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The driver of the Deputy General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Boamah Otokunor, has been picked up by the National Intelligence Bureau (NIB), formerly known as Bureau of National Investigations (BNI), 3news.com has gathered. The arrest is in connection with recent market fires recorded across the country. It is …

Fire has run through a four-bedroom flat at Adansi Asokwa in the Ashanti Region destroying the entire edifice. Reports indicate the Fomena Fire Service was called in but could not get to the house upon arrival due to unavailability of access route. They had to join over six delivery holes …

Some traders whose stalls and wares were destroyed in the Kantamanto fire disaster in Accra say they will not relocate to the car park of the Accra Railway Station as offered by the government. The angry traders wore red and chanted war songs in protest to their intended relocation. They …

A portion of the Kaneshie Central Market in Accra is reported to be on fire. It is unknown what the cause of the inferno is but this comes a few days after the Kantamanto market in the Central Business District of Accra was gutted under strange circumstances. Some of the …

Traders have been displaced after fire razed through the Asankragwa market in the Amenfi West Municipality of the Western Region. Reports indicate the fire incident occurred on Friday night, burning completely four shops and other property worth thousands of cedis. According to witnesses, the fire was brought under control after two hours …

Vice President Dr. Mahamadu Bawumia has assured of government’s support for traders whose wares were destroyed by the Tuesday evening fire at the Katamanto market. On his visit to the scene of the fire, he described the incident as a “human tragedy.” “It is a tragedy. It is a situation …

News reaching Ghana Guardian indicates the popular Kantamanto market in Accra is on fire. The cause of the fire is not immediately known to this portal but we understand personnel of the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) are already at the scene to salvage the situation. The fire, according to …

Fire has ravaged at least three shops in Koforidua, the Eastern Regional Capital of the country. The incident occurred around 10:15 am on Tuesday. The blaze was reportedly caused by an electrical fault on the main power supply pole of Electricity Company of Ghana which spread to the nearby shops. …

Fire has destroyed the pump panels of the Yendi Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) at River Dakar near Yendi , a situation that is likely to create water shortage in the Municipality and its environs. Alhaji Adam Sayibu, the Yendi District Manager of the company on Friday conducted Ya-Na Abukari …

Fire has razed down the seven-bedroom apartment of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) chairman for Ejisu-Kobirim. The NPP chair suspects arson attacks in the fire incident. Samuel Oduro Frimpong blamed internal party wrangling in the NPP for the fire after he campaigned for the party’s parliamentary candidate for Ejisu, John Ampontuah Kumah. He told …