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Ga Central NCCE holds 2025 Governance Challenge Quiz
The Ga Central Municipal Assembly of the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE), on Friday, organised the 2025 edition of Governance Challenge Quiz for four schools in the Municipality.
The 2025 edition forms part of the Commission’s activities aimed at deepening the children’s knowledge of the constitution and its framework.
In all, the schools included three private and a public school, comprising of Jamverson Academy, Glorious Pearls, Holy Child and Eagle of Greatness.
The Smart Governance Challenge is an annual Civic Education initiative designed to make learning about the 1992 Constitution more engaging and practical for the public.
Branding the programme this way, the NCCE seeks to encourage young people to connect constitutional principles with good governance and responsible citizenship in a fun and competitive setting.
Initially, Glorious Pearls and Holy Child tied for second place. To break the tie, additional questions were posed to the two schools, after which Glorious Pearls took second place while Holy Child placed third.
Jamverson School took the first prize with 29 points.
In his speech, Mr Emmanuel Adotey Allotey, the Municipal Chief Executive of Ga Central Municipal Assembly, encouraged the pupils to take the study of the constitution seriously, describing it as an important tool for nation building.
He also praised the NCCE for their dedication to Civic Education, despite the limited resources.
In her remarks, the Municipal Director of NCCE, Madam Mary Dagba, expressed her gratitude to the MCE and the Ga Central Municipal Assembly for the continuous support.
She thanked the participating schools, their patrons, the Ghana Education Service (GES) and the entire staff of the NCCE, and the moderator of the quiz, Mr Wisdom Ofori, for their collective efforts in making the programme a success.
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The Tema Regional Police Command has arrested a 30-year-old driver, Bismark Kpormeno, for possession of a large quantity of compressed plant materials suspected to be Indian hemp.
The arrest was made on Sunday, 31 May 2026 by officers of the Tema Highway Patrol Unit during an operation along the Tema-Ada road.
According to police, the suspect was driving a Hyundai Mighty I container truck and failed to stop when signaled. He attempted to evade arrest but was pursued and apprehended at Bondase.
A search of the vehicle revealed twelve 12 sacks and eighty 80 parcels of compressed plant materials concealed in a container and wrapped in sellotape.
Preliminary investigations show the narcotics were allegedly loaded at Kpeve in the Volta Region and were being transported to Ada.
The suspect is currently in police custody assisting with investigations. The truck and exhibits have been impounded for evidential purposes.
The Tema Regional Police Command says it remains committed to combating drug trafficking and other criminal activities.
They also urged the public to support law enforcement by providing timely and credible information on suspicious activities.
Firefighters from the Peki Fire Station of the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) responded swiftly to a fatal head-on collision involving a Mercedes-Benz container truck (WR 1553-C) travelling from Nkwanta to Accra and a Mercedes-Benz passenger bus (GR 3215-E) travelling from Battor to Kabiti in the Oti Region.
The crash occurred at Peki-Tsame near Peki Senior High School in the early hours of Tuesday, 2nd June 2026.
A total of forty (40) persons were involved, comprising twenty-one (21) males, fifteen (15) females, and four (4) children.
Through a coordinated rescue operation, firefighters extricated 25 injured casualties, including 23 adults and two children.
Sadly, 15 persons lost their lives, made up of nine males and 6 females.
The injured were conveyed to the Peki Government Hospital for treatment, while the deceased were handed over to the Police, who conveyed them to the hospital mortuary for preservation and further investigation. The cause of the accident remains under investigation.
The Ghana National Fire Service has extended its deepest condolences to the bereaved families and urges all motorists to observe road traffic regulations, avoid dangerous driving practices, and exercise maximum caution on the roads to help prevent accidents and save lives.
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