Day: October 23, 2025

Accra: An Accra Circuit Court has remanded 48 Ivorians into prison custody over illegal entry. All of them pleaded not guilty to entering the country illegally and staying without acquiring the requisite permits. The court, presided over by Madam Basilia Adjei-Tawiah, ordered that they be brought back on November 3, 2025. Three of their accomplices, Saran Kone, Belinga Grace Divine, and M’balla Kone, who collapsed in front of the court, could not be arraigned. According to Ghana News Agency, Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Emmanuel Haligah, presenting the facts, said on October 7, 2025, the police had intelligence that some

Dambai: A Kia Rhino vehicle with registration number GS4379-12 was involved in an accident on the Dambai-Asukawkaw Highway at Anyabor No.2. Madam Janet Nkrumah, a passenger, recounted the incident to the Ghana News Agency (GNA), stating that it occurred when a motorcyclist, attempting to overtake their vehicle, dropped his phone. According to Ghana News Agency, the motorcyclist stopped to retrieve his phone, and in an attempt to avoid hitting him, the Kia driver crashed into a gutter. Madam Nkrumah reported that several passengers sustained injuries and were taken to a health facility in Dambai for medical treatment. Police officers from

Jasikan: A devastating fire outbreak has occurred at the Kabisayu Electoral Area in the Jasikan Municipality of the Oti Region. A statement signed by Mr. Justice Kelly Ayitevi, the Jasikan Municipal Director of the National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO) and copied to the Ghana News Agency (GNA), said the incident happened on Tuesday at approximately 2023 hours and claimed the lives of two males. It again said another elderly woman sustained severe injuries and is in critical condition. According to Ghana News Agency, emergency services were immediately alerted, and response teams were deployed to the scene to help with excavation

Kadjebi: The Kadjebi District Directorate of the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) in the Oti Region has held a civic engagement with women groups in the district to empower them with knowledge on the rule of law and the fight against corruption. According to Ghana News Agency, the programme, held under the theme: ‘Civic Engagements on the Rule of Law and the Fight Against Corruption’, brought together 60 women, including queen mothers, market women, hairdressers, dressmakers, and apprentices at Kadjebi. Ms. Delight Ama Serwaa Akey, Principal Civic Education Officer of the NCCE, said the initiative was aimed at increasing

Accra: The Komenda-Edina-Eguafo-Abrem (KEEA) Municipal office of the National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO) has urgently called for relief supplies for 587 residents displaced by a recent flood and rainstorm. According to Ghana News Agency, the disaster affected 171 male adults, 238 female adults, 88 boys, and 90 girls, with over 253 homes damaged, leaving families in precarious conditions as they sought refuge with friends and relatives. Mr. Edward Sortoh, the KEEA Municipal NADMO Director, made this plea during the 2025 International Day for Disaster Prevention at Bantuma, Elmina. The event, themed ‘Fund resilience, not disaster,’ aimed to raise public awareness

Kumasi: Dr. Owusu Fordjour Aidoo, an environmental scientist, is urging the government to tie district funding to environmental performance to jolt local authorities into doing more to check illegal mining in their communities. District Chief Executives (DCEs) and traditional rulers, he said, knew every illegal mining site in their area and could therefore not continue to be indifferent to what was happening. They should be pushed to lead the fight against this destructive activity. According to Ghana News Agency, Dr. Fordjour Aidoo, a Senior Lecturer at the University of Environment and Sustainable Development, Somanya, and former University Teachers Association of

Bolgatanga: Mr Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, has inaugurated a temporary Passport Application Centre in Bolgatanga to bring passport acquisition services closer to residents. The initiative, championed by Alagumgube, a pressure and development-oriented group in the region, in collaboration with the government, is expected to ease the financial and physical burden of residents who, for decades, had to travel to Tamale or Wa to access such services. According to Ghana News Agency, the temporary facility includes the renovation of one of the buildings of the Bolgatanga branch of the GCB Bank and installation of the needed equipment