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GNFS battles three fires in one day
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The Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) responded to three separate fire incidents across the Greater Accra Region on Sunday, August 30, 2026.
At Kaneshie Presby, personnel from the Industrial Area Fire Station contained a blaze that broke out in the garage of a five-bedroom house.
Firefighters managed to salvage all five bedrooms and their contents, with only a solar battery destroyed.
In a second incident at Burma Hills, the Trade Fair Fire Station extinguished a fire at an Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) secondary sub-station. The facility sustained partial damage, but no injuries were recorded.
Meanwhile at Abelemkpe, the Legon Fire Station conducted cooling operations after a domestic fire had already gone out before their arrival. Although a control panel and four solar batteries were destroyed, the team salvaged a four-bedroom apartment, three vehicles, four polytanks, two water pumps and a generator set.
According to the Greater Accra Regional Public Relations Office of the GNFS, the causes of all three fires are under investigation.
By Edem Mensah-Tsotorme
A Las Vegas jury has convicted Duane “Keffe D” Davis of first-degree murder for orchestrating the 1996 killing of hip-hop icon Tupac Shakur.
Davis, 63, a former leader of the South Side Compton Crips, was found guilty on Monday, August 31, after less than three hours of deliberations following an 11-day trial.
He is the only person ever charged in Shakur’s death.
Prosecutors said Davis provided the gun and ordered the drive-by shooting as revenge after Shakur and Death Row Records co-founder Marion “Suge” Knight beat up his nephew, Orlando Anderson, earlier that night on September 7, 1996.
The court heard that while Davis did not pull the trigger himself, he was the “shot caller” inside the white Cadillac from which Shakur was shot near the Las Vegas Strip. Shakur, 25, died six days later.
Much of the state’s case relied on Davis’s own statements in police interviews, TV documentaries and his 2019 memoir Compton Street Legend.
Davis faces life in prison without parole. He is scheduled to be sentenced on October 13 and told the judge he intends to appeal.
By Edem Mensah-Tsotorme
The Ghana Football Association (GFA), through its Technical Directorate, will organize a one-day workshop for Ghana Premier League coaches ahead of the 2026/27 season.
The virtual session will bring together head coaches of all Premier League clubs for an engagement aimed at strengthening technical standards, enhancing professionalism, and ensuring a common understanding of key issues ahead of the new campaign.
It will be led by GFA Technical Director, Dr. Joseph Kwame Mintah, together with members of the Technical Directorate.
The workshop will provide a platform for coaches to engage the directorate on matters relating to their roles and responsibilities, with focus on key technical and administrative areas to ensure the smooth running of the competition.
Particular attention will be paid to the conduct and responsibilities of team officials, with emphasis on discipline, professionalism and adherence to competition regulations.
The exercise is expected to equip participants with relevant guidance and practical information as clubs finalize preparations for the new season.
The 2026/27 Ghana Premier League will kick off on Saturday, September 5, 2026, when Vision FC host Young Apostles at the Nii Adjei Kraku II Sports Complex in Tema New Town.
