In a devastating turn of events, Ghana’s Minister for Defence, Dr. Edward Omane Boamah, has died in a military helicopter crash that occurred Wednesday morning, August 6, 2025, in the Ashanti Regio
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A Ghana Air Force helicopter carrying eight people—including senior government officials—has reportedly crashed near Adansi Sikaman in the Adansi North District of the Ashanti Region. All those on board are feared dead.
Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo has urged African leaders to establish a dedicated Africa Health Fund aimed at financing critical health infrastructure and emergency response systems without overreliance on foreign aid.
President John Dramani Mahama has assured Nigerian nationals and the government of Nigeria that there will be no mass deportations of Nigerians from Ghana, describing recent fears as “a storm in a teacup.”
The Human Rights Division of the High Court in Accra has rejected a judicial review application filed by suspended Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo, describing it as an abuse of the court process and asserting that the court lacked the jurisdiction to entertain the matter
shortly after 2:30 p.m., tragedy struck the Atwedie stretch of the Kumasi–Accra highway, when a Ford Transit bus transporting youth members of the Saviour Church of Ghana collided head‑on with a fuel tanker travelling in the opposite direction .
Six accused persons facing charges alongside the former Chief Executive Officer of the National Petroleum Authority (NPA), Dr. Mustapha Abdul-Hamid, in connection with the alleged extortion of GH¢280 million from oil marketing companies, remain in custody after failing to meet their bail conditions.
A chilling daytime execution has rattled the Asawase community in Kumasi, following the fatal shooting of a middle-aged man on Thursday, July 25. The brazen attack—carried out by two unidentified gunmen on a motorbike—has intensified public anxiety over what many residents now describe as a “wave of targeted killings.”
The Minority Caucus in Ghana’s Parliament has submitted a formal petition to President John Dramani Mahama, demanding immediate executive intervention in response to what they call a dual national crisis—violent disruptions during the Ablekuma North by-election and the deepening environmental catastrophe caused by illegal mining, or galamsey.
The Minority in Parliament has launched a scathing attack on the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC), accusing it of double standards and a lack of seriousness in dealing with the growing menace of illegal mining, widely known as galamsey.