Energy Minister, Dr Matthew Opoku-Prempeh (Napo,) has said the people of Krobo must be ready to negotiate with the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG). His comments follow months of hostility between residents and the ECG over the payment of electricity bills.

An unidentified young man has been stoned to death by a mentally challenged woman. The incident is reported to have happened on Monday afternoon atop the Kwame Nkrumah Circle.

The Bibiani Circuit Court, presided over by his Honor Joshua Caleb Abaido, has sentenced a 25-year-old man, Francis Ennin to 10 years imprisonment. He was charged for bathing his 19-year-old lover, Mary Owusu with acid after she threatened to end their relationship.

Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin has deferred the decision on the fate of Sarah Adwoa Safo and two other legislators referred to the Privileges Committee for absenteeism. Alban Bagbin after listening to debates from both sides of the House on Thursday said he will present a reasoned written ruling to the House at the next sitting.

One person has been shot dead in a clash between the youths of Ofoase Zongo and Brenase in the Eastern Region. Four others have also sustained gun shot wounds from the incident.

About 16 houses have been set ablaze at Sogbum, a farming community in the Chereponi District of the Northeast Region, in a renewed dispute. This ensued between the Konkombas and Anufors on Monday over a parcel of land.

The mid-year budget review was not candid and truthful to Ghanaians about the economic challenges facing the country, the Minority in Parliament has said.

According to them, the country was in serious economic crisis, to the extent that its debt was unsustainable, but the Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, failed to speak the truth to encourage Ghanaians to buy into the problems confronting the nation.

A 35-year-old banker, who was arrested and arraigned for defiling a 14-year-old girl at Sawla, has been handed a seven-year jail term. Elorm Cudjoe, who was arrested on May 17, 2021, was charged on his own guilty plea for defilement and abduction.

The Members of Parliament in the Ashanti Region have called for a meeting urgently with President Akufo-Addo over the poor nature of roads in the region. The Chairman of the Ashanti Caucus, Kwame Anyimadu Antwi said although some roads have been fixed and they commend government for that, more needs to be done as there is a lot of pressure from their constituents.

Brother of late President John Atta Mills has challenged founder of the Atta Mills Institute, Koku Anyidoho, to publish his late daughter’s autopsy report before he produces his brother’s own. Samuel Atta Mills maintained that, as a family they know what killed the late President and no one can compel them to make it public.