed anger that the Bulgarian Embassy in Accra at 10 Kakramadu Road, East Cantonments, has been completely razed in a “lawless, provocative and mafia-style operation”. According to Mr Ablakwa, information available to him indicates that “armed rogue elements …

Officials of the Electricity Company of Ghana have reportedly disconnected the Accra Sports Stadium from the national grid. The exercise was undertaken by the National Task Force of ECG due to the heavy indebtedness of the stadium management to a tune of GH¢508,000 for power supplied to the stadium for …

The Health Minister, Kwaku Agyeman-Manu has dismissed a Herald newspaper report that the Accra Psychiatric Hospital has been sold. The newspaper in its reportage on Monday, March 14, indicated that the government has sold the Psychiatric hospital to some private investors. “This follows a durbar held by the Management of the hospital …

Personnel of the Accident Prevention Squad (APS) of the Motor Transport and Traffic Directorate (MTTD) in Kyebi in the Eastern Region are frantically working to ensure that the Osino to Nsutam stretch of the Accra-Kumasi highway is free to traffic. This is because a fuel tanker caught fire Monday afternoon …

At least five (5) passengers have been confirmed dead in another fatal accident on Accra to Kumasi Highway. The accident occurred at Kwahu Oframase near Nkawkaw on Sunday. The suspect driver Shadrack Boadu, 23 was in charge of a Mercedes Sprinter bus with registration number GC 6521 – 21 with …