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A middle-aged man, believed to be in his thirties, has been killed by a lion at the Accra Zoo. According to the Forestry Commission, the intruder was spotted around the premises on Sunday at about 12 noon, after he managed to scale the zoo’s security fence. In what is suspected …

The cost of travelling from the capital Accra to Kumasi in the Ashanti Region by air has crossed the GH¢600 mark, the highest one-way fare recorded on the route, Aviation Ghana reports. For several weeks now, an Accra-Kumasi one-way ticket on Africa World Airlines (AWA) and PassionAir has crossed the …

In the last decade, Ghana’s housing sector has undergone a significant change with increased urbanization and migration to cities like Accra, Kumasi and Takoradi. This, on the other hand, has made it difficult for many people to pay their rent or buy a house. Salaried workers in the country averagely …

As early as 4 am, delegates of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) had started pulling up their cars into the precincts of the Accra Sports Stadium. The stadium is going to be home for the party for the next two days as they elect new national executives. Reports coming in from GhanaWeb …

The Municipal Chief Executive for Bibiani-Anwhiaso-Bekwai in the Western North Region, Alfred Amoah died in an accident Tuesday, officials have confirmed. The accident said to have occurred at Apedwa, near Tafo on the Accra-Kumasi highway involved multiple vehicles, reported the Daily Graphic. Western North Regional Minister Richard Rocky Joojo Obeng …

The hours of downpour on Tuesday left some parts of Accra flooded again. The Kwame Nkrumah Interchange, Central Business District,  Odawna, Shiashie, Mateheko, Kaneshie, among other areas, have all been submerged by floodwaters. Scores of Ghanaians took to social media to post about the situation in their areas.     …

Scores of passengers sustained varied degrees of injury when their car veered off the road into a bush on the Accra – Kumasi Highway. According to a report by myjoyonline.com, the incident involving a sprinter bus happened at the Juaso-Atwedie area of the Highway. The Kumasi-bound vehicle with registration number …

Efforts to make the national capital, Accra, the cleanest city in Africa are being thwarted by the invasion of some principal streets and areas by cattle. On June 24, 2022, Richard Obeng Bediako captured some of the stray animals roaming. In the video, a cow is spotted moving with cars …

  The Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection (MGCSP) has disclosed that 1,320 Nigerien beggars on the street of Accra have been repatriated. The repatriation of the beggars forms part of an operation dubbed ‘Operation get off the street and street-connected project’, aimed at reducing the menace of streetism …

Police in Accra have arrested 27 Nigerians suspected to be engaging in cyber fraud at Mataheko near Afienya in Accra. The 27 suspects according to the Preliminary investigation by the Police, are believed to have been trafficked from Nigeria to Ghana by one Festus Ayeke. However, upon their arrest, the …