The Office of the Head of the Civil Service has directed Chief Directors and Heads of Departments to encourage staff who are unable to safely commute to work because of flooding in parts of Accra to work from home.
The Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCo) and the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) have temporarily shut down power supply from the Mallam and Achimota primary substations after heavy rains caused severe flooding at critical electricity infrastructure in parts of the Greater Accra Region.
The Ministry of the Interior has deployed emergency response teams, including security agencies and disaster management units, to areas affected by heavy rains that triggered widespread flooding across parts of the country on Monday morning.
The Ghana Meteorological Agency (GMet) has forecast widespread thunderstorms and rain across southern Ghana today as a weak to moderate rainstorm currently positioned along the Togo-Benin coastline advances westwards, bringing increased cloud cover and unsettled weather conditions.
The Central Region Branch of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA), has strongly condemned a recent alleged attack on a radio station in Kasoa, calling for a transparent investigation and immediate measures to protect media workers.
Abraham Amaliba, the Director-General of the National Road Safety Authority (NRSA), has outlined a series of reforms the Authority is undertaking to reduce road crashes and fatalities across the country.
An Accra High Court on Thursday retook the plea of Daniel Asiedu, also known as Sexy Dondon, who is standing trial for the alleged murder of former Abuakwa North Member of Parliament J.B. Danquah-Adu.
The Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) has warned the public against enrolling in or relying on certificates issued by 80 tertiary institutions that are not accredited by the Commission, citing concerns over academic quality and regulatory compliance.
The editor of The Herald newspaper, Larry Alans Dogbey, has been granted bail after being sentenced to seven days imprisonment for contempt of court by an Accra High Court on Thursday.
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has dismissed claims circulating on social media that insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) being distributed to primary school children contain dangerous chemicals that pose a risk to human health.
A week-long market surveillance exercise by the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has resulted in the seizure of 4,504 unregistered, counterfeit, and potentially hazardous cosmetic products across 15 regions of Ghana.
The European Union and the German Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development have given out €415,437.78 grant for the implementation of the PharmaVax Programme, aimed at transforming Ghana's pharmaceutical sector.
