Ghana's defence and environment ministers were killed in a helicopter crash Wednesday, the presidency said, hours after the armed forces reported a chopper carrying three crew and five passengers dropped off the radar.

Ghana's defence and environment ministers were killed in a military helicopter crash Wednesday, the presidency said, after the air force chopper carrying three crew and five passengers came down in a forest in the south.

Ghana’s Defence Minister Edward Omane Boamah and Environment Minister Ibrahim Murtala Muhammed have died in a military helicopter crash. Naija News reports that the incident, which occured in the Ashanti Region on Wednesday, also claimed the lives of six other people, including senior government officials and military crew members. The helicopter, operated by the Ghana […]

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At a press conference, Julius Debrah, Chief of Staff to President John Mahama, called the incident a "national tragedy."

The Chief of Staff to Ghanaian President John Mahama said in a statement that the crash occurred on Wednesday in the southern Ashanti region of the country.

Defense Minister Edward Omane Boamah and Environment Minister Ibrahim Murtala Muhammed were killed alongside the vice-chair of the National Democratic Congress ruling party, a top national security adviser, and crew members

Ghana's defence and environment chiefs were killed in a helicopter crash on Wednesday along with six others, the  presidency said. The incident comes at a time of heightened regional security concerns…

Former President Goodluck Jonathan has condoled President John Mahama of Ghana over the air mishap that killed two ministers and six others. A military

‎This is contained in a statement issued by Presidential Spokesperson,  Bayo Onanuga on Wednesday in Abuja.

The presidency has confirmed that some top government officials and National Democratic Congress figures were involved in a helicopter crash on August 6. SEE THE PHOTOS HERE Ghana’s defense and environment ministers are among eight people killed after a military helicopter crashed in the Adansi Akrofuom District of the Ashanti Region Prior to the devastating

Giving details of the tragic incident on Wednesday, Chief of Staff to the Ghanian President, Julius Debrah, said others killed in the ill-fated flight include ⁠Acting Deputy National Security Coordinator, Alhaji Muniru Mohammed; Vice Chairman of NDC, ⁠Dr Samuel Sarpong; former Parliamentary candidate,  Samuel Aboagye; ⁠Squadron leader Peter; Flying Officer Twum Ampadu; and Sergeant Ernest Addo. 

President Bola Tinubu has condoled with the President of Ghana, John Mahama, over the tragic accident that claimed the lives of some top government officials in the country. President Tinubu, in a statement on Wednesday by his spokesperson, Bayo Onanuga, extended his deepest condolences to President Mahama, the government and people of Ghana following the […]

ADANSI AKROFUOM, Ghana – Ghana is mourning the deaths of two senior government officials and six others after a military helicopter crashed in the Ashanti Region on Wednesday, August 6. Defense Minister Edward Omane Boamah and Environment Minister Ibrahim Murtala Muhammed, 50, were confirmed dead

Ghana released names of 8 victims killed in a military helicopter crash near Sikaman; officials mourned as flags flew at half-mast and probe into cause began.

President Tinubu has expressed his condolences to President John Mahama, following the helicopter crash that claimed the lives of Ghana’s ministers and six others.