AFREEQUE
Top stories
🇬🇭 GhanaHealth

Ghana fire service steps up checks ahead of harmattan

By , based on 3news

Map: Ghana

Ghana’s fire service has stepped up safety inspections at shopping centres, radio stations and other public buildings in Sekondi-Takoradi ahead of the harmattan season. Regional commander Cecil Addo wants to check that facilities comply with regulations and limit fires during the dry season, 3news reports.

The western regional command of the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) has stepped up fire safety inspections at shopping centres, radio stations and other public facilities in Sekondi-Takoradi, in western Ghana. The operation aims to prevent risks before the start of the harmattan season, according to 3news.

The exercise is being led by the GNFS regional commander, an Assistant Chief Fire Officer of Grade I, in the Sekondi-Takoradi metropolis.

Summary produced with the help of artificial intelligence tools, under AFREEQUE’s editorial responsibility.

Share this article

Related stories

Ghana plans to introduce a fee for mobile passport service

Ghana’s foreign affairs minister wants to submit a special fee for mobile passport application centres to Parliament. The government plans to include their development in the 2027 budget and make them a permanent service, according to 3news.

🇬🇭 Ghana · Source: 3news ·

Ghana’s Upper East minister announces 8.6bn cedi investment target

Ghanaian regional minister Akamugri Donatus Atanga announced a target of about 8.6 billion cedis in public and private investment in the Upper East over ten years. Presented during the accountability forum held from 5 to 13 October 2026, the plan aims to accelerate projects and strengthen transparency, 3news reports.

🇬🇭 Ghana · Source: 3news ·

Ghana’s NDC vets 54 regional candidates in Sekondi

Fifty-four candidates for leadership positions in the regional branch of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Ghana’s ruling party, have begun their vetting in Sekondi. The process precedes the party’s internal elections in the Western Region, reports 3news.

🇬🇭 Ghana · Source: 3news ·

Ghana finance minister demands checks on every public cedi

Ghana’s Finance Minister, Cassiel Ato Forson, is asking public officials to account for every cedi entrusted by the state and recover misappropriated funds. He is particularly calling for stronger control systems so that recovering funds does not become an annual practice, reports 3news.

🇬🇭 Ghana · Source: 3news ·

🇬🇭 Latest from Ghana

Map: GhanaGhana: Hassan Ayariga calls for parliamentary debate on BRICSHassan Ayariga, leader of Ghana’s All People’s Congress, is asking Parliament to examine Ghana’s proposed membership of BRICS. He is calling on the government to provide information on the partnership’s benefits, risks, costs and legal obligations, as well as for a public debate, according to MyJoyOnline.All Ghana news →

Health in West Africa

Map: Agbor, NigeriaTanker collides with another vehicle and catches fire in Agbor, NigeriaA tanker whose brakes failed collided with another lorry before catching fire in Agbor, Delta State, Nigeria, destroying property worth several million naira. The accident occurred on Sunday on the Old Lagos-Asaba Road, near Orogodo Primary School, the Daily Post reports.All Health news →

The week in Africa

This week’s highlights

  1. Ebola: four new cases bring Kenya total to seven🇰🇪 Kenya
  2. ECOWAS and AES prepare framework cooperation agreement🇸🇳 Senegal
  3. Trump freezes implementation of new Russia sanctions🌍 World
  4. ExxonMobil and Washington discuss energy investments in Libya🇱🇾 Libya
  5. Ukraine war: Zelensky denounces 76 Russian attacks on energy infrastructure🌍 World
All of this week’s highlights →

Africa in your inbox

Be the first to get our letter in English: the essentials from every region of the continent, free.

← Back to the news