The Greater Accra Regional Minister, Henry Quartey, has announced that restrictions on the use of motorised tricycles, popularly known as “aboboyaa”, on principal streets in the region will start from 1 November. The exercise will kick off with the imposition of the rule on the Tema Motorway.

Police personal, who were escorting two armed robbers to a location of other armed robbers hiding weapons near Bole in the Savannah Region, exchanged gun fire with the suspects after the robbers opened fire on the police. The police returned fire and in the process bullets hit suspects from Sawla called Iddrisu and Dramani Iddi who fell and bleed profusely and later died at the Jemma Hospital in the Bono East Region.

The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has promised to address challenges facing onion sellers at Adjen Kotoku in Accra. According to him, those needs will be addressed in earnest to assist the traders in their activities. President Akufo-Addo gave the assurance on Thursday, October 21, 2021, when he met the traders as part of his tour of the Greater Accra Region.

The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will today, Thursday, October 21, 2021, begin a three-day tour of the Greater Accra Region. This will be President Akufo-Addo’s first official tour of the region after his victory in the 2020 elections.

The Queenmother for Assin Effukwa Traditional Area, Nana Afranse IV, who is currently acting as the Paramount Chief for the area, has called on President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to ensure that the anti-LGBTQ bill, currently before Parliament, is passed into law.

A 42-year-old man, identified as Maxwell Yeboah, has bolted after allegedly stabbing his pregnant wife to death at Nyankyerenease, a suburb of Kumasi. Eyewitnesses say the incident occurred Saturday dawn when the deceased was heard shouting for help only for them to discover the woman in a pool of her own blood with several machete wounds.

Oseadeyor Akumfi Ameyaw IV, Paramount Chief of Techiman traditional area in the Bono East region has cautioned new Metropolitan, Municipal, and District Chief Executives to beware of party followers, family, and friends hailing them upon their assumption of office because some of them could also contribute to their failure.

Traders at the Kejetia Market in Kumasi have resolved to suspend the payment of all levies until challenges with electricity tariffs are resolved. The traders reached the agreement at a general meeting on Thursday morning. For about five hours on Wednesday, the market was without electricity due to failure to pay electricity bills.

Deputy Minority Chief Whip, Ahmed Ibrahim Banda, has hinted voting on the anti-LGBTQI+ Bill will be done in the open. This comes after several calls by the public to the House to make the voting process as transparent as possible.

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