3 d. ago Paediatric Society of Ghana launches National Child Road Safety Campaign

The Volta Region of the Paediatric Society of Ghana, in partnership with the National Road Safety Authority, has launched the National Child Road Safety Campaign to ensure the safety of children in traffic areas. This forms part of an advocacy by the Society to intensify awareness on the need to always look out for children […]

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6 d. ago GPHA boss inspects major road and safety upgrades at Tema Port

The Director-General of the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA), Brigadier General Paul Seidu Tanye-Kulono, has embarked on a working tour to inspect key infrastructure projects at the Tema Port, reaffirming the Authority’s commitment to operational efficiency, safety, and trade facilitation. The inspection focused on critical projects, including the rehabilitation of the main access road […]

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7 d. ago Tema Port undergoes major infrastructure upgrade to support 24

As part of measures to facilitate the effective rollout of the 24-hour port operations policy, the Director-General of the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA), Brigadier General Paul Seidu Tanye-Kulono, has led an inspection tour of critical road rehabilitation works within the Port of Tema enclave. The tour, conducted on Monday, 7 July 2025, focused […]

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8 d. ago LIST: See the members of the new DVLA and National Road Safety Authority Boards

The Minister for Transport, Mr Joseph Bukari Nikpe, has inaugurated new boards for the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA) and the National Road Safety Authority (NRSA), charging them to prioritise road safety compliance and technological innovation in transport regulation.

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2 w. ago A Deadly Threshold: The urgency of lowering Ghana’s Blood Alcohol Limit

Ghana’s road safety crisis is reaching alarming levels, claiming thousands of lives each year and posing a serious threat to national development. In 2023 alone, 2,494 Ghanaians lost their lives to road crashes, and another 15,607 sustained injuries. Within the first five months of 2024, the National Road Safety Authority (NRSA) reported 1,267 deaths from […]

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2 w. ago A Highway of Tears: Ghana’s road safety crisis demands action now

The Accra-Kumasi Highway near Oframase became a graveyard once again. A horrific collision claimed several lives, leaving behind shattered families and a nation grappling with grief. This was no isolated tragedy—it was the latest chapter in Ghana’s unrelenting road safety crisis, a silent epidemic that claimed over 2,000 lives in 2024 alone. As a concerned […]

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2 w. ago This is not leadership; it is deception, dressed in a tax code

In their 2024 People’s Manifesto under “Transport Infrastructure and Road Safety” (Section 4.5), the NDC made a clear and emphatic pledge: “The next NDC government will absorb the cost of non-life insurance premiums for vehicle owners as part of the road fund levy, eliminating the burden of direct premium payments.” The promise was straightforward: no […]

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3 w. ago Road safety: Experts push for automatic speed monitoring systems to curb over

Automatic speed monitoring systems and enforcement mechanisms are being adopted by road safety engineers to reduce road fatalities on Ghanaian roads.

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3 w. ago JoyPrime’s TroTro Diaries partners with COMAC to champion fuel quality and road safety

JoyPrime’s popular TV show ‘TroTro Diaries’ has officially launched a strategic partnership with the Chamber of Oil Marketing Companies (COMAC) aimed at promoting fuel quality, safe fuel consumption, and road safety awareness within Ghana’s bustling trotro industry.

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last month IGP orders major raids on illegal mining sites along River Ankobra: 61 arrested

The Inspector-General of Police this week ordered major raids on illegal mining operations in and around the River Ankobra in the Western and Western Central regions, leading to the arrest of a total of 61 illegal miners. Several changfan machines were destroyed, while six excavator machine monitors, two excavator batteries, and 32 gallons of fuel were seized.

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