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Top story: A member of the National Democratic Congress’ (NDC) Legal Team, Mr. Abraham Amaliba speaking on behalf of the team says they are unperturbed by the Supreme Court’s unanimous decision to strike out their application in yesterday’s hearing. According to him, the team remains optimistic that the Petitioner, John D. Mahama will emerge victorious at the end of the 2020 election petition.

Top story: Ghana received the first delivery of coronavirus vaccines through the Covax scheme on Wednesday morning. A flight carrying 600,000 doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine produced by the Serum Institute of India landed in Ghana’s capital city, Accra.

Top story: Minister for Information Designate, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah is proposing legislation against the advocacy of LGBT activities. He stated that the President's silence on the issue does not mean he accepts it .

Top Story: Government of Ghana to close down the LGBTQI office space that was recently opened in Accra. Conversation and anger towards LGBT practices have been renewed in Ghana following fundraiser which was attended by several diplomats including the Australian High Commissioner who pledged to support the group. The EU office in Ghana has declared support for the group.

Top story: Twenty-four (24) houses have been burnt in a chieftaincy dispute between two rival chiefs in Yong Dakpem Yili, a suburb of the Tamale Metropolis. Security personnel have been deployed to help bring the situation under control.

The Member of Parliament for Bodi constituency, Sampson Ahi’s question about the definition of fish farming created laughter among members of the Appointments Committee of Parliament. Mr Ahi asked the President’s Minister nominee for Fisheries and Aquaculture, Mrs Mavis Hawa Koomson, to tell the House what fish farming was and its advantages. Mrs Koomson, in the process of answering the questions, said she will try her best and answer them.

Auntie Gladys, a mother of four, has narrated how her husband impregnated two of their daughters in a kiosk at Kasoa SCC in the Weija Gbawe Municipality of the Greater Accra Region. The suspect, Kweku Boateng, who happens to be the step-father of the girls, has since been arrested by the Kasoa Tollbooth Police.

The Commercial Division of the Accra High Court is expected to commence the trial in which Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Benjamin Agodzor, Dr Frederick Yaw Mac-Palm and eight others are standing trial for alleged treason. The rest – Colonel Samuel Kodzo Gameli, Donya Kafui, Bright Alan Debrah Ofosu, Johannes Zikpi, Corporal Seidu Abubakar, Lance Corporal Ali Solomon, Warrant Officer (WOII) and Corporal Sylvester Akanpewon – have all pleaded not guilty to the charges.

Another police officer, a 50-year-old, has allegedly shot himself dead in Tema in the Greater Accra region. DSP Divine Asiam, with the prosecution unit (Jupol) of the Tema Police Command, according to Starr News sources, shot himself in his room Sunday morning. He passed on at the Police Hospital. It is unclear the reason for the action.

Residents of Obuasi are threatening mob action against a man identified as Agyenim Boateng for allegedly murdering his step-brother. The suspect was residing peacefully in the same house with the victim, Kwame Nii, before a misunderstanding ensued over a television.

Top Story: Defence Minister-designate, Dominic Nitiwul has disclosed that the Military is set to establish bases in all the 16 regions in the country. he said on a temporary basis, we have military presence in all 16 regions. We intend to make that permanent so that there’ll be military presence to support the civil police in keeping law and order, keep citizens safe and ensure that our territorial integrity is defended well.

Top Story: The Minister-designate for Health, Kwaku Agyeman-Manu, has shot down claims that he is not fit to continue to hold himself as a Minister. This follows a question posed to him during his vetting by Parliament’s Appointments Committee on an audio that emerged last year, purporting that he meant that he was tired of carrying on with his job as a minister during the peak of the Coronavirus fight

Top Story: It has emerged that the EC chair, Mrs Jean Mensa, who is the First Respondent, has decided not to mount the witness box in the election 2020 petition.

Mr Rojo Mettle Nunoo in his testimony for Mr John Mahama in the Supreme Court today, stated that he was sacked from the EC Strong Room during the collation of the electoral figures because he noted some discrepancies in the collation and was vocal about it.

2020 Election petition hearing day 10

A 28-year-old woman, who has been identified as Jennifer Mier, has allegedly committed suicide by hanging at Atebubu in the Bono East Region. According to some residents, the deceased threatened to kill herself after her mother supported her younger sister during an argument

Top Story: Some 18 people are feared dead after the vehicles they were travelling in were involved in an accident at Sarekyekura, a farming community near Fufulso in the Savannah Region. Those who died included 12 males and four females and a child

Top Story: A Nissan pickup with registration number GN 534-20 has crashed a 14-year-old boy to death at Techiman in the Bono East Region. The boy, identified as Kwabena Vincent, reportedly met his untimely death while returning from evening classes at his school, El-Goshen complex.

The Supreme Court is currently hearing the cross-examination of the petitioner’s first witness in the 2020 election petition. Johnson Asiedu Nketia was last Friday cross-examined by counsel for the Electoral Commission, Justin Amenuvor. Also, a video allegedly involving Mr Nketia was played in open court today to enable the court to ascertain its admissibility on the grounds of relevance.