Tsatsu Tsikata, counsel for the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has finally brought his cross-examination to an end, albeit temporarily. It is the longest-running cross-examination in the hearing of the presidential election petition so far.
The Greater Accra Regional Police Commander, DCOP Christian Tettey Yehonu, has directed authorities of the Synagogue Church of all Nations to quit hosting revivals at their Spintex auditorium in Accra.
A 9-member delegation from China’s Gonchi province where majority of the illegal miners are believed to have hailed from are appealing to the Government of Ghana not to arrest their compatriots engaging in small scale mining.
Government has ordered the Immigration Service to urgently rid the institution of corrupt officials who are found to have connived with Chinese nationals who engage in illegal mining in the country.
About 120 militant Islamists have been arrested in Nigeria's north-eastern city of Maiduguri, as they were organising the burial of a commander, an army spokesman has said.
Star Microinsurance Company, through their underwriting partners (Star Assurance and Starlife) 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 Syrian army has pounded the rebel-held central town of Qusayr, killing at least 51 people in an apparent preparation for a ground assault, watchdog and activists said.
The Nigerian military reports that Boko Haram militants in the north-east of the country are "in disarray" and leaving the country in large numbers as a result of its offensive against them.
