Top story: The minority members on the Appointments Committee of Parliament have rejected three ministers-designate, put on hold the approval of five others and unanimously approved 22 nominees.

Top story: President Akufo-Addo in his 24th address to the nation on measures taken to mitigate the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the country assured that the Covid-19 vaccines are safe and would not pose any threat to the health of any citizen. “I know there are still some who continue to express doubts about the vaccine, others have expressed reservations about its efficacy, with some taking sides with conspiracy theorists who believe the vaccine has been created to wipe out the African race."

Top story: Two persons are in critical condition at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital after a confrontation between police and some residents of Adwumakaase-Kese in the Afigya Kwabre South District of the Ashanti Region.

Top story: The Minister designate for Lands and Natural Resources, Mr Samuel Abu Jinapor, has said the government’s fight against illegal mining cannot be labelled as a failure.

He said no government had shown such commitment to fight illegal mining, also known as ‘galamsey’, under the Fourth Republic as had been done by the Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo administration.

Top story: A clinic in Kumasi suspected to be performing illegal abortion has been shut down by the Health Facility Regulatory Agency (HeFRA).

The Lake Road Clinic is among nine facilities locked up in a two-day exercise aimed at sanitizing the health service delivery sector.

Top story: A lot of students are consuming cannabis through their hot pepper sauce (shito) in school. Consultative Committee to combat drug menace in schools confirmed that most students in the boarding school have resorted to adding wee to their pepper sauce.

Minister-designate for Gender, Children and Social Protection, Sarah Adwoa Sarfo has expressed her disagreement with the legalisation of homosexuality in the country. According to her, not only does the Ghanaian culture frown upon it, the laws governing the State make it criminal.

The cancellation of a contract awarded to Beijing Everyway Traffic and Lighting Technical Company Limited to develop the Accra Intelligence Traffic Management Project has led to a 55 Million Dollar judgement debt. The Minister-designate for Roads and Highways mentioned that the Ministry had been served with a notice of arbitration on the subject.

The Local Government, Decentralisation and Rural Development Minister-designate, Mr Dan Botwe, has denied his involvement in disenfranchising the people of Santrokofi, Akpafu, Likpe and Lolobi (SALL) in the 2020 parliamentary election. He said the then Ministry of Regional Reorganisation and Development did not have the mandate to create constituencies under the 1992 Constitution.

The Central Regional Police Command has assured the public of swift investigations into the alleged discharge of firearms without lawful authority by ace comedian Benson Boateng also known as ‘Funny Face.’ The Command is also investigating his alleged molestations by police officers dispatched to arrest him following a complaint by a resident of Kasoa in the Central Region about the alleged firing of a gun by Funny Face.