At least 30 police officers in Nigeria have been killed in an ambush by a local militia in the central Nasarawa state, officials have said.

A Deputy Minister of Information and Media Relations, Felix Ofosu Kwakye has assured victims of the fire outbreak that occurred at the Katamanto market of governmentÂ’s commitment to place their interest first when the new market is constructed.

Government has directed the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) to conduct a nation-wide inspection of all markets to ensure that all electrical installations in such places meet their approval.

The Governor General of Canada, Mr David Lloyd Johnston and his wife, Mrs Sharon Johnston will arrive in Ghana on May 13, for a four-day state visit.

Fishermen within the six coastal districts of the Western Region have been reminded on the need to keep a distance from the oil rig since their activities pose greater risks to them as well as the oil installations.

The Chief Rent Officer of the Rent Control Department, Addo Dombo has called on government to assist the Department with the necessary logistics and resources to boost their operations.

The National Tenants Association of Ghana otherwise known as NATAG, an umbrella organisation representing tenants in Ghana, says the Rent Control Department should be dissolved due to its inability in resolving the rent problems confronting tenants in the nation.

Residents of Sakaman managed to put out a fire which razed down some stalls.

Policy think tank, Imani Ghana has described as ‘outmoded’ the practice of housing police personnel in the barracks.

The Chief Executive Officer of the Bui Power Authority, Jabesh Amissah-Arthur has revealed plans by government to partner the private sector in the construction of the proposed Bui City project.

The Alliance for Accountable Governance has expressed its deepest condolences to the victims of the Sunday, May 5 fire outbreak at Kantamanto.

Evidence collected so far by the New Crusading Guide with regards to the issue of procurement of water treatment chemicals for the Ghana Water Company paints the picture of a well organized ring, hatching schemes aimed at weakening an entity whose recent entry into the sector ensured the total collapse of the activities of the clique that for many years succeeded in monopolizing and hijacking the water chemicals market at the expense of the state.

Under the 1992 Constitution of the Republic of Ghana, President John Dramani Mahama is both the Head of Government Business and Head of State.

GhanaÂ’s former Ambassador to Serbia and Montenegro, Dr Nyaho Nyaho-Tamakloe, has challenged Ghanaians, especially political actors, to stop the politicisation of national issues.

Newmont Ghana (Ahafo Mine) has distributed one hundred insecticide-treated bed nets to some residents of Gyedu in the Asutifi North District of the Brong Ahafo Region.

Professor Stephen Adei, former Rector of the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA), has called for the creation of a patriotic, committed national think-tank, to be used by political leaders for the management of the country.

The Military High Command has rendered an unqualified apology to the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) and the two journalists who were assaulted by some military personnel during the Independence anniversary celebrations in March this year.

Police personnel along the Mallam Highway were forced to abandon their night duty and forced to assist accident victims because a tanker driver missed his way and run into a loaded cargo truck forcing it to roll over in the process.

President John Dramani Mahama has given assurance that work on the gas processing facility at Atuabu in the Western Region will continue as scheduled to provide gas by the end of the year.

Public sector doctors resumed work Wednesday, after almost a one-month strike, but there were virtually no out-patients at some of the hospitals in Accra to be attended to.