Six men who employed a typical 419 tactics to defraud an American national of $180,000 have been arrested by the police.

President John Dramani Mahama on Monday arrived home from the United Kingdom where he participated in the G8 Summit.

Traders at the Kumasi Central Market (KCM) have accused the John Mahama government of discrimination in the manner in which it treats victims of market fires.

President John Dramani Mahama has said the government had made steady progress over the past 20 years of multi-party pluralism to enhance accountability, transparency and integrity.

Twelve (12) people died instantly and several others seriously injured on Monday when a KIA truck they were traveling in had a break failure while descending a hill and got involved in an accident on the Akosombo road in the Asuogyaman district of the Eastern region.

Personnel of the American Forensic Team, contracted by the Government of Ghana to help unravel the mystery surrounding the recent strings of fires at the nationÂ’s markets, were held spellbound yesterday at the Kumasi Central Market, when a woman vehemently protested their presence by stripping naked.

The Dzasetse of Nii Arde Nkpa family from Kokrobite, Langma and Tuba in the Greater Accra Region, Nii Ansah Sasaraku III, has been jailed 30 days by an Accra High Court for contempt.

Mr Vitus Adaboo Azeem, Executive Director, Ghana Integrity Initiative, (GII) on Tuesday said lack of public sector accountability was often being blamed on poor terms and conditions of service of public servants.

A Tarkwa circuit court has sentenced Daniel Manyeh, an 18 year-old student of Kapssa Senior High in the Volta region for defiling a 15 year-old girl at Kutukrom near Prestea.

A 17-year-old nursing mother and her seven-month-old baby boy lost their lives in a fire that gutted their wooden structure home at Nungua early Sunday morning.

Mrs Kate Nutsugah-Mikado, former Girl-Child Education Director, has expressed worry about the high number of pregnancies reported among Junior High School girls, writing this yearÂ’s Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE).

A Fast Track High Court has thrown out a motion seeking a stay of execution on an earlier judgement by the trial court in which the State was ordered to pay Mr. Edward Dua Agyeman, former Auditor General all entitlements due him.

America (USA) who are in the country to investigate recent market fires flew to Kumasi on Sunday and immediately began work at the Kumasi Central Market yesterday to unravel the cause of the blaze that ravaged the market on Sunday.

The Ga Traditional Council has smoked the peace pipe with the Chief Executive of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA), Dr Alfred Okoe Vanderpuije.

Women affected by the latest fire outbreak at the Kumasi Central Market in the Ashanti region have staged a naked demonstration in the regional capital.

Ayawaso West Wuogon Member of Parliament (MP), Emmanuel Kyeremateng Agyarko appears nauseated by the rampant market fire outbreaks across the country.

A Director of Communication for the PeopleÂ’s National Convention (PNC), Henry Haruna Asante, has charged Insurance companies to educate traders in the country on safety measures at the marketplaces.