The Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCo) has attributed the widespread power outage recorded across parts of the country on Thursday, August 20, 2026, to a major fault on the Akosombo–Volta transmission line.

One person has died and eight others sustained injuries in a head-on collision involving a water tanker and a Toyota Voxy on the Kasoa-Winneba Road.

At least 11 people have died and several others sustained injuries following a multiple-vehicle collision at Ofankor Barrier in the Greater Accra Region.

Authorities in Ghana’s Northern Region have placed communities along the White Volta Basin on alert as they closely monitor water levels at Burkina Faso’s Bagre Dam, despite the dam remaining below the threshold for spillage.

The Office of the Attorney General has opposed a bail application filed by Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi-Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, as he seeks to appeal his conviction and sentence.

The National Anti-Illegal Mining Operations Secretariat (NAIMOS) has launched a major operation to clamp down on illegal mining activities along the Birim River and its surrounding catchment areas in Kyebi in the Eastern Region.

More than 3,000 students of Suhum Technical Secondary School (SUTESCO) in the Eastern Region have been sensitised to the growing threat of human trafficking and the increasing use of digital platforms by traffickers and cybercriminals to target young people.

The Assin Fosu District Court has convicted three young men for defrauding a 26-year-old trader of GH¢38,450 through a fraudulent electronic money transaction.

The North East Regional Police Command has arrested four suspects and intercepted 118 bags of cocoa beans allegedly being transported to neighbouring Togo through the Bunkpurugu-Togo border.