The intended demonstration exercise scheduled for Wednesday, August 17, 2022, at Kotobabi in the Senyah Electoral Area in the Ayawaso North Municipal has been suspended. The residents scheduled a demonstration to protest a planned demolition exercise by the Municipality.

The National chairman of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo, has described the death of the Northern Regional Chairman, Ibrahim Mobila, as a shock. Alhaji Ibrahim Mobila died on Tuesday, August 16, at the Temale Teaching Hospital after a short illness.

Three Chinese have been arrested for engaging in illegal mining in the Tano-Nimiri Forest Reserve in the Aowin Municipality of the Western North Region. Another three Ghanaians were apprehended as accomplices of the act popularly known as galamsey.

Early morning news bulletin in Akan

Early morning news bulletin in Akan

The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and the Government, through the Ministry of Finance, have supported the Legal Aid Fund and the Law Reform Fund with a contribution of GH¢2.2 million, aimed at promoting the rule of law in the country.

President Akufo-Addo has appointed the Deputy Director of Communication at the Presidency, Mr. Kofi Baah Agyepong as acting Chief Executive Officer of the Youth Employment Agency (YEA). Mr. Agyepong takes over from Mr. Justin Kodua Frimpong, who resigned to focus on his role as the General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP)

The Ghana Police Service has said two suspects including a minor have been arrested in connection with an alleged robbery and murder of a student at Fiankoma in the Ashanti region. According to the Police, the suspect Eric Annig and the minor after robbing the victim, Osei Mensah Daniel, who is a third-year student of Tweneboa Kodua Senior High School proceeded to bury him in a cocoa farm near Benebene.

The leadership of the Commonwealth Hall of the University of Ghana has denied media reportage that its residents were involved in a clash with residents of Mensah Sarbah Hall last Friday night. Videos surfaced on social media last weekend showing chaos on the campus of the Nations premier University.

The Ministry of Transport has ordered the refurbishment and inclusion of the Elmina Fish Processing Plant into the Elmina Fishing Harbour project. Sector Minister, Kwaku Ofori Asiamah, says the Elmina Fishing Harbour, which is being built, will be incomplete if the Fish Processing Plant is not operational.