The Ghana AIDS Commission says it has not diverted any fund to a wrong account.

Ms. Helen Adjoa Ntoso, the Eastern Regional Minister, has urged Ghanaians to make hand-washing with soap and water their habit.

Mr Samuel Sarpong, Central Regional Minister, on Tuesday called on Muslims to send their girl-children to school instead of giving them out for early marriages.

Plan International’s 2013 Girls’ Report indicates that the organisation will support four million girls to get education, skills and the support needed to move them from poverty to opportunity.

Hundreds of Muslims in Kumasi celebrated the Eid-ul-Adha – the Feast of Sacrifice, with an open air prayer at the Akwatialine Central Mosque.

Maulvi Mohammed Bin Salih, Naib Ameer II and Acting Ameer of Ahmadiyya Muslim Mission Ghana, (AMMG) on Tuesday said the primary objective of Muslims is to submit to God's will.

At least 85 people have been reported dead after a magnitude-7.2 earthquake hit the central Philippines.

The governor of Sicily has declared a state of emergency because of the large numbers of migrants it is having to deal with.

The police in Kumasi have arrested 10 youths for selling tickets meant for the Black Stars vs the Pharaohs of Egypt World Cup play-off match scheduled for the Baba Yara Stadium Tuesday afternoon at exorbitant prices.

A total of 161 guns has been seized during Police operations from January to June, Mr Prosper Agblor, Director-General of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) said on Monday.

The Ministry of Lands, Forestry and National Resources says it cannot be held liable to African Automobile Limited (AAL) for any indebtedness because it has paid all its commitments to the company.

Mr Inusah Fuseini, Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, has pledged commitment to work with stakeholders on the Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative (EITI) for the benefit of Ghanaians.

Muslims throughout the country will today join others worldwide to celebrate the annual Eid-ul Adha, the festival of sacrifice on the Islamic calendar.

Workers are battling to rescue tens of thousands of people marooned by rising flood waters in Orissa, after the state was hit by the strongest cyclone in 14 years.

Daily water demand in Greater Accra Metropolitan Area (GAMA) stands at 150 million gallons although Kpong and Weija treatment plants, the major water treatment plants serving the area, can only produce 93 million gallons a day.

The Judgment Debt Commission on Monday urged the Ghana National Procurement Agency (GNPA), to publish the names of people indebted to it for Ghanaians to know those behind the Agency’s problems.

A surge of optimism on Monday for a possible compromise to end the partial government shutdown and avoid a U.S. default as soon as this week got jolted by the sudden postponement of a White House meeting between President Barack Obama and congressional leaders.

Ghana’s pineapple production and exports have slumped to the lowest in nine years, throwing more than 500,000 people, mostly farmers out of job.

There is no winner for this year’s Mo Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership. Ghana, however, ranked seventh out of 52 countries featured on the 2013 Ibrahim Index of African Governance which assesses performance in terms of safety and rule of law, participation and human rights, sustainable economic opportunity and human development.

The People’s National Convention (PNC) has extended good felicitations to all Muslims and Ghanaians in general as they celebrate Eid-Dul-Adha today.