At least one person has been confirmed dead in Thursday afternoon’s gory accident in front of the second gate of the University of Cape Coast (UCC) in the Central Region. The accident occurred around 12:48 pm. CCTV footage shows how a tipper truck loaded with sand run over three vehicles at the intersection and a...
A tragic road accident at Suhum–Asuboi along the Accra–Kumasi Highway has left multiple people injured after a driver lost control of his vehicle while trying to avoid a child who darted across the busy road. According to eyewitnesses, the incident occurred on the morning of Thursday, June 19, when a child suddenly ran onto the...
The government of Ghana has successfully evacuated the first group of its nationals from Iran to Turkey, as part of an emergency response to rising tensions in the Middle East. At the same time, those in Israel will also be considered as soon as possible. In a Facebook post on Friday, June 20, Foreign Minister...
Parliament has secured £800,000 in funding from the World Bank, with backing from the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), to train Members of Parliament (MPs) in economic and financial governance. The 18-month initiative, titled “Building the Capacity of Parliamentarians for Economic and Financial Governance,” was officially launched on June 18, 2025. It aims...
A university in Nigeria has sparked outrage after a video went viral showing female students being touched to see if they were wearing bras before taking part in an exam. In the footage, female staff at Olabisi Onabanjo University in south-western Ogun State are seen touching some students’ chests as they queue to enter an...
The Minister for Works, Housing and Water Resources, Kenneth Gilbert Adjei has briefed Parliament on recent flooding incidents affecting several parts of the country, citing both natural and human-induced factors as contributing causes. In his address, the minister described flooding as one of Ghana’s most persistent and destructive hazards, often resulting in the loss of...
Reports from international media indicate that President of the United States, Donald Trump, has approved a military strike plan targeting Iran’s nuclear facility at Fordo but is yet to issue a final directive for the operation to proceed. The plan, according to insiders, is in response to growing concerns over Iran’s enrichment of uranium and...
Member of Parliament for Lawra, Bide A. Ziedieng, has brought to the attention of the House and indeed, the entire nation a tragic incident that occurred in the Lawra Constituency of the Upper West Region of Ghana on Saturday, June 14, 2025. According to the lawmaker, he received the devastating news that seven students from...
The Minister for Food and Agriculture, Eric Opoku, on Monday, June 16, 2025 inaugurated the newly constituted Board of Directors of the National Food Buffer Stock Company (NAFCO) at the Ministry’s headquarters in Accra, reaffirming government’s dedication to enhancing food security in the country. The nine-member board, chaired by former Chief Executive Officer of the...
President John Dramani Mahama has issued a bold directive to Metropolitan, Municipal, and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs), placing environmental sanitation and infrastructure at the core of his administration’s local governance strategy. Speaking at the opening of an MMDCEs Orientation and Training Programme in Accra, the President announced the introduction of an annual district performance index...