Top story: The 2021 Budget Statement presented by the interim Finance Minister, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu has been approved by Parliament after they resumed sitting to deliberate on the Statement.

Top story: Four more persons have been arrested in connection with an alleged ‘Baby Harvesting and Trafficking’ incident that occurred in February, this year.

A statement signed by Dr. Divine N. Banyubala, the Acting Registrar of the Medical and Dental Council, and Commissioner of Police Frank Adu-Poku (Rtd), the Executive Director of the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO), said three babies have been retrieved, all safe and healthy in a foster home, pending the final determination of the cases.

Top story:‘Don’t expect huge wage increment because there’s no money to pay’ – Technical Adviser at Finance Ministry to public sector workers. Public sector workers looking forward to a huge wage increment will not get it because the Finance Ministry says there is simply no money to meet such demands.

Top story: The Volta Regional House of Chiefs has condemned the publication of offensive learning materials designed for the use of pupils in the Lower Primary against Ewes, demanding its destruction.

The learning materials in question are ‘History of Ghana’ and ‘Golden English’ written by Badu Nkansah and Okyere Baafi Alexander respectively, which some legislators and Ghanaians have described as “offensive, divisive and incendiary” to persons coming from the Volta Region.

Top story: Petroleum prices are expected to go up by 5.7%, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, the interim Minister for Finance has said.

Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu said the increment has become necessary due to the introduction of two new levies by the government

Top story: President Nana Akufo-Addo has asked the Director-General of the National Lottery Authority (NLA), Mr. Kofi Osei Ameyaw, to go on his compulsory retirement.

The President has also terminated the appointment of Mr. Osei Ameyaw’s deputy, Mr. Yaw Amoakohene Baafi.

Top story: The former Auditor-General Daniel Yao Domelevo on Wednesday, March 10, went to church for a thanksgiving ceremony after being asked to leave his post.

Mr Domelevo at the ceremony thanked everyone who supported him while in office. He was also grateful to President Akufo-Addo for the opportunity to serve under his administration and his support.

President Akufo-Addo has stated today, in his 2021 State of the Nation Address, that the government has not yet given up and will re-approach Parliament on the future of the controversial Agyapa Royalties Deal. The deal was previously cancelled due to massive opposition against it by Civil Society Organizations.

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The heartwrenching tale of the kidnapping and subsequent murder of the 4 Takoradi girls came to a close today after three years of searching and two years of hearing the case in court. The two suspects were sentenced to death for the kidnapping of the 4 girls aged between 15 and 21 years, who were kidnapped between August and December 2018.