With few days left for the Chief Justice Georgina Theodora Wood to bow out, a host of influential persons are jostling and lobbying for their preferred justices to be appointed to the high office of Ghana's judiciary.

Member of the Communications team of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has directed officials of state transport, Metro Mass Transport Limited (MMTL), to retrieve their GHC1.

The National Democratic Congress legislator for the Wa Central Constituency, Rashid Pelpuo has described as mysterious results of the 2016 polls.

ZAMFARA, Nigeria (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - When six-year old Mohammed Waziga arrived at a health centre in northwest Nigeria complaining of joint pains and drowsiness, he was given an injection and sent home without any concerns.

Abidjan (AFP) - Several hundred ex-rebels on Monday blocked access to Ivory Coast's second city Bouake, their former stronghold, seeking thousands of euros in bonuses in line with a deal following a deadly January mutiny. Unlike the mutineers who caused trouble in several towns, Monday's protesters have not been integrated into the army and carr ...

By Diesob Cecilia/Agnes Ansah, GNAAccra, May 8, GNA - Madam GiftyTwum Ampofo, the Deputy Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection, has called on philanthropists and non-governmental organisations to support the Ministry in its various interventions.

By Prince Tony Acquah, GNAAkropong (E/R), May 08, GNA - The Akuapim North Municipal Assembly has confirmed Mr. Denise Edward Aboagye, as the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE).

All the chiefs in Akyem Abuakwa in the Eastern Region are getting ready to visit the offices of the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI) in Accra to register their displeasure with a report on illegal mining by the security agency which indicts the Okyenhene.

By Adu Simon, GNANkoranza, (BA) May 8, GNA - Anthony Nyobozie, the Nkoranza South New Patriotic Party Constituency Secretary has appealed to the Assembly members to confirm the President’s Nominee, Madam Diana Ataa Kusiwaa as the District Chief Executive.

The Ghana FA delegation at the CAF Congress in Bahrain were the first to congratulate Kwesi Nyantakyi as CAF 1st vice president. Vice President George Afriyie, Acting General Secretary Alex Asante and Executive Committee member Frank Nelson were in the Bahrain capital of Manama for CAF's Congress. New CAF president Dr Ahamd hand-picked Nyantakyi to be second-in-command with Constant Omari as second vice president. Nyantakyi is a CAF Executive Committee member and a FIFA Council member.

An Accra circuit court on Thursday remanded Boli Bukari, a Fulani herdsman, for conspiracy to commit crime and robbery. Bukari pleaded not guilty and would appear again in court on May 16. Prosecuting, Superintendent of Police Kwaku Bempah told the court that the complainants in the case are the driver and passengers in a Benz bus. He said on April [...] The post Fulani herdsman in court for robbery

By Adu Simon, GNAAgyina (BA), May 8, GNA - Mr Patrick Kwakye, the Kintampo South District Assembly Engineer, has called for a legislative Instrument to ban the construction and use of pit latrines in local communities.

The feud between Gender Minister, Otiko Afisa Djaba and the New Patriotic Party’s(NPP) Northern Regional Chairman, Daniel Bugri Naabu has taken a different dimension as the duo are booked to meet the National leadership this week over their hostility in the party.

The Tarkwa Circuit Court has remanded three suspected criminals into prison custody, for conspiracy to commit crime, possession of firearms without lawful authority and attempting to commit crime. Atongo Samuel, 22, illegal miner, Kofi Abanga, 24, farmer, and Twumasi Isaac, a-30-year-old pastor pleaded not guilty to all the charges. Prosecuting, Detective Inspector Clement Amoah, told the court, presided by Mr [...] The post Pastor,

By Josephine Nyarkoh/Rachel Fosua Osei, GNAKumasi, May 08, GNA – The church has been asked to provide strong support to the effort towards assisting prisoners to give up on crime and lead normal lives after serving out their sentence.

Lawyers for the former CEO of the Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC), Sedinam Tamakloe Attionu, have confirmed their client will not be available this morning for an impending invitation by the Economic and Organized Crime Office (EOCO).

President of the Republic of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has summoned two of his party stalwarts to the Flagstaff House, to come and explain themselves over the behavior they exhibited last Friday, May 5, 2017, which has subjected the governing party to public ridicule.

By Elsie Appiah-Osei, GNAAccra, May 8, GNA - Mr Eben Akonnor Fianko, the Founder of Care and Action for Mental Health in Africa (CAMHA), has advised the public to embrace and support persons with mental health problems instead of segregating them to their fate.

TRIPOLI/ROME (Reuters) - More than 200 migrants are feared to have died in the Mediterranean over the weekend, according to testimony from survivors, and several bodies, including that of an infant, have washed up on a Libyan beach.

The President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has reiterated the commitment of his government to establishing the Infrastructure for Poverty Eradication Programme (IPEP) – the vehicle which will ensure that each of the 275 constituencies receives the equivalent of $1 million per year for infrastructural development. According to Akufo-Addo, this Fund will be administered by three […] The post SADA-like