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Popular Ghanaian actress, Lydia Forson, has expressed that the perennial flooding in Accra is usually not caused by choked gutters but instead, the lack of proper drainage systems. Earlier, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo criticized Ghanaians for what he described as the recalcitrant act of dumping rubbish into gutters thereby causing them to …

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Friday, 10th June 2022, re-opened the renovated National Museum in Accra.  As the oldest and largest museum in Ghana, the National Museum, which was opened in 1957, had to be closed to the public in 2015 for lack of maintenance. The Museum has been …

A syndicate of serial fraudsters led by an old man who for years has been scamming persons searching for accommodation in Accra has finally been arrested. The syndicate who posts pictures of rooms and apartments online to court unsuspecting victims will usually bolt away after taking payment and issuing fake …

A high-tension cable fell into a clogged water area leading to the electrocution of a man and a cow at an area in Accra known as Railways after Friday’s downpour. The man is said to have been electrocuted between the hours of 8 and 9 pm on Friday. Residents blocked …

A few hours of downpour has left some parts of the capital, Accra flooded. Pictures and videos on social media showed how some vehicles struggled to drive through flood water around the Ofankor Barrier. Commuters in Achimota, Taifa and Kaneshie also had a hard time manoeuvring through the water. The …

Two Ghanaian medical doctors on Brussels – Accra flight received a standing ovation after they saved a French man who was dying from heart attack. The two Ghanaians medical practitioners that were involved in the life-saving situation on June 7, 2022, were Dr Charles Ababio and Dr Diana Boakye. According …

Ghana has deported at least 562 Nigeriens who were illegally staying in Ghana, including the beggars that are often seen on the streets of Accra. According to BBC Hausa, the first batch of deportees arrived in the country’s capital on Wednesday, June 8, 2022. “The first plane from Ghana carrying …

The Nigerian Embassy in collaboration with the government of Ghana has kick-started the process to repatriate some Nigerian beggars on the streets of Accra. A spokesperson for Nigerian Embassy in Accra, Abdallah Mohamed Hassan told Accra 100.5 FM’s 6:00 am news on Wednesday, June 8, 2022, that the embassy has …

The Ghana Meteorological Agency (GMet) predicted that there will be heavy rainfall in the southern part of Ghana and true to their predictions there was rainstorm in Accra. As usual, the rains in Accra led to several parts of the nation’s capital town flooding, causing a lot of destruction and …

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari is billed to join other West African leaders in Accra, Ghana today, Saturday (June 4, 2022) for an Extraordinary Summit of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government. The summit would focus on the political situation in Mali and other parts of the sub-region, …