The government's clarion call on all citizens to appreciate that keeping their environment clean and green is one of the prerequisites for leading a healthy and happy life dubbed 'Operation Clean Your Frontage' has kicked off today, Tuesday, February 1, 2022, with about 30,000 people expected to be deployed in Accra to start a massive clean up campaign.

The University of Ghana says investigations are still ongoing into the drowning of a first-year student in the school’s pool over the weekend. The management of the University of Ghana confirmed the drowning of a male student on Saturday, January 29, 2022.

The shutdown of public universities may still not be off the table as the lecturers’ strike continues hence compelling the possible shutdown of the institutions. Members of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) are in their third week of a strike the National Labour Commission has described as illegal.

Parliament has tasked its Committee on Youth and Sports to probe the shambolic performance of the senior national team, Black Stars at the ongoing African Nations Cup in Cameroun. This follows a statement by Ranking Member for the Committee, Kobina Mensa Woyome in which he called on the Ghana Football Association and the Ministry of Youth and Sports to explain to Ghanaians what accounted for the abysmal performance of the team at the tournament.

The Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu, has demanded that the Executive Director of the National Identification Authority (NIA) and the supervising Minister of the Ghana Card registration exercise appear before Parliament. According to him, the time is ripe for the Authority to update the House on its operations, considering the growing importance of the card in national activities.

Northern Regional police commander is advising car owners to buy car tracking devices as part of measures to fight car snatching in the country. The advice comes in a wake of increases in car snatching cases especially in Tamale.

A man in a military uniform, Mustapha Yussif and four other colleagues have been arrested at Yapei -Kintampo for highway robbery. Per a police situational report, the five suspects snatched a Toyota Camry and other items from one Adam Abdul-Gafaru at gunpoint in Tamale.

At least 13 people had been confirmed dead in Thursday's explosion at Appiatse, in the Bogoso District of Ghana's Western Region, following an accident involving a truck conveying explosives to a mining company

The Police has placed a GH¢20,000 bounty on the leaders of the two groups involved in the violent clashes at Nima on Tuesday afternoon. Addressing a press briefing at the National Operations Centre, on Wednesday, Assistant Commissioner of Police, Kwesi Ofori stressed that the move is to incentivise the public to disclose all relevant information leading to the arrest and prosecution of all culprits.

The Ghana Police Service has arrested seven persons over the shoot-out in Nima on Tuesday during a clash between two gangs. Five of the suspects are in police custody while two have been hospitalised under police guard.