There is a growing air of confidence at the Ghana Immigration Service that after years of taking the flap for the presence of Chinese immigrants engaged in illegal gold mining, in the process of which they pollute our water bodies and environment without valid visas, resident and work permits, immigration bigwigs have finally succeeded in identifying one of the key suspects in the smuggling ring.

About 4,000 out of the 7,500 residents at Akotoshie and its 25 surrounding villages in the Ga West Municipality, who, over the past six years, have not been paying bills to the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), have been mapped out for payment by June 2013.

The Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection, Nana Oye Lithur, has said her sector Ministry would continue to advocate for measures to eradicate human rights violations, especially the abuse of women and children.

A 35-YEAR-OLD wayside currency dealer popularly known as ‘black-marketer’ was reportedly shot dead in the stomach by unknown assailants at Community One in Tema.

Deputy Minister for Gender, Children and Social protection, Rachel Florence Appoh has stated the commitment of her ministry to conduct investigations into an alleged arrest of young boys between the ages of 15 and 16 by the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI).

First Lady, Mrs. Lordina Mahama, has been elected the 1st Vice President of OAFLA, the Organisation of African First Ladies Against HIV Visit Peace FM Online for latest news, breaking news, audio and feature stories in Ghana A woman whose boyfriend caught her sleeping with his 16-year-old son after he set up a camera to film ghosts has been jailed for six months and ordered to attend a sexual rehab clinic in Tasmania.

The Deputy Public Relations Officer of the Ghana Fire Service, Prince Anaglate has urged Ghanaians to adopt precautionary measures against fire outbreaks in the country.

Leading waste management company, Zoomlion Ghana Limited, has disclosed that the Ghana Youth Employment and Entrepreneurial Development Agency (GYEEDA), formerly the National Youth Employment Programme (NYEP), has lagged behind in eight months of arrears in management fees, which is far above the one month agreed period as stipulated in their contract.

Democracy is said to be a very expensive system of governance.

First Lady, Mrs. Lordina Mahama, has been elected the 1st Vice President of OAFLA, the Organisation of African First Ladies Against HIV Visit Peace FM Online for latest news, breaking news, audio and feature stories in Ghana The Electricity Corporation of Ghana says a temporary load shedding exercise is underway in the Greater Accra region.

Ethiopia has started diverting a stretch of the Blue Nile to make way for a $4.7bn (£3.1bn) hydroelectric dam that has caused a dispute with countries downstream, state media say.

Four suspected armed robbers who beat a middle-aged security man, resulting in his face and head being covered in blood, and dumped him in a nearby bush have been arrested by the police.

First Lady, Mrs. Lordina Mahama, has been elected the 1st Vice President of OAFLA, the Organisation of African First Ladies Against HIV Visit Peace FM Online for latest news, breaking news, audio and feature stories in Ghana Democracy is said to be a very expensive system of governance.

The Ashanti Regional Police Command has intercepted a truck carrying 550 bags of cocoa worth over a GH¢100,000.

First Lady, Mrs. Lordina Mahama, has been elected the 1st Vice President of OAFLA, the Organisation of African First Ladies Against HIV Visit Peace FM Online for latest news, breaking news, audio and feature stories in Ghana Four suspected armed robbers who beat a middle-aged security man, resulting in his face and head being covered in blood, and dumped him in a nearby bush have been arrested by the police.

The World Bank Group will provide more than $1 billion in additional funding to help improve the lives of people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and in the countries in the Great Lakes region.

The wife and daughter of Supreme Court Tuesday regained their freedom from kidnappersÂ’ den, 17 days after their abduction.

British forces are detaining 80 to 90 Afghan nationals in a holding facility at Camp Bastion, Defence Secretary Philip Hammond has confirmed. UK lawyers acting for eight of the men said they had been held for up to 14 months without charge in what could amount to unlawful detention.

The woes of the Electoral Commission (EC) seem far from over as over 120,000 personnel contracted by the Commission to assist in the 2012 general elections are crying foul over unpaid fees.

The Fair Wages and Salaries Commission (FWSC) says the payment of conversion difference and market premium to public sector doctors can collapse the Single Spine Pay Policy (SSPP).