Thousands of mourners from all walks of life, on Friday converged on the Black Star Square, to pay their last respects to the eight fallen heroes, who died on an official duty on August 6.

Amidst profound sorrow and unwavering national unity, Ghana on Friday concluded the state funeral of the eight distinguished and dedicated public servants and military officers who perished in the tragic August 6, 2025 helicopter crash.

The nation was cloaked in both grief and resolve yesterday as President John Dramani Mahama announced the establishment of a Children’s Support Fund to secure the future of the children left behind by the victims of the tragic August 6 military helicopter crash. 

The remains of six of the eight August 6 helicopter crash victims were interred at the Military Cemetery in Accra yesterday as the nation bid the patriots a grand farewell.

The final, haunting notes of the Ghana Air Force band have faded from the vast expanse of the Black Star Square, yet the profound resonance of yesterday’s state funeral for the eight patriots lost in the August 6 helicopter crash remains etched deep within the nation’s collective consciousness. 

It has been confirmed that four females, including a seven-year-old girl died instantly when a Star Oil fuel tanker drove over them at Asukawkaw in the Krachi-East Municipality in the Oti Region on Thursday [August 14, 2025]. 

Graphic Online’s Emmanuel Modey reports that the fuel tanker, with registration number GN 1531-23 that was heading towards Dambai to discharge fuel.

The Minister for Communications, Digital Technology and Innovation, Samuel Nartey George, has announced that MultiChoice Ghana, operators of DStv, will face a daily fine of GH₵10,000 from August 14 until it submits detailed pricing information requested by the National Communications Authority (NCA).

Ghana bid farewell on Friday, August 15, to six of the eight victims of the August 6, 2025, military helicopter crash, in a solemn ceremony marked by grief, tributes, and full military honours.

President John Dramani Mahama has announced the immediate establishment of a Children’s Support Fund to safeguard the future of the children of the eight victims of the tragic August 6 helicopter crash.

President John Mahama has posthumously promoted three Ghana Air Force officers who perished in the August 6 helicopter crash, describing the gesture as a "small but meaningful recognition of their courage, professionalism, and selfless service." 

The wife of the late Samuel Aboagye, Acting Deputy Director-General of Operations at the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO), Abigail Salami, has paid tribute to her husband following his tragic death in the helicopter crash on August 6, 2025.

The widow of the late Minister for Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, Dr Ibrahim Murtala Mohammed, has remembered him as a man whose integrity, humour and selflessness touched countless lives, even as the demands of high office meant she often had to share him with the nation.

The wife of Flying Officer Manean Twum Ampadu, one of eight people killed in the August 6 Ghana Air Force helicopter crash, has delivered an emotional farewell at a state funeral in Accra.

Lieutenant Ewuradwoa Kumi-Kyeremeh stood before a hushed crowd at Black Star Square on Friday, August 15, to honour her late husband, a promising young pilot whose life was cut short in service to his country.

The family of the late Minister for Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, Dr Ibrahim Murtala Mohammed, has described his death in the August 6 military helicopter crash as a loss that will leave “grief forever” in their hearts.

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has hailed the late Defence Minister, Dr Edward Omane Boamah, as a fearless activist and political strategist whose career spanned grassroots mobilisation, electoral defence, and national leadership.

It began on a medical school bus — and grew into a marriage filled with laughter, late-night walks, and shared plates of kenkey and fish.

This is how Mrs. Rita Omane Boamah remembers her husband, Ghana’s late Defence Minister, Dr Edward Omane Boamah, who died in a Ghana Airforce helicopter crash on Wednesday, August 6.

The acting Deputy National Security Coordinator in charge of Human Security, Alhaji Mohammed Muniru Limuna, was one of the eight passengers who lost their lives in the helicopter crash in the Ashanti Region.

The late Minister of Defence, Dr Edward Omane Boamah, assumed office on January 30, 2025. He brought a wealth of experience to bear on his work.  

Flying Officer Manaen Twum Ampadu (GH/5426), was born on January 17, 1995, at Kwahu Adumoah, Eastern Region, to Mr Emmanuel Macdouglas Ampadu and Madam Ampadu Patience. 

The philantropic side of the late Minister of Environment, Science, Technology (MEST), Dr Ibrahim Murtala Muhammed, one of the government officials who lost his life in a helicopter crash on Wednesday, August 6, this year, has been revealed days after his passing.

Sqn Ldr Anala (GH/4281) was born on November, 2 1989, at Siniesi in the Upper East Region to the late Paul Oscar Anala and Madam Lucy Apung Anala. 

Samuel Aboagye, a former Parliamentary Candidate of the National Democratic Congress in the 2024 general election, was born on December 23,1980.

Under the weight of collective grief, Ghana will gather at the Black Star Square today to bid a final, dignified farewell to the remaining six of the eight patriots whose lives were tragically cut short on August 6, 2025 in the military helicopter crash. 

Ghana is gathering today, Friday, August 15, to honour eight patriots who died in last week’s military helicopter crash at Adansi in the Ashanti Region.

The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has called for the depoliticisation of discussions about the purchase of presidential jet and helicopters for the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF).