Emmanuel Victor Smith, Ghana’s Ambassador to the United States, has advised visa applicants to pay close attention to their appearance and conduct when attending visa interviews, particularly as preparations intensify ahead of the upcoming FIFA World Cup.

A passenger train operating on the Tema–Accra railway line derailed on Thursday morning after colliding with stray cattle near Avenor, leaving dozens of commuters stranded and disrupting rail transport services along one of the capital’s busiest commuter routes.

A 41-year-old Nigerian woman has been sentenced to six months imprisonment with hard labour after she was caught attempting to fraudulently obtain a Ghanaian passport using forged identity documents, according to the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS).

The (EPA) has confiscated eight containers of illegally smuggled sodium cyanide during a compliance inspection at a small-scale mining site in Nkroful in the Ellembelle Municipality of the Western Region.

The Chief of Army Staff,, has confirmed the death of a soldier during a counter-terrorism training exercise in the Upper East Region.

The deceased, identified as, was a physical training instructor with the 6th Infantry Battalion and reportedly lost his life following an explosion during operations in the Binduri Forest area.

A 23-year-old man narrowly survived after the concrete floor of a shop collapsed beneath him in the early hours of Tuesday at the 18th Lane area of Tarkwa, raising fresh concerns over underground instability linked to mining activities in the municipality.

The Sekondi–Takoradi Metropolitan Office of the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) has commenced a large-scale desilting and disinfection exercise targeting fifteen major storm drains across the metropolis in an effort to reduce the growing risk of flooding.

The Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCo) and the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) have announced a series of planned and emergency maintenance works across parts of the Greater Accra, Central, Tema, and Volta Regions on Wednesday, May 20, 2026, resulting in temporary power outages in several communities.

Two Ghanaian brothers and a woman based in the United States have been indicted for their alleged roles in a sophisticated international romance fraud network accused of targeting elderly Americans through online dating platforms and social media scams.