A newly formed youth group called Youth for Effective Leadership (YOFEL) has been launched in Accra over the weekend.

The people of Kumasi, the Ashanti Regional Capital and the official seat of the Asantehene, have pledge their unflinching support for their King and Overlord of Asanteman, Otumfuo Osei Tutu ll.

The flagbearer of the New Vision Party, Prophet Daniel Nkansah says it is not true that he boycotted trial in the case involving him and a trader Aisha Nurudeen.

A concerned group have reminded Members of Parliament that further delay in the passage of the Right to Information (RTI) bill could be a betrayal of public trust in the institution of Parliament.

Residents of the Sekondi/Takoradi Metropolis have expressed disapproval at the sale of portions of the Casuarina Belt to private individuals and companies.

President John Dramani on Saturday announced that the implementation of the Savannah Accelerated Development Authority (SADA) would construct irrigation projects along the Oti River to provide jobs for the people of Zabzugu and Tatale-Sangule district.

The Aboadze Thermal Plant and a Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) Project are in the process to generate additional 300 megawatts of power by the end of the year to boost energy supply in the country.

The Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana (PFAG) at the weekend presented “The Farmers Manifesto for Election 2012 and beyond”, to the leadership of the Convention People’s Party (CPP) in Accra.

Dr Kwabena Duffour, Minister of Finance and Economic Planning on Friday said the National Lottery Authority (NLA) had paid a total of GH¢ 188.4 million into the consolidated fund and paid 87 per cent of its 2012 targets into the fund.

Gunmen have killed at least 20 people in a dawn attack in a remote village prone to bandit attacks, in northern Nigeria's Kaduna State, reports say.

President John Dramani Mahama on Saturday gave the assurance that government would continue to provide every community with their share of development projects, irrespective of their location, ethnic, and social status.

President John Dramani Mahama on Friday announced that government would spend $186 million on the procurement of pontoons for all communities along the rivers and coastal areas to facilitate river and lake transport.

President John Dramani Mahama has appointed Nene Atsure Benta III, Mankralo of the Prampram Traditional area, as the new Acting Chairperson of the Greater Accra Regional Lands Commission.

The Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development (MLGRD) has completed major rehabilitation works at the Paga Crocodile Pond and handed over the project to the Kassena- Nankana East District Assembly.

The first ever African Women Cultural Leaders Network (AWCLN) meeting opened in Accra on Friday to brainstorm on the creation of a continental network of women cultural leaders.

Lady Julia Osei Tutu, wife the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has urged traditional queen mothers to fight against early girl-child marriages in Ghana.

Yamoah Yamoah Ponkoh, the controversial Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) of Ejisu/Juaben, is in the news again for the wrong reasons as he is alleged to have traded slaps with a driver of the assembly over money last Sunday.

Ghana takes strong exception to the stated contents of purported United Nations (UN) Group of Experts report on Cote dÂ’Ivoire, which was prematurely leaked to Reuters, a British cable news network, and subsequently published by the Daily Graphic.

The National Pensions Regulatory Authority (NPRA) has assured Ghanaians that the Pension Scheme is in safe hands and as well on its way to achieve the goals and objectives set out for it.

Patrick Sosu is a millionaire in the making depending on whom you are talking to. This 36-year-old father of three roasts plantain and sometimes corn – depending on which of the two is in season - for a living. He is in a profession that many have relegated to women and largely the uneducated or illiterate in society.