The Deputy Upper West Regional Minister, Abu Kabiebata Kansangabata has expressed worry over the drop out rates of school children in the Daffiama-Bussie district.

Residents of some parts of Accra are to experience power outages following a fire outbreak that gutted portions of the Electricity Company of GhanaÂ’s (ECGÂ’s) main substation at Achimota yesterday.

Star Microinsurance Company has presented a cheque for Ghs115, 000 as claims to the first batch of victims of the recent fire outbreak at the Kantamanto and Agbogbloshie markets.

The African Parliamentarians Network Against Corruption (APNAC) has elected the Minority Leader in Parliament, Mr Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, as its chairman.

The worldÂ’s leading premium drinks business, Diageo, has announced finalists of the annual Diageo Africa Business Reporting Awards (DABRA) for 2013.

The President, Mr John Dramani Mahama, has affirmed Ghana's commitment to support efforts at restoring peace and security in Somalia.

The workers of La Beach Hotel last Wednesday wore red bands and chanted protest songs on the premises of the hotel to buttress their resolve to see their General Manager, Adrian Landry leave.

ZIMBABWE – A 29-year-old Bulawayo woman from Matshobana suburb got the shock of her life when she woke up in the morning and realised that her private parts were missing, it is alleged.

The Nigerian military says that Boko Haram militants in the north-east of the country are "in disarray" as a result of its offensive against them.

A 19-year-old boy who became a dropout at his final year at Senior High School (SHS) has shockingly consumed a bottle of poison to end his life.

Syrian government forces have surrounded the rebel stronghold of Qusair and are storming it from several directions, says Syrian state TV.

Young children should hear about the dangers of pornography as soon as they have access to the internet, leading head teachers say.

The nationÂ’s attention will be glued to the counting of the pink sheets by KPMG, the accounting firm that has been tasked by the Supreme Court (SC) to audit the pink sheets as the firm begins its work today.

The Domestic Violence and Victim Support Unit (DOVVSU) of the Ghana Police Service is investigating the case in which a level 200 medical student of the School of Medical Sciences of the University of Cape Coast was raped by an unidentified man.

There is something about the hearing of the election petition that the live telecast is not showing us. While the cameras look for Gloria Akuffo or Nana Ato Dadzie for a soundbite, Philip Addision is looking for his learned colleague on the “hostile side”- Tony Lithur’s side.

Sixteen people were arrested by the Asahiman Divisional Police Command on Saturday for possessing narcotic drugs and offensive weapons, engaging in landguard activities and robbery.

French Ambassador, Frederick Clarier, and the Lebanese Ambassador to Ghana Ali Halabi, on Friday paid a courtesy call on the Minister of Water Resources, Works and Housing, Alhaji Dauda,

Two conmen who posed as soldiers and ordered their victim to withdraw GH¢5,000 from a bank after ransacking his room of various items are in the grips of the police.

The District Chief Executive for the Wassa East, Mr Anthony Aggrey, has called on the chiefs and people along the Pra River to support the assembly to stop the devastation of the environment by illegal miners.

A second-year medical student of the University of Cape CoastÂ’s School of Medical Sciences was last Saturday sodomised at knifepoint by an intruder at the PSI hostel.