President Barack Obama has caught a woman who was apparently about to faint while he hosted a press conference at the White House.

Government would at all times commit itself to transparency in conformity with the principle of good governance, Mr Felix Kwakye-Ofosu, a Deputy Minister for Information and Media Relations, has said.

The Minister for Energy and Petroleum, Emmanuel Armah Kofi Buah, has broken his long silence on the rising outrage triggered by the recent 78.9 percent rise in Electricity tariff.

A 19-year-old food vendor who bit off the left thumb of her colleague has appeared before a Tarkwa Circuit Court for intentionally and unlawfully causing harm.

The African Innovation Foundation, which aims at encouraging innovations that contribute to sustainable development in Africa, has issued a call for applications for the Innovation Prize for Africa (IPA) 2014.

The Teachers and Educational Workers Union (TEWU) of the Trades Union Congress (TUC), has suspended for two weeks the indefinite strike that was embarked on by members in the public universities.

The embattled National Security Advisor says he owes nobody any apology for comments that have angered Ghanaians workers and some political groupings.

Some 78 people have been killed and scores wounded in an attack on villages in South Sudan's Jonglei state, the local MP has told the BBC.

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A Deputy Minister of Information, Felix Kwakye Ofosu has rejected calls by the New Patriotic Party (NPP) for the National Security Adviser, Brigadier-General Nunoo-Mensah (rtd), to be sacked over comments he made to the effect that public workers who were not ready to sacrifice and work should take their passports and “get out of the country”.

Two persons, including a man said to be a pastor, have been arrested for attempting to break into the tomb of Dr Kofi Abrefa Busia, Ghana’s Prime Minister in the Second Republic, at Wenchi in the Brong Ahafo Region.

A pastor at Adiemra in the Adansi North District in the Ashanti Region has been banished from the town as a result of his alleged sexual escapades in the community.

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has called for the immediate resignation of the National Security Adviser, Brigadier-General Nunoo Mensah (rtd), over what the party said was his “reckless outburst” during the inauguration of a nine-unit classroom block at the O’Reilly Senior High School last Saturday.

Africa has a leadership crisis. Mo Ibrahim has found no one worthy of his prize this year.

Labour and Alternative Dispute Resolution consultant, Mr Austin Gamey is livid with the almost wholesale implementation of Market Premium in the country and wants the government and the Fair Wages and Salary Structure administrators to stop the practice forthwith.

By Fredrick Nwabufo A study of some Nigerian workers bring to the fore the utter disregard for work ethics and professionalism. Pragmatic and religious observance of even common nuances, forms and rules of the work ethics vademecum seems to be a mountainous task for a motley depressing number of Nigerian workers.

By Lydia Essel-Mensah The fundamental growth of every child depends mostly on the quantity of nutrients in the diet he or she takes. Nutrition, as a process of providing or obtaining the food necessary for health and growth, is a key to development.

An American teenager, Nicholas John, has presented some items to the pupils of Tamatoku Presby Basic Schools in Ada East District in the Greater Accra Region.

By Charles K. Assuah (Ph.D) Children’s ability to reason logically, make realistic judgments and informed decisions is partly influenced by their proficiency level in Mathematics.

AKURE— A 16-year-old mother of two, Ebere Ogu, has allegedly stabbed his 35-year-old husband, Patrick, to death in Akure, the Ondo State capital, during a fight, and has fled with her children.