What the country needs now is selfless citizens who are dedicated to the good of the nation, Mr. Alfred Ekow Gyan, Deputy Western Regional Minister, said on Tuesday.

Issahaku Martin, a class one pupil of the Lamashegu Experimental Primary Â’AÂ’, on Tuesday expressed his desire to be like President John Dramani Mahama in future.

A Montana newlywed has been charged with murder after admitting she shoved her husband off a cliff eight days into their marriage, authorities say.

Two men, Ayew Agambiana from Sukura and another identified as Fofo Torgbadza, both aged 30, are locked in a fierce battle over a pregnant woman, Grace Akaapo and her two-year old child.

A Togolese involved in illegal gold mining at Wassa-Manhyia in the Amenfi Central District in the Western Region has been busted by the police for allegedly beheading his 15-year-old nephew for ritual purposes.

President John Dramani Mahama on Tuesday announced that Ghana would establish synergies with neighbouring West African countries to ensure swift and safe delivery of goods and services at various ports and harbours.

President John Dramani Mahama on Tuesday hinted that government would soon hold a stakeholders summit on curricula building and job creation opportunities to ensure employment after school.

The Driver Vehicle and Licensing Authority (DVLA) will soon start an emission test on vehicles in Ghana to ensure that vehicles emit acceptable levels of carbon.

President John Dramani Mahama on Tuesday said government would pursue measures that would attract most Ghanaians living in the diaspora to come home and lend their support to national development.

Mr. Mahama Ayariga, Minister of Information and Media Relations, said the conferment of BeninÂ’s highest national award on President John Dramani Mahama was an indication of the strength of relations between the two countries.

Benjamin Kwaku Owusu, a 40-year-old former Manager of Unity Oil Filling Station in Suhum, has committed suicide by drinking DDT Gamullio 20 insecticide.

Minister of State for Education, Chief Nyesom Wike, yesterday, said NigeriaÂ’s adult illiterates have increased from 25 million in 1997 to 35 million in 2013.

President John Dramani Mahama would lead GhanaÂ’s delegation to the 68th General Assembly of the United Nations from September 17 to October 4, 2013.

Mr Frederik Willem de Klerk, former President of the Republic of South Africa, on Tuesday said African countries might need to evolve their own special forms of democracy to suit the special needs of their people.

A huge new water source has been discovered in the arid Turkana region of northern Kenya, which could supply the country for 70 years, the government says.

Four persons, including a police officer and an ex-soldier, were yesterday sentenced to 120 years in prison by an Accra Circuit Court.

The Executive Chairman of the Zoomlion Group of Companies Dr. Joseph Siaw Agyepong has highlighted the need to capitalize on ideas in order to create wealth.

The Fast Track High Court will on September 22 rule in the case in which the Managing Director (MD) of the Ghana Commercial Bank (GCB) is facing contempt for non-compliance of a court order.

An Obuasi Methodist Church Bishop has criticized calls for electoral reforms following the outcome of the Presidential Election Petition at the Supreme Court, saying “the reforms will defeat the verdict of the court”.

The Ho Municipal Assembly on Tuesday rejected Mrs Fafa Adinyira as Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) sending her mainly women backers into frenzied protestations.