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Multiple people are still trapped after a storey building collapse at Adenta New Site following a heavy downpour. Ghana National Fire Service personnel have arrived at the scene to assist in ongoing rescue efforts.

🇳🇬 Viewer’s discretion is advised ❌ Bukom Haram has attacked Nigeria army and muřdéreď about 10 of them

🇺🇸 JUST IN: The FBI has provided an update on the case involving Ghanaian socialite Frederick Kumi, popularly known as Abu Trica, who is facing extradition proceedings over alleged involvement in a large-scale fraud operation. According to the bureau, the case is part of an ongoing “consumer fraud” investigation involving at least five Ghanaians accused of defrauding over 130 victims across the United States in romance scam operations, allegedly amounting to over $15 million. The FBI says three suspects in the US have been detained, while two including Abu Trica are currently in Ghana awaiting extradition. The bureau also reported asset seizures valued at over $3 million, including luxury vehicles.

🇬🇭 The Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) has reported that ginger recorded one of the highest food inflation rates in the country, with prices rising by over 86% year-on-year in recent periods. The sharp increase highlights continued pressure on food prices in Ghana.

🇬🇭 A truck heavily loaded with crates of Club Beer overturned on the Accra–Madina Road on Friday morning, spilling its cargo across the roadway and leaving bottles of beer scattered in abundance.

🇺🇸🇬🇭 A U.S. court has sentenced Ghanaian-American Kelvin Owusu Nkwantabisa, 33, to 17 years in federal prison for leading a sophisticated international Business Email Compromise (BEC) and money laundering scheme that defrauded businesses and individuals of more than $38 million.

🇺🇸 🇳🇬"On Nigeria, where many were very concerned about violence against Christians, we are now actively in counterterrorism cooperation with the Nigerian government and Nigerian security forces." — SECRETARY RUBIO

🇬🇭 A distraught mother is appealing to President John Mahama, the Ministry of Health, and relevant authorities for intervention, claiming her son was left unable to walk or speak and later lost his sight following a hernia surgery at Koforidua Central Hospital when he was 1 year and 8 months old. She says she sold her shop and spent heavily on medical care, but her son’s condition has not improved.

🇬🇭 UPDATE | “Tell them to share the live!” — Residents who apprehended an alleged thief were seen livestreaming him on TikTok while making him clean a community gutter, as onlookers urged viewers to share the video.

🇳🇬 Lady was left shocked after her agent took her house hunting and she saw the staircase in the duplex.

🇬🇭ICYMI | A poultry farmer at Pantang P&T reportedly lost more than 1,000 chickens after severe flooding caused by a heavy downpour in the Greater Accra Region.

A poultry farmer at Pantang P&T has reportedly lost over 1,000 chickens after heavy rains triggered severe flooding in the Greater Accra Region Cc @datnewsss

🇬🇭 | A suspected thief was captured on CCTV allegedly breaking into a residence at Old Barrier and making away with several items belonging to the homeowners. Anyone with information that could help identify the individual is urged to contact the nearest police station.

🇬🇭 NADMO officials used boats and life jackets to rescue residents trapped by severe flooding at Tema Community 5 after heavy rains caused excessive flooding in the area.

🇬🇭 A local poultry farmer at Pantang P&T lost more than 1,000 chickens following a heavy downpour in the Greater Accra Region, which caused severe flooding.

🇬🇭 “Come and break it and take it to your house so that my children and I, when we wake up, will come to your house to eat. Twenty years ago, where were you? It wasn’t close to the gutter. It is now that the gutter has come to meet it.” — An elderly woman has expressed disappointment after the MCE of La Nkwantanang-Madina Municipal Assembly ordered the removal of her container shop, citing its location on a drainage channel.