At this point, buy fins.

June really looked like it wanted to give Ghana a fairy-tale ending.

The Black Stars had just dragged us through ninety minutes of shouting at our TVs, emotional maths with goal difference, and enough "if this team wins..." calculations to qualify for a degree in Statistics. Somehow, we made it to the Round of 32. We were chest out. Timelines were cooking.

Then yesterday, June 29, arrived... and so did the rain. The "God, please let my car still be where I parked it" kind. Streets became rivers. Cars floated. Shop owners stood helplessly as floodwater casually carried away their goods. Somewhere in all that water was a little boy who never made it home. A family that started the week whole ended it planning a funeral. It’s all someway, chale.

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• Accra flooded again like an annual subscription

  The rains came and Accra entered swimming mode again. Circle, Kaneshie, Odawna, Adabraka, Lapaz and co were hit, and emergency responders had to work through the night. At this point, flooding in Accra is not even surprise news. It’s like a toxic ex who always returns in June saying, “Hey stranger.” And somehow, we still act shocked.

• GMet warned that more rain was coming

  GMet said Accra should expect heavy June rains, with rainfall projected around 100 to 150 millimetres. The scarier part? They said even 30 millimetres can now flood parts of Accra. Accra’s drainage system has become that one group member who cannot handle small pressure. One cloud gathers and the city starts sweating.

• Accra-Kasoa road became a punishment

  The rain turned the Accra-Kasoa road into a daily nightmare. A 45-minute trip started stretching into three or four hours. People left home in the morning and arrived looking like they had fought colonialism. Potholes, mud, traffic, stress. If you survived Kasoa traffic in June, please add it to your CV.

• Accra has entered its Marie Kondo era and the city is asking every structure one question: "Do you spark structural integrity?" If the answer is no... chale, pack up. This month, unsafe buildings and structures have been dropping faster than New Year's gym resolutions. From the demolition of dangerous buildings to the Tema Kaiser Flats drama, authorities are basically saying, "We're choosing public safety." Residents, meanwhile, are saying, "Cool... but where exactly are we supposed to live tomorrow morning?" It's giving family meeting where nobody agrees but everybody is shouting.

• World Cup Fever

  Panama was first, and chale, we cooked. Everybody's chest expanded by three inches, and suddenly we weren't discussing qualification anymore. We were discussing who we'd meet in the final. Personally, I kinda felt bad for Panama but hey, Osagyefo didn’t die for this. Life goes on.

  Then England arrived. The same England that never lets us forget they "invented football." Ninety minutes later? 0-0. No goals. Just vibes, and enough national pride to power ECG for a week. We celebrated that draw like we'd collected reparations. The ref though, boys catch am like dem go beat am for the penalty he didn’t award us. 😂😂

• Then Croatia happened.

  The night before the match FIFA announced we had made it into the round of 32. Then Croatia came and reminded us that confidence is good, but defending is also important. Suddenly everybody became a tactical analyst. The defence had moments where it looked like the players were connected by Bluetooth and the signal was weak. Before the final whistle, conspiracy theories had already landed. "We lost strategically." "This route is easier." "Trust the process." Whether people believed it or not didn't matter. It became the funniest coping mechanism of the tournament. Suddenly, losing was apparently part of the masterplan.

• Yaw Dabo became World Cup content

  Oh, and because Ghana cannot attend any international event without supplying comic relief, Yaw Dabo also became accidental World Cup content. Cameras caught him and social media swore international broadcasters thought he was a child. Only Ghana can go to the biggest football tournament on earth and trend for something that has absolutely nothing to do with football. We truly export entertainment as a service.

• Government bought World Cup tickets

  First, Mahama said government would not fly large groups from Ghana because the cost was around $11,000 per fan, which is the kind of figure that makes national budget people remove their glasses slowly. So instead, government chose to support Ghanaians already abroad with match tickets. Government basically told the diaspora, “We can get you inside the stadium, but your flight, hotel and cravings are between you and your bank account.”

• Then the ticket drama became a queue

  After the announcement, everybody suddenly became “Ghanaian diaspora with deep patriotic interest.” The Sports Minister had to come and explain that the 1,000 tickets per game would be shared transparently. But the process had drama: Canada opened applications, the US Embassy said it had not received tickets yet, and later the Ghana High Commission in Canada announced distribution had been done. Very hmmm…

• Government’s Ticket Plug Has Closed Shop

  The Sports Ministry now says the government’s World Cup ticket support was only for the group stage. So now that Ghana has reached the Round of 32 and is facing Colombia, fans must buy their own tickets.

• SHS Students are doing Chemistry…outside the classroom

  Remember when the biggest thing schools had to worry about was sneaking phones into prep? Simpler times. Now, Narcotics Control Commission says drug abuse is quietly becoming the new class prefect nobody voted for. According to the Commission, more students are experimenting with drugs, and it's showing up in discipline cases across schools. It's giving, "Bro, this isn't the extracurricular activity your parents paid fees for." The Commission is now calling for stronger education, more parental involvement and earlier intervention before this becomes one of those problems everyone claims they "saw coming."

• Ebola Tried to RSVP. Ghana Said “You’re Not on the List.”

  You know that one person who texts, “I’m outside” when nobody invited them? Yeah, that's Ebola this month. After fresh cases popped up in neighbouring countries, Ghana didn't wait for the disease to knock before locking the door. Border surveillance went up. Isolation centres got dusted off. Health workers were put on alert. Government basically entered protective-parent mode: "Nobody is entering this house without washing their hands." If COVID taught us anything, it's that saying "We'll cross that bridge when we get there" is a terrible public health strategy.

• Ghana had only two working public MRI machines

  MahamaCares assessment said Ghana had only two functional MRI machines in government hospitals. Two. For the public system. The whole country basically sharing machines like SHS students sharing one dorm. Healthcare is already stressful. Now imagine needing a scan and the machine queue is longer than a fuel station line during shortage. Not funny-funny. More like “laugh so you don’t cry.”

• Ghana Found Lithium... Now Everybody Wants to Sit at the Table

  Finding lithium in 2026 is like discovering your old Nokia charger suddenly works with an iPhone. Everybody becomes interested. Ghana's Atlantic Lithium project was supposed to be one of the country's biggest mining wins. Then a Chinese mining giant looked at the company and basically said, "Nice project... we'll take it from here." Now the conversation has moved from digging rocks to moving billions. Analysts say the takeover could force Minerals Income Investment Fund to rethink its stake and potentially exit at a loss. It's corporate chess with very expensive pieces.

• From "Boss, add one Alomo" to "Boss, buy one share."

  If you had told Ghanaians twenty years ago that one day we'd be buying shares in the same company that has sponsored half our uncles' "one for the road," we'd have assumed the bitters was already working. But that's exactly what happened. Kasapreko, the proudly Ghanaian company behind Alomo Bitters and a whole shelf of drinks you've definitely seen at weddings, funerals and December parties officially listed on the Ghana Stock Exchange this month. They were hoping to raise about GH¢700 million to grow the business. Investors practically said, "Say less," and threw in over GH¢1.7 billion instead. Oversubscribed by 146%. Turns out Ghana doesn't only drink Kasapreko. People are now betting on it too.

• Love is expensive. Prison is even more expensive.

  

  We've all been to that wedding where someone leans over and whispers, "Ei... where did they get all this money?" Well, in this case, investigators say they found the answer.

  Meet Alfred Mensah, a sales assistant who had worked for his boss's plumbing business in Lakeside and Kantamanto for seven years. Prosecutors say he quietly siphoned GH¢353,471.50 from his employer between 2024 and 2025. Alfred wasn't even spending the money on an actual bride. Investigators say he handed chunks of it to people who promised to help him find a wife. Then came the sequel. They allegedly told him his "future bride" had developed a kidney condition and urgently needed treatment in South Africa. My brother kept sending money. The fairy tale came crashing down when unexplained losses at the business led to investigations. Alfred admitted to the theft, pleaded guilty before the Adentan Circuit Court, and was ordered to refund every pesewa, pay a GH¢12,000 fine, or spend two years in prison if he defaults. Meanwhile, five other people including two traders and a pastor are still standing trial over their alleged roles in the scheme.

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