Designed to provide pedestrians with a safe passage across roads, zebra crossings are intended to be areas where drivers stop and allow people to cross.

However, the reality on many roads in Accra tells a different story.

Motorists frequently ignore these crossings, forcing pedestrians to wait for long periods or take dangerous risks by crossing between moving vehicles.

Condom vending machines will be deployed in the country by the last quarter of the year in a new measure intended to contain the spread of HIV/AIDS.

The machines, to be located at vantage spots, are to remove the challenge arising from human interface with individual purchase of the rubber piece considered crucial in the prevention of sexually transmitted diseases and infections.

Ghana’s mixed 4x100m freestyle team finished with 3:53.60, below the national record of 3:42.97, ending Day 2 of competition for Ghana at the 2026 Commonwealth Games.

Kessben Media, the operators of Kessben FM, have suspended one of its presenters, Rexford Kwadwo Adu Ntim, popularly known as DJ K.A, following the circulation of an intimate video on social media. The company has also launched an internal investigation into the incident.

The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has commended the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Christian Tetteh Yohuno, the Ashanti Regional Police Command and the IGP's Special Operations Team (SOT) for their unwavering commitment to combating crime and ensuring peace, law and order across the country.

President John Dramani Mahama has reaffirmed his commitment to upholding the legacy of former President John Evans Atta Mills, describing the late leader as a "gentle soul whose character was his greatest strength."

The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Rev Sarah Mullally, will begin a 10-day pastoral visit to the Church of the Province of West Africa on Sunday, her first visit to Africa since being installed as Archbishop of Canterbury in March 2026.

At the invitation of the Primate of West Africa and Bishop of Asante-Mampong, the Most Rev Dr Cyril Kobina Ben-Smith, Archbishop Sarah will visit the Church in Ghana and the Diocese of Cameroon, which are both part of the Church of the Province of West Africa.

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Texts between singer D4vd and Celeste Rivas Hernandez, the 14-year-old he is accused of murdering, reveal she had been pregnant and had had an abortion before her death.

The messages were shown during a hearing for a judge to determine if the singer, whose legal name is David Anthony Burke, should go on trial for the teen's death last year.

This week the tech world was gripped by a story that has it all - and which started like a sci-fi thriller.

Hugging Face - a kind of app store for artificial intelligence tools - announced on 16 July it had been hacked by a cyber criminal wielding enormously powerful AI.

The bombshell announcement was full of scary, highly technical terms: "a swarm of sandboxes", "agentic attacker", and "self-migrating command and control".

The wait is almost over as Big Brother Naija Season 11 premieres this Sunday, July 26, ushering in a new season of drama, competition and entertainment.

Ghana's 2-time medalist Abdul Wahid Omar suffers a unanimous 0-5 defeat to Patris Mughalzai of England in the men's 65 kg round of 32 boxing competition at the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland.

The winners of the 2026 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) will receive $2million as prize money.

Coach Kim Lars Brokegren has confirmed his final list of 25 players for the 2026 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON), with no major surprises.

A major operation to demolish illegal structures and dredge silted waterways has begun in Accra, as the Flood Mitigation Task Force moves to prevent a repeat of the devastating floods that recently hit the Greater Accra Region.

Parliament is expected to adjourn sine die (indefinitely) on July 31, the Leader of Government Business, Mahama Ayariga, has stated.

The Upper West Regional Police Command has arrested a group of suspects involved in a motorbike theft syndicate operating within the region, and recovered 17 motorbikes stolen from various locations in the Wa Municipality and other parts of the region.

Twenty-five Ghanaians have claimed asylum among visitors who entered Canada on visas to attend the 2026 FIFA World Cup, according to a report by The Globe and Mail.

The Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games opened in spectacular style as The King and The Queen took a cue from the Doctor by emerging into The Hydro from the TARDIS.  

Sports Minister Kofi Adams has announced a mammoth increase in the government’s prize money for Ghanaian athletes who win gold medals at the 2026 Commonwealth Games from $5,000 to $10,000, as inspiration to end the country’s 28-year wait for the ultimate at the multi-sports event.

Assistant Commissioner of Immigration (ACI) Gordon Yaw Saah, who is the Chief Staff Officer of the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS), has been enstooled as the Gyaasehene of Akyem Swedru and the Akyem Bosome Traditional Area under the stool name Obrempong Boakye Tano Biri.

The government will reduce the time required to award public contracts and tighten the rules governing sole-source procurement as part of reforms aimed at speeding up government projects and improving accountability in the use of public funds.

Nana Kwame Bediako, who is also known as Cheddar or Freedom Jacob Caesar, has been explaining why his partner, Azad Cola, wants to seize that huge, aesthetically pleasing, and imposing white building located next to Danquah Circle at Osu in Accra, known as No. 1 Oxford Street Hotel. 

Nana Kwame Bediako argues that his partner, Azad Cola, wants to take over the building because he [Cola] claims he solely repaid an IFC loan they used to construct the building.

According to Cheddar, his partner made that move without his consent and has not even shown him proof that he has indeed repaid that loan, even though, as a partner, he had a "fiduciary" duty to have disclosed that he was going to repay the loan.

The Cyber Security Authority (CSA) has issued a public alert over a surge in restaurant and food-vendor impersonation scams, warning that unsuspecting customers are increasingly being tricked into making fraudulent payments for food that is never delivered.

Ghana has achieved its statutory debt-to-GDP target of 45 per cent years ahead of both the International Monetary Fund programme timetable and the timeline established under the Public Financial Management Act, Finance Minister Dr Cassiel Ato Forson announced on Thursday during the presentation of the 2026 Mid-Year Fiscal Policy Review to Parliament.

The government has planned to allocate funds in the 2027 Budget to implement a permanent solution to flooding issues in Accra and other flood-prone areas across Ghana, the Minister of Finance, Dr Cassiel Ato Forson, has said.