Some residential facilities belonging to nurses in Wa have been converted into drinking spots by people believed to be illegally occupying the place.

According to a recent survey conducted by wireless technology firm Qualcomm, at least 29 percent of people polled reported that their mobile phone is the first and last thing they look at each day.

A wreath laying ceremony to mark the first Anniversary of late President John Atta Mills has been held at the Asomdwee Park in Accra.

Mr Isaac Afari, the Kenyasi District Manager of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), has appealed to service providers to refrain from inflating claims in order to sustain the scheme.

Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Agwunbutoge Awuni, the Director of the Motor Transport and Traffic Unit (MTTU), has said the police was not the only corrupt institution in the country and that corruption was pervasive across the country.

The Tema District Council of the Maritime and DockworkersÂ’ Union has appealed to the government to implement the recommendation of the Chris Ackumey Committee which recommended the takeover and management of the PSC Tema Shipyard by the Ghana Ports and Harbour Authority (GPHA).

Alhaji Rashid Future, an opinion leader of Adoagyiri Zongo, has called on Muslim communities to stop engaging their children school-going age in early trading.

The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) has for the past 10 days (August 1-10 2013) been monitoring and documenting expressions used in discussions on key programmes on 26 selected radio stations across the country.

Junior staff members of the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) have called on the government to, as a matter of urgency, dissolve the seven-member Board of Directors of the company for inefficiency.

A surge in gang violence has prompted education officials in South Africa's Western Cape Province to close 16 schools for two days.

A Texas man has been arrested after claiming to be the newly adopted son of first lady Michelle Obama and asking a bank teller to give him access to her account.

CairoÂ’s streets were largely empty on Wednesday night as the city was put under curfew after EgyptÂ’s worst bloodshed in decades. The army also announced a month-long state of emergency.

The Minerals Commission is proposing to government to suspend some ongoing projects which are being executed with mineral revenue.

The Egyptian capital Cairo is reported quiet after a crackdown on Islamists which left hundreds dead and drew international condemnation.

Electricity consumers in the Upper East Region have raised concerns about the intention of the Volta River Authority (VRA) and the Northern Electricity Distribution Company (NEDCo) to increase electricity tariff.

It was all smiles for victims of the recent Kumasi market fire when the government yesterday gave the green light to Stanbic Bank to start the disbursement of its financial grant to 2,041 traders to enable them to re-start their businesses.

The Western Regional Minister, Mr E.K.T. Addo, has advised national service persons not to allow themselves to be used by any politician to foment trouble as the country awaits the Supreme CourtÂ’s verdict in the ongoing election petition.

Twenty-Five-year-old Cecilia Alevi, a factory hand with Baron Waterhouse Limited, a mineral water production firm at Dodowa in the Greater Accra Region, was bathed with acid by ex-boyfriend, John Kwabena Amedorme, after she requested they end their four-year romantic relationship.

Deputy Minister of Health, Dr Alfred Sugri Tia, has urged pharmacists to do more to promote the rational use of the antibiotics and prevent abuse.

The Police Administration has vowed to step up its crime prevention efforts to adequately respond to the needs and expectations of the people.