President John Dramani Mahama has requested American experts to help study and analyse the black box retrieved from the military helicopter crash that claimed eight lives last week, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has said.

President John Dramani Mahama will lead a ruthless campaign against illegal mining like never before, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has said.

All six remaining victims of last week's helicopter crash will be buried at the Military Cemetery at Tse Addo in Accra after a state funeral service at the Black Star Square on Friday.

Former President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has paid tribute to Nana Konadu Yiadom III, the 14th Queen Mother of the Asante Kingdom, describing her as “an adorable queen of grace and wisdom.”

The Special Anti-Galamsey Task Force has arrested the Assemblyman for Bonteso in the Amansie South District of the Ashanti Region, along with three others, for allegedly inciting a violent confrontation with officers during an operation against illegal mining.

A former National Security Minister, Francis Poku, has called for support for the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) for it to handle disasters of large magnitud effectively.

The Ghana Police Service has announced traffic and parking arrangements for the state funeral of the August 6, 2025, helicopter crash victims, scheduled for Friday morning at the Black Star Square.

The state funeral for victims of the Wednesday, August 6, 2025, helicopter crash will take place on Friday, August 15, 2025, at the Black Star Square in Accra, starting at 7:30 a.m.

The academic credentials of Professor Edward Dua Agyeman, a former Board Chairman of the Ghana Audit Service, became a subject of contention at a defamation case at the Accra High Court.

MTN Ghana has notified customers of a planned system upgrade that will temporarily disrupt all Mobile Money (MoMo) services from 12:00 am to 06:00 am on August 17, 2025. 

Have you noticed a rise in suspicious messages lately? Maybe it’s a strange SMS claiming to be from Ghana Post asking you to rebook a delivery, or a supposed “bank” requesting your card details—even though you’ve never opened an account with them.

Local authorities have been urged to come up with stronger and clearer laws to guide forensic and DNA testing in the country.

The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) is awaiting aviation experts and the manufacturers of the Z-9 military helicopter that crashed in the country on August 6 to determine the procedure for examining its anti-crash recorder.

Since the unfortunate fatal accident of the helicopter crash which claimed the lives of eight budding, exuberant and high-flying Ghanaians, we have come to terms with our human nature and the need to live together as a people without distinction. Indeed, we have not only been sober and decorous in how we speak and relate to each other, but we have also realised that political party affiliation is not enough to define us as a people.

The Bank of Ghana (BoG) is championing plans to expand domestic gold refining and value addition to strengthen the country’s position in the global bullion trade and capture more export revenue. 

Some New Patriotic Party (NPP) constituency youth organisers and their deputies have publicly endorsed former Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia as their preferred candidate for the party’s 2028 presidential primaries. 

President John Dramani Mahama, on Tuesday, visited the Chief of the Defence Staff (CDS) and the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) High Command at Burma Camp to express profound condolences to the forces and the bereaved families following the recent military helicopter crash that killed all eight persons on board.

A political scientist, Dr Samuel Kofi Darkwa, has stressed the need for political parties and the broader public to determine the future direction of the conduct of by-elections in the country.

The Volta River Authority (VRA) has said it does not own a helicopter nor operate an aviation service.

The Chief of Defence Staff, Lieutenant General William Agyapong, has clarified why cocoa sacks were used to carry the remains of the eight people who died in the August 6, 2025, military helicopter crash.

A Justice of the Court of Appeal, who also served as Director of the Ghana School of Law, Justice Nana Barima Yaw Kodie Oppong, has been recalled to the judiciary to perform his duties as a judge fully.

Former Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has urged members of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to maintain civility in the run-up to the party’s presidential primary in January 2026, stressing that the contest should focus on ideas rather than personal attacks.

The Ghana Police Service, in collaboration with other security agencies, has arrested Daniel Adomako, popularly known on social media as 'Sir-Obama Pokuase', as part of ongoing operations targeting the illegal possession and display of sophisticated weapons. 

A care worker employed under a false name fled to Ghana after a 14-year-old girl died on his watch, an inquest in the United Kingdom has heard.

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) and the Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCo) will conduct planned maintenance works in several regions on Wednesday, August 13, 2025, as part of efforts to enhance electricity supply reliability.