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Eighteen people have reportedly been burnt to death in an accident at Asem Asa, a community at Tarkwa on the Accra-Takoradi Highway. The accident, according to an eye witness, David Agyekum, occurred Tuesday around 12:00pm. The accident involved a tipper truck and a Ford bus loaded with Chinese Nationals and …

A China Eastern plane carrying 133 people on board has crashed in Guangxi province, Chinese state media is reporting. The number of casualties and reason for the crash are not yet known. The crash of the Boeing 737 jet, in a mountainous region, led to a fire in the woods, …

The US government has dismissed as fake the reports that the detained Nigerian influencer Ramon Abbas, known as Hushpuppi, executed a $400,000 (£304,000) internet fraud from prison. Hushpuppi, 37, was arrested in the United Arab Emirates in 2020 for crimes that cost victims almost $24m, and is currently in a …

Ibrahim Mahama is a multimedia artist from Ghana. He is arguably the biggest artist in West Africa. The Ghanaian artist primarily works with found objects that are usually considered to have lost purpose. He collects items that are at a certain point of decay or which have residues of certain …

Some commercial drivers are threatening a naked demonstration if the government fails to reduce the price of petroleum products in the country. The aggrieved commercial drivers said if prices of fuel do not fall with the current economic hardship in the country, they will go on a naked demonstration. The …

The Electricity Company of Ghana, ECG has cut off power supply to some parts of the Kotoka International Airport. According to reports sighted by coverghana on Joy News, the Kotoka International Airport owes me the National Power supply company to the tune of GH¢49M. Speaking in an interview with officials …

Britain’s Queen Elizabeth said her life would always be devoted to service in a message to mark Commonwealth Day, after the 95-year-old monarch was forced to pull out of Monday’s annual church service to mark the occasion. Queen Elizabeth, the world’s oldest and longest-reigning monarch whose health has become an …

Teachers and staff of senior high schools across the country are expected to pay 10 percent of their basic salaries as rent for occupying a school and government bungalows at the end of this month, March 2022. The Ghana Education Service (GES) in the Western Region has served notice to …

The first person in the world to get a heart transplant from a genetically-modified pig has died. David Bennett, who had terminal heart disease, survived for two months following the surgery in the US. But his condition began to deteriorate a couple of days ago, his doctors in Baltimore said, …

Two Policemen who were among the officers allegedly involved in bullion van robberies have been killed during exchange of fire with the Police at Ashaiman in Accra. Four other officers have also been arrested and will be appearing before court on Wednesday March 9, a Police statement said on Tuesday March 8. …