Baltasar Ebang Engonga, nephew of Equatorial Guinea’s President Teodoro Obiang Nguema, has been sentenced to eight years in prison for embezzlement. Engonga, who once headed the National Financial Investigation Agency, was found guilty of diverting public funds for personal use. He was convicted alongside five other officials accused of disguising …
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Six people have been rescued, while several others are feared drowned, after a boat carrying displaced persons capsized on the Black Volta at Dinie Tuonbo in the Savannah Region. According to reports, the victims were attempting to cross the river when the overloaded vessel overturned. A joint rescue team made …
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A devastating road accident on Tuesday, August 26, 2025, claimed seven lives and left ten others injured at Nkawanda No. 2 along the Nkawkaw–Accra Highway. The crash, which occurred around 1:45 p.m., involved a Mercedes Benz Sprinter bus (AW 4619-14) and a MAN Diesel cargo truck (GN 114-21). According to …
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A third suspect linked to the murder of Immigration Officer Stephen King Amoah has reportedly died after a short illness. The news was confirmed by the officer’s brother, Kwasi Amoako, who told Citi News that he received the information from the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) officer in charge of the …
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A nurse at Ridge Hospital, Rejoice Tsotso Bortei, has filed a GHS7 million civil lawsuit against social media personality and activist Ralph Saint Williams, popularly known as “Ralph De Fellow Ghanaian.” The suit, filed at the High Court in Accra on August 20, 2025, seeks GHS5 million in damages for …
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The National Youth Organiser of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Salam Mustapha, has raised concerns about possible violence in the upcoming Akwatia by-election scheduled for September 2. Speaking on Channel One Newsroom on Tuesday, August 19, he alleged that the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has a history of intimidation and …
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A 17-year-old student of Nkwanta Senior High School in the Oti Region has drowned after attempting to cross the collapsed Gyelen Bridge in the Bontibor farming community on Monday, August 17, 2025. The bridge, constructed just a year ago, was destroyed by heavy rains, cutting off the community from markets …
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The Controller and Accountant General, Kwasi Agyei, has announced that government has paid a total of GH¢809 million to the contractor working on the Pokuase–Nsawam Highway. Mr. Agyei explained that the payments were made in three tranches on July 24, July 30, and August 4, 2025, fully covering the financial …
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The Western Regional Police Command has arrested a suspect linked to a robbery at a gold buying shop in Mpohor on Saturday, August 16, 2025. Police report that a group of armed men attacked the shop, escaping with an undisclosed amount of money and leaving one person injured. The suspect …
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Foreign Affairs Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa says President John Dramani Mahama will soon announce a decisive and uncompromising campaign against illegal small-scale mining, popularly known as galamsey. The move comes in the wake of the August 6 helicopter crash in the Adansi Akrofuom District of the Ashanti Region, which claimed …
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