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Effective today, May 15, 2023, all forms of noise-making and drumming in Accra will be put on hold following a ban on same. This comes ahead of preparations for the 2023 Homowo festival by the Ga people. Per the ban, activities that involve the use of loudspeakers, drums, funeral rites, …

Data from the World of Statistics has mentioned Accra, Ghana’s capital, as the seventh most polluted city in the world. This was contained in a Twitter post by the Institution. According to the ranking, Accra comes below Dakan, the capital of Bangladesh, which placed sixth, and above Noida in India, …

A boy sits on a stone by the roadside somewhere in Accra with his books displayed on a lawn behind a wall close to a drain. The place is Westlands, a suburb of the capital and the boy is 5-year-old Abraham. He confirms he is in class five and is …

Personnel of the Ghana Armed Forces and the Ghana Police Service reportedly clashed in Accra on Monday, March 27, 2023. A video shared on social media showed some men in military uniforms engaging in a scuffle with some other uniformed men. According to the editor of the Finder Newspaper, Elvis …

The Vice President of the United States of America, Kamala Harris, arrived in Accra, on Sunday, March 26, 2023, for her state tour of the African Continent. Kamala Harris, who is expected to be in Ghana till Wednesday, March 29, 2023, said that her visit to the African Continent forms …

A review of causes of morbidities in the Greater Accra Region shows that hypertension and diabetes were the leading causes of death in the region in 2022. Data from the Non-Communicable Disease Control Programme of the Ghana Health Service (GHS) indicate that 138,425 persons, representing five percent of the population …

  A year after his wedding, GhanaWeb does a throwback to the colourful ceremony which saw Kojo Jones’ ‘treasure’ become a topic for discussion. Read the story as published on March 24, 2022, below. On March 22, 2022, Ghanaian real estate mogul and CEO of Empire Domus, Emmanuel Kojo Jones, …

In honor of some mebers of Hearts of Oak’s iconic ‘Fearsome Five’, some streets in Accra Newtown have been named after them. The group consisted of Mohammed Polo who is touted as the best dribbler in Ghana football history and arguably the best Ghanaian footballer of all-time, Mama Bomber Acquah, Peter ‘best …

The Ghana Geological Survey Authority (GGSA) has reported that there was a 2.8 magnitude earth tremor on Friday, March 10, 2023. According to a statement signed by the Acting Director-General of the Authority, Isaac Kuuwan Mwinbelle, the tremor was felt in areas including the Accra High Street, Ridge, and some …

A man who says he was the informant who helped the Ghana Police Service with intelligence in the arrest of a gold scam syndicate, in March 2022, at Adjen Kotoku, a suburb of Accra, says his life is now in danger. The supposed informant said that despite him providing the …