🚨 Security has been intensified across Ayawaso East, especially in Nima, with heavy police deployment, including in areas without active polling stations.
🚨 BREAKING: Zimbabwe has begun releasing nearly 4,000 inmates under a presidential amnesty aimed at easing overcrowding in the country’s prisons. The move, announced by the cabinet in February, focuses on vulnerable and rehabilitated prisoners.
Congo-Brazzaville is gearing up for a controversial presidential election on March 15, 2026, with campaigning underway and public scrutiny over the electoral process as seven candidates, including longtime incumbent Denis Sassou Nguesso, contest the vote.
🚨 The family of Daniel Omane, the Koforidua phone dealer who died after an acid attack by Vera Asare, say the proposed 10-year sentence is inadequate, expressing disappointment after the court ordered a pregnancy test before sentencing.
Floyd Mayweather Jr. is set to face Greek kickboxing legend Mike Zambidis in a June exhibition bout in Athens, Greece, a warm-up ahead of his highly anticipated rematch with Manny Pacquiao scheduled for September 19 in Las Vegas.
BREAKING: Evangelist Patricia Asiedua Asiamah, widely known as Nana Agradaa, has been released from Nsawam Female Prison after serving part of her sentence under Ghana’s remission policy. Her original 15-year term was reduced to 12 months by the Amasaman High Court, and with remission applied she became eligible for release on March 3, 2026.
BREAKING- An Accra Circuit Court has sentenced 32-year-old Amanda Pascal to two years in prison for unlawfully entering a church at Teshie Barracks and stealing assorted items after pleading guilty.
🚨 Eleven foreign nationals are standing trial after being arrested in Ga South for allegedly operating a counterfeit US dollar printing ring. Authorities seized fake notes, photocopiers and laptops during the January raid, as Immigration confirms investigations have been concluded.
🚨 BREAKING: Police have arrested a 33-year-old man for allegedly assaulting a 24-year-old motorcyclist following a road accident at Maamobi. The suspect, identified as Razak Kwanda, is on enquiry bail assisting with investigations.
🚨 JUST IN:A video has surfaced showing Evangelist Patricia Asiamah, formerly known as Nana Agradaa, reuniting with her husband, Angel Asiamah, after her release from Nsawam Medium Security Prison.
🚨 Five armed men reportedly ambushed travellers on the Gbal–Nyantie road in Sissala West, stealing four motorbikes, cash and phones at gunpoint. Police later recovered one motorbike and a mobile phone near Sangbaka during a patrol.
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President Mahama has announced plans for Ghana to purchase 127 tonnes of gold annually to strengthen its economic buffer, a move expected to raise reserves to $13.8 billion.
Fishermen in the Western Region are blaming ongoing oil drilling for an unusual surge in seaweed along the coast, saying it is clogging nets, reducing catches and threatening livelihoods.
🚨 JUST IN: Over 40,000 voters head to the polls in Ayawaso East today to elect a new MP following the death of Mahama Naser Toure. The NPP’s Baba Ali faces the NDC’s Baba Jamal as the Electoral Commission assures a smooth and secure by-election.
🚨 Foreign Affairs Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has announced the successful evacuation of all Ghanaian embassy staff from Iran, confirming they are safe. Ghana’s embassy in Iran has been closed indefinitely.
🚨 JUST IN: A Kumasi court has remanded actress Patricia Osei Boateng for two weeks over her alleged links to a carjacking syndicate tied to the robbery and murder of Andrews Amankwa, father-in-law of GOLDBOD CEO Sammy Gyamfi. She reportedly turned herself in at the CID Headquarters on Feb 26, 2026.
🚨 JUST IN: Leadership of the 2024 batch of newly posted teachers stormed the GNAT headquarters over delayed salaries, saying they are owed 10 to 17 months in arrears, with some yet to receive staff IDs or full payments.
The Accra High Court has dismissed a suit filed by Democracy Hub seeking to stop the March 3 Ayawaso East by-election over alleged vote-buying claims against Baba Jamal during the NDC primary.
🚨 UPDATE: A Germany-based Ghanaian woman has alleged she was defrauded in a surrogacy arrangement involving her husband and the surrogate, Judith Kidith Serwaa Ampaafo Appiah, claiming over GH¢100,000 was paid while her husband handled all communication throughout the pregnancy.
A surrogate mother, Judith Kidith Serwaa Ampaafo, allegedly absconded with a newborn from the 37 Military Hospital in Accra on February 27, 2026, after delivering the child under a GH¢100,000 surrogacy agreement with a German couple despite a signed legal contract.