Ghana's Minister of Communications and Digitalisation, Mrs Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, has says cyber security companies and professionals in the country will soon be licenced.
She says Section 49 of the cybersecurity Act 2020 introduced the mandatory licensing of cybersecurity service providers.
President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says professionals in the field would be certified and licenced as pertained in Law, Accounting and other professions and charged the Cyber Security Authority to work towards the certification, accreditation and licensing of cyber security institutions and professionals.
The Minister stressed that section 59 further enjoined the Authority to enforce the adoption of cybersecurity standards and monitor compliance of public and private entities.

Chad has been readmitted to international football after Fifa ended a suspension, originally handed out for governmental interference in football, that had lasted six months.
Fifa in a statement says the Bureau of the Fifa Council has decided to lift the suspension of the FTFA with immediate effect.
Fifa added that following the lifting of the suspension, a joint Fifa-Caf mission will be deployed to N'Djamena without delay to follow up on discussions with the FTFA and the Chadian government.

The UN’s top court awarded Somalia control of most of a potential oil and gas-rich chunk of the Indian Ocean after a bitter legal battle with neighbouring Kenya over their sea border.
Chief judge Joan Donoghue says the International Court of Justice ruled there was no agreed maritime boundary and drew a new border close to the one claimed by Somalia, although Kenya kept a part of the 100,000 square-kilometre area.
The court’s decision could have far-reaching consequences for the future of relations between two key countries in one of the world’s most troubled regions.

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Malam Muhammad Bello has made a case for a special revenue status to be accorded the FCT to enable it to meet up with its burgeoning infrastructure need.
The minister called for a new revenue sharing formula that is fair and equitable, taken into consideration the role the territory was playing in national development.
He says the FCT administration would be in a position to execute projects that are of the highest quality if there is a corresponding increase in revenue sharing formula.
The minister says the FCT needs a special revenue package to do more projects that would have a direct impact on the residents.

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says that he is not calling for the devaluation of the naira contrary to some reports that trailed his speech at the opening session of the mid-term ministerial performance review retreat at the presidential villa, Abuja.
Osinbajo in a statement says he rather advocates a forex policy to curb corruption.
The Vice President says those who have access to the dollars at N410 turn round to sell it were benefiting from the current exchange rate.
He says the Naira exchange rate benefits only those who are able to obtain the dollar at N410, some of who simply turn round and sell to the parallel market at N570.

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike says the electronic transmission of results if adopted by the Independent National Electoral Commission will reduce electoral fraud.
Wike commended the National Assembly for empowering INEC to determine the mode of transmission of results.
He says the process would be a trust in the nation’s electoral system that would also reduce election litigations.
He however urged the National Assembly not to decide for political parties, the method to be adopted in the conduct of their primary election as been recommended in some clauses in the Electoral Act Repeal and Re-Enactment bill.

Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Professor Akin Abayomi says Nigerians may be required to take extra shots of the vaccine to stay safe despite being vaccinated against the coronavirus disease
The commissioner says people may require a booster which is the first, second and subsequent doses because they have also discovered that even though the vaccine stops may not necessarily stop people from catching Covid.
Professor Abayomi explained that the state government plans to vaccinate 30 per cent of Lagos residents by the end of the year.

Nigerian Lawmakers gave the Independent National Electoral Commission the sole power to determine the mode of transmission of results.
The Senate resolved that voting at an election and transmission of results under this Bill shall be in accordance with the procedure determined by the Commission, which may include electronic voting.
Majority Leader, Yahaya Abdullahi, say after a critical examination of the Bill by the Senate Committee on INEC, some fundamental issues were observed which required fresh legislative action.

Indian and Chinese say talks between both army commanders to disengage troops from key friction areas along their border have ended in a stalemate and failed to ease a 17-month standoff that has sometimes led to deadly clashes.
India’s defence ministry in a statement, says it gave constructive suggestions but the Chinese side was not agreeable and could not provide any forward-looking proposals.
A statement from a Chinese military spokesperson says the Indian side sticks to unreasonable and unrealistic demands, adding difficulties to the negotiations.

World Bank President David Malpass says the World Bank will keep pushing to help developing countries improve their business climates when asked about the bank’s decision to cancel its flagship “Doing Business” reports after a series of data irregularities and claims of data manipulation.
Malpass says strong research products remained a high priority for the bank and said it had taken several steps to improve research integrity, including elevating chief economist Carmen Reinhart to a role in senior management.