New HIV infections have increased in Bono, with the region recording 1,145 cases from January to May 2026, the Ghana AIDS Commission (GAC) has said. According to Mr Ahmed Ibrahim Bambilla, the Bono, Bono East and Ahafo Regional Technical Coordinator of the GAC the new infections of the virus were fast spreading among the vulnerable male and female population. In an interview with […]
A delegation representing Togbe Afede XIV has undertaken a feasibility assessment to support proposed expansion of Kpeve Water Treatment Plant. Executives of Strategic Initiatives Limited representing the Agbogbomefia of the Asogli State, Togbe Afede XIV, together with their Chinese partners, visited the Kpeve Water Pumping and Treatment Station on Saturday as part of an ongoing feasibility study for a proposed investment to increase the plant’s production capacity. The delegation was accompanied by […]
Ya-Na Abukari II, the Overlord of the Dagbon Traditional Area, is dead. The Ghana News Agency (GNA) understands that he passed away on Saturday July 11, 2026, in South Africa. To avert a leadership vacuum in the Dagbon Kingdom, Kampakuya-Na Yakubu has been outdoored as Regent and will oversee the affairs of the Kingdom until a new Ya-Na is selected and enskinned, in accordance with their customs and traditions. Ya-Na Abukari, was enskinned […]
The March and March Movement, the South African group that has spearheaded nationwide demonstrations calling for the removal of undocumented migrants, has confirmed the death of one of its leaders, Andile Mvuyelwa Somgxada, days after he was shot in Gauteng Province. In a statement issued on Monday, the movement said Somgxada was shot while leaving […]
Frederick Kumi, popularly known as “Abu Trica,” has pleaded not guilty to charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and money laundering in a United States District Court. The accused, who was extradited from Ghana to the United States, has been accused of conspiring with one Daniel Yussif and others to participate in a scheme […]
President John Dramani Mahama on Saturday joined residents, sanitation workers, and local authorities at Alajo in the Greater Accra Region for the second and final day of the national clean-up exercise. The campaign, which began yesterday, comes in the wake of recent heavy rains that triggered severe flooding in several parts of the country, leaving […]
The devastating floods that once again paralysed Accra have exposed more than the destructive force of heavy rainfall. They have laid bare decades of planning failures, weak enforcement of development regulations, environmental degradation and institutional shortcomings that continue to place lives and livelihoods at risk. The tragedy presents Ghana with a defining leadership moment—not merely […]
An apparent shortage of commercial vehicles on the Nungua-Accra route is forcing commuters to pay as much as GH¢20.00 for a journey that ordinarily costs GH¢6.00. Every morning, hundreds of commuters queue at the Nungua lorry station to board the limited number of commercial vehicles travelling to Accra and Tema. While some wait for long […]
Vice President Professor Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang has participated in day one of the two-day national clean-up exercise at the Nungua Market in the Greater Accra. She joined Nungua residents and traders at the Nungua Market as they desilted choked drains, cleared debris and improved environmental sanitation. The June 29 flood disaster, which severely hit the Greater Accra Region, led to the loss of 13 lives with six others still missing. The two-day […]
The Ghana Meteorological Agency (GMet) has forecast a mixed weather pattern across the country today, with light rainfall expected in some coastal communities, thunderstorms in the extreme Upper West, and reduced visibility in forest and mountainous areas due to early morning mist and fog. According to the agency’s 18-hour forecast, patches of light rain will […]
