Dome Market Goes Up In Flames
Several properties have been razed down in a fire outbreak at the Dome Market in the Ga East District of the Greater Accra region Wednesday evening. Personnel from the Ghana National Fire Service had...
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Reports That Kwabenya Fugitives Have Been Arrested False
The Accra Regional Police Command has denied news making rounds that inmates who escaped from the Kwabenya police station on Sunday dawn have been arrested. “The Accra Regional Police Command is...
Photos: Circle Sex Slum Razed Down
The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) has destroyed illegal makeshift structures along the rail lines at the Kwame Nkrumah Circle serving as havens for criminals and prostitutes. The AMA mayor,...
Five Boys Granted Bail Over Gang-Rape In Osu
Five teenagers have been granted bail at a sum of GH¢10,000 with a surety each after appearing in court for allegedly gang-raping a 15-year-old girl in Osu, a suburb of Accra. The boys appeared...
Accra-Aburi Road Opens To Motorists On Wednesday
The Accra-Aburi road that was partially closed at the Ayi Mensah–Peduase Lodge section would be opened to the motoring public Wednesday. The Accra-bound carriageway was closed in June this year....
The Latest Policeman Nabbed In Armed Robbery
The identity of the policeman who was nabbed alongside an armed robbery gang in Accra has been revealed. Identified as Corporal Amegashie, 35, the police officer is alleged to have been in the...
Road Accidents: Over 271 People Died In Accra Within 11 Months
More than 271 people have died in Accra through road accident between January and November this year, statistics from the MTTD has revealed. This figure has seen a dramatic increase by 58 deaths from...
Application Seeking Discharge of Major Mahama ‘killers’ Rejected
An Accra District Court has rejected an application for the discharge of six of the accused persons standing trial for the murder of military officer Major Maxwell Mahama. The Court presided over by...
Gory Images: 3 Dead, Scores In Critical Condition As 2 Vehicles Crash
At least three people are dead and scores of injured passengers in critical condition following a Tuesday dawn head-on collision between a bus and cargo truck at Kubease on the Accra-Kumasi highway....
Ten In Court For Improper Disposal of Refuse
The Abeka Sanitation and Motor Court has fined eight persons an amount of GH¢ 360 each or in default three months’ imprisonment with hard labour for improper disposal of refuse at unauthorised...
Cheated Robber Causes Arrest of Colleague
Three persons who allegedly robbed a Chinese of his bag containing GH¢1,000 cedis and a Non-Citizen National Identity Card have been put before an Accra Circuit Court. Mohammed Iddris, a trader,...
Achimota Student Jailed Over Manslaughter Appeals
The Achimota student, who was jailed three years by a Juvenile Court for shooting his friend Lily Asibete to death at Tema, has appealed against his sentence. The student, according to court...
Everything About Nana Addo’s Affordable Housing Project
President of the Republic of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Tuesday, November 14, 2017, cut sod for the commencement of a housing project in Appolonia City. Speaking at the sod cutting...
#LetThereBeLight Campaign By Onua FM & 3FM Gets Results
A development campaign by Media General Radio, operators of Accra-based Onua FM 95.1 and 3FM 92.7, to push authorities to fix nonfunctional streetlights on major roads across the country has begun...
Gov’t Pays Bills of Train Accident Victims, Begins Probe Into Incident
Government has offered to pay the medical bills of all persons injured in Monday’s train derailment at Tesano in Accra that left some passengers injured, the Ministry of Railways Development has...
3 Major Roads To Be Blocked For Ouattara Monday; Gridlock To Worsen In Accra
Three major roads within the Accra Metropolis will be closed to vehicular traffic for hours on Monday, the Police in Accra have announced. At exactly 11:00am, the roads from the Kwame Nkrumah Avenue...
Net 2 Cameraman Killed By Atomic Junction Explosion
A cameraman of Net 2 Television was among the victims of last Saturday’s explosion at Atomic Junction in Accra. Seven persons died while 132 were injured at the Mansco Gas Station. Mohammed...
Update: Gas Explosion Death Toll Hits 7; 132 Injured To Receive Free Medicare
The death toll from the Atomic Junction gas explosions and fire outbreak in Accra has risen to seven, figures from the emergency services have shown. Initial figures released early Sunday put the...
Atomic Explosions: Officials Tight-Lipped On Casualties 12 Hours After Incident
It’s been over twelve hours after explosions and fire hit two fuel stations at Atomic Junction in Accra and officials of government, Ghana National Fire Service and the Police have remained...
Photos: Accra Floods Again After Downpour
Greater part of the national capital, Accra got flooded Friday morning as a result of a downpour. The floods took over roads causing a gridlock in town with several people being locked up in their...