The Greater Accra Regional Security Council (REGSEC) has served a 21-day notice on many beachfront night clubs, eateries and other hospitality facilities at Laboma Beach in the La Dadekotopon Municipal Assembly to vacate the buffer zones or face forcible removal.
Two people died on Thursday while five others sustained various injuries in a road traffic crash at Abor Junction on the Mankessim-Accra section of the N1 highway.
The deceased, a man and a woman, died at the scene, while the injured, comprising two women and three men, were taken to the hospital for treatment.
The driver of the vehicle escaped the crash unhurt.
The Central Regional Public Relations Officer of the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS), DOII Abdul Wasiu Hudu said a rescue team from the Mankessim Fire Station, working in collaboration with the National Ambulance Service arrived at the scene to find a Toyota Voxy with registration number AS 8911-25 extensively damaged after the crash.
He said nine occupants were involved in the accident, comprising two females and seven males.
He said three of the injured victims were transported to the Mercy Women Catholic Hospital at Mankessim for emergency medical care, while the bodies of the deceased were conveyed to the Saltpond Government Hospital mortuary.
He added that the cause of the accident was yet to be established.
A US federal jury in Brooklyn has convicted a former Goldman Sachs investment banker and one-time Managing Director of the Tema Oil Refinery, Kwaku Asante Berko, on all counts in a foreign bribery and money laundering case tied to a Ghanaian power plant project.
The Ghana Airports Company Limited (GACL) has barred two Port Health officers from operating at Accra International Airport after they were found to have extorted money from a Foreign passport holder for the issuance of a Yellow Fever Card.
Rashid Ibrahim, President of the National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS), has called on government to consider banning children below 15 years from using social media.
The National Service Authority (NSA) has announced Friday, August 14, 2026, as the deadline for defaulters and private candidates to apply for PIN codes for the 2026/2027 national service year.
The Ministry of Health (MoH) is developing a comprehensive National Artificial Intelligence (AI) Health Policy and Guidelines to provide a legal, ethical and operational framework for the safe, equitable and effective adoption of AI across Ghana's healthcare system.
A 32‑year‑old man accused of defrauding a businessman of GH¢1,860,000 under the guise of being a bank official has appeared before an Accra Circuit Court.
The Ministry of Defence has unveiled a cenotaph in honour of the late former Defence Minister, Dr Edward Omane Boamah, to preserve his memory and inspire future generations of public servants.
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has dismissed allegations that candidates from private schools who sat for the 2026 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) for School Candidates were deliberately awarded poor grades.
The Accident and Emergency Department of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital is recording a sharp rise in daily patient attendance, with cases increasing from about 50 and 70 to more than 100.
An Accra Circuit Court has remanded a retired fire officer into custody over allegations that he defrauded 60 prospective recruits of GH¢303,200 in a fake Ghana National Fire Service recruitment scheme.
