Residents of Nkroful and Essiama including motorists, have been left stranded after this weekend’s downpour destroyed a temporary access road created between the two communities. The eroded access road was created by Memphis Metropolitan, a construction company that worked on the about 7-kilometer Essiama-Nkroful road prior to the 2020 …
Read More »36 perish in Easter road crashes
Some 36 persons lost their lives in road crashes during the Easter festivities, between April 15, 2022, and April 18, 2022, a Motor Accident Returns Report from the Motor Traffic and Transport Department (MTTD) has said. This represents an increase of 28.57 per cent compared to 28 deaths recorded during …
Read More »VIDEO: Truck driver swerves road bump, falls into a ditch on the Tema Motorway
A truck carrying a container was involved in an accident on the Tema Motorway on Saturday, April 23. There were no casualties. Two onlookers disclosed that the truck driver veered into the inner lane of the road to avoid a road bump. According to the second interviewee, the driver changes …
Read More »Over 11 houses demolished, angry residents on rampage, block roads
Angry residents of Panpanso No.1 a community near Teacher Mante in the Eastern region went on rampage Monday morning after over 11 houses in the community were illegally demolished by masked armed men at the behest of an alleged real estate developer. The affected persons became agitated and embarked on …
Read More »Mallam-Weija road: Long truck falls on top of saloon car [PHOTOS]
A heavy-duty truck has tipped over and fallen on top of a saloon car on the Mallam-Weija stretch of the Accra-Kasoa road in the Greater Accra Region. The accident occurred on Thursday near Jayee University. It has resulted in gridlock. Interim reports suggest the break of the truck failed, resulting …
Read More »Trucks from neighbouring countries must pay road toll — Wassa East MP
The Deputy Ranking Member for the Parliamentary Select Committee on Roads and Transport has suggested that road tolls can be free for Ghanaian drivers but not trucks from neighbouring countries that use the country’s roads. Mr. Isaac Adjei Mensah who is also the Member of Parliament for Wassa East Constituency …
Read More »Metro Mass bus burns into ashes on Ho road
An accident has occurred on the Ho road in the Volta Region on Saturday, April 2, 2022. In a video posted by Starrfm and sighted by GhanaWeb, a Ho bound Kumasi Metro Mass Transit burnt into ashes a few meters away from Tsito in the Ho West District of the …
Read More »VIDEO: Man brandishing pistol on Accra-Cape Coast Road assaults another
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 …
Read More »Kumasi inner city road projects are different – Bawumia
Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has clarified two projects he cut sod for in the Ashanti Region capital of Kumasi for which there has been controversy on social media. The sod-cutting ceremonies by Vice President Bawumia for the projects, one in 2019 and the other on Friday, March 25, have stirred …
Read More »Reintroduce road tolls – Minority to government
The Minority in parliament has asked the government to reintroduce the collection of road tolls in the country. Leader of the Minority group, Haruna Iddrisu indicated that the scrapping of road tolls is denying the government of revenue. He was responding to the new measures announced by the government to help resolve …
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